Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-10
POLICE FIGHT WITH
JAPANESE GAMBLERS
CHIEF USES CLUB ON MEN
WHO TRY TO ESCAPE
Two Officers Guard Door Against
Rushes Made by Sixteen Asiatles
Until Assistance Reaches
Them
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PASADENA, May 9.-ASixteen Jap
anese laborers, each and every one ac-
cused of taking part in gambling
game. were arrested shortly after 2
o'clock this morning in a raid led by
Chief of Police H. H. Favour in per-
son.
Owing to the fact that the informa-
ton on which the raid was based was
not correct, the descent upon So South
Fair Oaks avenue was not the peace
ful arrest which had been figuerd on.
Information given the chief stated that
the gamblers would be found IN TWO
rooms-No. and in room back of the
kitchen at the lodging house. Accord
ingly when the squad which was de-
tailed for the raid gathered, Chief Fa-
your and Captain Pierce took Room D
as the DIGESTIVE point, and Lieutenat
w. H. Coping, with Sergeant George
Longley, were assigned to the PACK
room. Patrolman Peck was stationed
in the hall
Room 3 produced no results. Neither
did the back room of the kitchen. But
it served to split the raiding party.
Suspicious, the chief started search
of the entire floors anS after opening
two or three doors he suddenly as he
opened door into a room at the ex-
IRENE northeast end of the building
shouted, Here they are"
Captain Pierce was with him at the
crv. and together the two men went
into the fight of their lives. There
were sixteen Japs in the room, which
was not more than IL by u feet, and
the two. like Horatius and his COM
panion. kept the bridge or the door I'M
til help came. 1t was lively few
minutes. Above the cries of the Jap
anese rose the steady whack, whack,
whack of the chiefs billy as man af-
ter man tried to fight his way out.
Captain Holds Three
But Captain Pierce, who had forgot
ten his club, was in the row with only
his two hands as his weapons. He
fought silently but effectively, as the
results showed. When, after a SEEM
ing hour of throwing back men who
We're determined to pass the boundary,
the men from the other room came
with their lights, the work was done.
where's Pierce?" grunted the chief.
pocketing the club with which he had
lust finished off a man who had tried
to Jul juitsu him by butting him in the
stomach.
"AH right, chief" came the reply
from the corner behind the door, and
/ turning their heads and lights, the
rescue party found the captain one
man held in each hand and sitting on
third, beaming contentedly.
81 had both these fellows" he ex-
planned simply, when I felt chap
try to crawl under my legs, and so 1
sat down on him."
It was a fine fight There was no
question about that. The reserves
Patrolmen Nicoll, Hayes and Abbott
who had been stationed about the
building lest the Japs break away.
were called in and the sixteen men
handcuffed and taken to headquarters.
AS booked those arrested included F..
Nakaien, K. Yamamura S. Hi Hiraishi
G. Sumamaro, S. Hosota, N. Matsumo-
to, F. Saieto, G. Yado, S. Yano, S.
Imai, E. Takagi, H. H. Arakawa, K.
Hanai, NJ. Nobutaro, T. Ishiwara and
S. Kaku.
Five of the number had their heads
patched at headquarters Y Police Sur
geon A D. S. Mccoy as a result of
their coming in contact with the club
of the chief while he guarded the door.
The sixteen will be arraigned before
Judge Mcdonald in police court in the
morning on charges of being present at
or taking part in game of chance.
Today they all secured bail.