HONOLULU MURDER
LIEUT. MASSIF'S EVIDENCE. (United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph.—Copyright.) HONOLULU, April 18. Lieut. Alassie, under cross examination at the murder trial, revealed that he had been told by others tha't j after the killing, he ‘‘stood like a bump on a log, unable j:o .speak.’’ He said Jones told" Rim he "acted like a damned fool.” These and other details revealed the competion of the story of the killing being under a mental lapse while attempting to extract a confession of rape. The defence in the case is now almost complete, except for possibly alienists' testimony.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1932, Page 5
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97HONOLULU MURDER Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1932, Page 5
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