The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-30
HER ESCAPE
A MARVEL
Mrs. Merrill Victim of
Careless Driver.
RUN down WHILE AH0RSE
S. H. Loucks in a Buggy Crushes In
to the Lady and Her Sized
on Waikiki Road.

An accident occurred yesterday after
noon at 1880 o'clock on the Waikiki
road in which the wife Of II. G.. Mer-
rill of the firm OF Merrill & Middle
mitch nearly lost her life. She was
the victim of negligent and crimi-
nally careless driver. The lady was
seated upon horse, which was stand
ing at the time over the inner car rail
of the tramways company, and was
facing the fence. Mr.. Merrill was on
the opposite side of the road assisting
a lady whose dress had caught in the
sprocket of the bicycle she was riding
and the middle of the road was entire
ly clear.
The driver of the buggy, S. II.
LOucks, with a companion, was in the
buggy coming down the road from Wal
kiki at fast pace, but evidently not
holding the rein5 in such a manner as
TO control the movements of the ami
NAL he drove. All unconscious of her
danger, Mrs. Merrill, while waiting for
ner husband, had luckily released her
feet from the stirrups, when suddenly
The vehicle dashed into the animal she
rode, hurting her in the air, over the
buggy and into the middle of the road
nearly fifteen feet away, where she
fell upon both feet. She was picked
up by Mr.. Merrill, apparently unin-
jured.
The horse and buggy parted COM
pany when the saddle animal was
struck. one of the occupants was
thrown out and mixed up with the gen.
eral wreckage, while the driver held on
to the reins and was dragged quite a
distance before the frightened horse
was stopped. The buggy was piled up
against the fence a total wreck. Mrs.
Merrill's animal ran blindly down the
road toward the city, and finally
crashed into a fence, where a gentle
man caught 1t.
Officer Fox, who saw the affair, at
once galloped to the scene Of the acct
dent and arrested Loucks, the driver
of the buggy, taking him to the sta
ton house, where he was charged with
furious and needless driving" He
was released on his own recognizance
by telephone message from the Mar
shall, and will appear before Judge
Wilcox this morning.
Mrs. Merrill was taken to her home
by DR.. Sinclair, who was passing when
the accident occurred, and, although
she did not appear to be outwardly in
jured, yet she was under the physi-
clans care during the evening.
Last week Sunday Marshal Brown
sent a number of mounted patrolmen
to watch the Waikiki road and pre-
vent any speeding, with the result that
the favorite boulevard was safe that
day for family vehicles. Yesterday
morning drivers took advantage of the
absence of patrolmen in certain sec
tons of the road. The Marshal, how
ever, Is determined that drivers of this
class shall suffer for their carelessness
and arrests will be made without refer
ence to persons.
All witnesses to yesterdays accident
agree that Mrs. Merrill was as far to
the right side of the road as possible,
and there was no occasion for Loucks
driving in the car tracks when the rest
of the road was clear.
Mr.. Merrill stated last night that
Mrs. Merrill had sustained no serious
injury, and that as far as he was con-
cerned in the matter he would not
press the charges against Loucks. The
police. however. may deal independent
ly with the case.