The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-24

hack driving by. but thought that the |
horse attached TO il was white. She |
then went TO the back part OF the |
house 10 close the shutters, after which |
she again went 10 the front room and |
looked out OF the window toward King |
street and saw a hack standing in the
street. Just then she heard some one
cry out and groan. She put her head
out Of the window 10 see what was the
matter, when she heard a man shout
Help! Help! Help" Believing that
something serious had happened she
called her son. DR.. G.. Waldo Burgess.
who at once went TO the scene OF the
accident. while she lighted lamps and
placed them on the lanai.
John Rodriguez, the Portuguese hack
driver, better known as Joe Rosa, was
called TO the stand TO give his version
OF the accident. His testimony brought
out no new facts. as il simply corrCb-
Grated the evidence OF Geertz. He
stated that as soon as ne saw Hannah
and Geertz fall he became frightened
and drove as fast as he could 10 the
police station and reported the matter
TO the police.
DR.. Winslow was next called 20 the
stand and stated that ne was in the
employ of the Hawaiian Government
and was located in the Government
dispsnsary on King street. That he
had passed the place on his bicycle
where the accident occurred At about
1890 and had noticed no obstruction
in the street. He went TO his room.
which is of the dispensary. and was
preparing TO retire when the electric
light in his room suddenly went out.
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the street lamps were still lighted.
when he heard GeertZ shouting for
help. He ran out into the street in his
underclothes and ran into an electric
wire and received a severe shock He
examined both bodies and Immediate
~ tried TO force respiration. which is
customary in cases OF apparent death
caused by an electric shock, but with
out avail.
James <. Crane. lineman connect
ed with the Government electric light
station, was next called and he testi-
fed to having been summoned over the
telephone by his superior. Mr.. Buck.
the electric light superintendent TO re-
port at once with his tools at No. l
fire house, which he did, minus his
climbers, but he secured a pair from
the Bungalow and climbed the pole and
cut the fire house gong wire, also the
wire that had conveyed the fatal cur
rent. He stated that he found an in
Sulator pin broken which sustained
the deadly wire, having become rotten
after years OF service. but the same
wire was held by another. which was
used for conveying current in another
direction.
Stearns Buck. superintendent of the
Government electric light plant, was
the next witness called and stated that
the first intimation that he had OF any
trouble on the lines was when he
noticed the lights in the ball room
where he was in attendance, become
dim, and he at once telephoned to the
station TO ascertain. if possible, the
cause. He afterwards learned, how
ever. where the trouble was and tele-
phoned his lineman. Mr.. Crane, to cut
out the trouble. which was done. He
stated that the defective pin had prob
ably been in use for fifteen years. but
I'D not believe that it was the cause
of calamity or its breaking was in any
way connected with the casualty. He
said that he had been in the Govern
ment's employ for about a year, and
during that time had made many i'm
provements in the system, but had not
as yet made any in the locality of the
accident, but was making them as fast
as the means in his possession would
permit.
It is evident that Marshal Brown and
the coroner intend leaving no stone
unturned in determining where the
blame. if any, should be fixed. They
have secured the assistance at the in
quest Of Fred ]. Cross. electrical en-
gineer and expert who piled Mr.. Buck
with same very pertinent questions. AT
this point it was suggested by Attor-
ney General w. o. Smith that they ad-
! journ 10 the scene of the accident ia
| give the jurors an opportunity OF see
| ing the place and from there adjourn
until Monday morning at 10 o'clock