The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-01-11
IS LEFT TO LIE.
WHERE HE
FELL
w. H. Smith Run Down by Auto,
the Driver Paying No
Attention.
SCORCHER SPEEDED AWAY
Seriously Injured Victim Picked
Up by Police and Taken
to Hospital.
SCoRCHER SPEEDED AWAY
tFrom Mondays Adyertiser.l

Run down by a speeding automobile,
his arm broken and his body crushed
and bruised, A. H. Smith, brother of
Senator w. o. Smith, was left lying
insensible on the street at midnight
Saturday. For some time the injured
man lay where he had been thrown,
until the policeman on patrol found
him and called the ambulance. He
reached the Queen IS Hospital shortly
after one O'Clock, where his injuries
were attended to by Doctor Wood.
Mr.. Smith was struck down at the
corner of Hotel and Union streets, in
the heart of the city, in one of the
narrowest thoroughfares in Honolulu,
where automobile drivers should be
particularly careful. He had practi
cally no warning of the approach of
the machine and had no chance to
dodge. He first saw the glare of the
headlight, then he was struck down,
the machine passing squarely over his
body. Then he knew no more until
consciousness returned to him in the
hospital ward.
What machine struck him and who
was driving he does not know.
No attempt was made by the chauf-
feur to assist him after the accident.
The machine may have stopped and the
insensible body may have been exam
ined, but this is unlikely. According
to appearances the driver simply Jug
gernauted through the streets and paid
no attention to whoever might be in
jured or killed.
There have been cases before in Ho-
nolulu where the passengers in auto
mobiles have fled from the results of
laf lo,
one been simply left to lie where he
was struclAdown, without hand being
lifted to suteor him.
Machine Was Speeding.
81 was crossing Hotel street, near
the corner of Union street, when, al
most before knew it, an automobile
was upon me- said Mr.. Smith at the
hospital yesterday. "The machine was
coming very fast I heard no horn,
the first warning 1 received being the
glare of the headlight. / stopped and
jumped backward, trying to dodge, but
1 was not quick enough. The machine
struck me and l knew no more about
it until came to myself here.'
Seriously Injured.
Mr.. Smith is seriously injured. His
arm is broken and he has sustained
internal injuries. From all appear
ances the car ran directly over his body.
So far as any police records go, there
has been no attempt to find out the
owner or the driver of the offending
machine. The police blotter does not
even indicate a suspicion on the part
of the police as to whether Mr.. Smith
was struck by an automobile, an ice
wagon, or Halley's comet. Further, it
fails to show any curiosity on the part
of the police as to how man came to
be lying insensible, with broken bones,
ON the public thoroughfare.
other Auto Pilikia.
Another case that was reported by
the police early Sunday morning seem
ed to have been peculiar in its own
way, but not only is the name of the
owner or chauffeur unknown, but even
the number of the automobile is lack
ing. The policeman who saw the "re'
mains reported to headquarters as
follows:
"While patrolling my beat saw a
figure protruding from the sidewalk
! Upon my approaching / found it was
an automobile carefully piled up. j
made a diligent search for the owner
OF sumo ohe thhl hnoN oHo cauSo VI
the accident, but to no avail. Even the
number ON the machine fail of my
recollection.
That is all that is known at present
about the accident.
The third accident occurred on Rich
ards street when the small automobile
of George Paris, with the owner ''at
the wheel, +" piled up on the curb and
departed this life until such time al
some mechanical kahuna can restore
it. No one was hurt except the auto
mobile.