Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1957 — Page 11

THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1957

Witness To Shooting In Japan Relates Story

Editors Note: Only two persons—- ■ soldier companion or William 8. Girard and a N-year-old Japanese farmer—witnessed the fatal shooting of Mrs. Naka Sakai on a U.B. firing range at Somagahara, Japan last Jan. 30. A key Issue fa the ease has been whether Girard scattered empty cartridge shells to entice the woman scrap metal scavenger before shooting her, as Japanese quarters have charged. Girard's soldier companion, SP 3C Victor Nickel, Inkster, M|eh., has refused public comment on the charge. Hidetsugu Onoseki, Mrs. Said’s companion on Jan. 38, today gave United Press his version of the incident By BIDETBUGU ONOZEKI As Told to United Press SOMAGAHARA, Japan (UP) — Hiere were about 70 or 80 villagers at the firing range that day. watching the American soldiers conduct an exercise. Mrs. Sakai and I were among them. First the soldiers fire live ammunition. Then they divided into two groups—one group went up the hill 'and the other stayed below and loaded their guns with blanks ammunition for an attack on the group on the hill. When the exercise was over, the soldiers lay down to rest and we (the villagers) moved toward them to see if they would give us some empty shells to sell for scrap. Some of the soldiers got up and shouted at us, “Get out of here.” AU the vUlagers started to run away. But Mrs. Sakai and I were a little way apart from the group, so we were behind the others. Mrs. Sakai and I were about 10 yards from two soldiers by a machine gun. One of them (the man I later identified as Girard when Army officers took me to

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• camp Whittington) held up about ' 10 small cartridges. Thought He Was Joking He said to Mrs. Sakai, "MannJ san koko takusan brass” (Woman, i here is much brass), and threw ' the shell casings on the other side } of a shallow trench. Mrs. Sakai 1 and 1 ran to pick them up. 1 Then Girard threw some more ; shells but these went into the ' trench and Mrs. Sakai went in to 1 get them. 1 (Girard has denied that he ’ tossed the shells out to entice the Japanese.) 1 1 was about to run over to the trench to help Mrs. Sakai when I saw Girard pointing his rifle at me. It looked very dangerous but I thought he was joking. Anyway, I started to run away . down the hill when I heard a shot and something went by my left toot. My back was to Girard. When I turned around I saw him crouched down and putting another . empty cartridge into his gun (Girard's gun was equipped with i’ I a grenade launcher.) Girard stood up and came closer f to the trench where Mrs. Sakai was. He shouted. “Get out of here, get out of here.” Just then Mrs. Sakai started to climb out of the trench. There was another shot and 1 saw Mrs. Sakai fall forward on her face with her arms spread out. She moaned but didn’t say anything. I was standing about eight yards from where she fell. Girard ran up to her. He looked frightened. He leaned over and put his hand on Mrs. Sakai's back and shook her. But she didn’t move. I Brought Aid Kit Girard turned to me and called out, “Papasan,” motioning me to

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High Time OSWEGO, N. *Y. — OP) — Sam Ciappa thought he ought to have his auto brakes tested. He war sure of it when his cpr went through the service station door. Damage was estimated at s3oo——a fee for adjusting the brakes. Heavy Gold Production PIERRE, S. D. (UP) — The Homestake Mining Co., reported mining 1,627,719 tons of gold ore valued at $19,354,312 in 1956, about $200,000 less than the record production of 1941. The 1956 production average $11.89 worth of gold per ton of ore.

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Attendance On KEYSTONE, S. D. (UP) — Supt. Charles E. Humberger said 829 820 persons viewed the carved heads of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore. Roosevelt at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in 1956, some 65,000 fewer than in Too Long FRESNO, Calif. (UP) — The city commission has outlawed backing into parking stalls on city-owned and metered parking lots to prevent damage to meters by the long rear overhang on modern cars. Trade in a good town — Decatut

Fox Bounties SYRACUSE, N. Y. (UP) — OnI ondaga County paid $3,748 in fox I bounties in 1956 in its fight to eliminate rabies. A total of 732 : foxes were killed by bounty hunters. The county pays $6 fo’r each adult and $3 for each pup. 1 '*»*’*'’-■ataMsflOHM 30 In February ■ MUSKEGON, Mich. (UP) — I Many residents in this area have ) calendars showing February with ! 30 days this year. A printer’s misi take went unnoticed until after i hundreds of the calendars were handed out. Trade in a good town — Decatur

SHOOTING MATCH SUNDAY P.M. JUNE 16 Bench Rest and Deer Rifle Matches

SECOND ANNUAL Horse Show SUNDAY —JUNE 16, 1957 — AT — SADDLE LAKE RACE TRACK z OPENING PARADE 1:00 P.M. Limberlost Trail Riders Co-Sponsors Psi lota Xi Adults 50c — Children Under 12 Free

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