The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-25

Tie document declared by aPrsn.
cess Theresa Wilcox Bel2iveau TO be
the last will and Testament Of Que tu
Liliuokalani was thrown out of court
yesterday afternoon by Circuit Judge
G. w. Ashford, who denounced it rs
forgery.
Princess Theresa, caught, fast in
elose-woven web of evidence which
points to her as the moving force In
what the court holds as an extraordin-
airy conspiracy in connection with the
estate of the hate Queen remains nm
moved and defiant. Although the at.
torneys' who presented the s9new will"
and John +. Colburn, named in il rs
administrator, have repudiated t.
and although the document has been
rejected by the court following the
testimony Of both Of the witnesses who
admitted they had committed perjury
and confessed that tho viii is fraud
Princess Theresa, apparently yh.
moved by impending charges, asserts
she viii continue to fight for her
"rights.n 5 $50
Startling Evidence
Judge Ashford threw the 1917 will
out Of court after former, Supervisor
James M. Kealoha and Sam Kama.
kaia and several others had testified.
The most startling evidence was that
given by Kealoha, .sA FE
II was'an affidavit given week ago
by Kamakaia that brought forth the
first disclosures and led the ATTORNEYS
TO repudiate the will. Since that devel.
opment Kealoha, the other whose name
appears on the will as witness, held
firm TO original aftidavfts that we're
filed with the will itself when it was
presented for probate. KeaIoha had
staadfastly continued to assert that he
signed the will in the Queen s presence
and improper manner. w., -. j., tf'
1t brought a tense moment in the
crowded court room yesterday after
noon when Attorney Frank Andrade,
chosen to act for the court as a disih-
terested questioner, read the affidavit
that had been filed with the will in
which kealoha swore he had signed
the document in the Queen Is presence.
Kealoha Confesses 7',' h a. s,s M
sis this statement truef" the at.
torncy asked. a.a @. sgUs5EE 4.
kealoha sat staring through his
glasses for all of a half minute while
those In the court room craned for.
ward. ''' ", 7
N "Itais untrue, - he said finally, He
made the admission quietly and then
in answer to questions went on TO toll
how he became involved in the matter
Of the win. I :, Y
S." Princess, Theresa came To mo
several times about IL, - he said She
spoke to me the first time in the rec.
Ords' office and told me what She want.
ed me to do. l at first refused 10 listen
That was in the early part of last
August. = - - '"''
H'Then / saw her again and the next
time went to her house on the Gore
lot. II was there that 1 signed the
will - n. M. ~. .o'..'.sa
2 A detail of the evidence which oc.
casioned surprise was Kealoha's a..
sertiOn that when he first saw the will
when he went to Princess = Theresa
house il then bore Liliuokalani Is sigma.
ture on the margins Of each of the eigbt
pages and at the bottom of the ninth
page, sM "a ".. tyl p, IN
Says Theresa Signed Will ~.
Kealoha testified Tho C.pr;noos.,,L.a
told him that she had s;nnoa .Sa
Queen 4 mama Ia the viii 80 I,,sn ae
Ashford asked him direct ones1;nn
The Judge nointcd ~ ,ha da.,
signatures Of The 'oneeb and ~ ~
Signature ~ ,tbe ho,ton, 90 a. IN ny
'"Didn,t Won yourseIf write thos:,,,
the Judge asked. ''N 'Ae' {
Kealoha declared bs had not III
Question of tba $50 nau NJ me
bromptcd bv a roso PiyNa.ggiy was
been noted before betwean It,. "a -
Kealoha's signature and 'Ietters IN ~
name Liliuokalani as urittan on az
will. y - ',,"' ~ w w
. When he was asked what reward had