Grace Hubbard Fortescue, née Grace Hubbard Bell (November 3, 1883 in Washington D.C. – 1979) was a New York socialite who decided to take the law into her own hands and murdered a defendants in the alleged rape of Grace's daughter that resulted in a trial embraced by white Americans and earned her a one-hour sentence for manslaughter. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) A socialite is a person who is known to be a part of fashionable Society because of his or her regular participation in social activities and fondness for spending a significant Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder.
Grace Hubbard Fortescue was the granddaughter of Gardiner Hubbard, the first president of Bell Telephone. Gardiner Greene Hubbard ( August 25, 1822 – December 11, 1897) was an American Lawyer, Financier, and She was the daughter of Charles John and Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell of Twin Oaks on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC. [1] Newspaper reports indicate that Grace could be classified as a prankster when a youth she and her friends stole a trolley car for a joy ride through the streets of Washington and on another occasion she blocked traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue by joining hands with friends and roller skating down the avenue. [2]
Her husband was U. S. Army Major Granville "Rolly" Fortescue, one of the sons of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, the uncle of U. Robert Barnwell Roosevelt also known as Robert Barnhill Roosevelt ( August 7, 1829 &ndash June 14, 1906) was a Congressman from New York (1871-1873 S. President Theodore Roosevelt, but the marriage was not financially successful as she would have wished. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T She was the mother of Thalia Fortescue Massie. Thalia Fortescue Massie (born February 14, 1911 in Washington D
Outwardly, the Fortescues appeared to be wealthy country gentry. In reality, financial affairs became a primary concern for them after Granville's final retirement from the army. With the exception of a short stint as a fiction editor for Liberty Magazine in 1930, he did not have steady employment, preferring to wait for the fortune his wife would inherit at the death of her parents. Liberty was a general-interest weekly Magazine, originally priced at five cents and subtitled "A Weekly for Everybody [2]
A graying woman of fair complexion, standing at 5-feet 6-inches (168 cm) tall and weighing 134 pounds (61 kg), Grace Fortescue was charged with murder and convicted by a jury of manslaughter after the death of Joseph Kahahawai, one of the defendants in the alleged rape of her daughter.
Also charged and convicted with Fortescue were two sailors, Edward J. Lord and Deacon Jones, as well as Fortescue's son-in-law, Thomas Massie who participated in the abduction and murder of Kahahawai.
As of January 8, 1932, a criminal record indicates that while in Honolulu, Grace Fortescue lived on Kolowalu Street in Manoa Valley, a short distance from her daughter's home on Kahawai Street. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Mānoa is a valley and a residential neighborhood of Honolulu Hawai{{okina}}i, USA approximately three miles east and inland from Downtown Honolulu and
Attorney Clarence Darrow defended Fortescue, Jones, Massie and Lord and obtained a commutation of their sentence of ten-years imprisonment for manslaughter to one-hour in the executive chambers of Territorial Governor Lawrence M. Judd. Clarence Seward Darrow ( April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American Lawyer and leading member of the American Lawrence McCully Judd ( March 20, 1887 - October 4, 1968) was the seventh Territorial Governor of Hawai'i
Source
- ^ Fortescue, Granville Roland (1875-1952) undated, retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- ^ a b Spinzia, Raymond E. "Those Other Roosevelts: The Fortescues" The Freeholder Magazine Online of the Oyster Bay Historical Society, 2006, retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- David E. Stannard, "Honor Killing", Viking Penguin, 2005 (illustration number 28, entitled Mug Shots and arrest file of Grace Fortescue) ISBN: 0670033995
External links
- Webpage for The American Experience, "The Massie Affair", retrieved on 2008-06-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins
- Stannard, David. "The Massie case: Injustice and courage" The Honolulu Advertiser, October 14, 2001, retrieved on 2008-06-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic