The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-15
KILLED BY
The CARS
Portuguese Youth
Comes to His
Death.
(From Wednesdays daily.)

A FATAL accident occurred yes
az terday afternoon on the electric
A car line on Liliha street between
Judd and Wyllie streets. Car No. 4
leaving Wyllie street on the down trip
at 1925 o'clock overlook two men and
a boy. all riding on horseback, just be-
low Ahlo's house The men were
George Holt, a native named kapena
and a Portuguese boy named Manuel
Peter. The horseback party was on its
way down the street, going in the same
direction as the car.
The men turned off to the left Of the
car track, the boy riding to the right.
The street is wide at this point and as
the car approached the horseback par
~ they were each ten or twelve feet
from the track on opposite sides.
When the car was almost opposite
the boys horse, the latter reared and
plunged and backed directly in front of
the car falling against the fender with
one leg under it. The boy pitched for
ward on the track, and by reason of the
fender being elevated by the horses
leg getting under it, he passed directly
under the fender and the front wheel
AS soon as the horse began to act
badly Motorman Cooke put on the
brakes and reversed the current to pre-
vent an accident. 1t was all over with
in a few seconds after the horse began
to back. The horse was practically I'M
injured and got up and ran away.
The boy, who was about sixteen years
old. was a son of Manuel Peter who is
- - G. tn,
their warehouse. His residence is on
school street.
The news of the accident was iume-
diately telephoned to the power house
and men from there were at once sent
up to the scene of the accident with
Jack screws and lifted the car off the
body of the boy. The remains were
securely wedged in the gear behind the
wheels and could not be taken out with
out the aid of the screws. The state
ments of all eye witnesses were to the
effect that the occurrence was purely
accidental and not in any way the fault
of the motorman.
George Varrell, coachman for George
r. Carter, witnessed the accident from
a short distance away, and states that
he saw the three men riding ahead of
~
ter two went to one side of the track
and the deceased went to the other
side. Just as the car reached the vicin-
ity Of the party, the horse ridden by
the boy acted badly and commenced
backing and only stopped when struck
by the car. The horse and rider were
thrown down. The fender threw the
horse to one side, but was raised par
ipl Of ba
unfortunate occurrence allowed the boy
to be caught beneath the fender and
the car was not stopped until the front
wheel had passed over his body.
The patrol wagon was Immediately
telephoned for and made the trip in a
run. AS soon as the car was raised the
remains were placed on the wagon and
taken to the morgue. The injuries sus-
tanned by the deceased were frightful.
his body being torn and his arms, legs
and back being broken. In addition to
these mutlations the skull was frac-
tured over the right temple.
Drs Cooper and Herbert were
summoned to the scene of the accident
but life was extinct when they arriv-
ed, death having been instantaneous.
As far as could be ascertained there
were no passengers on the car which
was one of the small open ones.
Three or four natives who witnessed
the accident volunteered the infornia-
ton to the Deputy Sheriff that it was
the horses fault and not the conduc-
tors and asked that the motorman be
not arrested as he was blameless and
had done all in his power to save the
boys life.
A coroner's jury was summoned con-
sisting of: Eugene Devauchelle, Fred
Smith, F.. T. Mossman, G.. Bowers, A.
Lucas and c. Tobin. They viewed the
remains at the morgue. The inquest
will take place at Z o'clock this even
ing, the doctors being unable to report
on the autopsy at an earlier hour.
The witnesses at the inquest will in
clude George Holt, Kapena, Motorman
Cooke, Conductor Dean and three or
four natives.
Last night Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth told a reporter that he had
made thorough investigation of the
affair and was of the opinion that the
motorman was in no way to blame.
Manager Ballentyne thinks that the
fracture of the skull was caused by the
boy falling from the horse and striking
the rail with his head. He supports his
theory by the fact that when the body
was taken from under the car the head
lay on one side of the track. He
thinks that IL the boy was not actually
killed by the fall he was at least render
ed unconscious and was so when the
ear passed over him.
w. r. Castle and c. @. Ballentyne
Immediately after the accident visited
the parents of the Diseased and ex-
pressed their sorrow at the accident
and their sympathy with the family.
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