'The investigation made by the Settlement Police andthe American Court authorities revealed that Cov-ort had gone to see his wife at 82 Great Western Road early in the morning, They' parted outside the house and Mrs. Covert went Inside, Shortly afterwards, she said, she heard what sounded ike a shot out= side, but she did not leave the hou to investigate. She was taken to the once of Mr. Felthan Watson, United States District Attorney, in the atter= oon and questioned closely about the events of the night. The land= lady and "boys" at 62 Great Western Road were interrogated by the Police, Covert, who was born in Utah in 1900, was a fairly recent arrival from America, He came to China by way of Seattle, Washington, and had been Fesiding, with his wife, at House. 45, Lane 160, Tifeng Road, for the last four months or so. He was unomployed and said he had been man, An inquest by the American authorities has been deferred pending further investigation by the Police. taken on the morning of Julyl7 by Me. Felthan Watson, United States District Attorney, In connection with the fatal shooting' of Mr. Leonard Covert twenty-five feet from the gate lead Ing to the house. Mr. Convert was found lying mortally wounded but no gun was discovered, The ovldence of the two women corroborated hat given to the District Attorney by Mrs, Covert the day before, Mrs.
Covert informed the District her husband visited fon the morning of July 16 and her US, $140. He told her to take money and return to Ameria in the event that anything happened to hi She left him, she said, feeling premonition of disaster. "A moment Tater she heard a muffled report, but did not pay any attention to it Mies. Covert's testimony was cor~ roborated by the two women who gave written statements to the Disfrlet Attorney on July 17. 'The two were Miss "Jackie Ward' and Miss Pearl Harte, They both stated that they had heard the muted report jand that Mrs. Covert had received US, $140 from her husband, No gun has been found near the body nor within any appreciable distance of it. A search is being instituted for' the weapon as well as for the bullet fired from it, The theory has been advanced that Cou vert killed himself and that the gun was picked up by some coolie pass Ing by for the purpose of selling it.
The case is_still in the hands of the police, and an Inquest will not bbe held by the United States Commissioner until the police can hand the case over. They are continuing with their investigations in an effort Yo determine whether the shooting was murder or suicide. southwestern problem were generally endorsed. Dr, Wang, Gen, Hsu, Mr. 'Sun Fo' and several other CEE. members are understood to hav wired Gen. Chen Chi-tang, advising him to come up to Nanking or to elie peacefully from his position.
The five delegates from the southwest "who arrived from Nanking on July 15 sailed for the south in the evening.
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