In re Tsuru Tomimatsu

Upon the filing of the petition an order was made for the respondent, Richard L. Halsey, alleged immigration inspector at the port of Honolulu, to show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. The respondent admitted in his return that he was such immigration inspector and that the petitioner arrived in Honolulu, as alleged in her petition, June 10, 1912, in the steamship Mongolia from Japan, and further stated that the petitioner was found to be afflicted with the disease known as *99trachoma, and the matter was then referred to the board of special inquiry, which board took…