Show W Ul I N NON I F ON TRIAl I Case Against Kotoku Plotter Against Life I Japanese Supreme Court DEFENDANTS FACE THE DEATH SENTENCE Conspirators Including Including Including I ing Wife Wile of the Leader Face i Grave Charge TOKIO Dee Dec The public trial trIa of Kotoku and associates Including his wife opened in iii the supreme court co rt toda tolla today The special special cial court which first examined the prisoners found nil of them guilty of or plotting against tho the life of or the em cia emperor and recommended capital l pun punishment The Th alleged conspiracy was uncovered In iii September Kotoku as ns assorted assorted sorted to be the loader londer of the plot ilot plotters I lers was formerly connected with a aI I Toldo newspaper ne and at one time liVed in America Where It Is Ib said ho he hI was associated with a political organ organization organIzation organization with headquarters tors In San I Francisco Fraucisco Described as If Anarchists All thi of ot tho thu accused used are aro described by bythe bythe bythe the police as ns anarchists Though the present proceedings are arc nominally those e not directly concerned with the trial were admitted d only dur during big ing tho lie formal questioning of the de do defendants This over the court room was as cleared and the tho trial proceeded It will vili continue continuo several days dm Will Be Sentenced to Death It Is ib probable that thul the lentil death sen sentence sentence Sentence tence will vill be bo returned though there is isa Isa isa a possibility of commutation The present Is the first trial In which the tho accusation is plotting against the tue life Ilu of the emperor and amid It Id is l considered of great Importance The chief Judge jud o sitting Is l Tsuru and with him are Judges Shi Shikata I kota kata Tsurumi Tsu and Endo I Attorneys for or Defendants Defend I Matsutaro Itakura procurator of the I court of Cassation and Attorney Gen Con General Genral eral ral with special appoint c el cl l assistants a are aro conducting the pros prosecution For Tor such buch of the defendants as could not flot counsel at their own expense ox II II II e tho the authorities have ap appointed apI pointed I attorneys |