Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-30
CRAZED Jap KILLS
RUTGERS GRADUATE
DR.. {. D. Stryker, Former Rari-
tan Man, Victim of Native
Prejudice in Corea.

NEW YORK, March So.-Dr Edgar
de Mott Stryker. an American sur
geon, in charge of a large hospital
at Holkel, Corea, where he had SUI
pervised the treatment of $1,000 per-
sons in the last four years, was shot
and killed there yesterday by a Jap
anese, according to q cable message
received by Edward II. Loud, father
of Mrs Stryker, in his home at Is
Arlington place, Brooklyn.
DIR. Stryker was the son of p. Y.
L. Stryker, of Raritan, n. J. He was
graduated from Rutgers College in
1897, and from the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons in this city in
1901. After studying in the General
Memorial the Sloane Hospital for
Women, in this city, and st. Joseph's
Hospital, in Yonkers, he went to the
Orient. That was five years ago.
He and Mrs. Stryker had two chill
dren, Peter, eight years old, and John,
five. Mrs. Stryker had been with him
all the time he was in Corea.
Mr.. Loud. who is a retired ship
builder, said that his son-in-law's life
was the forfeit he paid for trying to
Introduce modern scientific medical
treatment in q country that had
Gaknown nothing but superstition and
of disease. He frequently had been
threatened with death.
The cable message was signed by
Mr.. LIQUIDS daughter, Mrs. Annie
Martha StrylSer, who was married to
DR.. Stryker in her Brooklyn home in
1904 1t read.
Death" Cable Message.
Curly shot by crazy Jap today
at the mine. Died Immediately. We
are with Berthe at Pyeng Yang"
DIR. Stryker was known in his fam
ily as Curly" Mr.. Loud did not
know what the last sentence in the
cable message meant, but S. l.. Sell
den, vice president of the Seoul Min
ing Company, said last night that Mr..
Berthe was the company's business
representative at Pyeng Yang, nifty
miles from the company's mines at
Hokol, and that Mrs. Stryker and her
two little children undoubtedly had
gene to his home.
n From a source that has been OBJ
serving the trend of events in Corea
since the Japanese assumed charge
after the war with Russia it was
learned last night that the murder
of DIR. Stryker probably would bring
about international representations
which not only would have for their
object the establishment of better
protection for Americans resident in
Corea, but would guarantee the in
tentions of Americans like DIR. Stryker
In their efforts to lift the natives in
Guiding Japanese, from the custom or
depending upon superstition, witch
craft and unscientific methods III
treating diseases which have depopu-
lated the country.
Did Remarkable Work,
DIR. Stryker was one of our best
men in Corea," said Mr.. Selden last
night IN his home, 969 Park avenue,
when informed by me of DIR. Strykers
death. News of his murder fills me
with the greatest regret. He has
done wonderful work there, ana II
the Coreans and Japanese only could
realize the fact he was lifting them
from a condition of disease and ignor-
ance that would have meant their
moral and physical regeneration.
Our company realized that one of
its principal tasks was to overcome
the prejudice against foreigners that
rad been breeding through many CEN
,y1ries of ignorance. Disease is the
handniaiden of ignorance and we
started to fight disease by building a
hospital at our mines. DIR. Stryker
had charge of the treatment and edu-
Sation of more than 10000 persons last
year.
Natives Arc PreJudiced.
But our hospital, conducted on the
latest American and English stand
ards, found the strongest kind of OPP
position. In the first few years Or.
Stryker had permit to practise med
cine. but last year this was taken
from him by the authorities, SO that
his only privilege was to treat only
our employees and those natives who
lived on our property and applied for
treatment.
"Of course, DIR. StrylSer made enc
mics through his new and modern
methods in treating disease" con-
tinued Mr. Selden. "Why, before he
went there they used to boil dogs
feet and give the connection to i'll
persons. In his case the prejudice
lecame stronger because he not only
was a Western man, 81 man from the
Western civilization. but he was try
ing TO introduce Western methods in
the treatment of disease
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