Goto, Katsu, 1862-1889

found: Iwasaki, P.Y. Hamakua hero, 2010: (subject of book) p. 4 (born Katsu Kobayakawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) p. 14 (When he emigrated to Hawai'i, he gave up his family name because he was the eldest son and Japanese law prohibited him from leaving the country as long as he was his family's heir ; he was adopted by a couple named Goto who were going to Hawai'i) p. 63 (was found dead, hanging from a telephone pole in Honoka'a on Oct. 29, 1889)

found: American Lynching website, Dec. 10, 2010 (Katsu Goto (1862-1889) merchant, interpreter and lynching victim; contract laborer who took over a store in Hanoka'a, Hawai'i, a plantation village; Goto was believed to be stirring unrest among the Japanese laborers; when a fire broke out at a nearby labor camp, Goto and seven others were accused of arson, but before he could be tried, Goto was lynched)

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