Prompt work by the West Hongkew police resulted in the detention of a suspect, 'a carpenter named Yang Ah-siao, who had been living in the same one where the body was found. Yang was brought up at the First Special District Court yesterday and was letained on a writ of detention for due week.
When arrested by Detective-Ser-meant J. W. Sanbrook the suspect was ound to possess a cotton coat, the sleeves of which were marked with lood stains. Three Japanese 10 sen coins, some photographs of girls and 2 st note were also found in the That a love-affair might have been he cause of the tragedy was an opinion expressed by the police, but he suspect denies all knowledge of he murder stating that he and the victim were good friends.
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