The sampan man later indicated the approximate place where the drowning had taken place and) toppling operations wore begun The body of Capt. Toft Wayside Wharf on has been recovered by the River police and will be lauried In Shanghai this week.
In the pocket of the raincoat eft the sampan the police found one of Capt. Toft's cards with the follow. ing brief message in the mariner?
"Shanghai Police:—Please inform the Danish Consulate-General that 1
The writing was firm and deliberate, as was. that ofa. similar message found later at Capt. Tott's residence in Hongkew.
'A native of Slesvig (South Jutland), Capt. Toft came to China about twenty years ago and for many years sailed on the China Coast as officer and master. He left the sea about Seven years ago and came to live in Shanghai, having formerly resided in Tientsin. A sister, in Denmark, survives him,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.