The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-19

same night all the remaining windows
were completely broken by persons I'M
known to me.
NJ Sugawa. IRA Deyisadero street.
am a shoemaker. On August II. 1906 at
$40 p. M, as | was passing on Suffer.
! street, near Scott, three boys, q or %
years of age, attacked my person.
nearly tainted. Upon rising to my feet
they again assaulted me. This time they
smashed my nose. | grabbed the coat of
one of the trio. and after having my
nose dressed at one of the nearby bospi-
tails, | went home. The next day a po-
1iceman came, requesting me to give up
the coat. | at first refused, but finally
upon his assuring me that It would be
deposited at the police station, | gave it
up. reported the matter to the police.
When the ease came up for trial the
Youngster was dismissed on the plea Of
insufhcieney Of evidence.
Dr. S. Iiashimoto. 1915 Cough street. /
am physician. Toward the end of Au-
gust as ! was on my way to visit a pa
ttent. in great hurry. | WAS surround
ed, on Castro street near Market by a
group Of boys, ranging in years from Is
to %. The number WIS soon increased to
fifty. Seeing the situation was hopeless
] ran with all my might. I was struck
on tho leg by a flying missile and my va
lise was injured. l did not report the
case to the police
|
clerk In a japanese store. On November
?. 1906, as | was driving my wagon on
Davis street. between Vallejo and Broad
way. five or six laborers apparently over
% years old, appeared from the baggage
cars and threw potatoes and eggplants
at me and my horse. Soon they began
throwing pieces of brick, and | was forced
TO turn back a block or so Since Sep
TENDER 8 such incidents occurred five
times. None OF these events were re-
ported to the police because it would be
of no avail
These attacks. SO | am informed with
but one exception were made when no
policeman was in the immediate neigh
borhood Most of them were made by
boys and young men; many of them
were vicious in character. and only one
appears to have been made with view
of robbng the person attacked All these
assaults appear to have been made sub
sequent to the fire and earthquake in
San Francisco. and my attention was not
called to any assault made prior to the
18th day of April, 1906.
DIR. f. Omor of the Imperial University
of Tokyo. one of the worlds most dis
ting7lished scientists, and, as stated by
Prof George Davidson of the University
of California, one of the greatest living
authorities in seismography sent to San
Francisco by the Japanese government
TO study the causes and effects of the
earthquake, was stoned by hOodlums in
The streets of San Francisco. Prof r.
Nakamura, professor of architecture in
the Imperial University of Tokyo, was
also stoned In the streets OF San Fran
cisco by young toughs and hoodlums.
DIR. Omor was also assaulted when Wis
itinS Eureka, Cal. Neither of these emil
nent gentlemen made formal complaint
of these assaults, and wisht that no Of
fetal recognition be taken of them.
attach hereto copy Of letter OF Professor
Davidson calling the attention of the
press of San Francisco To these assaults,
US also copies of letters of the postmas-
ter of san Francisco. the mayor of San
Francisco. the governor OF the state, and
the mayor of Eureka. expressing their
great regret for these assaults and apoi-
osiziug that they should have been made
See Exhibit + tp. 30
know that THESE assaults upon the Jap
anese are universally condemned by all
good citizens OF California. For months
the citizens of san Francisco and Oak
land have been terrorzed by numerous
murders assaults, and robberies both
at day aud night The police have been
powerless. The assaults upon the Japa-
nese. however, We're not made, in my
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