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Show Sentence Imposed on Missionary for Aiding Agitators E. M. Mowry, Ohio, Found Guilty, but Apeals From Judgment. PYENG YANG, Korea, April 30. (Correspondence of the Associated Associat-ed Press.) On tha occasion of the arrest of the Bev. E. M. Mowry, Mow-ry, an American missionary, on the charge of sheltering Korean agitators, the houses of seven other American missionary mis-sionary workers were subjected to domiciliary domi-ciliary searches by the police and gendarmes gen-darmes at the instance of tho public procurator. The missionaries ivhose houses "were visited were the following: K. M. Mowry, Mow-ry, Mansfield, Ohio; A. V. Gillis, Mount Pleasant, Ohio; B. O. Beiner, Berkeley, Cak; W. M. Baird, Topeku, Kan.; S. A. jUoffet, Madison, Iud.; B. McMurtrie, Rock Island, 111.; Miss V. G. Snook, Fairfield, Ohio, and Miss A. Gittens, Williamsburg, Ohio. As a. result of this search the police ares ted Kim Tai Sill, .1 well-known leader, and ten other Koreans as being implicated in the independence movement. move-ment. The yol'ee seized, as evidence, a copying machine, copies of the Independence Inde-pendence News, a declaration nut to attend at-tend school and a report of the disturbances. disturb-ances. The Bev. Mr. Mowry was tho ouly American detained by the police. Mr. Sheppe' of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was in Pyeng Yang when tho arrest ar-rest occurred, lie immediately applied, through the Japanese officials accompanying accom-panying him, and obtained permission to see thc prisoner. Ho was extremely nervous, but said he had not been badly treated, and asked permission for his Tife to visit him. Mr. Sheppey spoke to the officials and they promised this should be allowed and the interview ended. Later the Bev. Mr. Mnwry was found guilty of having permitted Koreans to use his premises at Pyeng Yang for disseminating dis-seminating propaganda i'or Korean independence. inde-pendence. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at hard labor, but. 011 his appeal, was admitted to bail. |