Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-11
Ali IDOL IN COURT
Made to Serve the Ends of justiG.
In q Case In Japan.
THE RUSE or A WISE MAYOR.
This solomonIike Official, to Whom al
Innocent Mao Accused of Theft Ap
peaIed, Devised Simple Scheme
That Disciooed the Real Culprits.


One day a servant employed by the
proprietor of big store near Janau
bridge, In Yed.lo. was sent with a heaNy
pack of valuable Gotten goods on hi@
back to dyer in HOMO district When
the stores messenger reached Yoke
gawa stres nh was re y to seek rest
What MOI safe than little grove
of trees set ABOUT the tie statue Of
the god Jizo, the patron saint of trav
elers and detcnseless woman and chit
d-en
The somnolent porter awoke from II
nap to End that his employers cotton
had disappeared In great distress y
went to the s&orekeeper and coufe&se !
that he had slept and that a Robot
bad made of with the goods during h.s
siumher The master would not D!,
ieve his story, saying that ii wonl5
have been impossible for n robber 'e
make off with so large bundle liz
broad daylight Unless the porter
should pay for the lost goods he won 9
have to go to prison, said the master
In despair the porter took counsel OF
Mayo O-oka
"Ycu are certainly to blame for h9N
ing fallen asleep" reproved the nav"f
but Jizo is equally to blame. fpr {
Is a god bound to protect eFeft 9ae
who trusts In him, and in this instal:'t
hp has betrayed you. | will have bin
arrested and brought before nle 10
trial"
/ O=aNa gave Immediate orders to his
court officers to go and arrest the s'iz'
If 1ollogawa street ard bring blrl We
fore the mayors scat for trial. 7 ln'at
If the officers departed Oh their f&is
sion They first bound tie arms .
the stone sod with coils of rope; the=
they tried TO lift him from his fir.
y .it stal into Il cart y great CROW.
assembled before the .IiZo. attraete g
hy ,,ie unusual behavior of the eolit
afi'eera When t:a.5 Hpre to,i ii !:
Jizo had to so before ~ mayor fp'
t! ial he citizens narreled,
The task of Uns"ating the god Wa
100 much for the three eeu@i etfa
and they sought aid of those standing
about They promised that in return
for assistance they would admit NJ
volunteer workers into the courtroom
10 witness the raordinary trial
| Hundreds We're spurred by curioSif,
to lend a hand, and when the stoni
god went through the streets strappr,
to cart like an offender the croWi'
grew. 1t flied the great hall of justice
/ hnf n nj
form upon which sat the mayor O-ok;,
addressed the god In stern words.
"You are negligent fool o Jizo'
he exclaimed In a vote, loud enough
for all to hear. you are supposed
to protect every one who believes /;
you and who renders tribute, yc! III
trusting porter here made a prayer
you, then fell asleep at your feet anf
he was robbed while he slept. Yo'
stand accused Of being an accOmpli".
In this robbery. Have you anything :.
say for yourself before ! pass ser
tcnce?" -. 80 s~.=~4-.---
Mayor O-oka waited for few III
ments as If expecting the stony lips
Jizo to open In reply, but when u.
answer was made by the god he pss+
ed sentence Immediately,
"Sin"e you do not defend yourself
consider that you are guilty" sud hi
honor, land shall imprison YOU"
AT this remarkable spectacle of !;
mayer Passing sentence upon a st5n
| god re was a litter Of laughter
O-oka Numbered in voice of brass
"Who are all these people STANDING
about here?" he inquired of his eour
officers. Are they accompliccs Of it,,
or only plain thieves? They think thu
court is a penny show. and they lau@l
at the courts orders. Shut all ia.
| gates at Oncc,'
The scared attendants FASTENED T.;
| shut the gates Of the courtroom Thei
Mayor O-oka adjudged every man il
the great crowd in contempt of cour'
and fined each of them one tan Ca XII
mono length of cotton cloth Tile hun
drcGs thus suddenly found in conte,n''
were happy that their punishment h.s
been so light at least. and under bond
they buried to their homes to brin.
back the cloth fine. Before the ;.
was done 700 pieces Of cotton clntt
had been presented before the MAYER
court. the name of each culprit be!ns
set down upon the one tan OF cot.o,
cloth which he presented.
Before he would allow the 7GO tn 9.
however, O-Oka retired with the 30
Ter who had been r. bbed to en- mn
hamber. and he asked the porter
,ook over the 700 pieces OF notto
| 10th and see II he could id>n.iev ~
u them as having been one IN =.
pack he had carried Since every n,a,
ufacturer OF cotton cloth in Yed,.n
ways marked the snlvare Of Oh, |, ST.
with little rcd trademark STAMP T
porter scar he'd the edges Of the Wi
strips Of cloth for stamp sia'!"r
that borne on the cloth of vh' :,
had been robbed. He found that t~
OF the pieees of cloth brought To
The mayors fine bore the stamp nf Il
| plundered pack. Instantly Mao.
O-oka gave orders for the arrest OF
| two men who had brought this CO"