Evening star., 1932-04-22
AL|EN|STS EXAMINE
MASSIE FOR STATE
Murder Trial Delayed Until
Tomorrow for Preparation
of Medical Testimony.
BY the Associs ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, April 22.-Seeking evi-
dence to combat the insardty defense Of
Lieut.. Thomas H MaSsie the prosecu-
ton dug deeper into the field of medi-
cine today while the accused Navy off,
Ger and three others charged with
lynching Joseph Kahahawai rested
from the ordeal of their trial.
With court adjourned until tomor-
how at the request Of Prosecutor John
c. Kelly, two alieniSts imported by him
from California made observations
upon which to base their testimony.
They are Dr. Joseph Cation Of San
Francisco, whose testimony recently
4. helped to convict Winnie Ruth Judd of
the murder OF two women in Phoenix,
and DR.. Paul Bowers of Los Angeles.
Both arrived only yesterday. DR..
Bowers readily stated the object Of
his coming. DR.. Cation refused to
Comment.
Darrow Impressed.
Memories of the dramatic appearance
on the witness stand of Mrs. Thalia
Massie, wife of the accused officer and
rictim of a criminal attack to which
Kahahawai allegedly confessed just be-
fore he was fatally shot with pistol in
the hands of Massie, were commented
upon by Clarence Darrow, aged chief
Of defense counsel
. ; Il never saw anything like it," Dar-
row said 1--WE been in some pretty
good court scenes, but nothing like
that one. I was preety limp when it
was all over. couldn't sleep when I
went to bed that night
Kelly, who had displayed some tenn
per after Mrs. Massie angrily destroyed
a paper he had handed her allegedly
containing her admission of differences
with her husband few months before
the attack. gTinned at the remembrance
OF his actions.
The two-day delay obtained by the
prosecution indicated the trial would
not be finished before next week. Kel-
lev previously said he would require one
day to present his rebuttal Then
must come the closing arguments Of
counsel and Judge Charles S. Davis in
structionS to the jury
Medical Society May Act.
! Massie and his co-defendants, Mrs.
Granville Fortescue, his mother-in-law,
and E. j. Lord and Albert o. Jones, are
charged with second-degree murder,
.tha penalty for which is from 20 years
to lie imprisonment.
. Meanwhile a resolution was expected
to be introduced tonight at meeting
of the territorial medical society pro-
posing to put the society on record as
faToring a law designating correspond
-enSe between psychologists and students
Is privileged matter.
= The propo1ed action was the result
of the attempt by Prosecutor Kelley
10 introduce a psychopathic eXamina-
Eon, which Mrs. M2ssie once took as
eyIdence in the trial That was the
-paper she destroyed.
= DR.. Joseph Strobe, president Of the
society. said, however, IL was unlikely
there would be any action by the So
eiety while the trial was IN progress.
He said it might be regarded as in
contempt Of court and tending to
prejudice the case.
Few Other Witnesses.
: DR.. Lowell Kelly who gave the ex-
animation to Mrs. Massie, is professor
Of philosophy at the University of
Hawaii.
. Besides DR.. Bowers and DR.. Cation,
the prosecution had in the offing DR..
Robert Faus. city and county ply
sician, as potential witness to con-
tradict the defense claim that Massie
was insane at the moment OF the
killing.
-. Miss Mapuana Peters, stenographer
for the prosecuting attorney, who took
staternents from at !east two of the
defendants, Mrs Granville Fortescue
and Albert O. Jones, shortly after the
killing, also was on the Territory's list
OF rebuttal witnesses.