Chapter 52 Section 18

Before and after the "Matsukawa Incident", there were all kinds of interesting activities. About 200 meters west from Songchuan Station, there is a small theater called "Songleza" along the county road.On the evening of August 16, the night when the incident took place, a traveling opera troupe came here and did not end until after ten o'clock in the afternoon.A few hours later, the train overturned just a little past Shihe Village, not far from the opera garden.Strangely, the opera troupe only performed once that night, and went somewhere the next day.Soon after the incident, people began to suspect the troupe.The light opera troupe has only appeared in this town once, and it is strange to choose such a small theater.Those who came to investigate at that time also asked Abe, the owner of the "Songrakuza" which rented out the theater, about the situation of the head of the light opera troupe several times, but he kept silent and died later.Recently, I heard rumors that this head of the regiment was a weirdo, who traveled all over mainland China before the war, and had relations with the National Railways, the police, and the U.S. military after the war.

Kyodo News reported the following: "After the incident, the Locomotive Unit and the Road Maintenance Unit of the Fukushima Management Department investigated the scene, and made the following inferences in the comprehensive investigation report: 'Judging from the methods of obstructing the use of trains, it is the same as that of the Japanese army in mainland China and Southeast Asia during the war. The same tactics are used in the area, and it would not be possible for someone who is not skilled in technology or someone who has some knowledge in this field.' There is a kind of intelligence that was believed at the time, that this is the old secret service and the right wing. The crimes committed by the parties. This is not merely inferred from the modus operandi of the crime.

"T, known as the 'anti-communist right-wing giant' at the time, opened a canteen for civil workers in Anda County and Kizawa Village, 20 kilometers away from the site. Before the incident, he gave anti-communist speeches everywhere in Fukushima Prefecture. So some people said: 'Isn't this the best base for the secret service team to infiltrate?'-Of course, as soon as such rumors happened afterwards, T categorically denied it. "However, there was also a 'Nichisho Banner Alliance' in Wakizawa Village that was related to a right-wing group that was active in Fukushima Prefecture at the time, and I, a former railway employee who was arrested on suspicion of having been there on the night of the incident, also lived in the village. Therefore, anyone who advocates that the incident is caused by the right wing will definitely mention this village." (See "China News", August 20, Showa 34)

Although Matsukawa's sabotage squad is related to the US military, it is hard to imagine that they will directly use soldiers.It is presumed that the actual work shift employs Japanese "contractors".If soldiers are used, it is probably the Second Emperor. So far no one has made a definite inference in this regard.People related to the "Songchuan incident" were afraid that their personal imagination would have a negative impact on the trial.Due to the thoughtful intentions, even when this matter was mentioned, everyone only took a cautious approach, slightly implying that it was related to the US military.

"The real culprit is someone who has nothing to do with the defendants. The defender could not prove whether an emergency cordon was set up on the night when the train overturned accident occurred in this case (the objection raised by the prosecutor in the eleventh public trial of the original trial]. But it has It proves that the security chief of the Fukushima District Police Station stayed at the Matsukawa police station until late at night (the testimony of the security chief Sato Moriyoshi at the eleventh public trial of the original trial). From this, it is not impossible to infer the real murderer He is a bold person who acted safely under such circumstances. There is no such person among the defendants."

However, more than ten years have passed since the incident occurred. If we only argue within the scope of court records, it seems that there is no hope of tracking down the real culprit of this incident anyway. Note: This article was originally published in "Wenyi Chunqiu" in the 34th year of the Showa era.Since then, the case has gone through the process of remand by the Supreme Court, a retrial by the Sendai High Court, the acquittal of all defendants by the presiding judge Kadoda, and a complaint by the prosecutorial authority to the Supreme Court.However, the main purpose of this article is not to discuss the trial process, so the author only made some revisions, and there is no need to rewrite it.