The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05

h Jumping from q second story porch
to avoid q burglar, Mrs. Palmer, wife
OF an army officer stationed in Cali,
fornia and now in Honolulu Visiting
her sister, Mrs. w. O. whitener, wife
of Lieutenant Whitenef, ". q. a., Is
now in the Fort Shafter hospital suffer
ing from severe bruises and shock. Her
escape from worse injury is regarded
in the light of q miracle but IL was
reported at the department hospital
last night that she was doing well aud
that no serious complications had de-
yeloped.3 80. - H.. . ..
Mrs. Palmer has been staying at the
Whitener home on LanihuH drive aud
Manoa road for the past three weeks
u,it Sunday night when the assault took
place she was the only one in the
house. Lieutenant Whitener, Inspector.
Instructor of the National Guard, Is on
Hawaii with Colonel johnson and Mrs,
Whitener Is patient at the maternity
hospital ': = m,lF. Nj X
Crouehed BY. Her Bed
According to her own story, Mrs!
Palmer awoke in the middle of the
night to see o man erouehing by her
bedside. She arose hastily, screaming
for help, and as she was on an outside
porch her, voice happily carried some
distance. Ter 7assailant seized her BY,
the throat, threatening her IL she made
another sound and then turned to lock
the door leading into the hall. In this
brief interval Mrs. Palmer leaped over
the rail and struck heavily on the
rocky ground two stories below. =
Ito, the Japanese woman-servant in,
the Whitener home, alarmed by Mrs
Palmer s. cries, ran down LanihuH road
towards the residence Of Raymond G.
Brown, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, who, with his son, and Do
Maid M. Ross Of Davies q Co, another
neighbor, answered the call for help
Bruised And Blaeding ;. -
They found the house deserted and
in answer TO Mr.. Brown s cries Mrs,
Palmer q ansWened, from the servants
quarters where she had dragged her
self. She was bruised over her entire
Body, her hands were lacerated and she
had also suffered q severe scalp wound
but escaped fractures or internal In.
juries. She was covered with blood
and was almost overcome by shock,
She was taken at once to the Brown
residence where she spent the night
DR.. Wesley III. Ketchum attended her
until yesterday morning, when she was
removed TO the department hospital at
Fort Shafter. r.,
No Clue TO Assailant
The police were called in and
search was made Of the house both at
that time and again yesterday morn
ing. The assailant had disappeared
as mysteriously as he had appeared
leaving. only few marks behind. The
light was burning in the attic and
there were footprints on the dust on
the floor, giving rise to the belief that
he had entered; through the attic win
dow which he could gain. from tree.
NJ The description given by Mrs. Palm.
or il meager but she says he was Of
small size and gave her the impression
that he was q boy. She has not been
here long enough to differentiate be-
tween nationalities. In reply to Mr..
Brown 81 questions she agreed that 1t
was O Hawaiian, then admitted that II
may have been q Porto Rican SO her
evidence cannot add much to the case
for the police.
, The marks Of the mans hands were
plainly visible on her throat and armt
when she was found by her neighbors.
Mrs. Palmer, who is spending q
month with her sister, Mrs. Whitener,
had intended to leave again for Cali,
fornia within a week or so. Lieuten'
ant Whitener is expected back from
Hawaii today, ~
81 Mrs. Palmer's initials could not be
learned last night as the department
hospital would not give out the name.
The only officer on the army list OF this
name stationed in California Is Capt
Fred W. Palmer, medical corps, Fort
Rosecrans. '' '