The Criminal Investigation Department has accumulated its fair share of the work in the last day, or two. Last Friday the authorities were called upon to take another murder inquiry in hand, the tragedy, on this occasion being in the Yangtszepoo district. The scene of the murder was in the outlying country, the body being discovered hidden in a field about 50 yards from the footpath on which the tuan had presumably been attacked—a small footpath off Ward Road. No motive can yet be given for the crime; for the deceased man is of the coolie class. His throat had {been cut and there were two severe body wounds, The matter is being followed up, In the inquest upon the man murdered in a gambling den at the corner of Chekiang Road and Avenue Edward VII last, Wednesday week, police and other witnesses gave evidence of the tragedy. The Court found death to be the result of knife wounds inflicted by a person or persons unknown, and _ordered warrants to be issued for five Chinese, whose names are known to the detective staff. It now appears that the murderer, after quarreling with deceased, left the premises and returned with four colleagues who assisted him in the deed. Deceased has been identified from his finger-prints. He had twice undergone sentences in the French Concession,
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