The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-13
JAPANESE WOULD
NOT ARREST GHDNG
McDuffle Angry When He Got to
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Say
Governor 10 Blame.

The Japan Times of November 28
RlVos the particulars of the way In
which the abscondor Chong escaped
arrest IN Yokohama and announces that
Chlct McDnilio was ''vcry indignant
when he reached the Japanese port and
found no Chong awaiting him. Tho
Japanese department of justice shifts
the blnmo upon Governor Ffcnr for
Doing too brief, IN tho c0blograms
sent them The Toxic paper says;
"Tho Yokohama water police recoiy.
cd on the eighth instant telegram
from the Governor of Hawaii TO tho
following effect;
"'A Chinese nnmed Gun Tn.wa
Ch0ng viii arrive In Yokohama on tho
twolith instant by the stcamor siberln,
which left Honolulu November !. Chopg
committed some serious crime In Ame.
riem territory aud the American gov.
ernmcut wnnts him. There nre ronsons
10 believe that ChOng 10 going TO Hong
kong whore he h planning 10 effect his
escape. Tho Governor requests the
Yokohama water police 10 arrest him,
Upon receipt Of the Telegram tbe
Whtof police at once communicated with
tho Yokohama local court aud nslsed
for n warrant for his arrest. The court
then communicated with the depnrt.
mcnt Of Justice In TOXIC The minister
of Justice, hOwoyoI, declined 10 comply
with the request nB the cnHo Of tho
Chinese In question did not como In It's
jurBdictIon.
"l'hc Siberin duly arrived In Yoke.
hmm on tho twelfth and the Yokohama
water police again received n telegram
from the Governor Of llnwaii which
said that tho Governor would dispatch
nn olllcial 20 Yokohama to receive
chong The wator police, however,
could do nothing and the Siborin loft
Yokohama on The thirteenth for Hong.
kong, Nothing IL known as 10 the
nntnro Of Chong's 0nonBo.n
Governor Too Brief.
on tho following day, tho Times says.
Ut has alrcudy been reported that
n Chinese named Gun 1'nwn ChOng
committed some crime In Hawaii and
the Governor Of Hawaii requested tho
Yokohama wnier police 10 arrest him,
but tho minister Of Justice In Toxic
declined 10 comply with tho request na
the caBo IN question did not come under
bis juflsdieti0nj and the Sib0rin upon
Nhi'h 'hbHk ~ HAth w W. WV IDNUs
hama on tho thirteenth for flOngk0ng
vim Manlln.
"Mr MeDu0le, chief Of detectives Of
Honolulu, who WAS dispatched by Gov.
ernor ffonT 10 receive Chong, arrived
In Yokohama Wednesday by the steam.
cr China, lie subsequently wont TO
Tho Yokohama water police, where h0
lnnfned what had occurred. ~ IN said
tint he WIS very indignant.
Mr. MclJulllo in giving tho partlcu.
lars of tho nature Of Chopg's offense,
says that tho man IL thirty. four years
old, He stole 10000 yen from bank
la Honolulu where bo worked ~ q
cashier, October X, and fed. Ch0ng Ia
nnlnrallzed American. The lInwni.
ian police had 90 trace Of The abaf0nder
illl November ., when DO was already
houdlng for Japan on the Siberia. II
Tie JapnnsHo court could learn that
ChonR Bns Is nntufalilod American, tho
court might ferlRihly have complied
with the request, but tho telegram 20.
neiyed from u0vofn0f ffeaf, WIS said
10 be too brief aud lta moaning was
not elehf.
f'lhn Siberia Mis- expected 10 nrrIve
in Mnnila Frldhy and Ch0ng may DO
arrested thnfe,'