Evening star., 1932-04-19
AL|EN|STS TO TAKE
STAND FOR MASS|E
Two Specialists and Two
Other Defense Witnesses
Called for Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, April ia double
prop for the defense contention that
Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie was insane
when he allegedly held the pistol that
took the life of Joseph Kahahawai
was brought forth today by Clarence
Darrow.
The aged attorney for the four per-
sons accused of the Iynching called four
witnesses for this effort.
Two Los Angeles alienistS. Sherman
Miles, former Army colonel, with whom
Lieut.. and Mrs. Massie lived for time
after the attack on the latter the night
of September IL, 1881, and Beatrice
Nakamura, Mrs. Massie's maid, were
summoned to testify.
Despite prosecution avowals of dis
belief that Lieut.. MasSie held the gun
which killed the young native, suspected
of having participated in the attack on
Mrs. MaSSie, the accused naval officer
came through a soaring cross-examina-
ton and finished his story yesterday
without being shaken from it in any
major detail.
Alienists to Testify.
MasSie's repeated reference to his
mental unrest after the attack and e
his lapse OF memory which began with
the firing of the fatal shot in the home
of his mother-in and co-defendant,
Mrs. Granville Fortescue, was expected
to get some support from the alienists,
DR.. James Orbison and DR.. Edward
Huntington Williams, who came here
just before the trial opened.
Each day for a week they have oc-
cup1ed court room seats.
Miles and Miss Nakamura were ex-
pected to testify that Massie was in a
highly nervous state after the attack.
Near the finale Of his story, Massie
gave a vivid account of the death of
Kahahawai which he said he had OBJ
tanned from the other defendants, Mrs.
Fortescue, E. j. Lord and Albert o.
Jones. Massie previously had testified
that he had no direct remembrance of
the tragedy.
daZedly holding the smoking pistol
which made the fatal wound after the
native had confessed participating in
the attack upon Mrs. MaSsie.
Left Jones Behind.
The other defendants, Massie said,
ran about the house shouting. Mrs.
Fortescue looked on as Lord and Jones
tried vainly to wash the blood stains
from Kahahawai's clothing, he testified.
Massie said Mrs. Fortescue took the
leadership in the move to dispose of the
body by dashing toward the sea, and
had tried to get him to take drink of
Okolehao. native liquor, to bring him
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cided to take him along so he could get
some fresh air and left Jones behind to
clean up the house.
hard at the story, apparently seeking to
trip MaSsie by jumping from one detail
to another The witness often said Il
don't recall" when the prosecutor
pressed him.
There was one contradictory note in
the defense evidence.
MaSsie had testified he had con-
suited Eugene Beebe, lawyer, who had
told him it would "be all right" to get
confession from one Of the men ac-
cused of the attack, providing no evil
dence of force were shown in obtain
ing it.
Massie Shows Spirit.
QS16IlSE NlJIl6SS, dQINllIeQ
MaSsie had talked to him about the
matter, but said he never had told the
Navy officer anything by which he
could infer that it would have been
proper to take one of the assault de-
PENDANTS and get confession.
Uncertain at times during his direct
story of the tragedy, Massie gained
confidence during the cross-examina-
ton and sometimes replied spiritedly
| He eyed Kelley sharply as the latter
after some three hours of grilling an
nounced he had finished
| Calm and confident, Darrow gave the
| prosecutor a free hand
| The witness said he often had visit
| ed the Fortescue home on Long Island
! On August 81, 1927, Massie said he
and Mrs. Massie, then Miss Thalia
| ForteScue, and Mrs. Fortescue, went tc
movie at Patchogue, Long Island.
| The movie was quite dull" Massie
said. I'VE left. AS We came out there
was a baby in a carriage in front OF
| the theater, crying Mrs. Fortescut
! said, Let's roll it down to the corner
and back AS We did, a woman came
screaming after U.s. saying You're kid.
naping my baby
I'VE were taken to an Office and tht
woman came up and said If We woulc
| pay her SIS she would forget all about
it. Mrs. Fortescue just laughed. Tit
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