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 Eiolator

For Gods sake ditch the booze
is an exclamation alleged to have been
uttered in a shrill feminine voice i'm
mediately following the accident on
Kalakaua avenue early Thursday
morning in which Mounted Officer
Manuel p Moranho received injuries
that 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 CT the truthfulness
of this assertion on the part OF
the Kalakaua avenue resident
are enc large "square-face" bottle,
containing trace of gin, two par.
tally filed bottles of mineral water
and five liquor glasses. new in the pos
session Of Sheriff Charles Rose.
Special Motorcycle OFFICER Ferry.
acting upon a tip given the police de-
partment that Welsh and Reynolds
and their female companions on the
midnight ride are alleged to have car
ried quantity of liquor. and follow
ing the accident, an attempt had been
made to remove traces of intoxicants,
visited the scene where Moranho was
placed at deaths door, and discovered
the evidence mentioned above.
In relating his version of the ride
with the women passengers, Welsh
was emphatic that no LIQUOR was taken
alcng, or had been drank by members
cf the party. Il has DEVELOPED that
there are others equally positiye that
the several members cf the party
were considerably under the influence
of intcxicants when the collision be-
tween the machine. running at high
sreed and the mounted policeman oc-
CURED, I'm which Moranho was violent
lv thrown to the ground his horse In
stanfly killed and the officer receiving
ccmDcund fracture at the base OF
Sheriff Rose Is now In possession Of
the names of the two women. They
are Mrs. Mabel Guest and, Mrs. Dolly
Gordon. recent arrivals from the coast
However. attempts upon the part
Of the police today to find the women
proved fruitless. They were not To-
rated at the places designated to the
officers yesterday. Officers stationed
at the house in Iwelei 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
had not been detailed on the case for
the reason that Welsh had told the
sheriff who the women we're and
where they could be located. with
this information" said Rose. 'thare
was no necessity to call upon the
services OF Mr. McDuffie. | knew
where the women could be located at
any time IL might be necessary to
bring them in"
At the request OF Motorcycle OFFICER
Ferry, who has handled the investiga-
tion 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 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
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