Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-17
WAS BOOZE
DITCHED BY
JOY RIDERS?
Woman's Statement Indicates
That Welsh Party Was Well
Equipped With Liquor
POLICE FIND EMPTY
BOTTLES AND GLASSES
Condition of Moranho Un-.
changed. Records Show
Chauffeur Law VioIator

For Gods sake ditch the booze
is an exclamation alleged TO have beer
uttered I'm a shrill feminine voice i'm
mediately following the accident on
KaiakaAa avenue early Thursday
morning in which Mounted Officer
Manuel p. Moranho received injuries
thai may possibly prove fatal.
A woman resident OF Kalakaua ave
nue., in the vicinity Of the spot where
an automobile. loaded with "joy-rid
ers" and driven by Chauffeur William
l.. Welsh, struck and killed the horse
ridden by OFFICER Moranho, says that
she distinctly heard the remark.
Bearing evidence Of the truthfuness
OF this assertion on the part of
the Kalakaua avenue resident
are one large "square-face" bottle,
containing trace of gin, two par
TALLY filled bottles of mineral water
and five liquor glasses, now in the pos.
session CT Sheriff Charles Rose.
Special Motorcycle officer Ferry,
acting unon tin given the police de.
partment that Welsh and Reynolds
and their female companions on the
midnight ride are alleged to have car
Iied a quantity of liquor. ard follow
ing the accident. an attempt had been
made to remove traces CT intoxicants.
visited the scene where Moranho was
placed at deaths door, aid discovered
the evidence mentioned above.
In relating his version of the ride
with the women passengers, Welsh
was emphatip that no LIQUOR was taken
along or hoI hao~. dro nh hxy kaa,,, hare
of the party. II has deyeloDed that
there are others equally positive that
the seyevnl members Ct the party
were considerably under the influence
Of intoxieants when the collision be-
tween the machine. running at high
speed and the mounted policeman oc-
cured in which Moranho was violent
w thrown 10 the ground. his horse in
stantly killed. and the officer receiyine
p comncund fracture ak the base of
the skull.
Sheriff Rose Is now in possession of
the names nf the two women. They
Pre- Mrs. Mabel Guest and Mrs. Dolly
Gordon. recent arrivals from the coast.
However. attempts uDcn the part
Of the police today to find the women
proved fruitless. They were not To-
Gated at tho places designated to the
officers yesterday. OFFICERS stationed
at the house IN n3welei district declared
the place untenanted throughout the
dav That the women who are con-
sidered important witnesses may be
induced to leave town is feared by the
police who will take every precaution
to prevent their departure
Sheriff Rose stated this morning
that Captain of Detectives McDuffie
bad not been detailed on the case for
the reason that Welsh had told the
sheriff who the women were and
where they could be located. with
this information" said Rose. there
was no necessity to call upon the
services Of Mr.. McDuffie knew
where the women could he located at
any time it might be necessary to
bring them in"
At the request of Motorcycle OFFICER
Ferry. who has handled the investiga-
ton of the accident, Captain McDuffie
early last evening accompanied him
to the house occupied by the women
who were the companions OF Welsh
and Reynolds at the time of the acci-
dent. at which time Ferry secured the
names of the women.
Further Investigation by the police
late Yesterday afternoon fully estab-
lished the fact that the rumor Of mem
hers OF q theatrical organization here
being passengers in the Welsh car
was untrue Welsh insisted yesterday
that the two female passengers were
not members OF the company and this
was substantiated in the afternoon.
Officer Moranho is reported to have
Continued ON mage three