The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-07
c. J, iiutchins, Now San Fran
cisco Broker, Wants Balm
For Injured Arm
SAYS FALL IN BATH OF
SHIP COST HIN DEARLY
Bond Of $4,000 Enables Great
Northern To Sail For Coast
On Time

An hOGr before she left for San Fran.
cisro yesterday the Great Northern
was libelled for $1,000 in an admiralty
suit, instituted in the federal court by
&, J. Hutehins, former Honolulan and
row a broker with business in San
francisco. ii
The papers were served by Marshal
Sml.ldv few minutes before three
o'clock in the afternoon. service being
made on Chief Officer Wal. who was
in charge of the vessel in the absence
of the master, Capt. A. Altman. Man.
uel Olsen, messenger of the marshal 5
e'Hce, was placed in charge of the yes.
sci by Marshal Smiddy and remained in
charge until few minutes before four
clock, when the Great Northern was
released from custody and allowed to
90 on her way to San Francisco.
s The release bond was furnished by
the United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company of Maryland, Of which the
WBterhouse Trust Company are the
l6al agents. The bond was for $780,
coo aud was approved by the court.
TIL In Bathroom -
. During trip of the Great Northern
Wide the vessel was between San Pedro
aud Hilo. Mr.. Hutehins, who has been
mentioned as possibility to succeed
Governor Pinkham, slipped and fell in
q bathroom of the liner and suffered
fracture of the left shoulder joint.
p'.r'ding to the complaint in the ease.
lie says, that with Mrs. Hutchins, he
t"ok passage in the Great Northern,
which left San Francisco on February
~ as a frst-class passenger On Feb
L:'ary Is, while at sea. he had occasion
u 60 TO the bathroom and there slip
cl. falling heavily on his left side and
u staining the injury related above.
Mr.. Hutehins says, further, that be
cnnse Of his injury and the severe nerv-
Gus shock which his system sustained,
10 was unable to return in the Great
Ndsthcrn.l leaving here on February 20
~ a ,ss spl Attention cost him tsoo. he
,'a.ms. and the loss of time from his
Z l,',siness Affairs is worth $500 to En1.
8 rs seeks, besides these two amounts,
$i50e0 damages for his feelings an.
y feripgs making the total asked OF
. $1,000.
Fas Nice Income VI
Nr. Hutchns claims, in the com.
, Paint that he is forty.six years Of
ere and married; is a broker in San
T'RpciSro and has followed that line
cr bus mess for the past FIVE months.
lie says that the bus ness brings him a
DaGnrhly inroT}P of $500.
In statement given to The AdveT,
tiscr yesterday. MIR. Hutrhins says:
at noon today | notified the agents
of The Gr"at Northern that | was 60
ing TO bring suit Previous to this
q bad triedytO settle with them, without
r-c.M,Ii,c to myself by offering to take
$500 for my expenses and loss of time
tkFqnfh nv, accident.
''They ignored my letter and, so to
Trotert the trave ling public and rec ri
I"rs" mvvclf for the damage done to
ne. I havc RIed the suit.
"Th- Great Northern is maintain
irg a death tra2 in her shower baths,
vhirh are = arranged that the hat"""
has M projection. There are no rack
o" rails to hnld o" to and almost every
tr;l some one j. hurt in them.
81 have made INQUIRIES and have
Icon informed of several slight acct
dnnts. | 10 not feel that I or any
. o.. ." ,houId be crippled or diseoni-
. p'ndrd by the company. In most steam
Z e's there are rails to hold to or grills
T., ytand on. while in the bathrooms in
the Grrat Northern there are none.
az want it to be particularly known
tia; have not held up the steamer
fa1ni saliing on time by my action.