The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-22

med by DIR. Emerson. the police sur
geon. The dead horse was removed
shortly after daylight. The military
authorities both in town and in camp
We're notified and at their request the
body of Hannah was removed to f. A.
Williams undertaking parlors.
THE DEAD MEN.
Thomas Hannah was Tennesseean
| by birth. He came to the Pacific coast
a number of years since. He was
pressman by trade and worked in
many of the large San Francisco Off
ces. At the outbreak of the war he
enlisted in the Third battalion of thr
Second volunteer engineers. He was
unmarried and about 2S years of age.
Alohikea is a well known Hawaiian
hackman, who has also been employ.
ed as a stableman at the race track
during racing seasons. He lived at
the corner of Queen and South streets
Charles GertZ, who, in all human
probability owes his life to the ac-
| ton of Foreman Thurston in pulling
him away from the body of Hannah
is also from San Francisco. Thurston
has only casual knowledge of electric
ity and its effects. He did not know
until after he had pulled Gertz away
from the body of his friend by his
boots that leather is a non-conductol
of electricity and to that fact he
| owed his escape from death, or at least
from bad shock.
THE SURVIVORS STORY.
Charles Gertz, the man who was res
cued, was cared for at the fire station
during the night and part of this
morning. In describing his expert
ence he said that he and Hannah had
been out for the evening and had EN-
| ployed the hackman Joe Rosa TO take
them nome 20 the camp. When ihc
driver pulled up they saw the body of
the man lying in the road and thluh-
| ing it might be one of their own COM
rades got out of the hack to examine
| it. Hannah said: I'VE must get him
up and out of this water, anyhow"
He bent over the man and touched
him, and as he did so he fell over. /
grasped him around the body to pull
! him away and felt the shock in an in
stant. The pain was fearful at first
but afterwards | remember little |
recollect that the driver of our hack
was scared to death and WAS trying to
| get away and then Thurston came and
| pulled me away and DR.. Winslow was
| bending over me- Gertz thinks thai
he owes his life to Charles Thurston.
while the latter denies that he did
anything unusual.
THE INQUEST.
At II o'clock this morning Deputy
Marshal Chillingsworth, acting coron-
er empannelled the following Jury 10
| inquire into the cause of death of
| LII,
Peyser, Ed Paris, II. V. King, Albert
! Trask, John Kuaana and John Mahu-
ka. The jury was first conducted to
a cell in the police station in which
was the body of Alihikea where they
were duly sworn. The body was be-
ing watched by the bereaved mother
and friend, the deceased having been
unmarried. 1t bore natural appear
ance, there being no burns about the
hands or body to indicate the horrible
nature of the DEATH The hands espe-
cially were examined by the jury and
it was evident that the man had not
come into contact with the wire itself
but was probably killed through con-
tact with the horse.
From the police station the coroner
and jury proceeded to the undertake
ing parlors of e. A. Williams, where
the body of Thomas Hannah lay,
watched by n number of his comrades.
There was no sign of the fearful man
ner of Hannan's death, nor were there
any burns on his hands or body. He
too probably never touched the fatal
wire.
After examining the bodies the
jury was excused until o'clock this
afternoon, at which hour the taking
of testimony will commence.
Permission was given the relatives
of .Alohikea to remove the body for
burial, but the funeral arrangements
were not completed this morning.
HANNAN'S FUNERAL
Thomas Hannah viii be buried from
the Catholic cathedral at O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon and the funeral
will probably be large and impos-
ing one, as the deceased was very
popular with his camrades The band
of the garrison will head the process
sion and there will he the usual firing
party and escort of troops.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
The cause of the falling of the wire
is said to be the breaking of the insu-
lator peg on the pole at the corner of
Alakea and King streets. This was
( an old one that has probably done SER
: vice for years, though originally it
was of stout oak. Two light wires
connected and held the main wire "a
the insulator. When the peg broke
probably from the extra weight in
duced by the heavy rain then falling
these two wires became crossed and
burned out, thus letting the main
t, wire fall TO the street. This wire was
not burned at all, but the current be
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