The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-28
Victim Of Auto Accident Involving
Doctor Pedon and Miss
Spring SuCcumbs
SHE DID NOT REGAIN
HER CONSCIOUSNESS
Queen's Hospital Inferno and
Berkeley Belle Now Face
Charge Of MansIaughter

Victim of sudden relapse, Mrs. Mary
L. Moore, who was knocked down and
fatany ---Jured by an automobile con-
tanning DIR. John G.. Pedon of the
Queen s Hospital and Miss Dorothy
Spring of Berkeley, California, died in
the Queen s Hospital last night at ten
o clock, following an operation to re-
lieve the pressure upon her brain caus
ed by a fractured skull. The opera
ton, which was performed by Doctors
Murray, KilbOurne and Stroud came too
late, and Mrs. Moore failed to recover
from the shock.
The accident which ended fatally
last night, happened near the electric
light station in Nuuanu Valley on Dec
ember 20. Yesterday for the first time
Miss Spring visited the home of Mrs.
Moore, to inquire after her.
Drove Away From Victim
When Mrs. Moore was struck by the
car in which Doctor Pedon and Miss
Spring were driving, no attempt was
made to stop and investigate the ex.
tent of her injuries, or to render any
assistance, according to witnesses of
the occuTance. Testimony to this eff
feet led to the indictment by the ter
ritorial grand jury of Miss Spring and
Doctor Pedon, charged with neglect to
render assistance to a person injured
by an automobile. This charge was
kept pending waiting for the outcome
Of the Injuries to Mrs. Moore, but the
accused persons were released on $1,000
| bond each by Judge Ashford.
Coroner julius AsGh, when informed
Of the death of the injured woman last
night announced that he would hold
the inquest this afternoon, and that
this morning he would confer with City
| Attorney Brown. 1t was likely, said
the Coroner, that the charge now stand,
ing against Miss Spring and Doctor
Pedon would be changed to that of
manslaughter, but this would not be
decided upon until after he had talked
the matter over with Mr.. Prown, who
is expected back from Maui this morn
| ~.
Daughter or Multimilhonaire
Miss Spring is the daughter of John
| G.. Spring, q multimilliOnaire cOntrac
tor and realty owner of Berkeley, and
was a passenger on board the r. T. X
liner ChiyO Maru, homeward bound
from the Orient. She has been a guest
Of Mr. and Mrs. C. c. Cunha, in Wal
kiki, since the accident. She was kept
in ignorance of the death of Mrs
Moore last night. Attorney E. j. Bolts
is her legal adviser.
After the accident, Mrs. Moore wal
taken first to the emergency hospita
and later removed to the home of he
sister Mrs. Carvalho, where she remain
ed until yesterday when desperate symp
toms egan to develop. Signs of incrcas
my pressure on the brain alarmed he
physician, Doctor Murray, who had hi
patient removed at once to The q. cen >
Hospital and summoned Doctors Strou(
AVID KiIhourne, who performed the OPP
Grafton of trephiming, in the hope o
being able to relieve the pressure ant
save Mrs. Moore.
operation Came To Late
The operation however, came to
late. Mrs Moore, weakened by a wee
of pain, failed rapidly and died shortl
before ten clock last night. Sh
never rrgained consciousness after tn
accident.
Mrs. Moore was born in st. Michae
| Azores, March 8, 1858, and had been !
Hawaii for more than thirty years. N
| pIans for her funeral had been mad
| by the family late last night.