HONOLULU TRIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21164, 22 April 1932, Page 9

HONOLULU TRIAL.

HONOLULU. April 20. 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. .T. Lord and Albert 0. Jones, on a joint charge of kidnapping and murdering a native, Joe lvahahawai. Mrs. Thalia Massie, wife of Lieutenant Massie, the last witness for the defence tearfully related the details of the assault committed upon her by five men, the deceased having been ono of those accused of the offence. Witness described her husband's worry which culminated in the shooting of Kahnhawai. A flash of temper on the part of Mrs. Massie was applauded by women in the court, the demonstration calling forth a severe reprimand from the Judge. The prosecutor was attempting to question witness on a mental test she had undergone at tho University of Hawaii. She refused to answer on the ground that the matter was confidential. When the prosecutor persisted in his questioning Mrs. Massio tore up the record of her examination, which tended to show an estrangement between her and her husband. Then, sobbing, she embraced Lieutenant Massie. and said: " TTe, had no right to ask me that. Everybody knows I love you."