A criminal is sometimes seen like a hero in the conditions of one age.
The confusion of the age begins to make a hero.
It lived in the age of Meiji, and there was a man who produced many legends.
Say the name as the "Torakichi".
"Torakichi" thing Torakichi Nishikawa was born as a peasant's second son in Mie Prefecture in 1861.
It is at the time of 14 years old that torakichi made it put the first offense.
It is at the time of the revenge of the uncle whom a state comes out in the bet place how and who is ruined.
It stole in to the enemy's family, and a chief and four followers were cut with a knife, and it was put, and fire was given off, and ran away.
Death penalty was escaped for the boy, and it became life imprisonment, and put in the triple prison.
Then, it knows that the companion who did revenge is still living, and torakichi escapes from the prison.
The dirt of Watari world person soaked completely and followed while it changed a bet place from the bet place of each place in search of the enemy.
1 big conversion was made in the world, and an era was renewed with Meiji.
The second prison breaking was done though torakichi was arrested in the bet place and it flowed backward in the triple prison when it was here.
Then, it was transferred recently in Akita's Prison.
But, prison breaking had torakichi here, too.
On the way it went threefold from Akita and ran away, it gained torakichi which learned the trick of the state in the prison of home how in the bet place
with Shizuoka.
It was never seen through because originally a fingertip was skillful.
But, it became a scuffle from winning too alone, and the event which several people were made to carry a wound with was caused.
A cordon stepped on "The nail of 15cm" attached to the board on the road under the prefecture when torakivhi which was stretched around
and which was discovered by a policeman during the round ran away.
But, run away as it is 3 village (12 ?) , too.
After all, though it had the power and it was caught, another name of the "The nail of 15cm" has been given since this time.
The person of torakichi is moved to Kosuge prison of Tokyo, and it decides to be sent to the ground of far Hokkaido from there.
The name of torakichi was known widely to the whole country.
It got help of the prisoners who have reverence, and prison breaking was repeated for three times in "Karafuto Prison" .
Throw the clothes gotten wet once in Meiji 20 age summer in the premises work at the wall, and use the instant adsorption power,
and say that it got over a wall about the eye.
The leg power of him that the same level as a person came off trifled with an investigation person.
Moreover, the money stolen from the storehouse was being spent with the gamble like hot water water.
But, it was sometimes thrown into poor reclaimed farmer's and working away from home husband's house on one side.
Therefore it became famous, and became a kind of hero.

However, it was caught at last in the bet place of Kushiro after a half year.
Escape so that it may be mixed with the snow smoke which a company throws twice during the snow clearing work of winter of this year,the back of the snowstorm.
But, it was arrested in Hakodate after three months, and taken back to kabato again.
A company hides it into the rice of the meal the third time, and a lock is removed with the duplicate key of the special make which
came and which was put, and escapes.
It was there, and escaped from Hokkaido, and disappeared in the crowd of Osaka the reverse side of the police authorities .
It couldn't escape from the dragnet that it was stretched around the whole country, and it was caught in Fukuoka, and sent to
Hokkaido again, and accommodated by " Sorachi Prison".
However, it will escape from here as well soon.
Because the pass of the 40 age was passed at this time and strength declined, too, it was arrested only in one week, and even
Torakichi fortune was accommodated by "Kushiro Prison", too.
Then, when Prison of Kushiro is moved to Abashiri, the one with Abashiri is being done with other prisoners.
The prison breaking of torakichi reached totals seven times.
It is an unheard-of prison breaking criminal.
But, he who came very much through the evil way from a 14-year-old boy term goes into the calm life which kept silent after
it came to Abashiri, too.
torakichi kept remitting a little money which functioned in the prison and which it got to the wife and children of home.
Then, write a letter surely, and say that it was being sent in the change of the season.
The day when a period was done for the prison life whose torakichi was long and which was long at last came in September,
the 13th year of Taisho.
torakichi has already been 72 years old.
It was a "showman" to wait for his release from prison and to set it up.
The prison side which knew it was afraid of the thing which he was used for, and had various consideration.
But, a showman's hand couldn't be abandoned, and the troupe of the "The nail of 15cm torakichi dramatic company" was put together,
and it toured round the whole country.
After it was used for many, showmen, too, torakichi was thrown away at the end.
Then, it came back to Mie Prefecture of home in the beginning of Showa, and it was taken back by a son.
So, lead a peaceful life, and peaceful death is made on the tatami.

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