The French Police at once com municated with the Chinese authori ties and investigators soon arrived and examined the promises and photographed the body. Then they asked the French Police to arrear everyone living in the house and sealed up the premises. Later the; Chinese authorities applied for the surrender to. them of all the the prisoners and the first hearing of the euse began about midnight in the Chinese court. The concubine and Mr. Yang wore the first persons examined and told the story given above.
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