The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-03-05
GOLDfIELD THE
GRETNA green
FOR JAPS

prosperous NippOn OOIhes
to Coldfeld With Peaches
and Cream American
Girl to be Welded.
A District Judge
Makes EN- Happy
= For the first time in the history I
+ of Esmeralda county as far as is +
+ o known, a license was issued 4
+ here Wednesday permitting a (
+ japanese and a white person to +
+ marry. The son of the Mikado =
= gave his name as IL. Y. Inui and +
+ his age, 20 years; the intended +
+ bride announced that her name +
+ was Vivian Blackwell; her age, "A Z
+ years. Both parties stated that f
+ Los Angeles was their place of {.
+ residence. +
+ After meeting with refusals on +
+ the part of Rev. Mr.. Darneille +
+ and Justice of the Peace Barnes +
+ to perform the marriage ceremony, T.
+ the couple finally succeeded in be +
+ ing joined in wedlock by District +
+ Judge Stevens. +
+ + + + + + + =
For two hours the young couple
waited in the county clerk office to
learn whether they were to be granted
a license on their application. To
Clerk Ben Rosenthal they pressed their
claim and right to the required paper,
but he refused to issue the document
without consulting with his chief,
County Clerk Hamilton. Mr.. Hamilton,
when he looked upon the dapper young
Nippon and the pretty and fashionably
dressed young woman recalled that Cal
ifornia had a law against the inter
marriage in the white and yellow races,
and was under the impression that Ne
vada likewise had a p~rohibitive
statute.
In any event to be sure, he asked
that the district attorney furnish hiio
with a written opinion in the matter.
Both the district attorney and his as
~sistant, George Springmeyer, were busy
in court and the young couple were al
lowed to wait in the county clerks
Office. They stated that they would
rather wait than stroll around and
come back again.
During the interim the young Jap,
who was attired in a natty suit of blue,
a snappy little hat and low cut shoes,
smoked several cigarettes, and while
not reading a periodical, chatted with
the fascinating Miss Blackwell, who
had promised to marry him. Together
for a time they stood at the window
and looked out over the desert, but
nothing in their manner indicated that
they were trying to look into the
future or were even giving it a
thought.
She was dressed in white, some furs,
an attractive hat and wore a veil She
spoke well and was good hammered, but
disinclined to speak at length of "her
affair"
The Japanese announced that ne was
a business man of Los Angeles and
that his lawyer had advised him that
he could marry a white woman under
the laws of Nevada. 81 knew 4
eountrvman of mine whc was married
TO a white woman at Phoebe and we
would have gone there if it had not
been for the washout. Anyway we
wanted to come to Goldfeld to see the
place"
Finally Assistant District Attorney
Springmeyer vas free to give his opin-
ion in law in the matter. He found
that the statutes prohibited intermar
riage between a white man or woman
with a black person, Mullatto, Indian,
"At'
or Chinese, but to the Japanese 1T did
not refer. So the law was interpreted
in favor of the awaiting couple, ana
Deputy County Clerk Rosenthai, arm
e6 with the written opinion, issued the
license.
In the meantime quite a crowd gain
cred in the lobby of the courthouse 10
gain a look at the couple. Ihey iei'
The building in the face of the curious
olances and went directly to the nome
IF Rev. b. j. Darneille, rector OF 81
Johns Episcopal church. There thes
waited the return of Rev. Mr.. Dafnellle
and when he appeared they were
politely told that he did not care 10
!. norform the ceremony.
The couple. nothing daunted, mex