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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
Y

TIME next day Sozo Watanabc
was the subject of a pitiless
police examination. A clerk
from the Yanagiya Inn at Nishi
Nagaoka was brought to Toxic and
Identified Watanabe as the traveller
in the mouse colored suit who had
registered at his hotel on June 3.
/ Watanabc refused to name his con-
federate. His friend Yamada, of
the Department Of Agriculture and
Commerce, gazed on as the clerk
testified and the police tried to
wiring a confession from the pris-
oper.
u killed Suzuki. He deserved
; the killing" maintained Watanabe
Otherwise he was stolidly silent.
Yamada and the clerk Of the
Yanagiya Inn departed from police
headquarters, the former to visit
his Offices at the administrative
| building. The government official
was deeply depressed the entire
day, a circumstance which was at
tributed to the plight of his dear
friend and protege, the chun of his
college years and roommate, who
had continued to live in the pretty
little Yamada home on Chojamaru,
Toxic, after Yamada had married.
There also lived at his home several
boys still in preparatory school, to
whom the Yarnada family supplied
room and board. Yarnada's mean-
choly continued into the night, in
gpite of the attempts Of his wife
and mother to relieve him.
Meantime, Chief Examiner Kane
yama was not satisfied with the e1-
animation of Sozo Watanabe. To
his mind the motive that had been
gratuitously offered by Watanabe
for killing the rice millionaire was
not satisfying It was not enough
that Suzuki was speculator whose
stock Vaccinations had caused
death and disUace to three o1
Watanabe's pYofcsscd friends. In.
ycgtigation, indeed, proved that the
three men who had committed
suicide had been only slightly ac~
quainted with Watanabe. What,
them was tho real motive ton thaa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
| V
W. HEN Benzo Suzuki, the
w millionaire rice Spectator,
failed to arrive in Yoko-

wv HEN Benzo Suzuki, the
w millionaire rice Spectator,
failed to arrive in Yoko-
hama on June 6, four days after his
promised return, his main office at
Yokohama, alarmed by the intelli-
gence that Suzuki had not been seen
in Toxic since May 81, placed the
case in the hands Of the Yokohama
police, who Immediately got into
communication with the department
at Toxic.
On June 7 the information from
Karui that the portmanteau con-
tanning the mutilated body Of a man
found on the banks of the River Shi-
nano by the milk merchant Furu-
sawa had been brought from Toxic
led to a hurried trip by special op-
eratives Of the Toxic police to the
rural district of Karui.
The special operatives Immediate
ly wired significant information to
headquarters at Toxic, and every
policeman and detective in the
metropolis comprised a dragnet
seeking to apprehend the murderer
or murderers.
On the morning Of the 9Th an
expert, Yamada, Of the Department
of Agriculture and Commerce,
walked to police headquarters ac-
companied by Sozo Watanabe, TWEEN
ty-seven years old, a friend and
protege since their college days at
the Imperial University at Toxic.
Gaining swift audience from the
Chief Of Police, Yamada said:
"Prefect, 1 have brought Of his
own accord the murderer Of Benzo
Suzuki, of Yokohama"
He indicated Watanabe.
"You confess?" inquired the chief
II killed Suzuki" answered Wa
tanabe, and added, "He was no good
o gambler and money shark. Three
men associated with him in inancia
, deals were ruined end killed them
selves rather than face disgrace
t He is we'll dead"
, Watanabe was locked up. Hi:
face an inscrutable study, Yamads
walked home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
III

IN JUNE 1, 1919, the private
~ secretary of Benzo Suzuki,
sixty-fve years old, million
aire rice speculator and merchant,
received the following telegram
from Toxic at the firms executive
Offices in Yokohama:
Toxic, 6-1-19.
Manager,
Offices Benzo Suzuki, Yokohama.
viii be home on second. Don't
sell rice. 8. SUZUKI.
The private secretary filed the
telegram.
The millionaire Suzuki had gone
to Toxic, where his business often
srsiled him. Since the rice riots Of
l318, when he had trebled his
ample fortune by Corner Of
imported Indian rice, Suzuki had
made regular trips to the metropo-
lis. His son, Yuzo Suzuki, twenty
six years old, who, at his fathers
behest, had accompanied Yamada
Ken, Of the Japanese Department
Of Agriculture and Commerce, or
a trip to India a year previous
lived in Toxic. The Indian junket
had been for the purpose Of inves
tigzEing foreign agricultural con
dItions and particularly Indian
grown rice.
It was popularity believed thai
information given Benzo Suzuki by
his son had had much to dc
with the success Of Suzuki seniors
rice coups in 1913. The corner
II imported rice, which trcbled tbs
Suzuki millions, had bean executed
with an authoritative touch.
The millionaire Suzuki did moi
return 10 Yokohama. on the secont
day q June, nor yet on the third
fourth, fifth Or sixth. Koji, faiiina
TO hear from his executive il
answer to his kilograms, wiret
business associates IN Toxic for IN
formation
They had not seen Suzuki since
May 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

YamaGa told Watanabe. He has
trickod me; he will disgrace me.
shall kill him on the night of the
31st."
Watanabe argued at length, but
uselessly, against Yamadas plan.
There is japanese proverb to the
effect that the net of heaven from
afar looks coarse, but no one can
escape it.
"You are mad" said Watanabe.
This thing is impossible. Do not
ruin a career that has been splen.
did and brilliant and will be more
splendid and more brilliant"
Yamada was adamant.
VERY wcll,' said Watanabe,
then / shall help kill him, too.
And remember, if by chance this
murder does out, then I, and I only.
shall be implicated. That / insist
upon"
On the night Of May 81, 1919,
Benzo Suzuki came to the Yamada
home demanding money. Yamada
escorted him to room on the upper
floor of his home. His wife and
mother and the small schoolboys
who lived at the Yamada home had
been expeditiously dispatched else.
where.
Yamada protested that the pay
n1ent of the borrowed $4,000 yen
was, at the moment, impossible.
Suzuki threatened exposure. Wa
tanabe stole behind the aged million-
aire and throwing a towel about
Suzuki's throat attempted to choke
him to death.
The millionaire's eyes shot out
from his head; his screams were
horrible. In spite of his age he
fought like the Jungle tiger, scream
Ing as he dashed about him. Wata-
nabe had bungled. Suzuki was about
to overpower him. With a leap,
Yamaaa was at the millionaires
throat. His was a strange hold
and the millionaire's head went
back, back-until the body was limp.
A baseball bat lay near. Watanabe
picked it up and with a tremendous
swing brought it sheer to the head
Of his friends enemy Suzuki sank
to the floor, dead But Yamada
made sure. With a knife he ripped
at the iugular vein Of the Yokohama
rice merchant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
iii
ABORIOUs Investigation COZ

T ABORIOUS investigation con-
IL Quoted by the police of Karui
and Teratoni, under the
dIrTrtlon OF J. Nara, OF the depart.
nn.nt'x Intelligence Office, had estab-
lished the fact that the yellow port
n,nrtear IN which the n1uti1ated To
mains Of body had heen found on
the banks Of the River Shinano by
the milk merchant Furuaawa, qal
brought to Naxzoka Station, nea,
Kxrui. On the morning of June 3
. by two rngn Travelling on the night
train from Toxic
The two men had travelled first
clags and carried three pieces Of lug
gage One Of the men was described
Is being FRYE feet FIVE inches ir
height and wearing a mouse colorce
sack coat ard trousers Of Occidental
cut; the other, dressed in Japanese
habilinczts, wore gold-rirmned spec.
taelesv a Panama hat pulled down
well over his eyes, and his eight wa,
estimated at frye feet ana ous inch
The luggage consisted Of the Large
yellow portmanteau with The initials
X Y" and two grips, which we're
handed to The porter with the AS.
rnonation- This is fragile pottery:
Hnndh 1t with care."
Ihs trayeIlers, Aesoeudjux from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

On the second day of his sojourn he
received a letter marked 'Confden-
tial.' It read:
Dear Sir: Opportunity offers
itself to you hereby to remove all
your fortune at present located in
Germany or German-Austria (secu-
rites, objects of art, etc. to
Switzerland in q discreet and re-
liable manner. In case you are in
terested in our proposition please
write or call in person.
Yours very truly,
oh. KRADOLFER.'"
The address was given in a post
script:
Fortune Bureau, Ltd, Ran1i-
strasse 6, Zurich"
According to the "Vossische Eel
tung,' investigation showed that
letters Of similar wording were
sent to all German and Austrian
guests Of the better class Swiss hos
telries. The Fortune Bureau"
officially styled itself Bureau for
Freight Control"
"Tho above letter shows what
kind Of freight is controlled-and
in what manne&by this bureau"
tho "Vossischa Zeitung" adds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

and friend Of Sozo Watanabe, self
confessed murderer Of Benzo Suzu-
XII, the millionaire rice SPECTATOR
or the "rice king" as he was known
spent another sleepless night fol
lowing Kaneyama's searching ex-
animation Of his friend Watanabc.
Guards reported that Watanabe
slept peacefully in his cell in Toxic
prison; Yamada Ken, at his little
home, tossed restlessly or walked
the floor the night through. In the
morning he was pale and haggard,
stepped i'll the pit Of his own melan-
choly. He dressed with his usual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

.NRADE and industry in mid
European countries may be
at low ebb at present, but
there is one branch Of COM
merce at least which during and
after the war has attained hereto
fore undreamed Of heights Of de-
velopment. In fact, one cannot
speak Of smuggling as a mere trade
any more-it has become one Of the
fine arts, even though it is more
commercially profitable than the
rest of them. The glories Of war
time smuggling of nccessities-focd,
clothing, shoes, soap and the like
were often sung before this. One
particular branch Of the-shall we
call IL sc1cnce7--has sprung into full
blossom only after the conclusion Of
the nrrnistice. We mean the whole
sale smuggling Of fortunex.
Ever since last Novelnber-and
perhaps earlier than that~~from
Germany TO Holland and Scand}.
navia, from Germany, German-A us
txis and Hungary TO Switzerland,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
VIII
IT AVING done murder, the thing
was to escape detection. The
body Of Suzuki WAS concealed
rice nlerchar

was to e eScape q detseti s@S '" rhs
body Of Suzuki was concealed
in the Yamada barn. The following
day Watanabe wired Suzuki's pri-
vate secretary in Suzuki's name, ex-
planning that he would return to
Yokohama on the I'd and carrying
the cryptic message: Don't sell
rice"
Iamada called in his cousin Sho-
hci. Z rice merchant also Shohei,
with the other two, tried to find q
place in or near Toxic where the
body might be safely disposed OF.
They failed. 1t was Shohei's opin-
ion that the safest method of dispo-
sal was to place the body in some
receptacle, carry it to Karui near
the River Shinano, and lose it in the
turbulent waters of that stream.
The conspirators found that the
body was too large to be placed in
even the roomiest Of Yamada's trav-
cling impedimenta. Shohei and
Watanabe stood guard at the barn
on the evening Of June l, while
Yamada hacked the head and legs
Off the dead speculator and placed
the trunk in the yellow portmanteau,
the head in a smaller grip and the
legs j. set another piece Of luggage.
Being less known than Yamada,
Watarabe and Shohei volunteered TO
make the trip to Karui TO dispose Of
their ghasty burden. This they had
done. They were the two men whose
trail had been crossed by the rural
police at Karui.
IN four days Shohei had returned
to Toxic and reported to Yamada
everything had gone we'll and the
body had been effectually secreted.
Taking more circuitous route back
to Toxic, Watanabe had not arrived
until the morning of June 6, 1919.
He, too, brought word that was
assuring.
But remember, dear friend" he
had said to Yamada, If by chance
anything should come Of this !, and
l alone, am to take the blame. Your
career is greater than my life.
should feel that | was only TOO
poorly repaying your many kind
nceses.'
with the body at the bottom 81
The river We shall be safe" Yamada
had replied.
Yet as he spoke q milk merchant
near karui was driving homeward
on country road that abutted the
banks of the River Shinano and
! approaching 4 sharp turn in the
little stream, he saw in the bright
sheen of the morning sun yellow
leather portmanteau pitched hiEn
upon silt bar by the current %
the Shmano.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
The Body of a Millionaire Rice
Spectator Was Found
in a Bag Lying by
the .Wayside

the Toxic train, chartered three
jinrikishas, piled the luggage into
one Of them, and set out for Nishi
Nagaoka, crossing the Cho-sei bridge
over the Shinano River, and duly
arriving at the Yanagiya Inn, OPP
posite the Nishi Nagaoka Railway
station. Their rooms were reserved
and the luggage was checked. Pres
emily the guest in the mouse col
ored sack suit left the inn and
walked to the telegraph station.
He inquired if there were tele-
gram being held for Yamada Ken,
and, informed to the contrary, re-
turned to the hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20


crime? We're there accomplices?
Who was the shot traveller in
Japanese costume and Panama hat
who had accompanied Watanabe to
Nishi Maya Okla?
81 am alone Responsible reiter-
ated Watarabe.
Kaneyama, the chief examiner,
voiced his disbelief.
That night the operatives sent
from Toxic to Karui by the River
Shinano wired their chief:
"You will find the owner of the
X. " portmantcau in Toxic. lie
should know something"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

care. partooz of a meagre breakfast
and bidding goodby to his wife and
mother said he wished to reach his
office at an hour earlier than usual.
But he did not go to his office.
His feet seeking The same route he
had followed the day before, he ar
rived at the Toxic prison and asked
for Chief Kaneyama. The chief re
ceived him.
81 know the facts of the murder
of Suzuki" said Yamada.
"Youw exclaimed the chief.
"If you will call my friend, In-
spector Shoriki | have a statement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
v /

NZAMADA KEN, young and dis
I tinguished member Of the De
pertinent of Agriculture and
Commerce, held in such esteem by
his government that a year previous
he had been sent to India for an in
vestigation that sought to alleviate
the rice shortage in his own country,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

e. MIN T. ~ O1IOOh OH Inc
~ morning of June 6, 1919,
4 "A t. Furusawa, milk mer-
chant, was driving home
ward on country road that abut-
ted the banks of the River Shinano
Approaching SHARP. turn in the
stream near Karui, where silt de-
posts over a great number of years
had formed corrugated series of
sandbars. he saw, in the bright
sheen of the morning sun, yellow
leather portmanteau. 1t had been
pitched high upoi , silt bar by the
current Of the Shinano.
Hating his milk cart, Furusawa
walked to the edge of the stream
and hauled ashore the yellow port
manteau. Opening it, the milk
merchant found the body of a man
without head or legs. They had
been hacked away.
With all haste Furusawa got in
touch with a branch police station
at Terahaku, a suburb of Karui. He
told of the discovery of the torso,
and the district chief dispatched
twenty-three men to the banks of
the Shinano.
they took charge of the body.
It had been stripped and bore no
marks of identification. There was
one clew. On the side of the yell
low portmanteau were the initials
"K. "" printed boldly. Toxic
newspapers the following day car
ried brief telegraphic messages
telling of the murder"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
An Amazing Murder Mystery in Old ]
One Youth Confessed the Crime
Inn Order to Shield His
Chum, Who Finally
Admitted His Guilt

I should like to make to him." con-
tinued Yamada.
"He is at work on the case" said
Kaneyama.
"Let him work no further" de
clared Yamada, 81 killed Benzo Su-
zuki."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20

But the Toxic police and detec-
tives had already searched unsuc-
cessfully for "K. Y"
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A I NINE O'CLOCK on the
~ morning of June 6, 1919,
4 "A T. Furusawa, milk mer-
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-11-17
WALL ST.
MILLIONS
ARE USED
FOR SOVIET
No Word Has Been Received
from Ship Since Il Left
New York.

NEW YORK. Nov. ia shtp nnanced
ST.. a wall -. millionaire and chicago
interests sailed from New York for
-.,,ssie moro han month age With tss
...qzz,on of breaking the British block
.sa 70 ouen trade relations between The
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ID was learned teday from authorisatiNe
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prED WAS sroWAwAY
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tbe crew, reed smuggled himself on
foard.
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-03

manent roads 10 our county, therel ~
securing . million dollars additional
from the United States Government
for this work, and we earnestly request
and urge the members Of our County
Court to issue said amount Of bonds.
and instruct the members of the Court
from this District to vote for same" )"
The Falcon has been requested to
state that mass meeting will be held
at the courthouse Friday. Oct 'b'r 8.
at 3 pm. Of citizens of the fir d stri, [
for the purpose Of discussing the ques-
tion and arriving at an opinion as to
this districts desires in the matte, so
that members of the County Court from
the district can know with some degree
of certainty what their constituents de-
sire should be done.
Several districts have held such meet
ings and many of the members of the
court have definite instructions as to
what their people wish in the matter
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-03
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-03

be invested. let us say at per cent,
end this would bring back an average
revenue for 10 years Of $4,000 9 year
making the net expense to the county
$4,000 instead of $4,000. This does
not look like an overload to a county
whose taxable values have just been
fixed at between SIG, OOO,O 600 and s2O,-
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In conclusion let me repeat 9 few
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with this bond issue.
1st-Dirt roads will not stand up un-
der motor traffic.
2nd-Motor traffic is constantly 10.
creasing.
Srd-Federal and state aid is available
NOW at the rate Of $500 for every
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4th-The amount of Federal roaC
funds spportioned to Tennessee is lin
tied. Other counties are taking advsn
tage of it. If we delay we may be too
late.
5th Hard roads MUST come--wh!
not now and let the coming generation
pay some of the cost.
6th-.-One hundred miles OF ma n high
ways hard surfaced thruout the count.
and giving US outlets to other roads o
the same type will raise the value o
every acre in Fayette county from 81
to $25.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-03
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-03
The Road Bond Issue Favor.
ed No. 8.

The Fslcon ia in receipt ofsa copy Of
the following preamble and resolutions
adopted last week at q mass meeting of
eighth district citizens held at Oakland:
"At public meeting of the citizens
of Oakland and vicinity in District No.
8 of Fsyette county, Tennessee. called
for the purpose Of stimulating an inter
est and sentiment for permanent roads
10 our county. and attended by a large
number OF citizens and voters. the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
"Wheress the public roads of our
county are in deplorable condition.
and having tried numerous methods of
working said roads, and finding none
satisfactory, therefore,
Resolved that we heartily endorse
the proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars for the purpose of building per