Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-18


the prosecutions became intolerable. Ny
drivers were constantly attacked on the
highway, my place OF business defiled
by rotten eggs and fruit; Windows were
smashed fJycral times. | was forced
to hire. on Sept. q. two special police
men at great expense, and for fully
two weeks was obliged to maintain the
service. The miscreants are generally
young men, ~ or ~ years old. When-
ever newspapers attack the japanese
these roughs renew their misdeeds with
redoubled energy"
$. rAKATA.
IS. Tnkala. il5S Haight street. am a
a aGuE'pg"ouIs K ny Window wes Way smashed
by person or persons unknown. Again
on Aug 20. about II .. M, some ono broke
my LARGE from window. ! reported these
Incidents 20 the Japanese assertion, but
not to the police"
T. TAMURA
1T. Tamura. 1912 Laguna street. I have
an employment office In San Francisco.
on Aug .. about , D. M. large number
OF youngsters passed through the streets
with drums and trnmpets denouncing
Japanese one hour later gang Of rough
looking laborefs. 80 or 40 strong came 10
my place. and smashed my windows. |
teephoned 70 the police department sew.
eral times, but to no avail. on the after
noon OF the succeeding day policeman
called and inquired what Was tho matter.
dcws were completely broken By persons
unknown to me-"
NJ. sUGAwA.
M Sugawo, l7,2a DeyIsadero street. I
am shoemaker. On Aug. II, 1906 at $40
?. m, as | was passing on suffer street
near Scott, three boys. q or 22 years OF
age, attacked my person. nearly faint
assaulted me. This time they smashed nv
nose. grabbed the coat Of one Of the
trio, aud after having my nose dressed al
one OF the nearby hospitals, went home.
The next day policeman came. request
ing ne 70 give up The coat ! at frat re-
FUSED, but finally, upon his assuring me
that II would be deposited at the police
station, gave II up, | reported the matter
70 the police When the case came IN for
trial The youngstor was dismissed on the
plea Of insnfilcienSy Of evidence"
DIR. $. HAsHlMoTo.
"Dr s. Hashimoto, 1915 Cough street.
am physician. Toward the end OF Au-
patient, In great hurry. was sur.
rounded. on Castro street. near Market.
by a group OF boys, ranging ia years
from 10 70 %. The number was soon irr
creased 70 o. seeing the situation was
hopeess ran with all my might | WINS
struck On the leg BY a flying missile and
ny vaiise was nJu ed. did not report
ssa case to the police"
/. IKUDA.
|. Ikuda, 1908 Caary rect. | am 4 clerk
IN Japaneie store On Nov. 2. 1896 as
was driving my wagon on Davis street,
between Vallejo and 1suadway, We or SIX
Iaborers, apparently over "a years old APP
peared from the tdrgage cars and threw
potatoes and eggplants at me and my
morse soon they 4esan ihn,wt.g pl.t OF
brlck. and was forced to turn back a
piock or so Since Sept such Incidents
occurred fve times. None OF these events
We're reported to the police because II
would be Of no avail"
NO POLICEMEN NEAR.
These attacks, so | am Informed with
but one exception were made when no
policeman was in the immediate neighbor-
hcod, Most OF them were made by boys
ana young men, many OF them were yici-
Gus IN character, and only one appears
70 have been made with a View OF rob-
bling the person attacked All these as-
saults appear to have been made subse.
quent to the IRE and earthquake in San
francisco, and my attention was not call
ed to any assaults made prior TO the 18th
day OF April 1906.
DIR, f, oMoRI STONED.
Dr. +. omcri, OF the Imperial university
OF Toxic. one OF the worlds most dis
tingushed scientists, and. as stated By
Prof. George Davidson. OF the University
or California, one OF the greatest living
authorities IN selsmography, sent to San
francisco BY tho Japanese government to
study the causes and effects Of the earth
quake, was stoned by hnodiums In the
streets OF san Francisco Prof T, Nakh.
mura, professor Of architecture In the Inn
perlal university OF Toxic. was also stoned
IN the streets Of san Francisco by young
toughs and hoodlums. DR.. Omorl was
also assaulted when visiting Eureka. Cal,
Neither OF these eminent gentlemen made
formal complaint OF these assaults, ana
wished that no official recognition be taxi
en- Of them. ] attach hereto copy of letter
ol froi. DAVIDSON. calling the attention
OF the press of San Francisco ia these as
sauls as also copies Of letters OF the
postmaster OF San Francisco, the mayor
OF San francisco. the governor OF the
state, and the mayor Of eureka. express-
ing their great regret for these assaults
and apologizing that they should have
been made.
ASSAULTS UNIVERSALLY con-
DEMNED.
I know that these assaults upon the
Japanese are universally condemned by
all good citizens OF California. For months
the citizens Of San Francisco ana Oakland
nave been terrorized by numerous muir.
defs, assaults and robberies, both at day
and night The police have been pow.f-
less. The assaults upon the Japanese.
however were not made, In my Judgment.
with view Of robbery. but rather from
"a feeling Of racial hostility, stirred up
possibly by newspaper Accounts of meet
Jugs that have been held at different times
relative TO the exclusion OF Japanese from
the United States
The police records Of San Francisco
show that between May 6, 1906 aud Nov
D, 1906 80 cases al assault ranging from
simple assaults 20 assaults with deadly
weapons and assaults with murdcrous in.
tent, were reported 10 the police OF San
francisco. or the number 30 reported,
seven were for assaults committed BY
japanese, and TWO complaints were made
against japanese for disturbing the peace
The japanese population IN san Fran
cisco is about 600 THE total popula-
ton OF San Francisco today Is estimated
TO be between 32a,ooo and $4,000.
cALIFoRN1As SENTIMENT.
While the sentiment OF the state OF Cal
formal, as manifested by the public utter
ances OF the Japanese and keorean OK
cluslon league, by articles IN many OF the
leading newspapers IN the state, BY dec
laia,ions Of the political parties In thclr
platforms, and hy the passage OF joint
resolution By the state legislature on
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