Evening star., 1937-02-16
Assault
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BY hve young men of mixed races.
Mrs. Coping said the man who
assaulted her was a white American
She said he was dark-haired, tall
and wore a gray sweater and dark
trousers.
She is near-sighted and admittedly
had been drinking heavily. so was
unable to give a more detailed des-
cription.
ordered to determine whether bruises
on her throat indicate she was choked
sufficiently to cause her to lose con-
seriousness. Her arms and feet also
were bruised.
Attempting to clear up Mrs. Cop
pings movements Sunday. police
questioned Lieut.. w. Johnson, at
tached to the cruiser Louisville;
Lieut.. w. r. Allen of the feet air
base here, and Miss Dolores de Beck,
Honolulu nurse.
They said they accompanied Mrs.
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from a drinking party at nearby Pearl
Harbor, where the United States
naval base is situated. Lieut. Cop
ping, commander of the submarine
S-28, previously had returned from
the party to the hotel.
The trio said they left Mrs. Cop
ping at the hotel, where her husband
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taking few drinks.
Seeking Clue.
I'VE are working on all angles
trying to obtain a clue" said Chief
difficult as both Coping and his wife
were under the influence of liquor"
The police chief said he was con-
vinced q handkerchief, bearing the
initial III" found in the garage was.
valueless as q clue. He said he be-
lieved it was dropped by person who
was not connected with the reported
assault.
Chief Gabrielson said the Pearl
Harbor party started at the home OF
Lieut. Comdr. j. H. Chadwick at 10
o'clock Sunday morning, Coping re-
turning in midafternoon to his hotel,
where he passed out"
The hotel, popular with Navy people,
consists Of main building and num-
ber of small bungalows, one of which
the Coppings occupied.
Their young daughter spent Sunday
night with Lieut.. Copping's mother,
who lives nearby.
Lieut.. Coping accompanied his
wife to the police station when she
told her story.
After the alleged assault, officers
said she told them the man asked her,
"Are you all right?" then fled.
Mrs. Coping, Police Capt. Don Hays
said, told her husband of the assault,
and he finally called police.
Mrs. Coping, a slight-built wom-
an wearing glasses, sat with her head
In her arms, apparently sobbing, as
she awaited police questioning.
Her husband refused to comment,
referring reporters to Capt. Hays.
Coping entered Annapolis and the
naval service from Oklahoma.
The Massie case also involved an
officer at the Pearl Harbor Navy base.
Mrs. Thelma Massie was criminally
attacked the night of September IL,
1881, when she left a road house
for a walk. She testified fve young
Hawaiians and Orientals were the
attackers.
One of the accused five, Joseph Ka-
hahawai, was shot and killed before
his trial. Lieut. Thomas NJ Massie,
the woman's husband; Mrs. Granville
Fortescue, the victims mother, and
two enlisted men were accused OF his
abduction and murder.
Mrs. Fortescue was arrested driv-
ing an automobile in which Lieut..
Massie and Edward ]. Lord, q sailor,
were holding the bullet-riddled, sheet
enshrouded body Of Kahahawai. The
other sailor, subsequently arrested, was
Albert o. Jones.
They were all convicted of, man
slaughter and sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment. The sentences were
Immediately commuted to one hour in
custody by Territorial Gov. Lawrence
M. Judd.
Assault charges against the re-
manning four youths accused were
dropped after Mrs. Massie left the
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