A TOKYO SENSATION.
DOUBLE SUICIDE. (hi casus—pbbss associatioh —copihioht.) >UBTBAJLUH AND M.SS. CABLJt ASSOCIATION) TOKYO, July 9. A sensation has been caused in ToKyo society by the discovery to-day of the bodies in Tokyo of Arishma, the most populur novelist fil Japan, aril Akiko Hatano, leader of the Japaues& woman's movement and wife of a prominent business ifian, hafiging from silk scarves in a villa belonging to arishma. It was a case of double suicide, arising out oi a hopeless love affair. A letler to the woman's husband urged him to take the matter with equanimity and make no excuses to his friends, because she and Arishma were only following their fate. The couple disappeared a month ago, but their friends had not informed ihe police and did not conduct a search. A tradesman, forcing an entrance into the villa, found the boules.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17813, 12 July 1923, Page 9
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143A TOKYO SENSATION. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17813, 12 July 1923, Page 9
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