Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-03
AN lD()!. IN COURT
Made to Serve the Ends of justic.
 In 9 Case In Japan.
THE RUsE OF 4 WISE fi4fCH

Innocent man Accused of hcft Rp-
 peaIed. Devised Simple Schsr'e
 That oisc'o9ed the Real culpei,s.
 One day servant employed hy t..e proprietor of q big store near Iap,.& bridge. in Yedio, was sent with heavy back to dyer in Honjo district. When the stores messenger reached Yokp gawa stre, nt was ready to seek rest, What mog safe than the little grave of trees set about the stone statue ot the god. Jizo. the3patronj saint of tray dyen. K r=-~, ,..,s..e{ sss. <"
 The somnolent porter awolle from 5 nap4t to find that his employers cotto: had disappeared. In great distress he vent to the sAorekeeper and confessed that he had slept and that a robbpl had made off with the goods during h;, .'lnmher The master would not 'h:, 'leye7 ais storMy saying thatT it woH ! have been impossible for d TobDer to make. off with. So large a bundle. ia broad daylight Unless the slWrt": should pay for the lost goods he wop l 'have.to go to prison, said the master yIp7 despair the porter took counsel "f &Msty6r O-olstt e II lA4-zfs
 "Ycu are certainly to blame for hsr Ing fallen as4eep,s reproved the rraSN'r
 but .Jize is equally to blame, for. .-e IS god bound to protect every -9ne who trusts in him, and ill this instar2e be has betrayed you. l will have h.n -arros ted and hrousht- beforenle .Iial." '2'or,Sa ayeszSlmnaeaiat ia tessserdersss to :l,s court officers to goaand 7arreststlle .'i2% If ' olS oga WI. .Fstreet5hnd brfng fiil 'Js fore the mayors seat for trial. 1tfre" of the officers departed on their lei, sion They first bound the arms c: the stoae god with coils of rope; -t2el t''"y rr:al To lift him from his ti"l r,i i!eatal into q cart. X great crow4j 'as>elnblet' before the JiZo. attr;ic.ed hv the unusual behavior of the court olHrers. NhFH they We're told th'' Jizo had to go before the mayor eor tIin! the citizens Elarveled .
 The sask of unscating the god was too much for the three court officers and they sought aid of those standing about. They promised that in return for assistance they would admit Il. volunteer workers into the courtroom to witness the extraordinary trial Hundreds were spurred by curiosity to lend a hand. and when the stone god went through the streets strapped to cart like an offender the crowd grew. It filled the great hall of justice when Jizo was placed before the plat form upon which sat the mayor O-oka addressed the god in stern words.
 You are negligent fool o gJizo:' he exclaimed in a voice' loud enough for all to hear "You are supposed to protect every one wtio believes ir you and who renders: tributess,ye. thi, trusting porter here made prayer t' you. then fell asleep at your fleet ant he was robbed while he slept. Yor stand :acc1lsedf of leing an aecena'ER' in this robbery. Have you anything ,n say for yourself before, T pasS7 sen tence?"
 Mayor O-oka waited fora ewtrA,,- ments as if expecting. the, stony lins "f Jizo to open in reply, but whfn no answer was made By the god hs' pass ed sentence ipmediately.
 '.Sinee you do not9dafend g1'1airsesf,.i consider that you are guilty" sad !;i.. honor, "and shall imprisdn ydu>'t~,- <
 At this remarkable spsrtaela g,o4 z; mayor passing sentence upon ! st=?;. god there was a litter of lsIH~''"' O-oka thundered in a voice of brass,
 Who are all these people st2adnn about -here??'", he inquiyed Of his eqlh'' officers Are they accoMplires t3,i :'f.7 } or only plain thieves? They .tliq!i t., at the courts orders. {; Shut all thh gates at ,once"
 The scared attendants hastehrd t. Shut the gates of the courtroom 2'h"n Mayors O7oko~ adiudaed evofys laaltt3.ss,; the ,rreat crowd in contempt of rc'l:l mono lengtln of cotton cloth. Tie h'.n dreds tAtls' suddenly :f6hnd in, ,Goafe G,nl we're happy that their punishment I'd hcHn so li~,t # least. ard Nnl,r hon,h' thev hurried to their ,homnS to bri2., back the. cloth fine. -Befora s.lsa e was done TOO pieces of cotton x'ln's. had been pFesentea befaTe t'lpktua"r:S "onrt, the namer of eaehfeii'nrit be:ns set down uron the one tan oe '"ttnr cloth whieh1he presented a.;e .'t8
 Before he would allow the 1rh 10 .~n however O-ols:h retired with stihe DOT ter who had been r. bod t, :'n inn chambers and he asked fle !s'r'Hryfs t"o,l over fhe TOO pircaS "'- ro:'N: cloth and sec if hr5e,u,h iata-ifv aNt of them as having been on " in '',t
 pack he had carr:: l. Sin nv ". ,.!"n ~: 1fartlirertrf tor'na fs!hfN in ss,t'fsF''i af. ways -man:e t',, Sol':a~e "f ca' T. stri.: with little rcd tradpmHr, sfanl' ,,, porter Searri,pd he ed.r.S of t!.e ''.inv strips of cloth for q st'r,l, ,;i,, i'.r tt that borne on the clc.b Of ".hit'' 'e had ,een robbed !.e fnund thst t'~s' of the pieces cf "'nt' hr@'"ht tn n'% he IT ayDr's fine #bore tMis 'tn', cf lis pack. lnstant'y Hn''"' O-oka gave orders for the arrest of ;'.7 two men who had hrcG~ht til;S ..'N.h