Statement Concerning Uriyu

Hirako was responsible for the building, materials, personnel, and operation of the crematorium. Once the bodies had been burned and the ashes delivered to Uriyu in the Admin. Office, Hirako was no longer responsible. 

A few weeks ago (June 47)?) Uriyu asked Ogawa if she had seen American Prisoners brought into the Anatomy Section Bldg., during the War. She told him about seeing the Prisoners go in, but didn't see any come out. Uriyu said that was good information, that no one seemed to know anything about it, that if questioned by the Occupation Forces she should tell the truth.

Igarashi cannot read. Keeps no record of the bodies cremated, but brings the bones to Nomiyama and he gives her the papers of that person, whereupon Igarashi takes the ashes and papers to Uriyu in the Administration Office. When Nomiyama is out, Igarashi takes the bones directly to Uriyu, who then later gets the papers from Nomiyama.

Ishisawa had said that the ashes had been brought back to Hirako in a little box, but he heard form Uriyu at the Medical College Office, that these ashes had been brought back to Hirako in 4 envelopes, that Uriyu heard this from Igarashi. 

When bodies are burned, Igarashi brings the ashes and to Nomiyama, who puts them in the book. The name of the person, the date of cremation, the date the bones are sent to Uriyu. Nomiyama put his seal in one column after he has received the ashes and then sends the ashes and book to the Administration Office. Igarashi usually does this: she then turns the ashes over to Uriyu and Uriyu's seal is put in the other column, thus Nomiyama has a receipt to show that the ashes have been delivered.

A tag states the age, the number, of the body, the name, and type of sickness. It usually has "Fukuoka Prison" on it because the Prison accounts for most of tye bodies. Nomiyama receives a book from Uriyu's office and it says that it is a special kind of sickness. special body, not used for Autopsy purposes, is usually the body of a person who died at the hospital, and probably the pathology section did something with it.

Igarashi takes the ashes to Uriyu.

Uriyu in the Administration Office, got the papers and was the one who would give authority when a man could be burned. 

The night before Hirako left for Sugamo he requested Takeshige to look for the ashes, said that there ashes of 4 flyers, each in a separate box, that these boxes did not have the number or names information on them. The next day Takeshige asked Uriyu for the key to the place where the ashes were ktp, that he was looking for the ashes of Prisoners that Hirako had told him about. Uriyu said the lock was broken, said he knew nothing about them.