Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-14
REV. JOHN Ellis, AN AMERICAN,
WOULD BECOME CITIZEN OF JAPAN
III Toxic With His Little Daughter He Says: 81 Cannot Love and
Revere Country Like America. Am Ready to Become
Japanese Subject Olga Will Tell Anyone Who Asks
Her That She Prefers TO Stay With Father"

received my wife back for the sake
OF our child and for the family honor.
Against my will she went into the
employment Of money lender who
charged extortionate and Illegal rates
OF interest (the kind we call loan
sharks). MY wife went from our
home in Boston to Pittsburgh. Pa,
and Baltimore, Md. for, this man for
months at a time, being there with
this man, going to theaters and dining
at hotels with him, leaving me at
home in Boston to keep house as best
could while attending daily to my
work. E & u Is, 5$$
Il regret to be obliged to say these
things, which are a disgrace to my
family, but must act to defend my
self and daughter. After several years
of such life two physicians. graduates
of American medical schools and in
regular practice in Boston. who had
treated my wife professionally for
years. and third physician. also q
graduate Of an American medical col.
lege and In regular practice. pro.
nounced my wife insane, and two of
them. In accordance with law, went
before the court at Chicopee. Mass.
where was q clergyman OF the Uni.
tartan church. and where we lived,
and with the approval Of the Judge Of
the court, sent my wife to ii q state
hospital for the insane at Northamp-
ton, 20 miles from our home. There
I visited her often and took Olga to
visit her. 4 N 4 81. 5ss
Immediately her family. whom I
had tried In vain to interest before,
engaged q lawyer who Is q successful
politician, and after seventeen days
my wife was discharged from the
state hospital by its superintendent,
andawithout any order from the court
Then they went before . Judge. who:
gave my wife the custody Of Olga and
ordered me to pay 6s yen per month
to support my daughter only. and or
dered that I might visit Olga "at all
reasonable times" ~ 81 t3
"a ''For nearly q year under this ar
rangement I did all that the court
ordered, and during this time my wife
frequently violated both the spirit and
the letter OF the courts order. hui
initiating and provoking me As a
father. Once she tried, by q Jest, to
have me falsely arrested on q charge
Of making a disturbance whenI came
to her door and requested to see my,
daughter, but two witnesses who hap
pened to be near and saw all cleared
me before the police officer.
S Then I appealed to the court for re-
lief, but the only change that was
made was to specify some hours dur
ing which might see my daughter,
but they were useless to me on ac-
count Of my business hours. Olga was
never allowed by her mothers win to
stay alone over night at the house OF
persons not of the mothers family
nor of mine. !
""As a father I could not longer en-
dure this, took my daughter one
day when I had her for a few hours
and fed for refuge in Japan, whose
family laws and customs I had read
about. ~ s55s ~ = Fl
Finding that they can not have me
extradited from Japan for taking away
my own child. they have alleged per
jury against me, because this crime is