The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-17
Baron lie Gay Files Suit for
s11sGso for Damages Alleged to
Have Been Incurred in Car
Accident.

. Charles Etti lie Gay, the Austrian
nobleman who visited here for some
weeks and left on Tuesday by the
steamer China for the Orient, wants
s1fiG3O damages from the Honolulu Ra-
pid Transit & Land Company.
Through his attorneys, Andrews 4
Quarles, Baron lie Gay yesterday fled
a suit Tor this amount, against the com
pany named, in the circuit court Of
Honolulu. He wants compensation on
a number Of counts for certain injuries
he Alleges 10 have sustained on Decem,
Der 80 last when he fell from ear Of
the Rapid Transit system. N II. Z
he Gay alleges that at abous half
pnst nine o'clock on the evening Of
December 80 he boarded car at Wal
kikian paid his fare, He rode as far
as the Pawaa Junction, and not wish
ing to have any further electric tran
sit, he got up at the junction as the
car stopped, and while trying to alight
the ear was again started with sud
den 1ureh which caused him 10 be
thrown Violently to the ground, alleges
the baron.
The fall was accompanied with disas-
trous elects to the baron, according to
the tenor Of the complaint fled yester-
day in court. lie had his body badly
bruised and one or his limbs--he does
not specify which was badly Injured.
Tho injuries, he claims, hecessitated his
enforced confinement during twelve
whole days.
On this count alone the bsfdn wants
$1,000, ys . v"
(. Because of, the injuries thus received,
the baron claims he was prevented from
leaving for the g Empire of China on
January 8 this year, 'ias lie had under.
taken and provided to do, and prevent,
ed from transneting important business
in the Empire of Chinn during the
month Of January and meeting engage,
ments which he there had during the
month of January On this count LIE
Gay wants another $1,000. sr
The baron further alleges that he was
in the employ of the Reform Organize.
ton Of China, z and under employment
with Il at a salary Of $1,000 a month. =
lie Gay, because Of his enforced stay
in Honolulu during the month of Jan
nary, wants the Rapid Transit company
TO fsot his month . salary There Is
no statement that he will waive the
payment of the salary for january by
his alleged employer. However, on this
count, he wants an additional sum of
$500.
Then there are the physicians aud
surgeons bills, arising over the treat
ment rendered necessary through the
baron 3 alleged unfortunate accident.
The item is modest one, even if the
physicians and surgeons are not men
toned by name. On this score he wants
the, company t9 foot a further addition,
The SshdfS OF TfG bddfona IeaaaoiP a plant
is not yet, but soon, and when II comes
in this story LIE Gay wants IIonol1lu's
street car company to just hand him
over tho still further and additional
sum Of 5000. Speaking of plans for
the institution Of a bank lie Gay says
that he chad engagements to Meet a
number of Chinese and one William q.
Schroeder of uhicsgo, Illinois, - on De.
cember 81 last TO organize the bank.
BY reason of the alleged injuries pur.
ported TO have been received by the
baron on the evening previous TO this
day, he was prevented from keeping the
and attending the meet.
ing. |s. r.,
The meeting and organization Of the
alleged new bank had TO be abandofe I'D
ard Schroeder left on January I for
Chicago, claims the baron. II is in
this connection that lie Cav wants the
still further and additional Hum Of
$4,000. Lnekily for the companv named
as defendant IN tho suit, the Austrian
nobleman did not think Of mora causes
nf actions and closed here, after find.
ing that the total amount he wants the
Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Com,
pe ny to foot ~ reached the mere baga,
tello of $ll,63o ~, ~ -