Reynard, the fox, had a great share in elucidating the affair and in detecting the murderer. According to the police, a fox was seen, in the vicinity of the locality ie which the blood-stained crowbar had been originally discovered. The fox was chased, caught and produced in the police station. Then followed Yeal unravelling of the crime. A prisoner, suspected of some petty theft, was going through the inquisition-like questioning and cross-questioning of the police when, on seeing the fox in the charge room, he cried aloud that his sins had overtaken him and that he was the man wanted for the mur-
His confession has been seriously taken by the Police and the Public Procurator and he will be brought to trial for the murders shortly.
The fox, in the meantime, is also a prisoner—whether to be produced as "evidence" at the trial or net cannot yet be said. None the less, although deprived of his liberty, Reynard has had the glory of deification conferred: on him, and a special shrine, sacred to this particular denizen of the vulpine tribe, has been erected at a pleasure. jxesort a few miles from Kobe. A formal dedication ceremony was held, the attendance including local officials, police representatives, Japanese press men and practically the entire population of the village in question. Many people sincerely believe that the honour is well merited and that, at the risk of his life, the fox led to the discovery of a murderer.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.