HONOLULU MURDER
(Press. Assn.-
mrs massie breaks down during giving of evidence applauded in court
— By Teieiraph — Copyrlght).
HONOLULU, Wednesday. The trial was continued to-day of Mrs Fortescue, her son-in-law, Lieutenant T. H. Massie, of the United States Navy, and two bluejackets, E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones, on a joint charge of kidnapping and murdering a native, Joe Kahahawai. Thalia Massie, the final witness for the defenee, told in tears of the offence of which Kahahawai and others were accused. She described her husband's worry which culminated in the shooting of Kahahawai. A fiash of temper by Mrs Massie brought applause from the women in the Court, calling forth a severe reprimand from the Judge. The prosecutor was attempting to question her on a mental test she had undergone at the University at Hawaii. She refused to answer, on the ground that it was confidential. When the prosecutor persisted, she tore up the reeord of examination. Sobbing, she embraced her husband saying: "He had no right to ask me that. Everybody knows that I love you."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 205, 22 April 1932, Page 5
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