Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-11
CHALMERS IS
FREED; BROWN
STATES CASE

Judge M0Hsarrat announced at Sac
o'clock this afternoon that he has re.
fused 10 allow the statement Of Dep.
uty Brown to he put upon the record
sThe statement contains matter that
f. Objectionable to the court and
though / have allowed the nOlle pros.
equi cannot allow this statement to
be s9read on the records he said.
''for Il does not 10 my mind fairly rep.
resent the case..
He has prepared n statement Of his
own which the Star.BuIIetln win pub
lish IN full tomorrow.
William G. Chalmers, charged with
manslaughter by the uncle of little
Elizabeth Antoine, who died after be
ing struck by the Chalmers auto, was
arrested early this afternoon.
The warrant was sworn to by Frank
Antoine shortly before noon and at
1856 the case came up in the district
court, Chalmers having held himself
ready to submit to technical arrest
and having been at the police court
earlier in the day to appear II wanted.
When the case was called, Deputy
City Attorney A. M. Brown, repre-
Benting the prosecution, entered
..noIle prosequl'' and the case was
thereupon dismissed, the city attorn-
ey declining to prosecute.
In entering the nolle prosequi. Dep
uty Brown not only emphasized the
point that bis office has found no evi-
dence to justify criminal charge,
but further declared that William J..
Sheldon, attorney representing the
family of the girl. had told him last
Friday he had tried to effect mones
settlement with Attorney Prosser, re-
presenting Chalmers, that Prosser had
Immediately rejected the offer and
that Sheldon had thereupon made q
move for q manslaughter charge
against Chalmers Brown stated that
Sheldon had talked Of compromising
the case and of getting money dam
ages from Chalmers.
The warrant charging manslaughter
was issued By Police Judge Monsar-
rat.
simultaneously with the issuance Of
the warrant for Chalmers, City and
County Attorney Cathcart announced
Ill0l tlIC lClAltOIAHA kl0n0 JUL WOui0
be afforded fHll opportunity fsf taking
up the matter n the Jury so desires,
and IN early session Of the jury is
expected At which the Chalmers case
win be brought 70 It's attention.
Neither Prosecuting Attorney Cath
cart nor Deputy Brown believes that
the evidences against Chalmers given
before the coroner's Jury was strong
enough to warrant the manslaughter
charge.
Deputy Browns statement to the
court. entering the nolle prosequi.
was as follows.
This case. as the court well knows,
Is the outcome of an unfortunate ac-
cident which occurred at Paiama, on
the End Of August this year, wherein
young child Of about i've years of
age met her death. Within few min
utes. possibly half an hour, after the
accident, Chalmers, this defendant,
who was driving the automobile which
knocked the girl down, came to the
police station to report the matter. |
His statement Of the AFFAIR was appar-
emily accepted BY Captain Baker at
the police station as correct No
CAo4 60 W14 Ett4CAtCu against OhoAhu-
ers. He was not even booked for
Investigation, which shows how the
police regarded the affair.
The coroner's jury then inyestigat-
cd the matter most carefully and thor
oughly and called every available wit
ness to testify.
The verdict Of the jury was the !
only one that could possibly have |
been brought under the evidence. II |
is true, the jury neither blamed nor |
exonerated Chalmers But as the /
jury made no finding against Chalm-
ers, 1t in effect exonerated him.
Il was present at the Coroner's in
quest, representing the County At
torney's Office, and heard all of the
evidence for and against Chalmers,
and at the conclusion of the inquest /
could see no evidence upon which to
base a criminal prosecution, and so
informed Deputy Sheriff Rose, who
stated to me that he too was of the
opinion that no charge could be sus-
tanned against Chalmers.
This warrant, ! understand has
been sworn to by one of the rela-
IIves. the uncle, believe, of the de-
ceased child, which relative also
understand Is now being represented !
by Mr.. Sheldon.
AS Mr.. Sheldon has shown de-
sire to be quoted by the press in this
matter, as appeared in yesterdays Ad-
vertiser. l would like to say that Mr..
sheldon called upon me at the Coun-
ty Attorneys Office last Friday In re-
gard to this case. stating that he rep
resented the relatives of the deceased,
who wanted money damages from
Chalmers. That he, Sheldon, had pro-
posed settlement on some cash bas-
is with Mr.. Prosser. Chalmers at
torney, which proposition Prosser had
most promptly rejected. Mr.. Sheldon
then stated that he was prepared to
have this relative swear to warrant,
charging Chalmers with the crime of /
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