Word: kelleyism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Under the law they had to trust their recollection on all the things that had been said in court during the three-week trial. They had heard Prosecutor Kelley's witnesses give an account of Kahahawai's kidnapping and the discovery of his corpse. They had listened to Lieut. Massie's long story of how his wife had been ravished, its effect on his mind, his success in extorting a confession from Kahahawai just before, with a revolver in his hand, his mind went blank. Pretty young Thalia Fortescue Massie had dramatically corroborated her husband's tale. Alienists had sworn...
Prosecutor Kelley, summing up, accused Lieut. Massie of lying, of hiding behind women's skirts. "The most you can say for him is that he lied like a gentleman. [He] would at least have had the respect of the community if he had picked up a gun and mowed down his wife's assailants when she first identified them at the hospital instead of waiting four months to commit murder
...FitzGerald, William Floyd, B. S. Foss, Howard Foster, Maurice Franks, N. S. Green, J. T. Back, A. B. Hallowell, H. G. Hanan, Richmond Harrison, B. C. Hart, George Haskins, E. W. Bolmes, L. R. Houston, C. S. Houston, D. W. Hull, Alvan Hyde, F. E. Johnson, A. M. Kelley, F. W. Knowlton, Robert Kramer, Amory Lawrence, W. D. Lewis...
...time testified that he had shot and killed Kahahawai. His story ran only up to the moment when the brown-skinned native blurted: "We done it." After that the young submarine officer swore his mind went blank, he had no recollection of what he did. Prosecutor John C. Kelley openly doubted this version of the Kahahawai killing, indicated that he thought one of the two seamen had really fired the shot. But clever old Clarence Darrow, chief defense counsel, gave his adversary no opportunity to enlarge upon this doubt by putting any of the other eye-witness defendants...
...ravishment and its effect upon him. For her it was a harrowing ordeal. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Her low drawling voice frequently broke off into choking sobs. From her Counsel Darrow drew forth many a detail of her husband's affection before turning her over to Prosecutor Kelley. Then the following occurred...