The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-05
SMASHEs LIFE
FROM BABY
GIRL
Auto Driven by w. G. Chalmer
Kills Child, Then Runs Full Tilt
Into Another Machine : Police
Say Speed Was Terrific and No
Attempt Was Made to Check 1t.
lFrom Sunday Adyertiser.l

lnstdnIly kllilnB tne HNe-JeaT-Oiu
daughter of Frank Antoine, Portu.
guese, and Immediately afterwards
smashing into the automobile of Syl-
yester j. Garrida, Contractor w. q.
Chalmers yesterday afternoon at King
street and Peterson lane, figured in his
third automobile accident in six weeks.
The dead girl is Kaonohiokala Eliz-
abeth Antoine, one of the witnesses of
her death being her mother, with whom
she was crossing King street at the
time the fender of Chalmers ear hurl-
ed her into eternity. She was killed
almost instantly, for, according to the
evidence SO far announced by the po-
lice, the little body was thrown fifteen
feet by the impact, dropping in bleed
ing, mangled mass on the car track in
the path Of rapid transit ear.
The condition of Chalmers machine,
when found yesterday afternoon, led
to expressions of opinion about the po-
lice station that only the unexpected
collision with Garrida s ear saved Chal-
mers from the disgrace of running
away after the accident. After the
fatal accident, no attempt whatever
was made by its driver to stop the
machine, says Motorcycle Officer Chill
ton, who made the most complete ex.
animation. Instead, the car was run
ming practically ''widc OPEN when, a
few seconds after it had hurled lit
tie girl into eternity, it jammed itself
up against another auto with terrific
force, and had to stop.
Chalmers was driving auto 100 down
King street towards Peterson lane
when he saw the little girl, in the com
pany of her mother, crossing the street.
According to his own testimony the lit
the girl ran across the street. He
swerved, hit her with the fender and
then swerved back, crashing into the
Garrida car, No. 1919.
Motorcycle Officer Chiffon, who ar
rived on the spot shortly afterwards,
made complete survey of the marks
and the position of the cars and upon
his return to the police station an.
nounced that Chalmers must have been
going ut terrific speed.
A"Thc little girl was carrying pack
age Of lard said the motorcycle of
feer, ''and where this was found
probably marks the spot where she was
struck. From the lard to the blood
stained spot upon the road where the
body lay, is fifteen feet, indicating
that she was knocked that distance,
while from the lard to the place where
the two machines collided is seventy
five feet.
CATER going this distance and strik-
ing Sylvester IS ear, Chalmers auto had
momentum enough to push the latter
back nine feet and eight inches and
over the sidewalk. Now ear that hits
a girl, goes seventy-ive feet and then
knocks another car going in the OPP
posite direction back almost ten feet,
is going pretty fast.
"Besides this | made complete ex-
animation of the Chalmers car, which
appeared to have been deserted the mo.
ment it came to stop. The lever was
in the third gear, the spark was fully
advanced the throttle was half open
and the emergency brakes were not
on''
The conclusions Of the other officers
who examined the ground are similar
to those. of Chiffon.
In statement to Captain Baker
made at the police station, Chalmers
claimed that the child ran across the
street in front of him and that the
accident was unavoidable.
81 was west bound when nearing
Peterson Lane he said. 81 blew my
horn twice. The child was with lady
and they were on the left side of the
road when the Child suddenly ran across
the street. i swerved over to the right
when my fender struck her. The rapid
transit car was coming along so ] turn
ed over to the left and struck the other
auto.''
The tot was apparently killed almost
instantly. She was picked up by Hen
ry Robello and Joe Gonsalves, boti
of Auld's Lane, but expired before sh,
could be taken to the hospital. Her ia
theirs home was near the scene of tn,
accident.
Six or seven weeks ago Chalmer,
piled his machine up in the ditch a
Makee Island, Kapiolani Park and {
week or two later struck Cornelius ]
Sullivan, of the Hawaiian Trust Com
pany, at Queen and Richards streets
the latter riding motorcycle. He raj
over Sullivan but the victim or tn,
Hawaiian Trust Company refused I,
prosecute on Chalmers promise to stanC
good for the damage.
soThe first time he was in an acct
dent at Makee Island,n said Chiltoi
last night, che was under the inhu
cnce of liquor but I could get no on
to swear to a complaint and was com
PEELED to drop the case. -
frr Lost His Head.
That Chalmers appeared to lose hi
head completely, is the statement Of
Garrida, the driver of the machine witt
which the contractors collided.
r"I was approaching him slowly,
said Gatrida, who is the contractor fol
The Leilehua route of The ADVERTISED
delivery, "And saw the child run out
in front of him. lie sweryed and struck
her with the fender. and then seemed
tolose complete control of his machine
He headed right for me and when
saw him coming l ran my ear up on
the sidewalk and jumped, just before
he hit it.
As a result of THE accident the de