100 YEARS AGO
Friday, May 5, 1911
A middle-aged man was found dead in his room at the Koyo-kan Inn in Yodobashi (now West Shinjuku, Tokyo) Wednesday, apparently having committed suicide by cutting his throat with a short sword.
With the aid of clues furnished by his belongings, police identified him as Kiyoshi Hirose, in the employ of Akijiro Nakamura, a laundryman of Ushigome (Tokyo). The motive for the suicide is yet unknown. The body was handed over to the district office.