The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
MASSIE FACES
LONG CRILLINC
IN HONOR CASE
Trigger Man in Staying of
Hawaiian to Undergo
New Ordeal Today.
BY DAN CAMPBELL
United Press stan Correspondent


HONOLULU, April l8.-Lieuten-
ant Thomas H. Massie, who admit
ted he held the gun when Joe
kahahawai was shot to death, faced
a new ordeal on the witness stand
today, as prosecutors sought to un-
dermine his testimony on the theory
that he was shielding his three CO.
defendants.
With two skilled alienists watch
ing his every move in authorization
OF testifying as to his sanity on the
fatal morning, Lieutenant Massie
steadfastly maintained he "remem-
oered nothing" after the native is
asserted to have confessed attacking
blue-eyed Mrs. Thalia Fortescue
Massie.
Frankly distrustful of the young
Kentuckian's story, Prosecutor
John c. Kelley Indicated he was
ready to hold Massie for several
days if necessary to get the real
story"
DarrOw'S 18th Birthday
But under the protective wing of
Clarence barrow, chief defense
counsel, Massie's testimony likely
will disclose little more than hap
pened in the cottage of his mother
in-law, Mrs. Grace Bell Fortescue.
Darrow, celebrating his 18th birth
day today. served as an able buffer
for the bitter shafts directed at
Massie by the prosecutor.
Kelley limited his ss-examina-
ton will attempt to bring out the
part in the drama played by Mrs.
Fortescue and two navy enlisted
men, A. o. Jones and E. j. Lord,
on trial with Massie.
Massie made an unforgettable i'm
preston on the courtroom as he re-
lated his version of the Staying to
a melting pot" jury of mixed
whites and browns
He denied intention to kill Ka-
hahawai, and said he sought only to
obtain a confession that the native
participated in the attack on Mrs.
Massie.
Held Gun to Brighten Him
after a jury disagreed in the
trial of Kahahawai and four others
on the attack charges, vile rumors
circulated about my wife," the
white-faced young lieutenant said.
Gan attorney advised me the only
way 1 could quiet these rumors was
to get a confession from one of the
defendants. My wife repeatedly had
told me how she begged Kahahawai
for mercy, and in return he broke
her jaw"
He confided with Mrs. Fortescue
and got Lord, husky young boxer,
and Jones, his trainer, to help,
Massie said. They intercepted Ka
hahawai when he made bail re-
port at this old courthouse, and
drove him to Mrs. Fortescue's cot
tage.
81 held a gun in my hand to
brighten him." Massie said. I'VE had
Jones and Lord stationed outside
the house. I charged Kahahawai
with the attack, but he denied it.
Mrs. Fortescue said, He won't talk,
let us carry out our other plans
Il told Kahahawai, If you won't
talk you will get what Ida got"
He was referring to Horace Ida,
another attack defendant, who was
mobbed and beaten a few days be-
fore.
Doesn't Remember Killing
Suddenly Kahahawai said Yes,
we done it,"
Massie paused for moment, his
head bowed. A dropping pin could
have been heard in the sitting
courtroom as judge and jury awaited
his next revelation.
barrow, master Snowman of this
island tragedy gazed thoughtfully
out of the window.
It don't remember what happened
next" Massie continued. When
Kahahawai told me that, saw my
wifes bruised and bloody face be-
fore my eyes,
THE next thing I knew, was
being taken to the police station
Massie offered no explanation of
the bloodstains found in Mrs.
Fortescue's disheveled house, or how
these two and Lord were found in
an automobile speeding toward
Koko Head with Kahahawais can
vas wrapped body.
The native had been shot through
the heart with single bullet.