The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-09
WITNESSES TE[LOF
HOLMQUIST DEATH


FoNuNlrE 2 corouera inquest al
20 o'clock this morning in the court
son. q waa found that Mrs. Caroline
Holmqulsi who died AZ the prcshy-
terrain sanitorium yesterday morning
mot death ny rcaron Of being struck
81 street car number 10. hclonelug to
the CITY Electric company and driven
b. Mira Elsie Powell"
Tie jury viewed me body ~ Strong
Hroihtfs' undertaking establishment
before hearlnE The testimony
nr. g. a. Frank who was called by
the CITY Electric company TO the
house where MrA. Hoimauist was
taken, testified thai she was uncon-
sclous ana bleeding when he arrived
about 1915 v'ciock, seemed ic be
Suffering from shock end ~concussion
az fhr hfnfa
When Mrs. Hoinqulst was iakcA to
The hospital. In. frank. neslated b.
ID. r. p. Roger. performed an oper-
alton upon The skull, hftine a part
Of the honc. she resumed partial
consciousness, according 70 Dr.
Franks testimony. but died within ~
hair hour. He stated that the cause
Of death was fracture Of the skull
and comuressiun Of the brain"
Motnrestc Tc~slfit-.
Mrs. Elsie Powell. the motorette
who was driving the car at the Time
Ct the accident was called upon the
stand neat. She testified thai she
wns running az. car al ,uIl speed.
about rs miles an hour. south on
Third street when she first noticed
Mrs Holmqulst on taA sidewalk In
the middle % the block.
when I saw mat she intended TO
cross The street ! rang the bell and
sounded Is steadily unu1 b ear hit
her. said the motorette. Then
put on the brakes. The ear stopped
on the other side Of Hazcidine ave-
nue.. / couldn't have stopped u any
sooner al the speed 4 was going.
Mrs. Holmduist was clear Of the
fender % the caraand was atr1ck By
the front. left-hand corner. falling
on her hack about three fees cas- of
the TRACK. according 70 tho drivers
30 one rang the bell as . signal Cor
the q @ stop % Hazeldine. Mrs
Powell said.
Afs Amelia Lopez. one of the two
passengers on the car. testified that
she got on the car near b saw mill
and wanted to get of at iiazcldine
She rang the bell at Slower
avenue, the street north Of Hazeidine'
she said.
when she saw that Mrs. Holmauist
had been hit she testified that she
called 60 the motesetse. stop the
car. You've killed somebody" she
further testified hat the motoret,o
replied II didn't either and that
she didn't begin to stop the car until
Mrs. Lone approached her. she
said hat b did not hear the warn
ing gong rung before the woman was
struck.
Heard No Gong.
Toriolo Tfujuio, the other paseeu-
ger. testified that he aid not hear the
gong sounded before the accident He
said he heard Ms Lopez speak 20
the motorette, but did not hear any
reply. The ear was going pretty
fast" and did not comc to a stop UNI
~ half "a block further on, according
10 his testimony Trulilio runs a aof
drink Store In nnrelaf.
= q Toff4 u mont tuttar Who
lives az 1893 South Fourth street. WIS
a witness Of the accident from the
street. ToGaz was walking north
along Third street when he suw Mrs.
HoiWguist start across the street IN
front Of the car. She WAS walking
slowly. and did % seem To notice
the car coming, he said. The car
was running fast. and the bell was
not ringiue before the accident. ne
said. tie estimated d ran about IS
feet before Il stopped.