The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-12

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at that Time was in great demand IN
Europe and America. After three and
half years he gave up the cotton indus.
try and wont into the cattle business He
bought q brig called the Ninito and with
young Wallie Davis as boatswain, made
"a number Of successful trips from Ha-
wall TO Tahiti, buying all his cattle from
John Parker, uncle Of the well-known
Sam Parker! ~.
At last success failed him IN his
transportation by sea, having made 4
sixty days, voyage from here TO Tahiti,
losing. the great majority OF his cattle.
sumner relates how the heat was SO in
tense that the hot pitch poured down up
on the poor brutes below decks, and hav,
ing no water they licked up the hot
pitch. Wallie, on that trip, acted as boat.
swain and Jonah, as the old MAJ says, The
brig ran ashore when up at Hawaii, then
bad passage, the cattle were lost, and
after sending the vessel back to this ISL.
and the captain ran her ashore again, The
reason, says John X. Sumner, was the toe
free use Of swipes. /. Cartwright, agent
for John X. Sumner during all that time
sold what was left Of the brig.
In Clutches Of Lawyers
I'm 1897 John X. sumner came back
from Tahiti and shortly after his wife
died, on July 20, 1898. He remained
here until 1901, when he went back to
Tahiti on April 1, 1901, he residing there
al 1902, arriving in Honolulu on August
20, that year, ON the steamer Sierra and
falling into the clutches of lawyers.
Center Of Legal Battle
Eleven years ago, John X. Sumner was
the center az o legal battle in which he
strogc to regain possession OF such Of his
fortune as remained intact. He sold some
harbof lands 10 tho Oahu Railway ccnr
pany for $l1O,00O. or this, sum he paid
si0,00O each 70 tie three Ellis children,
his nephews and niece, $4,000 he gave Il
the Catholic church, and about ,00C
10 various firms Of local, attorneys. What
he had left after making some smaller
Disbursements amounted to $48,2O5, which
" placed IN trust making Bishop Gulstan
/ tfnstee. NJ ~ ~ - 4
Later, acting under The advice OF AL
fred y. Magooii, = Summer Withdrew the
money from the First National Bank OF
Hawaii and deposited it with Bishop &
Coz where twas no longer subject 10 the
check Of the trustee. Bishop Grlstan
then asked the courts 70 terminate the
trust and relieve him of all.rcsponsibility,
Judge De Bolts conrsnt
NJ This was done aft6f d lengthy, hearing
before the courts. Judge De Bolt in the
Lircuit Court terminated the trust and
ordered bishop & Company TO pay the
money TO Mr.. SUMMER There was con,
siderable wraBglhg among various local
attorteys who were Interested in the pro.
coeG irgs, and Judge De bolt made the
statement in his finding that the old man
hadt" been robbed OF at beast $4,000 In
attGpcys' fees, which were outrageous. =
Ibis provoked outbursts of Indignation
AMONG the attorneys named, but did moi
got Simmer any Of his money back. The
Judge also found that the old man had
ACTION, "a recover the $30,D0O paid the
ELLIS children, as It was paid under ii
iIiisapI rshensipn aud without cOnsidsra'
tiop. IS, 11r,r
Had to Ask for Money . ..E. "
During the, trial which Resulted IN his
regaining full possession of his $4s, 205,
sumner was obliged TO ask the court for
twenty-five dollars a week Of his own
money for living expenses. After secur.
| Ing hts money, Sumner settled his affairs
hero in July, 1908; to return to Tahiti
and spend the remainder Of his years on
s3iPe Of HIS PROPERTY there. This ihten.
thu be- afterwards chapsed.t /,
| Y III 1911 II, handed over small rem
nant OF his fortune 10 Elias. l.. Jones
Who agreed TO maintain the old man for
the rest of his life, His property in,
tefests were at that time greatly involved
aud his interests were comparatively
small Among other interests, he. owned
piece Of property al Makapu, where he
afterwards went to live with Wallie Da.
Wis, his nephew.
Excepting when he was made defend.
ant in a small legal action in 1911, the
old man lived quietly here from 1908 un.