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

UT. 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 col
lision 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
10 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. IT.:
Sent To Queens Hospital.
BY the time they had arrived DR..
r. G. Aver, the emergency surgeon,
had decided to remove the patient to
Queens hospital, as serious symp-
toms had begun to appear. When seen
this morning Wright's relatives felt
that three hours was too long time
for patient suffering with so 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 minute
passed when one or both OF his at
tendants were not at the bedside OF
the patient, 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.
When he arrived ne was in a semi
conscious condition. examined him
very carefully and could find no
abrasions on the head, any more than
DIR. Hobby did later at the hospital
when the head was shaved. At $3.50
he had sufficiently recovered from his
daze to sit up several times and ask
for his wife. He appeared to recog-
nize me and Deputy Sheriff Asch. AT
about 1880 p. m, he began to vomit,
and In the vomitus small clot of
blood appeared. At about this time,
too, his right eye began to show slight
discoloration, indicating compression.
His jerky breathing. which then com
menced, indicated compression of the
respiratory system, and we knew then
that he had suffered some fracture of
the skull near fits base. After II, had
Wright removed to Queens hospital
and had a consultation with DR..
Kuhns, the physician on duty that
night.
'Dr. w. c. Hobby was. then called.
and after l o'clock Thursday morning
he discovered little blue spot on the
side of the shaver head. Making an
incision, the extent of the fracture
was soon revealed and the critical
condition of the patient discerned.'
DIR. Hobby declared that after he !
had made his incision, and traced the
fracture. which was nearly complete
circumference, the mans head was
seen to be practically severed from
the rest Of the body An operation to
stop the blood, and a late1one Thurs
day afternoon in an attempt to plug
the sinus, have prolonged the life of
the unconscious man. but the physf-
clans entertain ALMOST no hope Of his
recovery.
Complaints Of Silva's Speed.
Silva has been complained of many
times to the police by citizens who
have been witnesses of and near VIC
tins to Silvas 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 federal EN-.
ploye in pursuit Of federal business
Silva has the right of way in his ma
chine, but that is no excuse for reek-
less driving and violation of city ord
inances," said the postmaster, land /
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 ii in time.
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