The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-07
Daughter Of Berkeley MuItimiI-
Iionaire Fined $3.50 For Furious
Or Needless Driving
AUTOMOBILE SHE GUIDED
CAUSED DEATH OF WOMAN
Yong Woman Sails For Coast
In Niagara To Join Her
Parents

OD mOJlOn OF lily Attorney DTOWnp
the felony charge against MISS Dorothy
Spring or Berkeley, California, and Dr..
John @. Pedon, of The Queen 5 LOS
pital, VINO were indicted two weeks ago
on charges of neglecting to render as
slstance to a person Injured by an au
| tomobile, was nolle prose d in Judge
| Ashford 8 court yesterday.
Upon the granting of the motion an
information was filed by him charging
! Miss Spring with furious or needless
| driving of an au tOmobiIc, under section
! 400 Of the Revised Laws OF Hawaii.
| To this charge Miss Spring pleaded
| guilty and was fined $3.50, the maxi
mum penalty for the offense being $500.
| The costs Of court were remitted At.
totney Frank F. Thompson, who ap.
peared in the case for Miss Spring,
paid the $3.50 into court, a check on
a local bank being used.
| In moving for the dismissal of the
felony charge against the young visi-
tor and the local physician City At.
torney Brown said that he doubted
whether under that charge the govern
ment could secure a conviction.
Visitor Guilty of Misdemeanor
Alter Miss Spring pleaded guilty ia
the misdemeanOr charge, of furious OF
needless driving, Attorney II Impson
made an elaborate statement to the
court. He said that Miss Spring was
driving a small Buick car, with the
wheel at the left, that it was raining
and the shield of the machine was
blurred on that account. Beyond the
Country Club, in the Nuuanu road tC
the Pail, machine approached the can
which was being driven by Miss Spring
and in which Doctor Pedon was hen
sole companion. The powerful lights Of
the approaching machine blinded those
in the Buick. As Miss Spring felt 8
slight jar or tremor in the body OF
her machine she remarked to Doctor
Pedon that they must have hit a rut in
the road TO make slrv how near the
edge of the road they were she Leaned
and looked beyond the shield.
1t was only after the defendants haC
reached the Pail that someone in an
other ear remarked to them that it wal
pretty rough to go along, hit woman
on the road and leave her there. Thi
was the first Miss Spring or her coin
panion knew, said Attorney Thompson
Of the accident which, a few days laler
resulted in the death of Mrs. GeOrg,
Hermann Moore in The Queen s Hos
pital, Mrs. Moore being the woman in
iured at the time and who remained
unconscious until her death.
Mr.. Thompson said that Mrs. Moore
showed only slight abrasion on he
left hip. She had certainly not beer
run over by the machine, he claimed
for there were no signs on her body O
clothing OF anything of the kind. Mis-
Spring had been over the Pail road OIL
previous visits here a number of times
but the day of the accident was tn,
only time-she having arrived from tn,
Orient that mOrning-when she drov,
q car herself.
Touching on the care taken by Mis-
Spring, Mr.. Thompson said that a
that part of the road and a mile eacl
way it was certainly seldom that a
ten clock of the night a pedestrian
would be encountered. Mrs. Moor
wore a black holoku and was furthe
hidden in the darkness by a large blacI
umbrella. An this contributed to he
not being seen.
Ashford For Substantial Pine
Judge Ashford, in passing sentence
said that he believed substantial fin
should be imposed, in view Of the fac
that the prosecution had dropped tn
felony charge against the defendant
and instituted a misdemeanOr charg
against Miss Spring. He felt, that
was most unfortunate affair n
around and was certainly of the Opin
ion that Miss Spring would be the las
person in the world to infiiet wron
or injury on another. City Attorne
Brown urged the imposition of max
mum penalty.
Miss Spring has booked to leave i
the Niagara, which sails at half-pas
five clock this morning for San Fran
cisco. Doctor Pedon said yesterda
that she might leave in the Matsoni
next Wednesday morning, but that tn
exact late of Miss Springs departur
was very uncertain at this time.
is believed that she will leave toda
= in the Niagara. She will go to RI
united home, for her father an
mother, who were talking divorce a fe'
days ago, have kissed and made up an
Y ara nncp a0ain united and hanDy