It is reported that a development has occurred in the _investigatioas made by the S. M. Police into the Weiss mystery which may or may not lead to an interesting sequel in the Mixed Court. If our am-formation is correct it may even tually be shown that the death of Mr. F. E. Weiss, then general agent of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, was the result of an attack by ricsha coolies for the purpose of robbery, a number of which cases were reported during last. year.
It will be remembered that on August 20 of last year, somewhere about 9 p.m. Mr. Weiss took leave of a friend at the Palace Hotel and went up Nanking Road in a ricsha. This appears to have been the last time he was seen alive by a for. eigner, and at about midnight August 92 his body was found on a grave mound in a stretch of open country bounded by Ward, Ninghao and Pingliang Roads. There were signs of a cut in the throat and a little distance away a razor was found. An examination of the body showed that while some of deceased's personal belongings were still to be found, others were missing.
'The inquest, which necessarily followed, was' adjourned for the purposes of a post mortem ex amination in the course of which was discovered that, in addition to the wound in the throat, there w: a bullet wound in the skull which, according to the medical evidence was the cause of death. No it formation was apparently available at the time to show the circumstances in which Mr. Weiss met his death and the inquiry stood ad journed while the police made their investigations, the results of which at the time failed to throw any real light on the matter. The re: volver which must have fired the bullet was not found nor were any of the missing articles.
Quite recently the Police effected the arrest of a coolie on a charge of returning into the Settlement after being banished therefrom some years ago. On that charge he was brought before the Mixed Court this week and, on the application of the police, he was remanded for a week in order that further investigation may be made. It is reported that another Chinese, a riesha coolie, has made statements to the police in which he im plicates the alleged—_ returned banished as having sonic connexion with the death of Mr. Weiss, and we understand that his charges are now being investigated by the Police and upon the result of those inquiries will depend whether er not the man at present under remand will be brought before the Mixed Court on a much graver charge.
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