The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-23
FORCES GATHERING
FOR COURT BATTLE
investigations Being Conducted
BY interests Fighting For
Queens Estate !

house OF representatives, who was APP
pointed temporary administrator Of the
estate Of the late Queen Liliuokaiani
by Circuit Judge Q. W. Ashford, win
probably present the bond Of $4,000
fixed by the court today and formally
qualify for the post. When this form.
atty is completed letters of temporary
hdministratorship will be issued TO, him
by the court and he will take posses.
sion Of the property now held IL. the
charge Of Col Curtis p. Iaukea, who
was formerly manager Of the Queen 3
affairs. Fs..., '.r ~ A
In the pleantime the forces repre-
scntlng the various groups Of claim
ante IN the case are gathering in
preparation for the greht struggle
that IL TO open December 81, the date
Fixed for the bearing OF all the various
actions that have been filed.
Search Is Exhaustive g, te "a
Probably every scrap of paper 10
which the Queen set her hand in late
years will be ferreted out and brought
into CONT. It is stated that steps
have been taken by all three of she
groups Of contestants to employ hand
writing experts and they will also
produce medical experts, il is stated, to
testify CCneerning the Queens physi.
cal condition in the months preceding
her death. 4. .. t.,,. tE,ca Ets. ~
Agents working for the thren in
terests in the case are carrying on in.
vestigations that embrace every Incl.
dent of the Qreen 3 last days and q
great part CT the inquiries on foot .is
centtred on events that occurred at
Washington l1aee through the latter
part Of the month of last August. 4,
Undoubtedly the opening of the
struggle will see the adherehts OF the
so.calied old will, the one Of 1902
aligned with Prince Kuhio's end OF
the fight, in an attack on the new
will" Of 1917, which was brought IN.
der fire in the recent preliminary pro-
/ ceedings. If the efforts Of the two
groups succeed, a second stage Of thf
struggle win come with a clash be
TWEEN the supporters of the 1909 viii
and Prince Kuhio's forces.
Photographing Documents
The work of photographing all the
important documents in the case con
tinued yesterday under the direction
of Harry A. Wilder, clerk OF Jndg,
Ashfordis court. This was ordered By
the court so the possible Disappearance
Of any Of the documents would not az
4 feet the case. TO- II" as'@SirN ~
| Preceding the signature to the 1911
\ viii, said to have been, signed by thu
! Queen August, 20, the latest signatur,
SO far prevented In court appears il
4 a book !, Hawaii BY Hawaii 8 Queen.
The book, according to testimony, Civ
en- by Mrs. Lahilahi Webb at thel re
cent hearing, was presented to her 8,
] the Queen March 81 last. B Mrs Webb
testified that she saw the Queen writ,
the signature in the book. The paG,
with the signature win be among ID,
photographs. The writing of this SIR
nature is Bhaky and almost ellegible
differing entirely in this respect iron
the signature which appears on tn,
various pages of the 1917 win.
Question Cleared Up ys,{g1 -
| In the course of the recent proceed
ings the court at one point offered tn
eC.nment that cases have existed ii
which person has directed another /,
sign a win because Of illness or Ia
capacity TO write, This brought u,
4 the question whether the attorneys O
the 1917 will would hold that Tn,
i Queen received assistance when shj
signed, but this question, was set a
rest when one Of the attorneys statet
that the Queen had written her sigma
ture alone and unaided. Other state
ments of attorneys of the 1917 vii
indicate that, reason, that will b
advanced why the signature TO TIL
1917 will is in bold and flowing char
acters in contrast to the appearance
of other signatures is that the Queen J
condition underwent change in tn
last days Of August when Il IS sal,
she rallied strongly and for a few day
appeared to have recovered a fair par
Of her strength. ~
All those who were close to tn
Queen in the months preceding be
death will be, called as witnesses. /
Is stated that differences and lapse
in the accounts of some, of these forr
a big part Of the inquiries that are be
ing conducted, $50
Doubt New viii 81 g+t5I&
| Mrs. Mary Kolomokd .of Liliuokaian
Street, Waikiki, an aged l,retainer %
the Queen and one of her lifelong com n
Panions, recently expressed the belle
that the 1917 win is not authentii
| PRINCESS Theresa Wilcox Belliyea
to whose family the bulk Of the .estat
is bequeathed by the terms Of the i0l
! will were neyerooni terms Of ffiendshi
with the late Queen, Mrs. Kolomok
asserted. She said that in all tn
years she was with the Queen, the lat
ter never even talked Of Princess
Theresa. .s.fF a. lst.s,A'e -. 500 ~. 1,
Another Of the Queens old friend
and retainers, Mrs. Laura Makaku,
kalani who, was the wife of tn
Governor Of Kagat stated reeentl
that mPrineess" Theresa had drafte