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Show Hawaiian Youth's Slayers Planning Unusual Defense HONOLULU, T. H, Feb. 10 iVV.i A'. ,:iu i.'y.in society matron, her navy officer son-in-law and two enlisted men, alleged "honor slayers" slay-ers" of an Hawaiian youth, will answer the charge with a defense of "alarm clock" insanity, the United Press learned from an authoritative auth-oritative source tocay. Questioned as to the authenticity of reports that the defense would base its battle on a plea of emotional emo-tional insanity, Frank Thompson, chief defense counsel, refused to confirm or deny touay that such a plan would be followed. Thompson refuses to discuss the feasibility of an insanity defense which involves highly expert testimony test-imony an: which under normal conditions is likely to be confusing to the layman unfamiliar with medical terminology. Certain legal observers, howeve believe it will be impossible to explain ex-plain away certain circumstances in the famous case except by the defense that persons normal under all other circumstances are likely to become unbalanced; ' if exposed to the one subject which tends to make them paranoiacs. |