The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-08-19
INQUEST.


On Sunday last the Coroner, David Dayton
empannelled the following jury to take evidenct
IN regard to the death OF she young son of Mr.
II. J. Nolte IS. Both. J. II. Setback, ]. Asch
Louis Adler, f. Wilhelm, c.. Gertz.
The jury, after viewing the body, adjourned
until Monday, in order that witnesses might bs
summoned from Waimanalo.
Upon assembling on Monday pm. the follow
ing persons were sworn and gave their evidence
IN effect as follows -
Noses Hiram testified that he was employed
as engineer upon the road where the acsident
occurred, and on the 18th instant, a little before
/ O'Clock pm, started from the junction of the
two roads with the locomotive pushing before II
three trucks laden with railroad iron. There
were seven or eight boys on the truck nearest
the engine when he started, and he told them to
get of. They did not do so. Saw one of the
lunas standing by the side Of the track motion
ing with his arms for me to stop, but before I
did so he waived for me to go on. Went on
about 100 feet, and then the luna signalled for
me to stop. Did so. The boys were still on
the truck. l turned around when / stopped to
reverse the lever, and heard some one call out
"Pilakia Charley" Shut of steam, jumped
on the engine, and saw Charley under the ash
box rolled up like q ball. He did not move.
Called for help. and then moved the engine a
little so as to get the body out. The boy was
quite dead.
James Smith testified to seeing the boys on
the truck, and to hearing Mrs. Nolte call TO
Charley to get off the cars. He told her he was
all right. The witness was walking alongside
the cars, which were not moving but a little
faster than he was walking. When they stopped
heard the cry for help, and when he reached the
engine saw the body lying as described by
Moses.
Thomas Cummins jun, saw the boy sitting
on the edge of the car next the engine. Next he
saw him under the ash-box. TIL car and en-
CINE were about twenty feet apart.
j. A. Cpmmins, sen, certified to the appear
ance of the body when it was taken out from
under the engine, and also stated that the dis
inches, and from the ash-box to the ground about
81 inches.
Frederick Peterson deposed that he was on
the locomotive at the time of the accident.
Charlie was on the truck, and when the engineer
stopped the engine he tried to jump on the
locomotive, but missed, and fell under it. The
distance between the locomotive and the truck
were moving slowly in the same direction at the
time, the trucks rather the faster, being then
uncoupled.
DR.. Stangenwald testified that he had examined
the body of the little boy, and found that the
skull was fractured from over The right eye
across the forehead, over the left side, and over
the back of the head, completely separating the
from the lower part. The skin was not much
injured, showing that the injury was caused by
some blunt object, not a sharp edge. The right
leg was broken above the ankle, and three fin
gers of the right hand badly cut and bruised.
There were other bruises upon the body, but
leath was undoubtedly caused by the injury to
the head, and must have been instantaneous.
After the hearing of the evidence, the jury re-
.urned the following verdict The death was
and caused by jumping from the car
while in motion, the locomotive going partly
over the body.