The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-18
DEATH BY
ACCIDENT
Little Chinese Girl Is
Killed.
.cORREA NOT TO BLAME
Testimony Before the Coroner's Jury
Is in Favor of the
Hickman.

: NlluSSSSS III SupPoIl VI LIS OWN lCoei
mony before the coroner's jury last
evening he will be obliged to curb his
desire for vengeance on Manuel Correa,
the hack driver, whose horse knocked
down and fatally injured little seven
Iyear-old Ian Kun about o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon.
Manuel Correa, who drives hack No.
"a, has been hack driver in this city
for the past ten years and was driving
two native women home about 5:3O
o'clock Wednesday afternoon on King
street and when opposite Kawaiahao
! Seminary, little Chinese girl suddenly
left her fathers side at the edge Of the
road and ran under the horses feet.
Correa pulled his horse up short and,
jumping from his hack, assisted in
picking up the unfortunate child. She
was crying at the time but did not show
ANY signs Of serious injury.
A Chinese hack happened to be pass
!, ing at the time and into this the father
and hack driver carefully lifted the suf-
/ fering child and drove rapidly to the
Office of DR.. Herbert on Alakea street.
Not finding him at home, they succeed
ed in catching DR.. Walters at the Pa
cific Club, and every thing possible
was done to relieve the little girl. Life
was prolonged until about o'clock
yesterday morning, when she died from
internal injuries.
Several people saw the unfortunate
accident, and according to their testi-
Imony Correa was only proceeding along
1.-THE street at moderate rate of speed
had occurred. The jury is of the opin-
ha occurred. The jury is of the opin-
ion that the child came to her death
by accident and will undoubtedly ae-
quit Correa of all blame in the affair
Ian Kau Immediately retained Attor-
Iney Thayer to prosecute Correa and
expressed his intention of filing a suit
for damages. The bereaved father was
unable to produce two of his witnesses
last night, so the balance of the testi-
mony will be heard this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. 1t is on these missing
witnesses that Ian Kau fastens his
hope of being able to wreak his ven
geance upon the hackman.
DR.. st. D. G. Walters was the first
witness called last evening and in an
swer to the questions asked by Deputy
Sheriff Ghillingworth, said: 'I exam
ined the child last evening. She was
brought to my office in hack, accom-
panied by her father and another Chi
naman. I took her into the operating
room and made thorough examina-
ton and discovered that she was suf-
lfering from two slight external wounds
one of them being an abrasion of the
left wrist and the other an abrasion OF
the lower part of the right side of the
chest. There was also an indistinci
mark on the upper part of the abdomen
which was considerably distended and
very tender.
THE child was suffering intense
agony and after dressing her injuries
I gave her a sedative. The father ther
took her away and I did not see he'
Eagain until this morning when 7 eaN
the body. 1t is my belief that she died
from internal injuries-possibly rup.
Eture of the stomach. At any rate, a Sc
were blow or pressure in the region OF
the stomach is the cause of her DEATH
/ Ian Kau, the father, was then called
and through w. II. Crawford, acting
as interpreter, claimed that he was
walking along King street accompanied
by his three daughters and was also
y
to the unfinished condition of the
road in the vicinity of the Seminary he
was walking about three feet mauka
of the sidewalk and two of his children
were behind him, but Ian Kun de-
ceased, was out in the middle of the
car tracks. Kau claims that he saw
the hack approaching at rapid pace
and called to his child to come over to
him. She attempted to do so, but was
struck by the horse and knocked down
and when picked up was lying directly
under the animal. He said that the
driver did not stop as soon as he might
have done, and that some one who wit
messed the accident called to him to
stop.
H, could not say whether the driver
was intoxicated or not and in several
things contradicted himself. The sub
stance of his testimony was to the eff
feet that Correa was not paying atten-
ton to his business and was driving
at a reckless rate of speed.
After being sworn Correa was warned
that anything he might say before the
jury would afterwards be used against
him. He told the following story: 81
was coming from Waikiki and driving
la1ong King street about $50 o'clock in
the afternoon. I had two passengers
land when I reached a point in the road
lopposite the Seminary I saw China
man and two little girls walking along
the side of the road. AS they had
plenty of room to pass did not pay
any further attention to them. just
Jas 1 got opposite them one of the little
tchildren left her fathers side and
without warning, ran directly under
my horse. I stopped the animal at
lonce, but from my position on the seat
could not tell whether the horse
istruck her with its feet or not. I was
only driving at a medium rate of speed
and did all that I could to avoid the
accident. I do not know what pos
tsessed the child to run out as she did
land she certainly was not in the center
of the car track"
i Joseph A. Mcclure corroborated the
testimony Of Correa, as did also, the
two native women named Kananf and
Daisy Kahala. Ian Kau was then re-
called but was unable to state anything
new in reference to the matter. In or
der to give the Chinaman a chance to