Shanghai, Oct. 15, Vu Yeh-yuen, 21 years old native: of Tinghai, Chekiang, who Is charged with the murder of Miss Margaret Wexler, 22 years old Russian girl, in the apartment of Capt. IL M. Smyth, Deputy Commissioner of the S.M. on September 30, appeared before Judge Wong in the First Special Dis. trict Court: yesterda; he await judgment. tended court in the morning and his evidence was heard In camera. the police official leaving the court short-after 10 am, In open court Mr. 'T.
Chang, Municipal Advocate, Produced 10 photographs of Capt, Smyth's apaitment in Broadway Mansio Pawnshop were the cook-boy Jo wrist watch taken from Miss Wexler was located at Connaught Road, stated Mr. Chang, who disclosed that the boy had sold the ticket to an unknown man, who redeemed the watch the following day. The police, it was stated, also recovered some of Capt. [Smyth's old clothes during their investigations, these, apparently, having been pawned by the accused.
It was stated that the Russian lady who had visited Miss Wexler on the morning of Sept. 30 was Mrs. Dukoff, who resides at Majestic Apartments, Bubbling Well Road, and [she is reported to have informed the police that she and Miss Wexler went out to buy some chocolates, returning {to the apartment shortly afterwards. Mrs, Dukoff, it was added, had received a telephone message from Miss Wexler. shortly before noon, The Municipal Advocate also told the court that the hair found on the beer bottle, with which Vu was alleged to have struck Miss Wexler, belonged to the victim, as a result of chemical examination.
Answering the Judge, Vu stated that he started working for Capt, Smyth in July last. year, and upon arrival Jat the flat he found Miss Wexler living there, "He then recounted his evidence at the hearing last week, in which he alleged that the girl had scolded him many times, He admitted that his brother-in-law who was formerly a cook-boy in the employ of Capt. Smyth had told him that his, master was thinking of discharging him for slackness in his work, 'Vu denied, however, that he had taken a small bottle of' beer from the refrigerator and had struck Miss Wexler with it five or six times. He stated that the bottle had been taken out by the girl, herself, Mr. Chang then explained that Miss Wexler, ac~ cording to investigations, was a non-drinker, and that therefore it was not feasible that she would remove the bottle from the refrigerator. Detec-live-Sub-Inspector M. Crowther added that the refrigerator was not full and there was ample room for the bottle, there being no reason at all why if should have been removed.
Accused was asked to write out the [Chinese characters which were found written on a sheet of blotting paper in the apartment. You wrote out the words which were "If you do not succeed in injuring others you will injure yourself." That there was a great similarity in the both handwritings was slated by the Judge, his summing up, Mr. Chang stated that the evidence went to show that the murder had been preme-Jditated. The action of the boy, he stated, in striking the woman' with the bottle after she had ceased to struggle and that he had tied a piece of string around her neck and placed 4 blunker over her head, proved that it was deliberate, There was no [question of self defence, he went on, Jas the woman was unconscious when she was struck with the bottle, He asked for severe punishment.
Mr. Pao Ching, defending, asked for leniency on the grounds that the accused had no criminal record and that the crime was committed ina At of rage. The Judge then reserved Judgment until October 19.
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