title: Fatal Match (True Crime)
author: Various
description: ...[a] first-rate biography hiding behind the alias of "true crime." -- <i><i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>, Steve Weinberg</i>
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  # A MURDER CASE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Shiga Naoya
  
  
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  A sudden tragedy had happened, in which Fan, a young Chinese, who
  
  
  was a member of some juggler's party, had slashed the carotid artery of
  
  
  his wife with a jack knife, during one of their juggling performances.
  
  
  The young wife died on the spot, and Fan was immediately arrested.
  
  
  The manager of the party, an assistant Chinese, and more than three
  
  
  hundred spectators had been witnesses of the tragedy.
  
  
  In one corner of the pit of the theatre a policeman was seated in a
  
  
  high chair watching the performance. But no one knew whether the
  
  
  killing had been intentional or not, though the tragedy had taken place
  
  
  before the eyes of a number of onlookers.
  
  
  The performance had begun with a feat of knife throwing, which had
  
  
  been performed in the following manner:—-
  
  
  
  
  
  The young wife was placed in a standing position in front 