The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-31
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Findings Simply State How Mrs.
Mary P. Moore Came To
%''t Her Death ~.
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MISS SPRING AND PED0N
EXCUSED FROM TESTlFYING
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TOTrlNO uOuIb NesLeTubN hIIernOOn n
coroner g jury listened to the Testimony
of the nine witnesses called by the
prosecution to determine the cause and
surrounding circumstances of the death
of Mrs. Mary p. Moore, who was struck
by an automobile December 20, dying
Monday night after an operation at
the Queen 8 Hospital. .-
After q short interval the jury
brought in the finding :that Mrs. Mary
p! Moore came to her death as a re
suit of q fracture of the skull, said in
jury. received by being struck by q
Buick runabout automobile, supposed
to he occupied, by DR.. John C. Pedon
and Miss Dorothy Spring. >; The jury
was composed of A. V. Gear, Fred Pur-
rill. Sam Hardesty, c. A.. Stuart, H. C.
Brown, and j. Uluihi.
The jury satisfied itself with making
this finding and withheld from touch
ing on the question of Miss Spring s
responsibility for the woman s death
Deputy City Attorney Christy has not
made statement of whether or not he
will attempt, to have the grand l.ry.
make further investigation of the
ease, Miss Spring and Doctor Pedop
being under Indictment now on a charge
of deserving the woman after the acct
dent.
That Miss Spring was driving the ma.
chine. accompanied by Doctor Pedoni
that she was travelling at a rate of
twelve or fifteen miles an hour; tina,
when informed of the accident ny
Charles Gulick, who met the two at tho
Pail, both Miss Spring and Doctor p
don declared they did not know they
had struck anyone, and readily con,
scented to report to the police station
these are few of the interesting
points brought out at the inquest.
Miss Spring and Doctor Pedon, acting
on the advice of their cOunsels, AttOT-
neys Frank f. Thompson and Ebert J.
Bolts, asked to be excused from test
flying at this time, and so the inquiry
was confined to the witnesses called by,
the coroner. ,s..
There were q number of slight dis
crepancies in the testimony, particular,
~ on, the question of whether Miss
Springs machine continued ,tnveliHg
at the same rate of speed after the ac.
cident as it did before. One or Two Of
the witnesses we're, of the opinion that
II slowed down, while the others were
Certain that it's speed did not change.
Attorney, w. r.. Rawlips, DR.. &. G.
Patterson and J. w. Seller, who teSti,
fed they saw the accident, declared
that after the accident they called ont
to the passing mach inc, to stop, anl at
least two of the witnesses stated thry
heard a response. somewhat In the ma,
tuTe of "hurrah, ' coming from the
machine in which Doctor Pedou ana,
Miss Spring rode.
Attorney Rawlins' account of the az
cident was given first. He statAI h"
was returning from the Pail in the
rent service car of Charles Gulick ana
that Doctor Patterson, Mrs. Patterson,
Mr.. Seller and Mrs. Seller and q Miss
Mcdonald, were with him.
ave were travelling about twelve
miles an hOnr and when near the elec.
trio light station we saw another ma
chine coming toward US, and We also
conld make ont the figure Of woman
walking along our left.hand side of the
road. The other machine strpck her
when we were about eighty feet away
The woman fell to the ground and the
other machine kept going"
A great many of the interrogatiUrs
centsred around the question of wneth-
er Miss Spring knew of the accident Il,
the time. Attorney Thompson brought
out the point that the Berkeley gil
and Doctor. Pedon had remained on tn"
Pail more than a half hour after the,
accident; that they were visably #p-
palled with the news that they had
struck a woman, and that they realty
consented to return with an officer TO
the police station.
The. lotber.t witnesses called were
Emergency Physician, Ayres, DR.. II. '.
Murray, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Seller and
G. w. Moore, sou. of deceased.
Both Miss Spring and Doctor Pedon
stated after the accident that they had
felt Q jar to the, MACHINE near where
the tragedy happened, but had thought,
1t was caused from striking n rat or
something of the kind in the road,
They explained not having seen the
woman in the road by saying the lights
of the approaching machine Blinded
them to part of the road. ..
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