The San Francisco call., 1906-10-17
DID NOT KNOW He
WAS ASSAULTED.
Wounded japanese Bank
Attache Is Astounded on
Reading Account of Crime
CAN GIVE NO CLEW

In an effort to intercept the mental
alienation from which A. Sasaki, the
teller at the Japanese Bank, who was
struck down by the thugs who MUIR
dered Vice President Murakata, DR.. K
Kurozawa. made use of a subterfuge OF
characteristic Oriental subtility at the
Lane Hospital yesterday
Since Sasaka has recovered conscious
ness DR.. Kurozawa and the police have
exhausted every resource in trying tC
have him discuss the crime, but the
teller has Invariably acted as though he
were being questioned on something
he could not recall, and which was de.
void of interest to him.
How should I know anything OF
which you speak?" would be a char
acteristic answer Of Sasaki to his per-
sistent inquisitors. Then he would turn
aside and seek sleep.
The blow from the gaspipe used by
his assailant has apparently resulted in
a lesion or some other defect of the
brain which made memory a blank, il
was reasoned, and IL would be neces-
sary to adopt some distinctive and pos
itive means of arousing his attention to
the crime in the hope of restoring the
impaired function.
Finally DIR. Kurozawa decided to
make use Of an experiment which had
its enactment yesterday. In the morn
ing Sssaki appeared 10 be in unusually
CHEEKY mood He talked nationally on
all subjects brought up either by the
Japanese physician or his nurse, and
displayed such an interest and attention
to little details like the flowers in
his room, his meals and other matters
that DR.. Kurozawa concluded that the
time could not be more favorable for
essaying the experiment in contempla-
ton.
DOCTOR ORDERS SLEEP.
Shortly after noon Dr. Kurozawa ad-
vised Sasaki to try to sleep.
You need all the rest you can get, y
he remarked to him buoyantly. Wen
have you up and out of here in a few
days If you'll do everything you are
told"
The teller smiled complacentIy, the
blinds were drawn, and he couched his
head on the big pillow and tried to
doze- The physician and nurse stole
softly out of the room. The nurse made
trip back on tiptoe and raised finger
to the policeman keeping vigil out
side to make no noise. Sasaki was
breathing deeply in sleep. his chin just
over the edge of the white counter
pane. The nurse laid something on a
table, drew the latter close up to the
bed, and then raised the blinds and
let the light food the room.
1ncn Inc nurse llplOeQ out again and
reported to DR.. Kurozawa- II was only
few minutes when Sasaki was reused
by the light. He moved restlessly,
sneezed. and then sat up in bed Al
most his first glance after being thor
oughly aroused rested on q Japanese
newspaper spread out on the table near
the bed. 1t was the first paper he had
seen since being taken to the hospital.
and he reached for it eagerly and began
to read.
He had read only moment when he
uttered loud exclamation.
1T can't be true" DR.. Kurozawa
heard him continue. It's all a weird
and terrible mistake"
He continued to read eagerly, his
eyes absorbed in the Geographic char
acters and the story they told till they
appeared to twitch on the page before
him.
It's not so, It's liew he fairly
shrieked, and threw down the paper.
Just then DR.. Kurozawa, smiling
restful, entered the room.
He explained confidently to Sasaki
that the latter had been reading the
account of the attack made on himself
and Murakata that was published in a
Japanese paper the day following the
murder and robbery at the Kimmon
Ginko. The teller only appeared more
dazed, turned over and again sought
rest in sleep.