Chapter 27 third quarter
As long as you read the "White Paper" based on the opinions of one subject, you will find that its writing method is very interesting.
The "White Paper" first narrates that President Xiashan was extremely panicked and uneasy before his disappearance, acting abnormally, unable to sleep at night in his own home, drinking potions and so on, and suffering from severe neurasthenia.Then cite the statements of several people who saw President Shimoyama after he disappeared from the Mitsukoshi department store until he appeared near Gotanno; , tie pattern and shoe color.The representative confessions among them are now listed as follows:
1. Eyewitness testimony at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi.
1. Nagashima Shizuko (19 years old), a saleswoman from Mitsukoshi, said: "Around 9:35 a.m. on July 5, I saw a man in his fifties, slightly taller than average, wearing a gray suit. A man was walking around in front of the cosmetics counter on the first floor. I listened to the broadcast that night, and thought that might be President Xiashan.” (Confession on July 19)
2. Confession by Mitsukoshi Service Department clerk Takada Kimiko (35 years old): "Around 10:15 am on July 5th, I saw a manager-like man in his fifties at the information desk at the entrance of the subway. He is about five feet six inches tall, fat, and weighs about seventeen or eighteen. He is wearing a dark gray suit, a white shirt, glasses, no hat, and nothing in his hand. Two or three men are following him He walked down the steps at the same time, but I don’t know if it was his companion. I heard the broadcast on the evening of the 5th, and I intuitively felt that it might be President Xiashan.” (Confession on July 6)
2. Witnesses on the subway.
1. Confession of Nishimura Toyosanyo (43 years old) who runs a restaurant: "On the morning of July 5th, I took the underground train from Paugu at 11:23 and sat in the front seat. Then a man in his fifties stepped on my foot. He got on the train at a station between Nihombashi and Suehiro-cho. He didn't know what was on his mind and didn't tell me Apologize. I thought to myself: What a queer fellow. I looked him over from head to toe, so I remember him well. The man was five feet six seven inches tall, with his hair parted sideways, in a white shirt and a dark suit. Gray suit, brown leather shoes, nothing with me. I got off at Ueno Station, and the man took the car to Asakusa.”
2. Confession of shoe shiner Ono Heihachi (68 years old): "From 8 o'clock in the morning on July 5th, I was shining shoes at the west exit of the Asakusa Subway. People.” ——The appearance and attire are the same as the previous confession. (Confession on July 18)
3. Witnesses near Gotanno Station on the Tobu Line.
1. Confession by Hagiwara Aakiu, a station attendant at Gotanno Station: "At 1:43 p.m. on July 5, the train bound for Daishi from Asakusa entered the station, and about 20 passengers got off. I stayed at the ticket gate , A passenger asked me: 'Is there a hotel near here?' I walked out of the station with him, and pointed him to the Suehiro Hotel that I knew."——The appearance and attire were the same as the previous confession. (Confession on July 12)
2. Confession of Nagashima Fukuko (46 years old), the female owner of the Suehiro Hotel: "At two o'clock in the afternoon on July 5, a gentleman wearing black-rimmed glasses, about five feet seven inches, tall and well-mannered, came He said: "I want to rest here for a while." I took him to a room with four and a half beds on the second floor, and he sat down by the window and said, "Give me some water." I brought the water Go. Because single travelers are rare, I asked him: 'Are you alone?' He replied: 'I am alone.' I said to him again: 'Really? Someone will come.' He said: 'There is only one person.' And he laughed. As he is a decent gentleman, I took a clean sheet and made the bed for him. I asked him to register in the shop book, and he said, "Forget it." Around 5:30, I heard him and went out to see him in a suit, standing in a room with eight mats downstairs. I said: "Please give me 200 yuan." He took out 200 yuan and a 100-yuan tip from his black wallet. Afterwards, I thought that his appearance and attire were very similar to that of President Xiashan." (Confession on July 12)
4. Eyewitnesses near the rolling scene.
1. Confession by Narishima Masao (38 years old), an employee of the company: "At about 6:10 p.m. The field path under the railway embankment leads to the tunnel of the Tobu Line. He stopped at the exit of the tunnel, as if thinking about something. When I drove past him from behind, seeing his appearance and attire, I felt like going down the mountain President." (Confession on July 11)
2. Confession of Fumiko Furukawa (age 60): "Around 6:30 p.m. on July 5th, a gentleman was walking by the land bridge on the Tobu Line. Looking at him, he looked like someone who couldn't drink and was arrested. It looks like he was drunk. His appearance and attire are similar to that of the president." (Confession on July 18)
3. Confession of the scavenger Tsuji Ichiro (39 years old): "At about 6:40 pm on July 5th, when I walked up to the land bridge of the Tobu Line, I saw a man walking on a sleeper from the Senju side. Come on. That person doesn't wear glasses, except for this, he looks and dresses like the president." (Confession on July 10)
4. Confession of worker Watanabe Mori (30 years old): "At around 6:00 p.m. on July 5, I went to the pond in front of the land bridge at the rolling site to fish for clams. A respectable gentleman walked down the gentle slope and walked along the I followed the ditch, walked about 50 meters on the road six feet away from me, and turned back. The man was in his fifties, five feet six seven inches tall, and the skin on his face was light red like a grapefruit. Yes. Eyebrows thick and drooping. Hair parted, sideburns already grey. Slanted glasses beige, no hat, white striped suit, white shirt, tie handwoven with gold thread He was wearing brown leather shoes with a thick line on the toe. He was not holding anything in his hand. I think it must be President Xiashan.” (Confession on July 15th)
5. Confession of Takeko Yamazaki (43 years old): "At about 6:30 pm on July 5th, when I was going home, I walked along the railway to the land bridge of the Tobu Line in order to take a shortcut, and saw corn There was a gentleman standing in the field. I wondered: How could such a man work in the field? I just stared at him, and he looked at me, and lowered his head to sow grass leaves. I stopped and looked at He said, he had no choice but to walk up. He was forty-six or seven years old, with fair skin and a high nose bridge. He didn't notice whether he was wearing glasses, but he was an elegant person. He didn't wear a hat, and he was wearing a dark gray suit. Brown high-end leather shoes." (Confession on July 16)
Combining the words of these eyewitnesses, the whereabouts of President Xiashan are as follows: (1) walked in from the south gate of Mitsukoshi Department Store at 9:35 a.m. on the 5th; (2) walked in and around the store for a while; (3) Take the underground train to Asakusa after 11:30 in the morning; (4) Take the Tobu Line bound for Dashi and get off at Gotanno Station at 1:43 in the afternoon; (5) Two in the afternoon Rest at the Suehiro Hotel between 1:00 and 5:30; (6) Wander around the accident site from 6:00 pm.During this period, he acted alone from beginning to end, without a companion by his side.From this, the Investigative Section 1 judged that "there was no room for suspicion of being murdered".
The "White Paper" also conducted a survey of the people around Xiashan, and partially quoted the records made during the interrogation of relevant personnel, including Xiashan's old friends, people who had dealt with him on business or private.Each conversation was followed by a comment in parentheses—it appeared to be "Section Headquarters' opinion."
For example, after the conversation with Morita, a former army colonel who once worked with Shimoyama as a railway technician, the investigative headquarters added the following comment on the character of Shimoyama's president: But it is small. This person intuitively thinks that going down the mountain is a suicide.) After the conversation record of Kosuge Osei, Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry, the following opinions are approved by the headquarters: (This person feels that the president has a strong sense of responsibility and is careful in doing things, but he is not concerned about The position of president is incompetent.) After the confession of the president of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Wada Xiaoliu, he added this comment: (It can be seen that when the work encounters difficulties, the president’s health is not good, and his heart is often disturbed. ) added the following comment after Eisaku Sato's confession: It can be seen that when Xiashan took up the post of president, he was not very enthusiastic about this position. ) From these comments, it is not difficult to see that the Investigative Division 1 is painstakingly emphasizing that the president Xiashan committed suicide.
It is worth noting that only the then vice president, Kaga Yamano, believed that Shimoyama was murdered.
Kaga-san's confession quoted in the "White Paper" is as follows:
"I think the president was murdered. The reasons are: 1. Was the president threatened and assassinated because of his relationship with Morita Nobuko? 2. Maybe the murderer committed the crime under the influence of a certain station union. crimes, but I don't think the union will hold any grudges against the president."
After that, Vice President Kaga-san wrote his opinion as a monograph and published it in the "Japan" magazine. This article was very inspiring.I will mention this in detail later on.
In addition, it is the identification of the corpse by forensic scientists.
Dr. Furuhata of the University of Tokyo and Dr. Nakadate of Keio University have completely opposite opinions on the dead body.All in all, Dr. Guhata believed that the descending was crushed after death based on the reason that no trace of "physiological reaction" could be seen, while Dr. Nakadate said that the descending was crushed alive.It goes without saying that the so-called "crushed after death" refers to someone who is crushed after death, and the dead will naturally not go to the railroad track and lie down. Therefore, this is a theory of murder—that is, the murderer first After killing Xiashan, let the train run over his body.This is the language used by doctors when they make an appraisal. They deliberately do not say whether the deceased committed suicide or was murdered; instead, he prudently uses the term "cut off after death".
Dr. Zhongguan refuted his opinion in this way:
"I have dissected the bodies of the six victims of the 'downhill incident' and one of the victims who committed suicide by lying on the rails, and found the following signs worthy of study: bleeding from the scrotum, testicles, and penis. Bleeding under the skin of the eyelids. Hands and feet Subcutaneous hemorrhage. As for the victims who were run over, not all of them showed signs of bleeding from the scrotum, testicles, and penis, but it is worth paying attention to such signs. There was internal bleeding on the back of the foot and the back of the foot. This is not enough to say that he was 'posthumously broken'."
As we all know, the Investigative Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department relied on Dr. Nakadate's opinion and took it as the basis for the theory of suicide.However, Dr. Guhata accused: "Dr. Nakadate was not present when the autopsy was performed, nor did he read Dr. Kuwashima's testimonial. So on what basis did he refute it and conclude that it was suicide? His intention is incomprehensible Mr. Nakadate has no evidence to back it up, nor does he have the right to make such a statement.” Leaving aside this point, why did the First Investigation Section put aside Dr. What about the opinion of Dr. Nakadate who didn’t see the certificate?
Shimoyama once went to sleep at the Suehiro Hotel near the scene, which strengthened the argument of Yike's suicide theory.But the second department thinks that the clue of Suehiro Hotel is worthless.On the day of the original incident, the Second Division had investigated the scene and the surrounding area, thoroughly investigating who were the witnesses.But at that time, the clue of the Suehiro Hotel hadn't appeared at all, and it was only brought up by Yike later.Er Ke said this is simply ridiculous.Not only that, but the second division also said that at the initial stage of the investigation, the division had investigated some of the "witnesses" mentioned in the "White Paper", but at that time they did not get the witnesses cited in the "White Paper". confession.It was astonishing that after so long, the same man was talking about what he had witnessed.All in all, Section 2 did not trust Section 1's investigation report at all.At the beginning, it was Ji Wu, the chief of the Second Section of the Second Investigation Division, who thought that the downhill was murdered, and Busch, who was the prosecutor in this case at the time, but the prosecutor Busch somehow turned to the theory of suicide later.
As mentioned earlier, among the prominent figures, the then vice-president of the National Railway Corporation, Kaga Yamanoo, still believes that Shimoyama was murdered.Kaga-san stated his opinion in the magazine "Nippon" as follows:
"I think Shimoyama who appeared at the Suehiro Hotel is not himself, but his substitute. The people in the hotel don't know Shimoyama. If you use a roughly similar substitute, it is easy to get confused. From the time of the accident until today, I I always thought that Xiashan was murdered. When Xiashan’s body was found, I intuitively felt that he was murdered. Because Xiashan’s president likes to collect information very much, he often collects information that we don’t know through his subordinates and friends , and then proudly boasted to us and said: "I even know such things." Therefore, the murderer who knows that he has this habit is likely to use "Please come to Mitsukoshi alone, I have important information to tell," so The words cleverly lured him away. Then the murderer threatened him on the Mitsukoshi subway and took him somewhere. In other words, the possibility of being kidnapped from the Mitsukoshi subway down the mountain is very high.”
The reasoning of former vice president Kaga-san is very interesting, and its reliability can be seen in some places.Because I think Kaga-san, who was the vice president at the time, kind of speculated about what was going on around Shimoyama and the dangers he was facing.With regard to his conclusions, I take a completely opposite position, but I quite agree with the individual information he provided.
Kaga-san's article goes on to say:
"At that time, the national railway company was wrestling with the great problem of laying off 120,000 people. Of course, layoffs are not a pleasant thing. But at that time, the national railway company included people who were demobilized from the army and those who were withdrawn from overseas. After that, the total number of employees expanded to 630,000. We planned to cut down the expanded staff to 535,000 at once to improve the operation of the state-owned railway company. As the head of the General Administration of Railways, I had to draw up Layoff plan. In particular, three years before this layoff, there was a plan to lay off 70,000 workers at the turn of summer and autumn. At that time, Ii Yashiro and Suzuki Ichizo and others (they later rose to quite high positions in the Communist Party ) were still in the National Railways, and they, under the direct leadership of the Communist Party Tokuda Kyuichi, fiercely resisted the layoffs. Therefore, the plan collapsed just as it was about to be realized. Due to such precedents, we estimate that this time Layoffs will definitely encounter quite strong resistance, and we have made full mental preparations in advance. What is particularly worrying is whether the person in charge who is in the fierce struggle on the spot will suffer a lot in the process of "using strength" What about the big pain? We are working on countermeasures accordingly.
"About a month before the incident, that is, on June 1, Xia Shan came to the passionate National Railways as the president. After he became the president, he immediately faced the situation of collective bargaining with the labor union for several days. On July 2, He negotiated with the labor union for the last time. The atmosphere at the negotiating table was extremely tense. However, President Shimoyama told the labor union: "In order to rationalize the national railway, the plan must be firmly implemented." This was his final declaration.
"We will just wait for the implementation in the future. We decided to announce the first layoffs on the spot on July 5th-July 4th is the National Day of the United States, so we deliberately avoided this day. On the 4th, we only announced the list of layoffs related to the general office .
"But on the other hand, the Civil Transportation Bureau of the U.S. Army Command has ordered us to implement it before July 3rd. The officer in charge of this department is called Sagnon, and he is a real Don Quixote. This Sagnon He was very dissatisfied with the decision to lay off the staff on July 5th. On July 3rd, he broke into the Downhill mansion drunk with a pistol on his chest and gave a swearing speech. He was originally in a small American railroad company. Assuming a position at the section chief level, he is not very good at railways. When he arrived in Japan, he became the director of the Civil Transportation Bureau. He also said that the Japanese railways are the same. Look at him, he is simply a Japanese state-owned railway. Think of it as his privately run railroad. It's in that mood that he calls the shots."
The above quotation is a bit long, but from this article by Kaga-san, we can vaguely see the background and the situation at that time that formed the "downhill incident".
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