Captain's Endeavour to Exculpate Slayers Tokyo, Jan. 26, reported that 'American seaman belonging to the s. West O'Rowa was severely wounded during a quarrel at Hakodate on Sunday and died in hospital the next day. The ship's captain' subsequently visited the Governor of Hokkaido for the purpose of exculpating the Japanese as the seaman had been intoxicated and had started the fight, The Governor thanked the captain but expressed his intention to continue! his investigations with a view to punishing the slayers, who have been arrested-—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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