In the afternoon, Herr yon Haas held on enquiry at the Austrian Cousulate-General into the circumstances attending the death of the unfortunate gentleman Dr. Milles, who was first ex"mined, said:—I am' a doctor of medicine and B.C. S. of London, Twas riding out this morning, when a foreigner, whose face I am familiar with,—but name Tdo not knw, told me a forei was lying on a footpath off the Jessfield Road, near the first bridge, I rode there and found the body ut the deceased. He was lying on his face quite dead, with his hat on. I turned the body over, and saw the clothes on the chest were saturated with blood, The hands were towards the loins, and a revolver was under him, I did not undo his clothes but I saw a hole in the coat, and behind there was a tear in his over a little below the right shoulder. remain: ed with the body until the foreigner who had originally spoken to me came up, as there was a crowd of Chinese round and I thought they he told me ted with Ireturned home. This afternoon I inspected the body at the mortuary chapel. I removed the clothes and found that about an inch and x half &" the inner side of the left nipple there was a largo bullet wound, and behind there was another wound just underneath the right shoalderblade, "Chose were the wounds of entrance and exit, showing that the bullet had pissed right through.
Herr von Hans—You think there was only one bullet?
Wi ss—As far as I can see from the simple inspection I have made the wound was sufficient to cause the death. From the character of the wound, the condition of the body nnd the position of the revolver, Tam of opinion that it ws a case of suicide, I did not know the decease.
In reply to Tuspector Howard, witness said the deceased must have been dead as the surface ut the body was "Mr. Cecil William Holliday deposed—As Twas riding along the Jessfield Road with Mes. Holliday I saw a crowd of Chinese at the side of the road just by the first bridge, looked there and saw a foreigner lyi his face.
The time was about half-past six or aquarter to seven this morning. I approached the crowd and ssu the body lying on its face in the footpath. I dismounted and Mra, Holliday rode hack to inform th police at Carter Road. I went to the body and turned it over. It was quite stiff and cold, lying in @ pool of blood, and with a revolver underneath. I placed it back in ite original position, and waited in the road until Mr. Maitland and Dr. Milles came up together. The latter examined the body, and then as there was nothing uiore to do I rode away. I met " Sikh constable coming up. I did nut know the deceased, but his fice appeared familiar to Mr. Francis John Maitland deposed—I was riding the Back Babbling Well Road, behind Dr. Milles, when I met Mr. Justus Lembke also riding. He said a foreigner was lying dead on the Jessteld Road, I rode to the spot indicated and saw the body. I did nor dismount, but I saw Dr. Milles'make his examination and I heard him say the deceased had been dead some hours, I left to see if Lewd find " policeman on duty at the Bubbling Well, and was told a policeman was coming. I then continued my ride. I did not know the deceased.
Inspector George Howard, in charge of the Louza district deposed—At 7.15 a.m. Mr, J, ©. Huis came to the station and reported that a foreigner was lying dead close-to the first bridge on the Jessfield Road. Lat once went there with a Chinese detective and sent the police ambulance in charge of a foreign constable there, On my arrival at' the spot indicated Dr. Milles and the others had left, and a Sikh was in charge of the body. The deceased was on hix back with the hands across his breast. The revolver was about two feet away from his left side. I had already been informed by Mr. Dud that Dr. Milles had seen the body. jhe certain that this was so I went to hose {the Carter Road station and telephoned to engnire if Dr. Milles had seen. the body.
Twas told he had, and I returned to where the budy was.
I searched the eceased and I found this letter (produced) in his right hand trouser-poche signet ring and purse containing 70 cent were in. his left-hand—trouser-picket, the breast-pocket of his coat was letter-case containing some cards and scraps [of paper. [then had the body placed on the ambulance and sent to the mortuary chapel in the Shuntung Road in charge of a foreign constable, L examined the place where the accident lind happened, The ground was wet and there were no marks of a struggle; there were just the fouth prints of one foreigner, he Chinese detective made enquiries as to what time any of the natives first saw the body, but iny present information is that they seemed to have found it almost, simultaneously with the foreigners, The revolver, which I produce, I found was fully loaded, and one cartridge had been discharged. extracted the other cartridges, Tam firmly vineed from all I have seen that it was nose of suicide, T have had a great deal of experience similar cases, and it takes hours for a body to get into the state this one was.
T should say he tad boon [dead about eight hours. There are not many peuple on the Jessfield Road at night, and the place where the body waa is off the main road and on a little embankment. by the side nf acrook, No one is living in the immediate neighbourhood s" there would be much chance of the revolver dise charge being heard, I am satisfied the body was not discovered until six or seven o'clock this morning, because hind a native [found it they would have reported it at ance to the police.
There being no more available evidence, vou Haas said he was of opin that the ease was one of suicide, The peoceedings then terminated.
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