The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-20
ARREST OF JAPS NOT
END OF NEWEST
SCANDAL.
Officials Search for More
Evidence Against
Associates.

With the ,alous o. ne Law tight.
cning ahou, them. the shixherups
who have loaned their brains and
cunning 20 the furthersnee OF the
dastardly practice OF importing
young japanese girls into the
United States Tor immoral purposes
are commencing 20 tremhle wlih ap
prehcnei0n and are using every
means In their power TO block the
morcilNaa probing 81 thc nasty az
fair, which resulted In the arrest %
Captain r. u Gawiey. former mas
ter OF the sound steamers Edna
and Advance. KAknichl katayamn.
president OF the Okiyama society
and wsliknown Japanese and IN.
tvrprvter. s ishikawa. aho poses a.
a Japanese theatrical maguate. and
/ Minami and bis wtfe. Il. siiuaml.
Nell-t0do Oriental
Seeking Mere Evidence
Three OF the -hlghes upa. men
whose Standing In saatLlg Is OF ap-
parcH, integrity and honor. ara un
der grave snaplcioa. bur until the
evidence against them il ladlzpnsa
bic no arrests will BE- made Act
Ing under the advice ~ their attor.
neys. each ot the prisoners now at
the conaty JAIL l. maintaining an
attitude ~ evasion. and II uuWiit
inz 10 admit anything ahieh tends
70 connect them with the Wholesale
traffickiug In young Japanese girls
Complete denial % any completely
Ia the schcme Of buying ard selling
Japanese girls waa made b. kRk-
uichi KAY katnyama II the eounty
Jail. kRfnyama admitted that he
Is personally acquainted With each
% the prisoners. but aenles al
knowiedKc ~ criminal transactions
By the cams which has been oper.
atlng ia Seattle Tor the past five
years The accused Japanese Law.
yer declares his own acts 50 be
above suspicion. and Ii auxiouslY
awaiting the trial. which. he says.
ulli clear him % all blame.
kstayanns Talks
n have kHoWn Captain GAwley
fur about three years. said katA.
yama AZ the coanty jail today. \
first met him a. HeillnEham when
waA there NJ an interpreter
almo km0w the japanese arrested.
I know nothing ~ any Illegal lmpor
lation u Japanese girls. II Il true
I have many tines acted a. inter.
prefer whom Japanese girls hase
been shipped 10 Seattle % figure In
picture marriages.
Is "a not fact that - organ
lied gang has been engaged In buy
INK and selling japanese girls IN
seattle katayama waa asked.
well. I understand 70" was the
reply. n have heard that girls
have been brought over here osten.
alnly AZ domestic servants. and
have since been forced % abide by
contracts which entailed their BE-.
lag sold. but have NOT bad any
thing 20 40 with any crowd. organ
ICED o. unorgAnized.
Protests Ills Innocence.
let ne tell you" continued Kat
afama. II am absolutely innocent
I M my hand up high and swear
that II I ever imported OF agreed
10 lmporf or aided Ia the importa-
ton of any Japanese girls for inn
moral purposes. viii cif OFF my
head. am under arrest falsely. !
have committed no crime. TheY
have no right 10 keep me here IN
gagl. have much business 70
transact. on. I'm alck Of Il ali. I
want the trial TO come quick. The
quicker the better For ! am limo
cont This business wiil ruin me.
What win nay associates think Of
me me charged with such erlmei'
Katayama says he doesn't think
any Immigration officials are mixed
In the nasty mess, and also vol
unieercd the statement that he
thinks Captain Cagleg. II guilty.
was working alone. When asked II
he thought " at all probable that
one man could furnish japanese
girls on tho Wholesale plan % who
ever might want to buy them for
5000 each kaiayama admitted that
Captain Gawley may have been as.
ISOLATED with others.
Mr.. Todd Explains.
United states District Attorney
Elmer r.. Todd said today tnat the
e rHga4 ~ fa0Utaaf IaaetaH and tho