ASSASSINATED.
Australian and n.z. cable association. JAPAN’S TRAGEDY. (Received This Dny nt 8 n.m.) I'OKIO, November <L \ukoaka (murderer ol Count Hara) is 'now believed to 1* a tool in a eon-sniiriU-V in connection with Hara » ijpatb.' A search >s being made fur a l,mil ,vlio wiis seen to hufr.V away Dom tii,. railway statioil at Otsuka where tiic i-riine . was committed.- at the mo-iiii-iii wlit-ii tlu> assassin plunged ins knife into Hara. The authorities believe that individual was one of the instigators of the crime.
HAUV« ASSASSIN. (Received This Day at 10.15 a. in.) TOKTO, November i. It transpires that Count Hara's assailant confessed that the assass,nation had been long prC-meditated. lie had shadowed the Premier. looking for an opportunity whenever he hit a *tnblo.it; but failed o'n account of the strict police guard. Nagoaka says he purchased the dagger during the summer and since then lie had iK'cn watching for an opportunity.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1921, Page 3
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