The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-14
JOY RIDERS LEFT
INJURED Man
To DIE
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Run down by an auto, the occupants
of which picked him up Tor dcad ana
dumped his unconscious body in Atkin-
son Park, la an attempt to ovade re-
spousihility, y. Miharn, Japanese
moving picture man is lying ut the
Japanese Charity Hospital in n serious
condition,
According to the police IL was Fred
Mccarthy now under arrest, who was
at the wheel, and the occupants of the
machine were George Vessel, Albert
Masato, Joe Guinia and fourth man
whose name has not been learned but
who is plumber by occupation. The
machine belonged TO l.. j. Devln, a
tourist-visitor from California, and, ae-
cording to Mrs. Dovlin, the ioyriding
party had the auto out without any
authority whatever.
Nlihara was crossing King street Mt
the iwilei road, about half-past nine
o clock Sunday night, when he was
run down by the speeding auto. The
machine was stopped, and the occu-
pants four men and the chauffeur
alighted and picking up the uncon-
scious man, placed him in the auto, an
nouncing to the excited Japanese who
had gathered, that they would take the
man Iu II noSplihl, thVs
were permitted to speed away.
Crawled for Water.
Some hours later Mihara regained
consciousness to find himself lying on
the ground in Atkinson Park. He was
suffering intensely from internal injur-
les and from a burning thirst. He re-
membered nothing about the accident
and didn't know how he happened to
be lying out on the grass in the night
He called for water, but no one re-
sponded, and finally, despite the tor
ture he was enduring, he started to
crawl about the park in search of
hydrant.
While engaged in his painful search,
he was discovered by the night watch
man of nearby stable, who summoned
Japanese living near by.
He was cared for by his countrymen
until vehicle could he secured, when
| he was taken to Doctor Heida on Bere-
| tania street This physician after an
examination, pronounced his condition
serious and had him taken to the hos
pital.
As result of the hours spent on the
ground without attention, following the
accident, peritonitis set in, and the
men responsible for the tragedy may
have to face charge of deliberate
murder.
The auto which ran down Mihara, is
owned by l.. J. Devlin, who with his
wife are visitors here from California.
Devlin is said to be in IIilo, but Mrs.
Devlin is ut the Moana Hotel. She
processes ignorance of the identity of
the man who drove the machine ut the
time of the tragedy, and it is under
stood, says that she did not know it
had been taken out of the garage. She
used the auto to drive to church Sun
day morning, but says she does not
know whether the man she engaged as
chauffeur for this trip, was the man
who took her machine out that even
ing of the accident.
Mccarthy Identified.
Officer Chiffon last night unprecedented
Fred Mccarthy as the chauffeur and
he has been positively identified. Mrs.
Devlin saws that he had no permission
whatsoever to take the machine from
the garage and an additional charge of
larceny will be placed against the name
of Mccarthy when Chiffon has finished
his Investigations.
Because OF what seemed to them, I'M
necessary delay in experimenting the
guilty persons, the members of the
japanese colony had been deeply
aroused and had planned to hold mass
meeting yesterday evening to protest
against the seeming negligence of the
police. But they were shown yester
day that the police, although proceed
ing quietly, have been working night
and day on the case, and on the assur
ances that arrests would be made al
soon as possible, the meeting wal
called off