The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-18
KERR|GAN SAYS
TODA'S ATTORNEY
DECEIVED HIM
Slave Owners Bond
Is Increased.
BENCH WARRANT Is ISSUED
JAPANESE PUT UP TWELVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
BENCH WARRANT IS ISSUED
JAPANESE PUT UP TWELVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Geffeney Denies That He Accepted
Brides From the Gang Engaged
in Importing Young Girls
From Japan.

Justice of the Peace Kerrigan was mad
clear through yesterday when he learned
how he had been tricked into releasing
the Japanese procurer, Toda, on 500
bonds when charged with a felony. LIZ
Immediately took steps to rectify his mis-
take, and at his instance Justice of the
Peace Groezinger, who was acting in the
place of Police Judge Conlan, raised the
bond to $1,000 and issued a bench warrant
for the rearrest Of the slippery slave
dealer. Kerrigan says he was deceived IN
the matter by Attorney d. J. Donavon,
who appeared for the Jap and who rep
resented that the charge constituted
simple miSdemeanor. The Judge was not
aware of the seriousness of the offense
until Secretary Kane went to him yes
terday and informed him that Toda was
charged with felony. When Bond Ex-
pert Newman, after examining the bond,
pronounced it worthless, the case was
stated to GroeZinger and the bench war
rant issued. Donavon attempted to stave
off action, but when he found his Efforts
unavailing he notified his client and the
latter appeared at the City Han III the
afternoon and gave new oonos IN the
Yamanaka, the chief of the syndicate
of slave dealers, called meeting OF the
members of the gang Immediately AFTER
the raid on Toda'S den, ana the malado-
rous gang assembled in the basement of
his bamboo factory late Thursday night.
The disclosures in regard to the netarlouS
business published in The Cal EVIL
IDENTIFY caused them considerable dppre-
hension, but just what action was taken
to throw the authorities OF the track Is
not known.
Deputy Commissioner of immigration
Geffeney is very much upset by the aiIe-
cations that he has been accepting brides
from the slave dealers to allow girls des-
tined for the vile denS to be LANDED at
this port. He protests that there Is no
truth in the charges against him, ana
ciouS enemies.
In regard to the landing of the Japan
a passport and $40 in money when ne ar
rived here and that he allowed him to
land, together with his wife, on the
maintains that he had no passport, and
that he was not allowed to land until ne
had given his friend Morakamo 500. Nor
akamo says he paid the money to GET,
feney and took receipt when ne Turned ill ZEE.
over to tito Geffeney is particularly IN
censed at the story told py MIS-: hanaIn r
ora, the Japanese boarding house keeper,
to the effect that she paid him sou before
he would allow her to land when she came
to America seven years ago.
The matter has been reported TO the
Japanese Consul, who has started an IN
ofieeer L. c. Clark. Chief Lees personal
with Geffeney in the latters Office yes
Eaa1n for P Eha RpP fhe chef
fears that some of his pets on the Iorce
are in danger because of their connection
with the slave. traffic and sent his agent
to consult with Geffeney, who Is in the
same boat, to concoct some plan to clear
their skirts and thus prevent the posi- srl,
hilitv of the departments reputation from
beine smirched. 1t is hardly likely that
the old fossil would take the trouble to
Investigate his subordinates, as he might
find out something he does not care to
know or does not want people to think ne
knows. But If the ANTICIPATED head al %, OF
the Police Department will shake on ms ms
Ietharpv long enough to make rev
injuries, properly directed, he may
learn something. For instance. ne mi IN
egated the task Of collecting 20 cents a
head each week on all the women owned
dealers syndicate as the price of police
protection. AS there. are forty such
women living in slavsh degraa a1Ia0 tb 5a
Portable "rake-off" of S120 each month
from this source alone Unless the Chief
gold and the corrupt practices of his Of
ficers, he should either demand his
s'diyyy'' or correct the abuse
For some unaccountable reason, Chief
Lees appears to take fatherly interest
in the prosperity of the denkeepers ana
slave owners of the Chinatown district.
When Crowley was Chief of the San
Francisco Police Department he was al
ways willing to extend aid TO the missions
in their efforts to rescue the unfortunate
slave girls from the dens where they
were confined; but since the advent OF the
senile decrepit individual who succeeded
him it is like pulling teeth to get any as
sistance from the police. Lees Will not
allow his men to force an entrance INTO
any of these places, no matter what the
urgency of the case. He insists that in
all cases warrants for the parties wanted
must first be secured, but whether his
object is to give friendly warning to the
divekeepers the public must judge for it
self Certain it is that whenever war
rant is sworn out the birds have been
spirited away by the time the officers ar
rive upon the scene.