HONOLULU ASSAULT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 5

HONOLULU ASSAULT

Unv«rified Stdry oi Wife of Naval Maii attack After party (Beceived 18, 8.45 a.fix.) HONOLULtJ, Feb. 17. A stofy of assault recalling the sefisktibnal Massie case was told afid re-told to-day by thb Wifb of k hlvy. ofiicer during protr'acted questxonifig by thb pblice. . : Mrs Befiibtt Copping, aged 24 yeark;, the wife of a eubmkrine cdminandet, reported that She hkd bbefi dragged froin hef hofel cottage acfoss 75ft. bf open yard into a garagb and attacked. A city physibi&fi anfiounced aftbr tWb ekaniinatxons that there wa's no indicktioxi th'at she hkd been attafiked. The police qnbSfioned Mrs Coppiup throfighout last night and to-day find finfiounced that a tMrd medical bxkmi- 1 nation wofild bb made. The ybfifig woifian, Who Wks born and feared in the PhilippineS Wher'b she marrxed Liefitenant Copping SeYbp yekrs kgb, Temained cfilfii during thb queetioning. Shb Said thkt Ibkving hfir hotel rooifi at fivb o 'clOck in the morning, following an kll-night drinkifig party of fiaval f olk, a ifi'an sfiddbnly | appeared xfi the hall'wajr and fibizfed her throat. Sh'e lost conscxqfisiess and rebovered ifi the gktage as Kbr aSsailant was leavifig. . Though she was convineed that thb man was an American, she was unable clearly to describe him. She admitted Ihat she was sfiort-sightbd and had been drinking beavily.