The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-10-25

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$50 ly4ng iB the STREET. I fDilOwin
feseA~i tae man he stOoysd over &
fsiss bim NJ A. h. tosshsi him NJ
sfi.i 0ui on snd feil back into MI
arms The instant bis body toschei
me felt . terrible shock ana knew
that ~ ssre estsngled In live slec
irlc Slrs When Tom fsll into m,
arms "" both dropped to tho srount
tyeeih her and his legs were throwf
across mine Aftsf Ne struck tn
ground I shouted for help and then
remember no more until after Mr
/ ThnrsiOn pulled me away from Tom
The shock was terribly strong and
feel the effects OF Il yet / was taker
Into the dlsp.nsary aud given a drlnl
~ liquor, which gave me strength
after which ] was put 10 bed In the hr'
house and given something by the doc
ior 90 max. me sleep Hannah wa
between - and 30 years old. lie to-
me that he originally came from Ten
nessee or some OF thofe Southern
States. He told me that he had {
father somewhere In the East.
When asked II Hannah was strong
/ h'a4An man. b''TA fFpilels res, hlF
ne was quite healthy"
Mrs. Burgess, who lives opposite No
! IRE house. on King street. was this
next witness TO be called. She said
tina; she was awakened by the heavy
down pour of rain and had arisen 10
see II the rain was coming In through
the windows. which were open. She
looked out Of the window and saw a
mack driving by, but thought that the
hOre" attached to IL was white. She
Then went 10 the back part OF the
nous" 10 close the shutters. after which
hhc AGAIN went 10 the front room and
looked out Of the window toward King
street ana 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 to 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. q. Waldo Burgess
who at once went 10 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 an soon as he saw Hannah
| and Geertz fall he became frightened
| and drove as fast as he could TO the
police station and reported the matter
TO the police.
DIR. Winslow was next called TO the
stand and stated that he was in the
| employ OF the Hawaiian Government
| and was located In the Government
| disp3nsary on King street. That he
had passed the place on his bicycle
where the accident occurred at about
l2:3 80 and had noticed no obstruction
In the street. He went to his room
| which is OIL the dispensary. and was
preparing TO retire when the electric
light In his room suddenly went out
He stepped out on the lanai TO see I
the street lamps were still lighted
when he heard GeertZ shouting fo
help. He ran out into the street in hi
underclothes and ran into an electric
wire and received severe shock HI
examined both bodies and Immediate
ly tried TO force respiration, which II
customary in cases OF apparent deatl
caused by an electric shock, but with
out avail.
: James &. Crane, lineman connect
ed with the Government electric ligh
station, was next called and he testi
fled TO having been summoned over thu
telephone by his superior, Mr. Buck
the electric light superintendent TO re
port at once with his tools at No.
fire house, which he did, minus hi!
, climbers, but he secured a pair from
, the Bungalow and climbed the pole anC
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 rotteI
after years OF service. but the SAINT
wire was held by another, which wal
used for conveying current in another
direction.
Stearns Buck, superintendent OF TN
Government electric light plant, wa
the next witness called and stated tina
the first intimation that he had OF any
trouble on the lines was when M
noticed the lights In the ball room
where he was in attendance, become
dim, and he at once telephoned to thu
station 10 ascertain, II possible, thu
| cause. He afterwards learned, how