Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-09-24
SHIP PHELPS uBEIlED
SAILOR ASKS $4,000
FOR FRACTURED LEG
BIG VESSEL SEIZED LAST EVEN.
ING - SCHiRRMACHER Al.
LEGES NEGLECT WHILE
SUFFERING.

The ship Ersliine NJ. Phelps. one Of
Sewall's big vessels. Is held by order
Of the Federal Court under a libel oil
$4,000 for personal damages to Ju.
Illus A. Schumacher one Of her sail
ors, who alleges damages from negli
gence.
Libellant, who shipped at Norfolk
Va. says that in rounding Cape Horn
he was thrown against the ships rail
and sustained fracture of his right
leg,
THAT libcllant was thereafter neg
lected and i'll treated by said master
In that he was left for two hours with
Out receiving any attention whatever;
and libellant was further neglected foi
the space of about two days: that on
the second day after the said accident,
! libcllants injured leg was carclessly
wrapped in a hard bandage, and was
suspended in his bunk from hook In
! the top thereof, to libellant's great in
convenience and discomfort that H.
bellant lay there without change for
the space of four weeks; that at
times libellant was unable to answer
the demands of nature, because no
one on board had time to assist him,
and he suffered greatly; that during
said period OF four weeks. said master
pever came near this libellant.
THAT at the end of the period last
aforesaid. libellant was assisted upon
deck by order of the said master as
libellant is informed and believes;
that libelant was given stick and q
cane for use; that libellant asked for
crutch in place of said stick, but the
same was denied him; that libellant,
because of insufficient support, slip
ped and fell on the deck OF said ship
1.-THE second day after he was assisted
on deck; that his said leg was injured
thereby; that the said master knew IT,
but nothing whatever was done there
for.
That said ship arrived at said Ho
Eolulu on or about the 18th day OF
September In the year 1908. that i'm
mediately upon its arrival libellant re
quested said master to take him on
shore to a hospital: that his request
went UNDECIDED; that on the third day
no one remained on board of said ship
and libellant went without food dur
. ing the whole day, and was hungr!
and sick and faint.
That during all of the times afore
said following the said fracture Of
Ilibellant's leg, he suffered great phys
ical pain and misery, and was In con
tInual mental distress, and is now !
patient in the Queens Hospital O
said Honolulu. and is still suffering
from said injury.
That after libellant sustained TIL
fracture of his leg as Aforesaid, salt
ship, as libellant is informed and be
lieves, was near divers ports. wher,
medical and surgical assistance coul'
have been obtained for libellant b.
| said master, and said ship could hav,
] been safely sailed thereto and with
out injury to its cargo.
I THAT libellant Is twenty.four year
: Of age, and is without education, an,
r is able to earn living by physical Ia
; Dor only: that he has earned hithert
) from eighteen to twenty dollars pc
= month; that he has received no none
. from said ship as earnings, or Other
' wise, since said Sth of May, 1908; an
! that he is now permanently injure
7 and incapacitated from performln
S hard labor; and that because of III
. premises libellant has suffered dan
4 age in his person in the sum Of te
e thousand dollars (Sl0,000D."
r Libellant claims the ship was owe
o laden with coal.
II. ]. Graham is master of tn
s Phelps.
e T. McCants Stewart and J.
: Dunno are libellants proctors.
d Judge Estee has allowed process
= Issue without bond for costs. The VIZ
9 Is to be returned October 2.
Yesterday evening U. S. DepuI
o Marshal +. l.. Winter attached III
IS vessel She will probably be release
= under bond covering damages.
q 4 I! + + 4 :. + + + 4 I! + & I. + + =
& Company III" Monday. Sept. est
l. 1903, at s p, III,
Company ~" Tuesday, Sept, pot
y 1903, at .. m.
IS Company &C." Wednesday SEP
Both, 1908. ut p. m,
= Company a." Thursday oct, Is
II 1908, at S y. N.
1. Company &C." Friday, oct. md 100
r at S p, m.
Company 3D." Hospital Corps, Moi
day, Oct. 5th, 1908, at p, m.
Company e" Drum Corps, Tuesda
Oct. 9Th, 1908, at p, m.
ll Uniform: Fatigue cap blue blous
1. white trousers, leggngs, with glove
c 2. Pursuant to Orders No, l0l Hea
quarters Artillery District of Honolul
dated July 10Th, 1908, First Lieutena
H. w. Newton, Artillery Corps, will
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