The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-03
GIRL DIES UNDER
WHEELS OF AUTO
BIG Pierce Arrow Driven by Mrs.
Charles Bartlett Strikes and
Kills Hawaiian.

trrom sundays AdyertlsorN
Playing In tho road In front of tho
Jaraucec stores ON Rcrctania avenue.
below the Mollni Church, little eleven,
ycorold Helen Emkai was yesterday
Instantly killed by heavy, seven,
seated Pierce Arrow ear driven by Mrs.
CHARLES q, BARTLETT, who was tho only
one In tho machine A small companion
OF llclon, named Nc Spu, was injured
plightly, but escaped death Mrs, hart,
lott stopped ~ oncc, .hut finding ahe
could render no assistance went homo,
whore sho w Frustrated by tho tragedy,
Deputy sheriff Rose WINS ON the aOcne
n few minutes lOtcr 10 secure witnesses
ana call together cOrouer'a Jury, Wit
ncsscu, however, were few, and the two
who we're found hOtly contradict each
other
rhopc who saw the accident wcro nlll
liu, an old Hawaiian, and John Unhnuf,
Tho former was pitUng an the corner OF
the lnuni or ono or the stores, and
clnims that the auto wns going about
~ fust nB horscj that tho two girls,
Mo Spu being ayo years old, were
orOuchcd NJ the edge of tho rond In,
lcntly Watching the auto, and vt the
time N rcachod thcm attempted TO dart
ncrOHa the road
Killed Instantly
Me Snu wns struck by tho right fen,
der aud thrown To- ono side, with moth,
ing hut cut ON her tcmplo, llclon
was struck below the left eye by ono
of the lamps and thrown To tho ground,
At the autopsy last night " was
shown that lhc skull hOd boon froc'
lrcd from the pcuoua portion Of the
temporal bone on the right side 10 the
snmc spot ON the left side, the bOHo of
the skull holng completely cracked II
/ nppenra that this Injury which must
have cuuHrd Instant dcnth, was brought
4 about 10y the Impact of tho full,
! Unhlnul, the other Witness, who was
standing ON the cOrnor Of the lanai of
tho upper store, HlOlcs that Mrs Bart,
! lett was driving towards knlmulN, mud
! That Just me- she roUchod the two llttlc
GIRLS Bho sworvod the mnChIno In, struck
| them, both wheels passing over the
body OF Helen, nnd then awcrvod out
ngnin
While leaving lnfcrcncca TO tho coro
morris Jury, Rose IN strongly Inclined IA
doubt ihiB story Upon being cross
/ quest Toned, Unhlnul confessed that he
Ind not The plighlcat Idea Of how fast
! the machine was going, lacldng detail
which his other minute description
makes strange.
Conflicting Details,
This Ia not the only indication that
| tho man, who undoubtedly saw the nc
i eidont, IN olthor deliberately lying OF
oxHggcrating There were no othci
mnrltn on the body Of the girl beside
ala
wna struck mud deep brulae ON th'
ripht shoulder, md the wheels coult
4 not therefore, have passed over th,
b0dv Had they pnHHo1 over The head
!, II ls the opinion Of the deputy ant
Doctor Emerson who performed the
! hul0pHy Tint Tie mammoth mnchini
would hive absolutely crushed "
whcrcRB the features were unmarried
the fracture indicating that u had beer
{ rnupod by n terrible, bit sharp, blow
) When Deputy Rose roncbcd tho sno
yesterday he found the mother Of TIN
pih laying bor out and he Ind the bod
lnhpn 10 Che mOrpuer After gotllnl
. tho names Of the witnesses from her
he went ont 10 gather whht information
! hp could, returning HOno time later
! nfl0r he had honrd tho stories Of thl
other witnesses.
., ohangoB IIor Story,
The wonlnn then fnimol TINT III
Ind seen the accident, having been zit
ting on the front lnnnij That she plg
tho nuio Hwpryo In ~ described b.
Ialnhinri strike the girls and swefv
out Her story IN M present doubted
! moi only bocnuno she first stated 10 liOs
. that Lil and Tho other we're tho 0nl
+. witnesses, but because she nft0fwnfd
Z rninod Tint the cold man tBlll In
had been inside the coffee shop ana ql
/ not 400 the accident al nll There is n
q doubt however, That In WIS IN from
/. Of tho shop mud did SOC w.
an h n wonder 10 me- said Dopni
Rose last night, That there are no
y more accidents In TINT district for
IL tbicldy settled aud nll the Cbil1Te
play In Che elroota ! suppose tha
even This viii moi be a lesson 10 them,