The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-12
CAILLARD SMART
MUST MAKE LEGAL FIGHT
FOR son And Hts ESTATE
Mrs.. Elizabeth j. Knight, In Remarkable and
Sensational Petition, Filed iii Circuit Tri-
bunal AT Kai1iia, Asks For Custody of the
4 Little Heir Of Deceased Hawaiian Chiefess'

TIVE most sensational suit ever filed IN Hawaiian court and as
narrowing tae Of selfish Codbooded heartess drsed and
waton cruelty ashas ever spread upon the records d any
@ DAY before Ss sa
mother o. Annie Parker, generally known as Ihema VINO
tune for a shroud IN a little more than two years
SMART IS CHARGEDWI WlFE's DEATH ;g
panGs Sd s s S s s sss sbss a SBs
has been TO get hcd q s Wss prope and that his infant son
child 1wsy father place ths custody
guardian & @ 10y and ssaSs 0 appoint W Kinney tenn
porary guardian for the p1rpose Of this litigation
Sab CONDUCT LONG WAS NOTORIOUS
The relations between Smart and his wife have been notorious
almost since his marriage and his conduct has the cause Of
WIFE how beyond neglect This
tuaed few weeks when the win Of the young wife read
practically shutting her relatives including her only
and leaving the bulk Of her property valued million and half
No mortal has however conceived it posb in this twentieth
century Sunny Hawaii that such conduct possible c
hzed white forth in Mrs knights sworn petition
SOME OF THE SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS
The petition declares that sars cruelty certainly hastshsd
and probably bly, caused his . wfss death
husband and degenerate and not fit to be entrusted with
That he exercised an unvoesoms and vicious influence over
his young wife and compelled her dsinerit her and his
That he cruel and vicious towards his baby Of only
eighteen months i.tl5S saS f% .a
since rs %E se Rss If sss
helped support other members Of the Smart family
KEPT WIFE5S MONEY AWAY FROM HER 5s 3
Thepetiton alleges that only lived OFF his wife,
took from her practically all her money tang
and abusing her for ng pendngs made without his permission
She could buy clothes wanted while reveed
automobiles attended eaters and otherwise enjoyed him
self gay sport the expense Of his dying wife whom he
neglected for other her death bed. ~ X
After the young wife had given birth to her second baby in
Paris the of the outbreak Of the she brought back
New York where her youngest child died The mother
taken the Smart home in Woughby Beach, Norfolk Vr
gna where her mother found her. desperately i'll and with
nurse unclean unsuitable surroundings not
nished with proper food 3 s.58ss @lt
.rsa#1t ga FOUND AN AFFINITY IN PARIS ~.
During the illness that eliminated in Thelma SDas
DEATH the husband according the petition neglected her
who had been made Of the Smart household in Paris
towards whom the crossing the Atlantic and to the
time of his wes death Smart showed attention adding to
the grief of the dying wife. II g s5.4sg
II MANY SUPPORTING AFFIDAvITS
Smart attended the performance of THE Bird Of Paradise the
evening before his wife died. although he knew according to tho
afdayts made, that death must within few hours
This is sample Of the neglect and cruelty that Mrs Knight
alleges the allegations being endorsed by the adavts of Doctor
edemann OF Honolulu who warned the husband Of the danger
Eto his wife of trip Pas Davenport
San Francisco who professionally told Smart that his
tubercuar Miss M kirkpatrick trained who tes6es
to the shameful in which Smart neglected his dying wife,
and Miss IS Dozer who tells Of Sarts harsh cruel stub
born character as she observed 1t In the sick room R