Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06
BRIDE OF JAP
HOME IN TEARS
FORMER MISS BLACKWELL
AND HUSBAND RETURN
Neighbors Hold Impromptu lndigna-
ton Meeting and GecIare They
Will Ask the Couple
to Leave

Mrs. II. 1. Inui, formerly Miss Vivian
Blackwell, the pretty Los Angeles girl
who eloped from Los Angeles with
wealthy Japanese merchant and mar
ried him February rs at Goldfield,
New, returned to Los Angeles with
her oriental husband Friday evening
and in company with another Japanese
the couple hurried at once to the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
E. c. Blackwell, $50 East Jefferson
street.
The husband remained at the house
but a short time and, accompanied by
his Japanese companion, left early. lie
was not seen at the house yesterday
until nightfall, when he returned and
stayed until $3.50 o'clock, at when
time, accompanied by his young wife,
he ventured quietly into the street.
Keeping close to the inside or the
walk, the couple went to the car line.
The wife was seen to kiss him just
before he boarded an inbound car.
While the blinds were kept closely
drawn at the Blackwell home, and the
mother, almost Frustrated with grleI'
moved about the premises, the neigh
borhood was in state of subdued exo
citement, which resulted about
o'clock last night in an Indignation
meeting at S2S East Jefferson street,
next door to the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
blackwell. Families from six OF the
houses nearest to the Blackwells Wig
orously protested at the presence OK
the couple, and the girl was denounced
for her marriage to the oriental.
II was finally agreed that petition
would be sent to the owner of the
property requesting that the japanese
and his white wife be compelled TO
leave the neighborhood.
Japanese Visits House
While this indignation meeting was
in progress an air of mystery perVaoeos
the blackwell home. Inui made brleI
visit to the house, approaching 1t
rather stealthily, it is said, as II AFRAID
TO venture through the neighborhood.
The news that he had returned TO
the house spread rapidly through the
vicinity and added t. the furore.
What took place last night, Wnlie
the girl was in the mouse with ele
Japanese and her parents, may never
he known, but shortly after the return
of the Japanese when reporter Oh
The Herald called at the place, Mrs.
Tn,ii answered the doorbell and, with
sxvollen ewes and tear-stained cheeks,
stood looking wearily into his race, un-
able for several moments to check her
sobs SO she could reply to MS ques-
ooh won't you please let me bel"
she exclaimed "I have done nothing
that am sorry for-can't you see that
this persecution is killing me?
"It is none of the public's business.
married him-yes-I married MIN!
Isn't 1t my own personal atfalr-ahd
his? =
mo, we have no plans for the fu-
ture. 1 am sick of this notoriety'
Please-please leave us alone.
And covering her race with heI
hands, Mrs. Inui closed the door and
locked 1t.
Japanese Is Angry
The Japanese, on his departure from
the house at $3.50 o'clock, was over
taken by The Herald representatives
He turned on the reporter almost saw
agely. and when asked if he intended
to live in Los Angeles he replied
gruffly;
CO."
dignation meeting held by the neigh
bors last night is a matter of conJec-
ture. Many of the families living
close to the Blackwells insist that the
white girl and her Japanese husband
cannot remain III lllS ilSl6 iiOOiA AOCt,
vet there is every indication neither
Inui nor his white wife intends to
leave there soon.
Inui is the proprietor of the Yamato
curio store and bazaar on Broadway
one of the largest of local oriental es-
Establishments. His white wife. who is
but "a years old formerly was en-
ployed by him. Their courtship it is
said. extended secretly over period
of several months. Wednesday a week
ago they eloped to Nevada, and there
were married by a judge after a min
lister and a justice of the peace had
refused to perform the ceremony.
GoIdfeld citizens were considerably
aroused over the marriage, and the
couple were ordered to leave the hotel
there at which they We're registered.
The girl is tall, of a somewhat large
stature, comely and well formed. She
has a prepossessing appearance, good
education, and by her friends was
considered refined though headstrong.
She is much younger than her hus-
band.
The home of the Blackwells, where
the couple now are staying, is hand
somely furnished with Japanese brio
a-brac and draperies.