Michael Cash wrote:

> A summary of something I read the other day. I knew that Eric would
> love the pace of this:
>
> June 14, 1:00 p.m.
> A human hand is discovered on the banks of Sumidagawa, around the
> Hakozaki area
>
> June 15, morning
> Another human hand is found along the river, this one under
> Azumabashi.
>
> June 18
> A human left foot is found in the river, in the area of the Shibaura
> docks.
>
> Sometime between June 18 and 23
> Having determined the identity of the original owner of the body parts
> through matching up fingerprints with those of people with criminal
> convictions, the cops set out canvassing the entirety of Tokyo until
> they find out where the man was living in Tokyo. (His records showed
> him to be living in Tokushima Prefecture).
>
> June 23
> Police visit/search the victim's home, question neighbors, etc. They
> determine that they actually have a double murder, since the man's
> wife went missing the same time he did. A little detective work points
> them toward a recently released ex-con, a man who was rooming with
> them. His photo is pulled from his criminal records, and every cop in
> Tokyo is on the lookout.
>
> June 28
> A cop out walking his beat spots the suspect and arrests him.
>
> September 12
> Convicted and sentenced to death.
>
> October 12
> Redeems a coupon good for one free neck stretching treatment, courtesy
> of the state.
>
> I'll refrain from typing up the details of just what it was the guy
> did; some people might be eating supper.
>
> The year? 1934.

What of it?

> --
>
> Michael Cash
>
> "I used to have a dog named Michael Cash."
>
>                                 Prof. Ernest T. Bass
>                                 Mount Pilot College
>
> http://www.sunfield.ne.jp/~mike/