The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-28

fed that in the operating room the man
vomited twice and he was positive the
man smelt strongly of liquor. In the
room at the time were the hospital
physician. Superintendent Eckardt, DIR
Judd and two male helpers. Olds stated
that DR.. Judd, after the hospital phys.
ician said the man was drunk, remark
ed that he was probably celebrating
Thanksgiving a little early. Olds stat
ed he reported the fact of the accident.
He said he saw blood stains on the
man 5 pants.
eve LETT the police station with the
patrol wagon, said Officer Olds, Sat
$50. and arrived back at the station
at $50. We were gone twenty-five
minutes. :" That is, the patrol wagon
left the station, drove down into Ka-
waiahao lane,- picked up the wounded
man, drove to the Queen s Hospital,
where he was taken into the operating
room, stripped of his clothes, redressed.
conducted back into the wagon, and was
at the station again at five minutes TO
six clock
Odds was quite positive the man had
been drinking
E. w. Kawaihai, a police officer, and
a brother-in-law of the deceased. was
turnkey when Kaihenui was brought to
the police station. After Kaihenui was
booked as a drunk, Kawaihai took him
to the tanks, supporting him on the
runway and to the cell, as he appeared
to be feeble. He laid him down in the
cell. He thought he detected a faint
odor of liquor, although he stated that
Il E L..
ing He saw blood stains at the man s
nostrils, but as he had been brought
back from the hospital with a report
of being drunk and not hurt, he thought
nothing more about it.
The following morning he visited Ka-
ihenui and found him apparently asleep
He spoke to him several times, saying
he ought to get up and go home, if that
could be arranged. Then he noticed
blood stains on the man s trousers. One
of his legs appeared to be quite stiff
He reported the case to his superior of
fcer and together they examined the
man and then decided that the police
surgeon should be called in. Dr. Emer
son responded shortly after o'clock
and examined the man. He felt his
pulse and looked him over. He told
the turnkey that the man was very
dirty and should be washed. He order
ed warm water The man was bathed
and afterwards put in clean clothing
and removed to an adjoining cell.
DR.. Emerson went away. The turnkey
said he thought cit was funny that the
man slept so long. "
Dr. Emerson testified that he was
called to the station shortly after Z
a. m. Thursday He was told the man
was thought to have been drunk and
had been taken to the hospital before
being brought to the station. He look
ed the man over and came to the con-
clusion that he must have been pretty
drunk to have remained asleep so long.
The pulse was normal and his eyes APP
peared all right The man had become
very dirty and he ordered the turnkey
to clean him and put on fresh cloth
ing He went home and intended to
return soon At his home he came to
the conclusion that if the man was
drunk it must have been from the use
of wood alcohol to have produced such
results. He was telephoned for to re-
turn to the station and on the way
down met the patrol wagon taking Ka-
ihenui to the hospital. He did not
know when he first examined Kaihenui
that he had met with an accident.