The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-30

Brown then swore in the following cor
Icner's jury: c. b. Wilson, Ralph Gere.
| a. p. Taylor, John Wise, Mr. Kalani
and Mr.. Berlowitz.
! The body was taken to the police sta
ton and the jury followed. accom-
panied by DIR. Cooper and Manager
| Gartiey of the electric company. DIR.
| Cooper stated that the boys death was
caused by an electric shock. He was
summoned about Sis. and had at
tempted artificial respiration. He
found a slight fluttering of the heart,
which continued for about fifteen min
| Gtes. He gave a hypodermic Injection
tof strychnine. DR.. Sinclair had come
| to relieve him. but the boy was dead.
Ahfai was practically dead when he
arrived at the store. AS explained TO
him by Mr.. McInerny. Or. Sinclair be-
| lieved the boy came to his death pri-
marily from the effects of the electric
/ shock. Manager Gartley was sworn,
and in response to a question by Mr..
| Wilson as to the voltage on the Nc
Inerny circuit at o'clock, said there
was about lie volts. He explained
that there were two circuitS-the pri-
mary. which carried about 1900 volts,
and the secondary, carrying about 10
volts. The latter circuit entered the
McInerny store.
rs that sufficient to cause death?"
mo; not under ordinary circum-
stances"
IF q man were In a normal. healthy
condition. would that amount OF vol
- Se be sufficient TO cause death?'
NO: / think not
THAT is your belief" inquired the
high sheriff. lis it not possible there
may have been a higher voltage caus-
ed by the crossing of the wires?"
IF the secondary circuit was crossed
by the primary, there might have been
higher voltage" replied Manager Cart
ally ,, ffnE Isn
opposite the store right after the acct
dent and he found nothing out of the
way there to indicate mat there had
been any crossing of wires. l had the
service turned off Immediately upon
hearing of the affair. and the lines were
thoroughly examined. l have not yet
heard of the results from my men,.
Would not the crossing OF the circuits
burn out the fuses and lamps If a higher
voltage went into the secondary"
1T would have a tendency TO make
short circuit" Mr. Gartley answered
The lamps In the secondary are capa-
BILE Of holding only the lowest voltage of
the two circuits
Have you any means of knowing
many lamps were being used at the hour
OF the accidents oclock?' inquired Jur-
or Wilson.
Yes. we know about the quantity Of
current we put out by the registers III
the power house"
From your experience as an electri-
clan have you any knowledge of the volt
age sufficient to cause death?"
My experience has shown that men
have taken as high as 20O0 volts and not
been killed. 1t depends largely upon the
constitution of the person receiving the
shock. We have a man in our employ,
Mr.. Remshall, who received 1000 volts,
and he lives. L have hearsay evidence
that men have been killed on low volt
age of but 60 volts. but it was probably
due to a weak heart"
Dr. Cooper stated If there were any
LESSONS of the boys heart II would be
necessary to hold a postmortem. Upon
the recommendation of the jury the body
was ordered taken to the morgue for
suchs examination.
Manager Gartley stated that as far. as
the location Of tho accident was con-
cerned. everything was Favorable to the
10 an iron pillar with one hand, standing !
on an iron threshold, and his right hand |
cid not grasp the handle of the lever, |
but caught hold of the metal parts, |
forming a complete circuit through the !
body. The boys snoes were examined |
by the jury. the inside soles being damp, /
almost wet. from perspiration.
How could he receive shock from |
this switch?' inquired Juror Wilson.
by touching both poles of the switch
at the same time, and holding to an iron
pillar which was grounded"
Superintendent H L. Hudson said that
the voltage of the secondary circuit at
> o'clock ranged from 10 to 116 or lis
volts. He was OF the opinion 1t could not
have sustained a higher voltage as 1t
would have burned out all the lamps on
the circuit. He had every reason to be-
lieve there had been no higher than ZIG
volts in the circuit. He explained. in re-
Spouse 10 a question. that the sputtering
on the pole outside the store on Christ
mas evening had been repaired and an