Yokohama No. T224

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thapsend rqep hnd. FrrfÄeiprrid ln thg sep-rrch,tfot,,Irrv-in1 .Pioducbion was stopFed,
bhene {'.re.s n sLate of unr.esL And ühls ,l-nLcrfenedJwlth the contlrru.ance of bhe rnl
effort. Ho ühen ogdered a.ccuseC Suenob,su'üo\go tci uir" polibe station and, receive
gh"l,prisoner en{, to exeCrlöe'hlm-by shgöteng wi'y üeck to the ca'rrp (R. 65).
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!tre.lorerir;th;rt there,wnl 11 Hague Copvofition bu! lmcw ltübLe aboub it,
Ile l.ras-toIcl. W hls superlor .!lut',the, $nev! CohvenLion had no effecü'on Japan
. (4.-71).
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enswer bo a. Cominissign nefuberls o-,uestion he staüed. bhät, pnder
,lrüic1e 6, a.ccordlng Uo bhe lntcnpre!äülon giveJl h-irn b;r the Chief of the Prisoncr
.of t[ar"lnformetion Btrrea.ur fron Ticutenent Gcnsiü.I rU5'emqra, nnd from nonühly,
rclnrts uhich süe-.ted how:'prisoners were being breeLed, a. prieoncr uho osia.ped
rnd'uas reca.ptured could bö shot (R. '13-71+)i lle wrote in his reporb t'ha.t lrwln
wr.e:shot-51'atterryüing-bo escl.pe becr.uBe:he had bce'p told to do go by tieutpno-nt
Gencrel Uycmura. (h.'7&),
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.l,ccu$ecl Suenatsu ücsülficd ,unrien oa.öh. The pertiaenb pa.rt of his
tcstirnry is a-s foLlovts: :
of hostiliüiegi, Flo'ettalned the rarrk of capfaln a.t ühe tc;rmination of host,lLiti.es,
He is a ChrlsLip.n (4.75). Concoinlng'.the Irwin incident he stafed bha.ü v,hen
bhe polfce tele.ihoncd hin that Irvrin he.d been a.pFrehend,ed he cal-led accused
onör and qucstion hlrn urtry he escaped. He oräercd accused l{ozuni and en inbcrpr,'Lcr
to go üo fhc police stetion ehoed of hin. LaLer ho rnd aceuspd Ivranuna
: -"-rent to thä si;:Nion b;i.a.utornobj.'le. 'He quesüiongd lrwin. The;r-boolcthe pori,qsssl'
: grr dutoroobiic lnbo thä.'rypurtains.. Because the;r-1p6 bub one rifle nü he belte-verd
bhis gculd.cp.use bfol .prlsoner undue' dufferipg, -he.orcLereci;ecbused HOZuni Lo-use' ...
thc art of .judo to.'rend.ö.r hl:n uncori'söious blcfor-e being.shot,- JIhi+conpletedr-
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ü simaileci a,ccused lwiriürne to ähoot äin in the'lbackr'rThich'he did' Blood uep
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fi"t;#äfro*,t-oJ"ts nouttr'and hc bhoughl. he-vie.q,'dcaa. - u'ie returngd.-to camp-loi
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;rr..nili:-rri"", Forty .drirutc's -f,o' en n9g1 r.a.gcnti röttfie{+nd 4bcusöd' Hgay{. '.
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- ;;;*-Ti,fi:fr-4"1r,r"e.""-g,iiltegl-cgp6i_9ush"ss r.ncr:rriLhor* thifrking he had-ft3!uco.
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:l *itft 3!*,ora" Irr,;tpilaäc" r.l4.{n !n9.gae1s.of 1"gY:Sd Sugasa.wa
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-j: - -t[,;n Trith p- s]nrord, rl,.qjmprranle ur z'.uuuö-sul,iö*':I:^::_;;*fi'.---.,...:
lall :n:.qj'ger'ü
-.rj-so.ncr of v,ai" off icerb lfrnt ,fruiä'ha.d bee-'n shot and kjl-led for atberapt*ttq t? -
;;;;;;;9 (n.'|e),'' Tho sta:be,:nenL in Ealribi! ?,thab lrluints hrees and on& foot- '
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;ä;:ä";ä;"ä'ir,ui"i""noä.-J"f-""-fänt;
t'i-" h"oa iE untruä.l,ccueect
h,,ranum?:, ha'üing böen fufy.swornr nels took:the. sl,ändl ttis
tesLi,oony:';;;;;;tr ig irrä'rrlan fncident-ls.uasicärty ühe-sl{g- as fhe:others vttto
i"ifisilä,, ;,,6-t'ljii:noi bu.";#; (n. ee)., n" "o'i no mrtiie.tion o? rn'dn{s.
body other t[an trre-t geused b;' th"' a\ootilg2). concernlrlg Rcd cross suppllcs' he
r{e.s custodlan of them but cotüa not di"striUdte tfrern withorrt i:er"-nission'of t'he.
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