Show A tokyo riot legend who was the mysterious fou s ual who took such a prominent part in the recent riots in tokyo reports from that city while the riots were in progress mentioned him frequent ly but his identity rem remains sins a secret A tokyo paper says he has been described by several eyewitnesses eye witnesses as a man of mature years some say old wearing a beard and dressed in a costume which betokened easy ctr cir cum cuili stances the course pursued by him would seem to have baie been part of a regularly organized scheme he would ride in a jinrikisha to the neighborhood of a police box and there blow on a flute which he car ried in his sleeve at this signal sev eral men and youths would run up and attack the police box and after its destruction the flute player hav ing handed out two or three bundles of banknotes would ride on to the next police box and repeat the per torrance tor for mance very likely this cryptic figure has been embellished by rumor with at tributes which it did not possess but there seems to be very little room tor for doubt that such a leader contributed largely to the method which inform ed the destructive mood of the mob |