An inquest was held on Wednesday morning atthe Public Mortuary, before Judge Koh and Deputy Stevens, on a Chinese woman, named Li Tseu-sze, aged 29, who died on Tuesday ' morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital from what medical evidence stated, was a knife wound in her neck.
Deceased made no statement before her death, but circumstances in the! ease and medical evidence indicated murder.
Two Chinese women who had been in the rom at 20 Yangchow Road before deceased hud been taken. to the hospital gave evidence at the inquest and are being detained pending further investigations,—The first of these witnesses said that the deceased had been ill for several weeks and had gone to ace her ande, on last Thursday, On Saturday. morning witness had offered her, food, which had been refused and on Monday morning deceased hail coughed black blood and given the appearance of dying. Witness had. changed decegsed's clothing as these, had been stained with blood. At that thine her neck had been swollen, badly. Witness did not know how. cut could have been administered. Similar evidence was given by the geond Chinese wourari who said, also, that there had been no knife in the room. Bath stated that deceased had had $10 and had wanted yeoaned woman gave evidence, also, and explained the circumstances of his having! found hi after notification n hurt. No verdict. iven, pending further inquiry.
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