Evening star., 1932-04-17
MASS|E lTEST|F|ES
He SLEW HAWAIIAN
Memory Blank Following Con-
fession of Attack, He
Maintains.
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searched for arms on the strength of
reports that some Of them had been
carrying weapons
Darrow asked MasSie what he had
dCne when he learned that the jury
trying the men accused of attacking
Mrs. MasSie had disagreed. The wit
ness said he couldn't understand it"
after getting a message at sea from his
wife as to the outcome. and that he
finally consulted Eugene Beebe, a
lawyer.
Next" said Massie. Il began to hear
the vilest rumors about myself and my
wife. One was that 1 was getting a
divorce"
was there any truth in them?"
Darrow queried.
Certainly not Another rumor was
that 1 went home the night of the
dance and found my wife at home with
Lieut.. BranSon, a naval officer, and
beat up my own wife.
Il also heard I had followed her
that night and that I beat her up;
also that a crowd Of naval officers had
assaulted her"
Stunned. He Says.
MaSsie testified the men at the naval
base began to Shun him.
Were there any other rumors?" Dar-
row asked him.
Massie stopped for moment and
then blurted out:
Il heard that my wife had never been
assaulted at all; that she was merely
seeker after notoriety headlines"
The witness said he had asked Beebe
what to do to clear his wife'S name, and
that Beebe replied the case had reached
the point where it would be necessary
Hn nf o1yidonno of% 1oo
accused men without using violence.
MaSsie said he believed Beebes ref
erence to violence was in connection
with the previous kidnapping of Horace
Ida. one of the men accused of the at
tack, who was taken to the outskirts of
the city and beaten, but who made no
confession.
The witness testified he returned home
from sea duty to find Jones had been
stationed in his house as guard. He
said Jones had offered to help him.
Thereupon Massie said, he and Mrs.
Fortescue began planning to get a con-
fession and had learned that Kahahawai
was about to crack
Jones Told of Plan.
Mrs. Fortescue," he continued. said
she knew the defendants. and that they
went to the court house every day about
s am. We decided we would get one
of them in the car and bring him I'D
to the house and try to get a confess
sion"
Massie said he told Jones about his
plan and that the latter mentioned Lord
as an ally.
Mrs. Fortescue came over" Massie
went on, land we decided the only way
to get him (KahahawaD in a car rea-
sonably was by ruse So we fixed up
summons and made it look official
with a seal"
The witness said the seal was taken
from diploma of his; that Mrs Massie
provided newspaper clipping which
was pasted in the summons, and that
the rope later used to bind Kahahawai's
body had previously been obtained from
the navy yard to tie his dog.
MaSsie previously had told how his
wife had related the story of the attack
and said Kahahawai had beat her more
than the others and had struck her and
broken her jaw while she prayed for
mercy. He referred to Kahahawai re-
peatedly as the big one."
ss-Examination Begun.
Previously Darrow had asked:
Did you ever entertain any idea of
killing Kahahawai?"
mo, sir"
Prosecutor Kelley took up cross-ex-
animation.
You didn't want to go out and kill