ham pion Pleg described. At the time of their arvival the body was still somewhat warm.
Victim im Financial Difüculty Mr. A.
Sator, a Hungarian, when called upon by the coroner, said that he had known the deceased for some time as be had financed Mr. Rosenfeld's business.
After identifying letters shown him by Mr Gordon Campbell, U.S. Marshal as having been written by the deceased, Mr Sator stated that he had known that Mr. Rosenfeld was having financial difficulties. The witness also revealed that Mr. Rosenfeld had written in a letter left to his business associate that he did not wish to con tinue living in his present circumstances.
The Chinese coolie who first discovered the body told the coroner he had seen Mr. Rosenfeld in the corridor outside his office at about 7.45 am. on the day in question. short while after, the coolie heard a shot fired close by, and in company with another Chinese employed in the building, he left his employer's office to find out what had happened Hearing moans from Mr. Rosenfeld's office, the two looked inside, and when they saw that a foreigner was lying on the floor, they immediately made known their discovery and then tried to find the dead man's tea boy.
The last person to testify was Mr Gordon Campbell, U.S. Marshal, who told Mr.
Lurton that he had found the body in the position described by Anderson and Det Gues. Mr Gordon added that the victim's coat had been raised at the back and that blood was to be seen about the wound caused by the bullet as it had left the body.
The Mershal stated that some of the letters left by the deceased were in his possession, but the Coroner did not think it necessary that they be read.
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