Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-07-17
FRACTIONAL FIGHT MAY LEAD TO
DEATH.
(From Sundays Dailyl


Yesterday. in the court Of Justice
McLanc. Harry tukaznai and NJ va.
moda were tried on the charge of carry.
my concealed weapons, following their
arrest Friday night. by Rangers Odds
and McGhcc. Harry was found guilty
and sentenced to pa va fine Of 600 and
spend ten days in Jail. Attorney An
dcrson, representing the laps, immcdi-
atcly appealed 10 the district court
and after much heated argument be-.
tween Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Forest and Attorney Anderson, the ap-
peal bond was fixed n, $3.50 cash, which
the prisoner Immediately furnished
lomada was next tried and the Jury
failed To agree. His second trial was
set for Monday.
Back of the arrcs, Of the two .Iaps
IN n small.sizcd race war. when IL
fast assuming serious proportions, and
II - freely predicted among the Jap.
ancsc here that bloodshcd will probably
result before the affair is settled.
Fukazhai. who conducts small store
in the Scopel building. is the leader
Of one Of the warning factions. and has
following Of about fifteen. while a
of the opposing faction, with n follow.
ing of some seventeen japanese and
one Chinaman. Yamoda is Fukazha's
first lieutenant and one Okla is Naka.
mura's aide.
Trouble originated between the two
factions more tnan month ago, when
fight occurred between the two
leaders. over an alleged debt Of $50
owed by Nakamura 10 Fukazhai. Since
then threats have been banded back
and forth. and Friday night the two
leaders. with their followers. met in
the plaza. Rangers Odds aud McGhcc
happened TO be near. and being led TO
believe some Of the Japs were armed.
searched the party. finding Fukazhai
armed with an automatic revolver and
mis- aide. Yamoda. supplied with n 30
caliber shooting iron. None of the
Others had freHms.
Owing TO the series of objections in.
terieeted into the trial by counsel yes
terday, but little Of the true state of
affairs was brought out. the testimony
being confined 10 whether or not the
two defendants were armed. For n
time IL seemed as IL hostilitics would
bf'hh Oul b'iW''H oppoHlng 'ouHS'l'
hut sense of humor saved the day.
and the trials proceeded with the re
suits as stated.
Later the two leaders of the Tong
war gave their separate versions Of the
difficulty to Journal Miner represent.
alive.
Fukazhai claims Nakamura and his
followers are not good subjects Of the
Mikado, seldom working. and depend
ing for living on tributes levied from
various If their countrymcn and wo.
men. while Nakamura insists that
Fukazhai is a wolf in Sleeps clothing.
is n professional gambler, and lives by
robbing his countrymcn in card games.
This, with the alleged debt of $50.
serves as the basis for hostilities be.
tween the two factions.
The local officers, aided by the
Rangers, are doing all in their power
TO prcv,n an outbreak which may lead
to bloodshed. but owing tn the elan
nishncss of the little brown men the
officers can do little more than await
developments.
Both of the leaders were very bit
ter against each other yesterday. and il
il expected that sooner or later the two
factions will come together in fight.
in which some of them will undoubted
ly be Killed