Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-27
'PICTURE.BRIDP .
STOLEN, REPORT
At j. S. STATION
immigration Officials Hear
Story and inspector Halsey .
is Investigating -

How a Japanese picture-bride was
stolen from the United States imIni-
grafton station last Saturday by a
Scountryn.an who posed falsely as her
intended husband is a story which Is
stirring the japanese community.
1nspectorJ r. l.. Halsey, in; charge
OF the immigration station, when
questioned by the Star Bulletin this
morning said.ssssF.--. -, : -. - s
have heard the reports Of this
around here but don't know the
facts, = he. said. He is Investigating
the reports. ..~rs i:
The story which is told among the,
Japanese with circumstantial detail
is that the girl, 19-year-old japanese
OF the Okinawan race, arrived on the
Shinyo Maru. from Japan on June l9
and as usual went to the immigration
station, where the "picture-brides"
are detained until claimed by their
husbands-to-be. The girls name Is
given as Ushi Ishihara. Her intended
husband is said to be one Shoden
Ishikawa of Kekaha Plantation,
Kauai. = p
According to the story told by Japa-
nese, and which has also been heard
at the Japanese consulate, lshikawa
was unable to. come from Kauai at
once to claim his bride on account OF
there being no immediate steamer IA
cilities, though he had received. wire.
less word that the bride was waiting.
It appears that the news that a
beautiful picture-bride was at the sta
ticn waiting for husband, was cir
culated in the Japanese community,
and one G. Toydma, plantation la
borer at Heeia, learned of 1t and con-
cocted the plan to steal the girl, II
she should prove, on personal inspec-
tion, to be as goodlooking as reports
represented. Accordingly, 1t Is said,
he went to the immigration station,
saw the girl, Was satisfied, and nur-
ried to a Japanese hotel on Beretania
street, where he registered as Shoden
Ishikawa or Ishihara of kekaha,
Kauai. He is understood to have told
the hotel manager he was here from
Kauai 70 receive his picture-bride who
came on the Shinyo, and on this rep
resentation, it is said, the hotel mana,
ger went with him to the immigration
officials to be his witness in claiming
the girl.
Toylma is said to have been exam
ined by the Immigration authorities
and to have passed this examination,
upon which he vas allowed to take
the girl from the station. He is said
to have taken her 20 the same hotel
where he had registered and to have
remained until Monday morning FIX
pecting that the bona fide husband-to'
be would arrive frcm Kaua: yester'
day, it is said Tcyama left the hotel
early and went hack to Heeia with
the bride.
The Kauai man, arriving early in
the morning, went to another hotel
and asked the manager there to ac'
company him to the station and help
get the bride he had brought from
Japan. When the unlucky man
reached the station and was told that
some one else had taken his bride, he
was torn with rage and despair, sum-
moned his friends, and after inquiry
found that Toyama had gone to
Heeia. 1t is said they went TO Heeia
and brought back the girl, but what
happened to Toyama no one seems
to know, though the Japanese commu'
nifty has heard there is going to be
some trouble.
Consul Moroi was absent from the
consulate this morning when tele.
phone inquiry was made. One of the
consular staff said that the news Of
the abduction had reached the consul
late but they we're not in possession
of the facts Whether the consul
would investigate he could not say,
nor could he confirm the report that
the disappointed Ishikawa had asked
the consulate to take the matter up.