Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-30

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and 8 o'clock Saturday night. He had
been in the habit Of turning on this
very switch for years past and had
never before even SO much as received
q shock. The electric works people
deny that anything was wrong with
the switch but from inquiries about to-
day, It would seem that there was
great deal the matter with the whole
system in the neighborhood Of the
clothing store where Goo Fai was kill
ed.
It was at about 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon that stranger entered the
clothing store to buy hat. 1t was be-
ginning to get dark and SO z. A. Nc
Inerny called out to Mr.. Stevens, an
employee In the store, to turn on the
lights. Goo Fai heard the request and
called out: "Never mind, Mr.. Stevens,
will turn It on"
Goo Fai went quickly to the place
where the switch was, behind the Fort
street door, on the right hand side.
As 1t happened, there was a heavy
glass umbrella case against the door 80
that the young man would have had
to move this before getting to the
switch.
However, there was an easier way
which was to reach In between the door
and the casing. The young man had
turned on the lights In this manner
hundreds of times before.
The lights began to burn dimly and
In a Pickering manner and the people
In the store, happening to glance to-
ward the door, saw Goo Fat with his
body drawn close to the door frame.
He was standing on the iron door step
with his left hand on the iron pillar
or support. His right nand was on the
switch. On his face there was the look
of intense suffering which was horrible
to see.
The first impulse OF the people In the
store was to rush in and pull the young
man away from the death dealing
switch but Mr.. McInerny. realizing the
great danger, called out to the en-
ployes who were rushing forward:
Don't touch him; you will be killed"
Mr.. Stevens then seized an umbrella
from the rack near by and, reaching
over for the switch from behind the
door, turned of the current. Immedi-
ately. the now almost lifeless body Of
the unfortunate young man fell for
ward into the arms Of Mr.. McInerny.
He was not dead. His eyes were open
and he was looking In dazed way at
Mr.. McInerny.
That Goo Fai was still conscious Ia
proven by the fact that, when told to
close his eyes In order that water
might be used on his face. he did SO.
Some Of the. water did get into the
young mans eyes and he blinked but
that was all. He never opened them
again. Whiskey was brought and CIV
en- to the dying man. Very little passed
his lips and the next moment, froth
was issuing rom his lips.
In the meantime. doctors had been
summoned. DR.. Cooper was the first
on the scene. Ta.ing of his coat, he
started In to work the mans arms
above his head hoping by this means
OF artificial respiration to bring back
the life that was III but gone. The
heart was still beating very family.
A little later, DIR. Sinclair arrived
and assisted DR.. Cooper DIR. Cooper
arose from the floor to prepare an in
lection OF strychnine when the las,
faint fiutter OF the heart was felt ant
at 6 o'clock Goo Fai was dead.
The patrol wagon was summoned i'm
mediately after the accident and hat
waited while the doctors were busyinI
themselves with the stricken man
When life was pronounced extinct. thu
body was taken to the police station II
the patrol wagon.
High Sheriff Brown summoned thu
following Coroner's jury: c. B. vii
son, Ralph Gere, A. P. Taylor, JohI
Wise, J. Kalani and F. Berl0witz. A
the police station, the evidence OF III
two doctors and Manager Gartley o
the Hawaiian Electric Co. was taken
Mr.. Gartley said that the voltage on Il
the McInerny circuit at about o'clocl
was 40. lie explained that there wer
two circuits-the primary which car
rled 1900 volts and the secondar
which carried about 40 volts. Tn
latter entered the McInerny store. II
stated that the current was not sufii
Client to kill man under ordinary cir
cumstances. In answer TO a question
asked by High Sheriff Brown, MI
Gartley answered as follows:
III the secondary current was cross
ed by the primary, there might hav
been higher voltage, but had ma
climb the pole opposite the store RICH
after the accident and he found moth
ing out OF the way there to indicat
that there had been any crossing 9
wires. had the service turned of I'm
mediately upon hearing Of the anal
and the lines were thoroughly examir
ed. have not yet heard OF the result
from my men,"
Mr.. Gartley stated that, as far as tn
location of the accident was concerne'
everything was favorable to the DO
receiving shock. He was standing o
an iron threshold. his left hand did ne
catch the wooden but the metal pa
OF the lever. The sOles of the shoe
were damp from perspiration. tn
shock could have been received
touching both poles of the switch |
the same time and holding to an iro