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[Clarence Darrow]: Q: Do you remember the night of the party at the Ala Wai Inn? A.: Yes. We went to a dance.... Q: Did you have anything to drink? A: Yes, I had half of one highball. Q: You don't care for liquor? A: No. Q: When did you leave the dance? A: About 11:35 at night. Q: Where were you going? A: I planned to walk around the corner and back. Q: Do you know where Tommie was when you left? A: No. When I saw him he was dancing. Q: Why did you leave? A: I wasn't enjoying the party and I was tired and bored. Q: Where did you go? A: I started walking toward Q: Where were you when something unusual happened? Kelley: Objection. We are not retrying the Ala Moana case... Darrow: When did you next see Tommie? A: About one o'clock in the morning. I left the [Massie is overcome by crying. A few minutes later, testimony continues.] Q: What did you tell Tommie when he came home? A: When he came home, I did not want to tell him what had occurred because it was all too terrible. He asked me, "Please, what happened?" And I cried and said they had beaten me up and assaulted me. Q: Did you tell Tommie who attacked you? A: Yes, some Hawaiian boys. Q: And did you tell him what you did? A: Yes. I told him Kahahawai would not even let me pray, but hit me just as hard as he could on the jaw, and the pain hurt so much. I was able to get one hand away from him and I said, "Look out, you have broken you have knocked out some of my teeth." A: Kahahawai said he didn't care and for me to shut up. I asked him, "Please do not hit me any more," and he replied, "Well, shut up then," and he swore at me. Q: Did the other men attack you, too? A: Yes, all of them. ... A: He could not sleep or eat and he got so thin.... |