The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-07
US. MISSIONARIES HAD NO LAWYER
 IN JAP COURT

Tokio. June '. - CCorrespondence of The Associated Press) ).-Rev. B. Mowry of Mansfield O., an American Presbyterian missionary, had no lawyer to represent him in the court of Pyeng Yang when he was con victed recently and sentenced to six months penal servitude for shelter ing Korean agitators in athe inde- pendence movement. The trial was held after one days notice to the ac- cused and neither he nor his friends who were in court watching but talk ing no part in the case were notified until after the trial that they could have asked for and obtained a post ponement
 Rev Mir, Moffett attended the hearing in the case of Rev. Mowry before the district court and made n detailed report of the proceedings in which he stated that he called upon Mir. Mowry, then under arrest, on April 10. A detective informed Mir. Mofett that Mir. Mowry prob ably would be sent to Seoul but on April IA. both Mir. Mowry and Mir. Moffett were notified that MT. Now ry would be put on trial the next morning.
 Rev. Mir. Moffett's transcription of the evidence shows that the Rev. Mir. Mowry told the court that he was a teacher of the Union Christian Col leEe and principal of both the Boys and Girls Grammar schools at Pyeng Yang and that he had taught there since 1911. He said that he had ad- mitted to his house five known Ko- r~en students for two days in March
 4.r gN . ence movement. one of these had been his secretary for six years and was So engaged until he was arrested by the Japanese.
 The missionary had given money for school expenses for i've years. The others were pupils he had taught. Rev. Mir. Mowry told the court that ho had heard that the Christians and students had held an independence meeting It the Boys Grammar school. that he had nothing whatever to do with it but heard they had read a declaration of independ- ence, raised the Korean flag and marched down the streets shouting "mansei" Gong live Korea). The missionary declared that he had heard that the police were going to arrest the students but that when me bbFS fsAhlt lC HIS IpiIlt LLtN ulu not tell him why they wanted to stay there. did not say they were in hid ing from the Japanese and that he told them that heecould not protect them if they were doing anything they should not do.
 Would you not think that in com ing to the house of a Westerner there was something up?" asked the judge through an interpreter.
 Koreans often slept at my house and I could only guess at 1t in view of the times,'' replied Rev. MT. Mowry.
 Did you know that they secretly distributed announcements and that the police were hunting for them % asked the judge.
 T knew the police were trying to arrest such men, said Mir. Mowry, but I did not know these boys had done it. I guessed that the police were hunting for them. They said nothing to me about fleeing from the police. I did not hide them as fugitives. I made no effort to con- ceal them and I told them I could not do so.
 If I had been informed that the police were trying to arrest them and had concealed them it would have been wrong; but I did not know that they were criminals. If anyone had come 10 arrest them and I had concealed them it would have been wrong Concerning the independence movement, had nothing whatever to do with 1t and kept free from it and, as an American. told them that ] could have nothing to do with it and could give no advice"
 gr six months Imprisonment and ad- dressing Mir. Mowry before the court said" on one side your taking em- ployes and students, who had no place to flee 10 was in a sense a man. Hesitation of human kindness"
 The wicker basket was then put on Rev. Mir. Mowry's head and face and he was led off by a policeman. MT Moffett visited the office of another prccurator who admitted to him that Mir. Mowry was not notified of his trial until the day before if was haid and that he was not asked whether he wanted a lawyer. Mir. Moffetr complained that the trial was brought off so suddenly that Mir sMowry's friends had no chance to en. gage a lawyer.
 The procurator told him they could have obtained a postponement and Mir. Moffett replied that I've were given no such information" and tha he had no opportunity to confer witt MT. Mowry about engaging a lawyer and that in the interview he had helC with Mir. Mowry in jail he was strict iy forbidden to talk with tn, prisoner about his case.
 The procurator told MT. Moffet that they had a right to appeal bu the friend of the convict missionar, pointed out that if the appeal wer, not successful, Rev. Mir. Mowry would have suffered by reason of the fac that he did not have a lawyer on hi first trial.
 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.