The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-01
SLAVE OWNER FREE.
japanese Women Fail 10 Con-
firm Their First Story.
UNDUE INFLUENCE IS ALLEGED.
W!taes,s. Dsay That IthAkf Is Their
ESsa, and he L. DIseharEed-faes s
Of the slave Trade

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represented TIE o=Szz42l-g E-Eress=s, Deputy
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s-s 1z4 Lived o. JscKsCa street Eo- ak months,
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g14zg NO 11-1=st.c ss.vlee, 5E: WHEN szs ar
:-ve11 sc failed % md sap.oyHssa! E2d lad
ID i--su9s az 10 money. s1= never saw
I:EEk1 n Japan, s23 cane alone, never thfl.-
i1g t4sa Oi e2ieE.ag 2=E pTsss1: BUSINESS s.ues
sas Lad o7sa As-e l.Gaxl Lad co3x@d in Ter
EoZse, Ta.ss women paying him 80 : Enc1E4
each. he ola nothing besides COOKING, A11 id
II. 90 oct AID D-l1g zzzsa II 70 hsr. -hS LANDED
iron Japan ~ Vancouver, stayed ttsrs tarSs
Gays ana tzen came On asTs ~ ooa[ SooO9y
.3.1 her 70 eo-ae - this county, and as:
Lzo.asr did 70! Wish asr 70 cone, tut gave Il.
money 20 Tsy for Ens Elp. she did not ss@
I-1Ezi Il vancouver. Sic pad E-lo1sy 70 Il
OtAs. nGa- Sn5 paid & : week r=nt 20 e..
woman TE0 OSI=l trs house, ard fought eoel
and other t1-ngs AsTs@aL
TIE secoo1 gil, kEyo, aged lsyesrs, testified
ia: SIC cane .-oza TsDz1 70 san F:aGclsco
ysz: ago asst January win zone more women
&G1 nan oEae: than Ish4kL lie dla not PAP
lor aer Zip, Tut be- Droils: IL Japan 1.d. -1s
cane intending 70 engage IL domestic service
81 farming, s1.1 after sae arrived mad 70 money
70 20 oArx- S2s ca1-= troEZ -E1 Francisco Last
January, went back after sooaE two Eo1tas,
and came hare sgzla last week 70 sc Soma
ftleu6s >A= CANE Up from -za Francisco with
some f-lsncs. Sss lot ai-zd 70 cone AM 10 nan
came along. she taoggaI s-s had not sse1
zt14kl before sle came over, 5Gt EftergE.1.
found L4La cooking il her friends a01.e E11
pad hin g. d month. The nan Eao came over
with osE had leiI here and sas al not KNOW
whsre ae hsc gone she did not Know MS r.ga.
name. She lad 20 Ea<a gho wa ooss owe: as-.
IN snswef 70 tie question:
''As matte: Of iGc:, are rot you working for
tEst nan instead o. thai rnsa 20. you" she
answered ''NO."
she denied that anybody but the !ziIe- hs1
tslze1 Nth her Il jail, and said nobody Lad tod
ner VITA; 70 say.
Tie third woman. Sskks, .si4 .hs YVES y years
old. and came from Japan Last June. ia.en1inz
% 60 ITO d0Ls-tic s=ryiee, ana her parents PAID
her fare sae c4Lle alone, sut met oi7=r women
On The steamer, landed e. Portland, and, altar
staring week Inera. came - seattle She knew
Khaki n Yokohama, sad had net him on TIE
siE7@E here He cooked f0- her ior SO 8 month
sud cid nothing e->s- Asked is he not yo1r
uss.er%' she answered "So." with a laugh.
Wnen ste net him on the street ae had nothing
70 90. ami she engs-ed him "a COOK. She do
rot know when lie came ron japan. he seag
70 san Francisco few weeks ago. but aid nol
o-irg kuyo back win him She d!d not KNOW
q scy japanese WHO were bosses Of women II
tits city.
Deputy Marshal sp-iggs testified that Re frsl
saw ltbskl about O'Clock ca the previous erea-
ing. Itagst tod him he ha- three gi--s IL
WaItscaaq,e. az r5oEs = aod =, and 5aai -
was their boss He said .hey came from Japan
and * cost him So each 70 bring them over He
did not say VIVA. bargain Re had male WIKI
them.
Tie commissioner then dismissed the case, .s
there was no evidence 20 hold the pGisIne- on.
Out stated that n Is personal opinion IiazkI
vas guilty
Mess-s. ,priggs and Heuss were both greatly
disappointed a. the outcome OF TIE hearing and
expressed tee opinion thas the glrls Lad been
coached while Y jail by soEle IF the!r country
men OF women, VINO could easily talk 70 theu
through TIE window. M Hsuss said II AZ when
lie offered 70 procure Iheir liberation from
lthakls power, the! expressed grea: JOY and told
him 1aeir whole .'ory: bow they were all sister
aad had no Idea Of coming 20 such life wheu
% Efr~
that her mother had little ides that they were
leading such q life. Botn the prosecutors de-
clare t5E. they VII! continue the fght and take
precautions against any ranpe.!as vita Il cir
witnesses.
c. L Mum. inspector Of the treasury depart
meHt 70 secure the enforcement Of tke Chinese
exclusion act, said 10 POsT-INTELLTGESCEE re-
porter:
know ;aat Ithaki Is guilty He brought
| 4oi 81 gF4s over - Vancouver year ago last
! ,pr4Ag, and brought ninety over last sp-ing.
- watched tl': ~ every step, AMI he finally
! ie.t the girls and came over here alone There
- 10 doubt that tEls traffic : going on but L j
! almost impossible 70 procure evidence 10 co1-
wet
| George :. oauo the Interpreter, said IN al in
| teEv-ew w.'h Posi- ISTELLlSEHCEE reporter:
| i - not true La clere : n japanese secret
soc--ty a This clty % SaIca i@oogers pay t.il-
| aie. " male japanese laho-e-s are IN such
/ s-aFl.E "a tbs country. With tse women 4
| = G2seFeGi, though n society control.
t-~l. 4s bosses induce many women who
! are prostitutes 4 Japan - come over here Dy
ts-.2g them they cen make more ronsF
4lte-s are induce t. come uade: rhe u--te,se
/ AJAX t1~E cau get wo-E o0llrst-cs bJIt when
/ t4ey arrive here t1eF sc i1Elet .1to g. evil
.-4c -aeF eve Eat t1clr earnings 80 cir
! uoss=s and are afraid - o-eaA iLeLr bondage De-
caAr=, suppose. re Bus = sbIEet.r n = w-!s
Ja@tn- L1@ JaP2 -sse s-e mostly B.11hts,s Il
which religion there A-s p-ouao.r IS .aanv
/ sets IS taere are sg15cE Cs-.sr ans. b. ta5se
/ women have 10 se-i4t l. spells OF ANYTHING 81
/ taaI A!nL l1eF ara simply afraid Of being
! beaten ~ the-- bosses.
| THREE PER CENT. Discount ToDay