DEATH OF A NATIVE.
TRIAL OF ACCUSED. NAVAL OFFICER'S DEFENCE. HONOLULU. April 14. The trial was continued to-day of Mrs. Fortescue, her son-in-law, Lieutenant T. 11. Jlassie, of the L n;ted States Xavv, and two bluejackets, E. J. Lord and Albert 0. Jones, on a joint charge of kidnapping and murdering a native, Joe Kahahawai. Lieutenant Massie, in giving evidence in his own defence, told the story of the assault committed upon his wife last October by five men, of whom Kahahawai suspected of being one. ---Mr. Clarence Darrow, counsel for Lieutenant Massie, announced that be would raise the question of sanity. This is believed to indicate that Lieutenant Massie will admit the killing and plead extenuating circumstances and temporary
insanity. Lieutenant Ma ssie sobbed as he testi fied, and Mrs. Fortescue wept.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21159, 16 April 1932, Page 9
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