Chapter 7 Section VI
After the "Imperial Bank Incident", it became known that similar attempted cases had occurred in other banks.Just at 3:50 pm on January 19th, the Monday before the "Imperial Bank Incident", a dignified and gentlemanly man came to the Nakai branch of Bank of Mitsubishi in Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku.This person took out a business card with the words "Ministry of Health, Welfare, Technician, Doctor of Medicine Yamaguchi Erro, Tokyo Metropolitan Epidemic Prevention Officer", claiming to be sent by the Tokyo Metropolitan Health Division, and said that seven people from a company that opened an account with the bank were infected. Epidemic dysentery, the occupying army has taken the car to disinfect, and found out that a person from the company will come to this bank to deposit money today.Therefore, the bank has to sterilize all cash, ledgers and rooms.Then he asked if there was any cash outbound today.The branch manager said that there was no cash outbound, and asked him which company the person who came to make the deposit belonged to.The epidemic prevention officer who claimed to be surnamed Yamaguchi said: The dysentery occurred in the Ochiai dormitory of Ika Mining Co., Ltd. in Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku District. A person in charge there must have been here.The branch had no relationship with Jinghua Mining Company, but it was found that 65 yen was deposited in the name of Otani, the person in charge of the Ochiai dormitory of Jinghua Mining Company, which happened to be the same surname.The branch staff had sorted out some checks and were about to send them to the head office when the epidemic prevention officer stopped them.
The branch president protested that it was not okay to do this for a check, only to sterilize that check.So, the man took out a small bottle from the canvas bag hanging on his shoulder, sprinkled the colorless transparent liquid in it on both sides of the check, and then handed it back to the branch manager, saying that he thought it would be a good idea to do so. That's it, if the American military police is still talking, he will come later; if he doesn't come again, he might as well think that the matter is over--say and leave.
Since there was virtually no damage, the bank did not report it to the police at the time.
Yu Matsui's eye-catching business card was used on October 14th of the first year (Showa 22).The target that time was the Ebara branch of Yasuda Bank in Hiratsuka, Shinagawa Ward. It was also after three o'clock in the afternoon, when the bank was closed for business, an elegant man came and handed the branch manager Watanabe a business card printed on it. "Ministry of Health, Welfare, Technician, Doctor of Medicine Matsui Yu, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Prevention Bureau".He said:
"Due to the flood in Ibaraki, a vicious infectious disease occurred. I was ordered to go to the local area, and I came back exhausted from work. However, a couple took their children from the flooded area to the Watanabe house behind the market in Oyama 3-chome to evacuate. This time I also suffered from dysentery, which caused epidemic dysentery. In order to disinfect, I came in a jeep with Lieutenant Parker from the US General Headquarters. After investigation, I found out that someone from their family had deposited money in this bank this morning. Therefore, Everything here must be sterilized. Cash and ledgers must not be touched."
The man spoke very politely, without airs at all.
The branch manager here, Watanabe, is cautious. He sent his handyman to the nearby Hiratsuka Bridge Police Station to inquire about it.The police officers from the police station immediately searched the area around Xiaoshan 3-chome on bicycles, and none of them seemed to be suffering from dysentery.When the police went to the bank to check, the man was still standing in front of the branch manager.When the police asked, the man insisted that the disinfection team of the occupying army had indeed gone to the 3-chome market. In order to find out the situation, the police left the bank again.
Then the man said, "Everyone must drink this for prevention," and took out a tea-brown and colorless transparent bottle from his canvas bag.He called together twenty-nine branch managers and staff, and first took three drops of tea-brown liquid from a tea-brown bottle into each person's cup, each about 1.5 milliliters.Then he drank it first for them to see, and told everyone to drink it, and then asked everyone to drink the second liquid.This is the same as what was later done at the Shiinamachi branch of the Imperial Bank.After he finished, he said to himself, "It's time for the disinfection team to arrive." Then he said, "It's too late, I'll take a look." Then he walked towards the convenient door and disappeared.He never came back.
The liquid on that occasion was said to have been "astringent and unpalatable," but no actual damage was done.The branch still reported it to the Ebara Police Station, and the police station took note of the situation and kept Wei Matsui's business card.
There can be no doubt that both of these attempts and the "Reichsbank incident" were committed by the same man.Based on the testimony of the employees of the three banks and the physical evidence of the two business cards, the investigating authorities feel that the investigation has made great progress.
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