WOMAN’S ALLEGATIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1937, Page 8

WOMAN’S ALLEGATIONS

STORY OF ASSAULT. [EY CABLE —PBESB ASSN. —COPYEIGHT.] (Recd. February 17. 3.15 p.m.) HONOLULU, February 16. The story of an assault, recalling the sensational Massie case, was retold to-day by a Navy officer's wife, under protracted police questioning. Mrs. Bennett Copping. 24. ■ wife of a submarine commander, reported that she was dragged from her hotel cottage across 75 feet of open yard into a. garage, and attacked. The city physician announced, after two examinations, that there was no indication that, she had been attacked. The police questioned her throughout last night and to-day, and announced that a third physical examination would be made. The young woman, who was horn and reared in the Philippines, where she married Lieutenant Copping, seven years ago, remained calm during the questioning. She said that after leaving her hotel room at five o'clock in the morning, following an all-night drinking party with Navy folk, a man suddenly appeared in the hallway, and seized her throat. She lost consciousness, but recovered in the garage, as her assailant was leaving. lie, while he was an American, she was unable clearly to describe, she admitting that she was short-sighted, and had been drinking heavilv.