the police station, ascertain tbo -.-u^vGion, and i# l!r. Mowry were under
arrelt, to ask the nature of th. oh..-^ar,, telegraph you at once, ask to
see Mr. Mowry and send him food. Mr,, Bernhaisel will write you what fol¬
lowed. I hope that I have not writ-..j.' 3n too great detail, but it seems
better to write some things which „"£.y seea of trivial import rather than
leave out the very things you may wi,?h to >now.

Saturday afternoon April 5v,h, -ivc- of  -.,}iooe arrested were re-
leased, Miss Snook's matron cook, V^ob ^ir..c^o^-s  secretary)^ tha ="? so^°°l
teacher, Mr. Glllis' working boy and Dr Baird's secretary ana o^ fnnday
no^Sing'Dr. Baird's translator was released, the translator ^eproting
that while he was not beaten the others had been shamefully beaten
while beinp examined. Saturday afternoon, Mr. Mowry's secretary, who
graduated from the College in Karch, cane to Mr. HcMurtrie-s and said
that he thought it best to give himself up to the police and not try
to escape ar?est. Ve  then arranged that Mr. Ber^oisel should S° *° ^^^
police office. Dr. Moore taking him in his auto, and report to the police
that his secretary was ready tS deliver himself up if they J-^-^l* ^f ^
out a man for him. Dr. Moore brought the man, a detective who knows all
tho students, back in his auto and Mr. Mowrr/'g secretary, Yi P°^ik,
came out from Mr. McMurtrie's house and gave himself ^P• ''^^• ,^°^^^*J^!
accompanied and the detective to the police station and we thus secured
him immunity from beating on the way. The secretary did this on his
oZ  iS?tiative. He asked me for advice, but I told him that he ™^1^J^^vc
to decided for himself. When the police came on Friday, he had hidden

^""^ This^is airt^need-report now.  I shall write you later commenting
on the situation. I would say, however, that personally I <io hot believe
Mr. Mowry has done anything whioh renders him liable to the law.

Yours very sincerely,
(Signed) S.A. Hoffett.

Pyeng Yang, Korea, April 7,1919

Hon. Leo Bergholz,
American Qonsul General,
Seoul, Eorea.
 

Dear Sir;
 

will
 

Dear oir;-

Dr, S.A.Uoffett having sent you a record of the wyents up to
the time he left Mr. Itowry at the polioe station in Pyeng Yang, I
carry on throught the next day, Saturday April 6th.

I,> Mow-ry, not having returned home from the police station by
brea-Jfast time Sturday morning, Mr. McMurtrie and the writer went down to
the po-'-ce office to inq,uire. They told us that he had been examined there
the irt-viouG night and being found guiltjE of crime had been sent t°JJ^e
nr^soL. Thev refused to tell us what the charge against him was. 'They told
us'to seek any further information from the court house or the prison.
On the way to the prison ws stopped at the post office to send you
a telegram that Mr. Mowry vjas imprisoned.

At the prison they said that Mr. Mowry was there but could not give
us any information concerning him but referred us to the Pt^^lic pro¬
curator, we then went to see thi;. official. When asked as to the reasons
for the imprisonment he said that the Question was now being inquired
into and uitil the inauiry was finished he oould not specify the charge.
Asked as to whether he was liable to be confined for some time or not,
the reply was that many persons were concerned m the affair ail or
whom would have to be examined so that it probably would take a long
time, to finish the examination. He gave us a paper to see the prison
officials allowing us to go in and see fcr. Mowry. Mr. McMurtrie went on
home but I went to the .prison and after waiting an hour or so was grant¬
ed an interview with Mr. Mowry. We were reciuired to converse m the i>.orean