Brown Man and Fiancee Can Not Get Knot TiedPosted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2013-04-28 21:54Z by Steven |
Brown Man and Fiancee Can Not Get Knot Tied
San Francisco Call
Volume 107, Number 106 (1910-03-16)
page 3, column 5
Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection
Unfeeling Goldfield Sheriff Suggests a Hurried Departure
GOLDFIELD, Nev., March 15.—George Masaki, a Japanese gardener, and Juliette S. Schwann, both of Los Angeles, were unable to get a judge to make them man and wife here today. Masaki took out marriage license during the afternoon, but as soon as the sheriff found it out he hunted the couple up and escorted them to the railroad station, where he ordered them not to appear in Goldfield again. This action of the authorities was taken because of unpleasant publicity resulting from a recent case of miscegenation.
The couple took a train to Tonopah. The authorities in Tonopah have been warned.