Evening star., 1932-01-12

warship Mrs. Fortescue, ON the verge
of collapse. sent this message to her
husband:
please don't worry. Tomrnie Iieut.
Massie) is looking after us and all viii
be well.
Every one is doing everything they
can for us. We have the best lawyers.
If only I could come to you'll Don't
worry. You have all my love. Grace"
A special territorial legislative COM
mlttee meeting, to determine If an extra
session of the lawmakers should be
called to treat the situation, requested
copies of all documents passing between
naval officers in the Hawaiian Islands
and naval authorities in Washington.
Gov. Judd Is Silent.
The request was preceded by word
the United States Senate had directed
the Attorney General at Washington to
investigate the trouble here and the
character and efficiency of all terri
torial officials, from Gov Judd down.
Gov. Judd refused to comment on the
Senate'S action, but other civilian off,
cialS denied conditions were as bad as
pictured in Navy reports to Washington
and said the investigation was un-
justified
The documents requested were made
public in Washington yesterday by Ad-
m1ral Pratt One concerned the at
tack on Mrs. Massie and others con-
tanned information upon which naval
officers based their assertion 40 women
in Honolulu had been attacked in the
past year.
Albert o. Jones. enlisted man. was
given in custody of naval authorities at
Pearl Harbor base, to be held with
Lieut.. Massie, Mrs. Forescue and E. j.
Lord for civil trial for the murder of
Kahahawai
The grand jury, from which their
indictment for his Staying will be
sought, comprises l Hawaiian, 3 part
Hawaiians, Chinese and 1s Cau-
casianS.
City and County Attorney GillilanG
said the case would be presented tbs
jury as soon as possible after organiza-
ton Friday.
Races Mixed on Jury.
The jury that will hear the trial of
the four probably will be made up alsc
of a. mixture of races.
Two detectives, A. H. Stagbar ana
Val Cederloff, made public what they
said they overheard Mrs. Massie say
over LIle LelepIlOne. lL was.
Yes, they got the one who broke
my jaw"
Kahahawai was accused by her of
brutally beating her, as well as as
saulting her.
Horace Ida, another of the men &C
cused by Mrs. Massie Of the attack and
who was whipped by a mob recently,
denied, through his attorney from his
safe haven In the jail, where he and
three others are held "for protection"
that he had confessed to the mob his
part in the assault on Mrs. Massie and
named Kahahawai as his companion.
The Associated Press correspondent
made an automobile tour lasting an
hour through that section OF the city
in which, military police declare vice,
rowdyism, and dance halls are most
common.
Although both the Army and Navy
granted liberty to all who wished to
come to Honolulu, only one soldier and
two Navy men in uniforms were seen.
This, however, did not include those
who may have been In civilian clothes,
nor did it include men from the United
States naval transport Chaumont,
which docked in Pearl Harbor, en- route
to Guam and Minila.
30 Mess Boys Mt Dance.
In one dance hall, called the lib
erty," 20 mess boys from the Chaumont
they were so identified by military
policeman accompanying the corre-
spondent-were dancing with Filipino
and other brown-skinned girls. 1t was
at this dance hall that the two sailors
in uniform were seen, not dancing, but
merely looking at the many girls await
ing partners. (The Honolulu dance
halls employ taxi-dancers as hostesses.)