SATOH'S SUICIDE.
RESPONSIBILITY TOO GREAT. » FIANCEE’S STORY. (Received 10 n.m.) United Assn.—iTy Iflect:ic Telegraph—Copy r i gh t. TOKYO, April 8. Jiro Smtoll’s fiaue.ee Sanae Okada. aged 21. a ranking wo.inan tennis player, interviewed, said: ‘' 1 believe Jiro committed suicide solely from a sense of responsibility after acceding to the IV *ll ii is Association’s urging, to p rowed to Purope even when liewanted to return !r. m Singapore lie was still haunted by the lon that illness would eiMlamrer Japan’s chance ol victorv and «• re.m v«>d himself ike Samurai ol HJ. I hat.? tl:eni for ohstinately forcing J,..> against his will and driving him to desperation ami death. Satoli luul stomach trouble often and said be had already played several years aiul did not want to play this year. He wanted rest and a quiet- summer in Japan happily with me. We intended to marry next spring.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12617, 9 April 1934, Page 6
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