Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-09

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! at a fairly good speed and attempting
J to get past the frightened child he
| might have at once applied the brakes
| and stopped the machine. The bulk
| Of the evidence tended to show that
Quinn had used his Judgment as an
expert driver in following the course
| he did, that he took the less safe of
two possible ways, and that IN MS
! case his judgment proved to be wrong,
as the child did not get out Of the
! way and he had not room to get past
at the speed he was going
! May Go to Grand Jury.
Deputy Brown indicated after the
inquest that the territorial grand jury
may take up the matter when it meets
tomorrow afternoon. In view OF the
developments of last night, it is be-
heved that the jury will be called
| upon to consider whether Qdinn's
failure to stop his car on seeing the
child ahead of him involves an error
| serious enough to warrant criminal
proceedings.
The inquest, held at the Pearl City
| courthouse, began at 6 O'Clock last
| evening and was an event in the sub
urban village that attracted a crowd
of curious onlookers. Many children
were present, not few of whom were
acquaintance of the girl who was
killed. Her father and other members
of the family were present. G. w.
Nawaahoe was foreman of the jury.
1t was commented on as significant
| that not a member Ct the jury asked
| a question during the entire examina-
ton.
The first witness, the Tcther. :estI
fed merely as to having seen the
girls body after the accident. Jose
Batista, young Spanish witness, told
of seeing two autos on the road near
Waipahu, black auto and. a red one,
the latter coming from behind and
passing the black car. This black car
contained DR.. L. N. Case, assistant
territorial veterinarian, Joe Richard,
milk inspector, and F. w. Cart" re-
turning from down in the country.
The Quinn car, just before the acct
| dent, passed DIR. Cases car. Batista
declared that the little girl ran into
the road and there kesitated, turning
first one way and then the other,
but this testimony was not borne out
by other witnesses, who declared that
the girl ran rapidly across the 16-foot
highway. Another Spanish witness,
Diego Perez, thought that the acct
dent was due to the Quinn car trying
to get in front of the other. His es-
innate of the speed of the cars,-the
Case car going at moderate speed
and the other litti9 faster, was aft
erward amplified by witnesses who
gave estimates If tho mileaee.
Assert Speed Not Siaekened.
% Particularly valuable testimony was
given by Dr.: Case, Richard and Car
ter, who followed in this succession.
DR.. Case swore that he heard no ma
chine behind him, that Richard told
him Quinn's car was trying to pass
and that he then moved his car to
the right. The child ran across the
road, he said, just after Quinn's car
drew ahead of his. AS far as he could
see, DR.. Case testified, Quinn's car
did not slacken speed~while running
toward the group Of children when
they were first seen, Or later when the
girl detached herself from the group
and sped across the road. His esti-
mate of Quinn's speed was "a to %
miles an hour. DR.. Case testified that
when Quinn's car passed his, the road
in front of Quinn was clear and that
it was just after this the girl tried to
cross. She would have been safe had
she remained with the other children,
he testified.
F., w. Carriers testimony bore out
that of DR.. Case. He asserted that
Quinn seemed to make no attempt to
stop his car until after the child was
struck. He agreed with Case that
Quinn forced his car far over into the
ditch to avoid the accident. In minor
particulars his story differed from
that Of Case, but in no essential
points, and the same holds true for
the evidence given by Joe Richard.
All three estimated the speed of their
own car at II or Is miles an hour.
DR.. r. ]. McGettisan, Oahu Sugar
Company's physician. made a written
statement as to the condition u the
girls body.
Boy Is Good Witness.
A witness of unusual intelligence
was bright-faced Portuguese b. y. Joe
Alfonso, 13 years old. His answers
were remarkable for direetaess, clear.
less and the dafnite stat; merits he
made as to distances. He save 4 clear
account of the accident, mich, along
the line of DR.. Case and his fellow.
passengers. ~ 81. &c.. 49,
j. w. Weinberg, who was passen.
ger in Quinn,s car, testified taat he
was half-asleep on the back sfat at
the time the accident occurred, tut he
remembered hearing the horn blown
three times in warning. He was ask
ed If Quinn had beer drinking during
the afternoon and testified thai they
had taken one drink Of gin at Aiea
about lis in the afternoon. several
hours before the ACCIDENT. He Couldn't
say whether Quinn tried 10 stop the
car when he saw the girl IN the road
Hubert Schreiner. an eInploye Of
the Mutual Telephone Company. de-
clared that he was wslI versed III ham
ding autos and that Quinn did every.
thing possible to avert the accident
Schreiner was passenger m Quinn,s
car He said the girl lost her head
and after running nearly across the
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