JAPANESE MURDERS
TRIAL OF ACCUSED LONG HEARING ENDED.. / TOKIO, August 28. The protracted trial has been concluded of the “ Blood Brotherhood ” conspirators concerned in the murders of Mr Inoue, Baron Dan and Mr Inukai in 1932. There was also a charge against accused of attacking power stations.
The Procurator, in a long speech, extolled patriotism, but denounced murder. He demanded the deaths of the leader of the brotherhood, Prient Nissho, his chief disciple, and the two actual murderers; also imprisonment ranging from seven to fifteen years for ton other conspirators. The pronouncement of sentences has been postponed. Mr Hamaguchi, the Prime Minister of Japan, and the Minister of Finance, Baron Inoue, were shot at a political meeting in Tokio on February 10, 1932. Mr Inoue died instantly, and Mr Hamaguchi succumbed to his wounds two months later. He was succeeded by Mr In.ukai, who was assassinated in May, 1932.
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Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 12
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149JAPANESE MURDERS Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 12
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