An inquest on the dead girl was formally opened at the public meiruary yesterday afternoon by Mr. I. T. Morris, H. M. Coroner, aal lowing evidence of idenitfi given by Miss Lilian da Cruz, was adjourned sine die.
Marcal had been employed by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for several years. A motive of Shanghai, he attended St. Francis Xavier College, and was a brother of Mr. Luis A. Marcal, an interport football player who is employed by a firm of sharebrokers on the Bund. Marcal has another brother, George, a sister, Hilda, and his mother, who resided with him at his home address.
Miss da Cruz, also a native of Shanghai, was educated at the Loretta School, and at the time of the tra-geely was not employed. Both her parents are dead.
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