The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-07
AMBULANCE MAKES
Wild NIGHT DASH
AND SAVES WOMAN
Mrs. Charlotte Howell Figures
This Time In Genuine At .
tempt At Suicide
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
~ LOSES DOOR IN SMASH
Driver Avoids Crash With Army
Automobile In Sensational
Race With Death

Mrs. Charlotte Howell figured last
night in as exciting n story as ever
was featured in a lur.d melodramatic
film. There was n family quarrel, q
genuine attempt at suicide, wild
dash of the police ambulance to save
her, another wilder d sh to get her to
the emergency hospital n breath stop
ping crash of two automobiles in the
dark, the saving of lives by the pres.
ence of mind Of the ambulance driver,
and the final heroic saving Of the love.
and poison-sick matron s life by means
of the prosaic stomach pump. !.
Second Suicide Episode
Not quite three weeks ago Mrs. Ho-
well figured in another suicide story,
with a family split as the cause. t Her
husband, NJ. w. Howell, a chief ma
chinist IS mate, stationed on the Alert
at Pearl Hdfbor. gave her $3.50 to hold
for him until he was ready to pur-
chase a runabout he needed to get from
his home near School aud Nuuanu
streets to his work at Pearl Harbor
Instead Of holding the money, Mrs
Howell spent most of it in getting q
divorced husband out, of the Territory.
Trouble came when Howell asked for
his money. There was a row and the
young womnn went to Thomas Square
and there pretended to take poison.
First Attempt q Bluff .
& Her husband. who had become sus-
,picious and trailed her, gave the alarm
and the. ambulance bore the Woman to
fyard that slls Ind been but bllDine,
"A feeoneilfatieh foll owed, and hnsbandi
and wife agreed TO live happily ever,
after. y ~ t5s,.- a.i s !. .f5'. IA 'f,
Instead, only few days passed be.
fore they fell out again, and the neigh
bors report that they have had several
small chickering's from time to time.
X Last night shortly after eleven o..
clock there was hurry scall for the
ambulance to School and Nuuanu
street. There Doctor Aver found his
former patient, writhing In real agony.
There was no bluff about the poison
this time. She had taken the contents
of q package of ant paste.
Mad Dash Toward King Street
No time was to be lost and Mrs
Howell was hustled ito the waiting
ambulance and started for the emer-
gency hospital as fast as the motor
could turn over, the big ear swinging
from side to side as it dashed toward
King street. -
As the ambulance neared the King
street corner, David Kamauoha, the am
bulance driver, heard the faint bleat of
another horn above the sound of his
machine. In another instant he swung
into King street. There not ten feet
away was another car, also going at
top speed, and crossing his line.
Without losing his presence of min
the Hawaiian whipped his machine
around in big circle, 30 that f-r a
time it ran parallel with the other,
driven by an army officer. So sudden
was the swerve that the bSdy of the
ambulance was wrenehed, and the side
door flew open, and so close were the
two ears to wreck that the army Off. 4.
GERS machine scraPed that side door of
as neatly as it could have been done
with a knife.
Woman's Life Is Saved e.,
But Kamauoha, calm under the shock
and keeping in mind the woman back
of him, turned his ear without pause
up King street and to the emergency
hospital
The work of fighting the poison was
short. The stomach pump did its work
and at half past twelve clock Doctor
Aver declared his patient out of all
danger, but very weak and very, very
sure she II never again try ant paste
IL she wants to put an end TO the
family jars.