$6,000 Dollars' Worth of Jewellery Foul play has been suspected in the case of one Lien Yin, whose body was found in a wheat field belonging to one Cho Chen-shan, west of Siccawei. The body was found on the 17th instant strange ed with a silk sash.
The deceased is one of Shanghai's most famous sing-song girls, and came to Shanghai from Hangchow only recently. At an election by the patrons of the New World, she was proclaimed to be the second best-looking of these girls Shanghai.
It is said that the girl was very fond of adorning herself with expensive jewellery and would do anything to get ornaments. This probably was the direct cause of her death for, at the inquest, when she was identified by her mother, it was stated that she was wearing more than $6,000 worth of jewellery when she left her home on the tight of Wednesday, the oth instant.
According to the story of the keeper of the house where Lien used to live, the girl received a notice to call at another house to entertain a man named King. When she arrived, however, she found a man named Yen Jui-sung alone in one of the rooms. She asked for King and was told that Yen was the mar. This Yen, said witness, had been introduced Lien a short time before by another of her admirers, the son of a prominent Chinese resident.
The man Yen is alleged to have suggested to the girl that they should go for a motor ride into the country. He told her, it is alleged, that, as he had studied abroad, he was very particular about his health. The girl, it is said, agreed to accompany him.
It happened that the motorcar which was being used had been borrowed from a friend, the son of a wealthy merchant. On the way to Siccawei, Yen told the chauffeur to stop in front of a certain hotel. Here he slipped a dollar into driver's hand and told him to go and have a shave, discharging him for the rest of the evening. When the driver returned to the hotel, he was unable to find his car. After a long search, he found it in the vicinity with its mudguards damaged.
Finding that Lien Yin did aot return, the keeper of the house where Lien lived thought that she had eloped with Yen, but, finding that the girl still had some $600 in her trunks, he suspected foul play" and informed the merchant's son (referred to above) of the disappearance.
It fs stated that Lien's jewellery included a pair of diamond bracelets, two diamond rings, one big diamond brooch, and a gold wrist watch.
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