The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-08

spiruorslN absent yesterday, the TT h.
cipal witness being sylvester j. Gar.
rida, driver Of the ear into which w.
q. Chalmers, the contractor, crashed
after striking the girl lie added lit
tie TO the facts already possessed bv
the jury, but took the position that
Chalmers was not TO blame for the ne.
cident by ;estifying that the girl
stopped in front of the machine and
then ran into it when Chalmers tried
TO turn.
swears Chalmers Was Drunk.
Another eve witness, however. was
discovered in Charles Lewis, an en-
ploye of the road department, who.
while he did not see the actual acci.
dent, arrived on the scene before the
body was picked up. lie stated EN-.
phatically that Chalmers was under the
influence of liquor.
The only way he could tell he said.
was by his breath, which smelled strong.
ly of liquor although he did not show
the effects Of il in his actions. At an
other time he said that he knew
Chalmers was "pretty full"
Lewis asserted also that Chalmers
was going at "a fast rate of speed. his
testimony being the first brought out
on that point, as Garrida refused to
make any estimate of the other ear 5
speed. Lewis, according to the test.
mony, was reading paper on the lanai
of house Waikiki of the spot where
the girl was killed. He happened TO
look up az the auto was passing and
swore that IL was going between TWEEN
ty'hve and thirty miles an hour.
Pressed for the reasons why he esti.
mated VI at this speed, he stated that
he had formerly been chauffeur;
that the car passed his place faster
than cars usually passed IL; and be.
cause car going under twenty-five
miles an hour would not have done the
damage TO the Garrida ear that Ohalm.
ers' auto did. ~
Other witnesses who testified were
James l.. Mclean! vice 3gresident of
the Inter. Island Steam Navigation
Company; George w. Smith and John
de Mello. Jr. ? Itab nj -
Mr.. Mclean stated that he arrived
on the scene shortly after the accident
and first offered TO take the Chalmers
oh ldren home. Later, when police
officer Informed Chalmers that he
would have to be taken to the police
station. the contractor and his wife
went there in the Mclean machine, the
children going home on the car.
Chalmers Unnerved.
Chalmers first heard that the baby
was dead after he got TO the station
and became, said the witness, complete.
ly unneryed Mrs. Chalmers fainting
condition necessitated her immediate
removal TO her home, he continued,
The witness stated that Chalmers did
not impress him at the time as a man
who was under the influence of liquor
and appeared unnervcd only by the ac-
cident
Smith also testified that Chalmers
had not been drinking saying that he
mad ridden in with the contractor from
the Moana Hotel to Fort street and
conversed with him all the way Just
before the accident.
The witnesses today will be Chalmers
and possibly Mrs. Chalmers. as well as
another alleged eye witness of the ac.
eident that the police say they have
discovered. Several police officers who
state that they plainly noticed the
odor of liquor on Chalmers breath NAV
also he called.
Chalmers Still at Liberty.
Despite the fact that child was
Killed in an automobile driven by
Chalmers and that coroner's iury is
now investigating the sad tragedy,
Chalmers is still at liberty. The polio ,
Tor some reason which they make no
effort TO explain, have not gone to the
formality of even booking Chalmers
pending the inquiry
ut is not the CUSTOM" said citi.
zen yesterday. Gin most civilized
countries when person has been killed
the authorities at least follow the
formality of booking the person or
persons who took part in the killing,
whether or not the affair was an acct.
dent or justified
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had just finished serving his jail sen.
tence for this crime less than twenty.
four hours previous to his second ar.
Iaat tuaaL