Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-28
OFFICER Wright
! LON;RELAT|VES
NOTIFIED LATE
Wife and Brother Dissatisfied
With Handling of Accident;
Or. Aver Explains

Close relatives OF Motorcycle Police
Officer Fred Wright, who lies at the
Queens hospital lingering between
life and death as the result OF the cor
Iision between his machine and the
mail auto driven by John NJ. Silva at
8 O'Clock Wednesday evening, said to-
day that they are somewhat dissatis-
fled with the alleged neglect of the
police department in not notifying
them Immediately the accident came
TO their attention.
At $3.50 Wednesday evening, Wright
was on the table at the emergency
hospital, yet Mrs. Wright, who was
at home with her brother, NJ. Espinda.
who lives with the Wrights, received
no message until 1920, when a tele-
phone message from another brother
broke the news. Espinda Immediately
telephoned the police station and
they said Wright was not in a serious
condition. But Mrs. Wright and her
brother got ready and went with her
brother TO the station.
Sent To Queens Hospital.
BY the time they had arrived DIR.
r. G.. Aver, the emergency surgeon.
had decided TO remove the patient TO
!. Qneens hospital, as serious symp-
toms had begun to appear When seen
fhis morning Wright's relatives felt
that three hours was too long time
for patient suffering with 80 serious
an accident as fracture Of the skull to
lie in bed with the critical condition
undiscovered.
Dr. Aver stated today that from the
moment that Wright was brought into
the emergency hospital not a minute
passed when one or both Of his at
tendants were not at the bedside of
the patients watching for any symptom
that would Indicate anything seriously
the matter, and he himself was not
absent more than 10 minutes at
time from the side of the patient.
Complaints Of SiIvais Speed.
Silva has been complained of many
times to the police by citizens who
have been witnesses of and near vic
Tins TO Silya's speedy driving. On
two occasions the sheriff has com.
planned in person to Postmaster
Young, who reprimanded Silva in the
presence Of the sheriff and cautioned
him against violating any of the ord
inances.
1T is true that being a federal EN-.
ploye in pursuit Of federal business
Silva has the right OF way in his ma
chine, but that is no excuse for reck-
less driving and violation of city ord
inances," said the postmaster, and /
will have none Of my employees violat-
ing them just because OF their connec.
ton with the federal government"
. Silva complained to the postmaster
at the time of his last reprimand that
his route for the collection of mail was
so long that he simply had to speed
up In order to cover 1t in time.
While attorneys on opposing sides
argued habeas corpus matters this
afternoon in the case of John Silva,
the mail carrier who has been held
in jail since Wednesday night, big
policeman stood outside the door of
the judiciary building waiting to ar
rest him.
Habeas corpus proceedings were
stopped abruptly by the bringing in
of. the warrant by Probation Officer
John C. Anderson, who laid it on the
desk before Lorrin Andrews, Silva's
attorney. Andrews explained the sit
uation as he saw it, saying, Il see the
city and county attorneys office
hoped to wait here until a decision
was given. then go ahead and present
its warrant"
Judge Whitney called for immedi-
ate stoppage of the proceedings, stat
ing In no vague words to the city at
torneys that If they had warrant
for an arrest sworn to by Judge Mon
sarrat it was to be presented at once.
Attorneys Garden and Cristy de-
MED vigorously that they had known
any warrant was being drawn.
Silva was placed in custody as soon
as he left the building by the police
man who had waited outside. He
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