HONOLULU MURDER

Taranaki Daily News, 10 June 1932, Page 5

HONOLULU MURDER

RELEASE OF THE ACCUSED.

AMERICAN NAVY REJOICES.

The United States Navy has not yet attained that reputation for silence that surrounds Great Britain’s senior service. Proof of this is obtained in the comments of high officials in the American -Navy at the conclusion of the recent Honolulu murder trial, in which a United States naval officer was implicated. “The United States fleet, from admiral down to newest jack tar, rejoiced at the freeing of Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie and his three co-defendants,” says an American paper. “Admiral Frank H. Schofield, com-mander-in-chief, said, ‘I am agreeably surprised,’ when the news was conveyed to. him. Vice-Admiral Luke McNamee also was delighted. The admiral, who will soon command the battle force, said, ‘I think it is very nice? RearAdmirals C. S. Kempff and W. T. Cluverius commented: ‘We’re delighted.’ “Rear-Admiral William C. Cole, commandant of the Twelfth Naval District, said, ‘I am very glad, if it will mean that Hawaii will benefit now. But 1 should be very sorry if the territory

should not press the case against the four accused of attacking Mrs. Thalia Massie, along with Joseph' Kahahawai. I would v refer Mrs. Fortesque, Massie and the two seamen to stay in gaol it the liberty would in any way jeopardise the clean-up of the islands and making them safe for our womanhood. I think the word of the actiqn in Congress has played a great part in this release?”