The San Francisco call., 1910-09-23
GIRL And ORIENTAL
LOVER ARRESTED
Eighteen Year Old Mormon
Maid Says She VIII Become
Bride of Nipponese or Die

OAKLAND, Sept. 22.-By the arrest
at the Oakland mole of Rayda Reed, IS
years old. OF Smithfield, Utah, daugh-
ter of James A Reed, railroad sec
tion foreman. and her japanese lover,
Kunio Toda. the police have perhaps
only delayed the marriage of the
couple. The japanese and his attract
i've coNpanion had eloped from Smith
field 2 week ago, with Seattle chosen
as their Gretna Green.
Miss Reed viii be held at the deten-
tion home until the police know
whether her father will come for her
or permit her 10 become the bride of
the japanese. Toda occupies a cell at
the city jail They have not seen each
other since their capture. ,sbut both
maintained stoutly TO Captain Of De-
tectives Petersen after their arrest
that they left Utah Vith he permission
Of the father This assertion caused
Petersen TO wire to Reed at Smithfeld.
The reply came as follows in a few
hours:
NO. I do not consent to the mar
riage. She ran away"
DETERMINED TO MARRY
This message brought tears to the
girls eyes when it was read to her by
the police this afternoon, but she re-
asserted that she would rejoin Toda
when they were free. and that they
would continue TO Washington to be-
come man and wife.
DO you think you can persuade me
10 give up this man." said Miss Reed,
when the bishop Of the Mormon
church could not? NY father does not
need me. He has two other children.
Only recently he declared his intention
Of taking another wife That woman
did not object to the two other chill
dren. but she let me know plainly that
she did not want me around her house.
And then my father suddenly let up
in his opposition to Toda and we have
since been engaged.
GENTLEMAN, SHE SAYS
I DO not see why you don't let me
marry the only man I want to marry.
Kunio is q good man. On our trip
from Salt Lake he was a true gentle
man. We Travelled apart like stran-
gers and we did not move together
until al the Oakland mole, where we
were TO take the train which would
carry US TO our wedding place. All I
ask is that 1 be permitted to marry the
man I love and have chosen
Don't you know how these Japa-
nese-A American maria ges always turn
out?" asked Petersen.
This viii turn out WELL" answered
the girl. 4 know ii will because Ku-
Mo and I are in love. And isn't that
what any marriage should be based
Upon?"
The girl was taken from the police
station after this interview to the
Young Women's Christian association
building at Fourteenth and Castro
streets. Later in the day Detective
Emigh took her to the police station,
where the telegram from Reed was
read to her. Not only did Rayda dis
pute her fathers word. but she again
defended her elopement with the
japanese.
MARRIAGE OR DEATH
i viii die before I will give up my
hope Of marrying Kunio," she said
You have no right TO interfere. The
Mormon elders who were my advisers
from the time I was a little child tried
TO dissuade me. Then they commanded
me not TO wed q japanese. And so
ran away with Kunio TO get my hus-
band. And I Will get him or / will not
live"
Toda was equally firm. In his bro
ken English he pronounced his affec-
tion for the girl and his intention of
marrying her. He said he could make
a good living for her and would do So
If TOda and Miss Reed had kept to
their program Of being always apart
until they reached Washington they
would not now be IN detlnue. They were
seen late last night by Miss Donaldina
Cameron. one of the sisters who have
achieved fame for their work in the
san Francisco Chinatown. Struck by
the spectacle OF a white girl walking
with a japanese, both carrying suit
cases. the mission worker took time
TO observe them. Her experience
enabled her to divine the situation and
Miss Cameron telephoned to Captain
Petersen. The arrest followed.
GIRL Is BRUNETTE
Miss Reed is a brunette. slender of
form, with large eyes and long eye
lsshes such as a child's. Beside her
Japanese lover she appears tall, for
Toda is typically short Of stature
The japanese is - years old. For
eight years, he says, he has lived in
this country and has saved enough
money to be the owner, OF a small
chicken ranch at Smithfeld. Just be-
fore emigrating from Japan he served
in the mikado's army as petty officer
in an artillery corps. In this country
he has been houseboy. truck gardener
and section hand.
Miss Reed says she has had several
Japanese sweethearts. Her parents
did not permit her to make friends
with the youths Of her own race, she
explains.