The San Francisco call., 1906-12-24
EUCL. hongcr-on of japanese teahouse. slain
yesterday By professional assassin in the hire of
dpcnging the betrayal of his wife
Avenger Kills Japanese
for Wronged Husband
Murder in Teahouse
Follows on Heels
of Elopement

'Kare wa gorotsuki nj korosareta,"
members Of the japanese colony whis-
pered in dread last night. which freely
translated means, He was killed by a
highbinder.
The gorotsuki-or highbinder-among
the Japanese is of even more virulent
significance than his prototype among
the Chinese He has seldom appeared
in the United States, but when he does
he differs from the Chinese highbinder
in one notable respect-le is always ia
rniliar with the weapons he employs
and he always kills.
The gorotsuki who did the killing
last night was Yaso Iwanaga, who
came from Sacramento two days ago in
the hire of / Kuchigami. a restaurant
keeper Of the capital city, to kill man
who had stolen the latter's wife.
The man who stole Kuchigamis wife
was X. Fugi. a hanger-On about tea
house al I3 Middle street He induced
her TO leave Sacramento with him four
DAYS ago, but when she learned that
she was meant by Fugf 10 become a
teahouse girl she rebelled and applied
for protection TO the Japanese Associa-
ton. Goroku Ikeda, president of the
association had Ler placed in the Pres
byterian Chinese Mission, conducted by
Miss Donaldina Cameron.
Me6nWnllG huGulSdnll Was lAOOUllA6
his friends in San Francisco with let
ters Of inquiry about the missing wom-
an. He knew IL was Fugi who had
stolen her. but was unable to get any
trace of where she was secreted-
SHOOTING AT TEAHoUsE
Determined on vengeance. he then
hired Iwanaga, the gorotsuki, to run
Fugi down.
You can have all the money you
ask" he said to lwanaga. Two things
will be expected of yOu-you must find
the woman and punish the man. I viii
go with you TO see that you do the ex-
pected."
The pair came from Sacramento on
Friday and put up at the Buzho Hotel,
on Bush street Kuchigami kept to his
room throughout the day, while the
gorotsu6i secured the Japanese colony
for news Of the missing woman. Last
night before o'clock he returned to
the hotel after a day of further search.
he had a long talk with Kuchigami.
Then he hurriedly left
l. Wormser, a salesman in a Fill
more-street clothing store, was on his
way home with his niece a few min
utes before o'clock, when he saw
three Japanese women rush from the
teahouse at 13 Middle street They
We're greatly agitated and almost
screamed as they were waiting for a
door of a house on the opposite side of
the street to open and admit them.
Three Japanese men followed them in
seeking protection in the same house
Then shots began to ring from the
rear of the teahouse-
Wormser ran to California street
where he found Policeman Fella. He
told him about the shooting and Fella
was IN the yard of the teahouse in a
few moments. A dead man was lying
under a tree off to one corner. Fella
entered the house and found an excited
Japanese. who told him that a gorot
suki had just slain Fugi.
He is now hiding under the stoop,"
said the Japanese
CLEAN OF REVOLVER
Fella went back to the yard and
craWled under the stoop. In the dark
ness he could see the CLEAN of a re-
volver gripped between the knees Of a
man crouching in the corner He
grabbed the man about the shoulders
and pulled him out The prisoner was
Iwanaga and offered no resistance, say
ing in broken English that the slain
man was no good.
At the Bush-street police station
Iwanaga explained that. he had gone
into the house and demanded Fugi to
tell him where the missing woman
was. Fugi refused and they quarreled
going into the yard. Details of how the
firing began are vague. Five shots in
all were fired. Three of the bullets, it
was found at the Morgue. had entered
Fugi's body, the wound that probably
was directly responsible for his death
being just below the heart. The others
were in the chest.
The police got busy at once after the
arrest of the gorotsulki and rounded up
G. Yamachita- cook at the teahouse.
and K. Jokuaka, another inmate. The
cook was found hiding under a bed
The three women who fed from the
place were found in the house across
the street They were Toni Takunaga,
Kiyo Oki and Ell Toxic. All were ar
rested as witnesses, but were subse-
cuently released.
Kuchigami and his wife were taken
into custody at 1 o'clock this morning
and placed in detinue at the Bush
street Station.