In the drawing-room the two men discovered Miss Wexlers body, a heavy blanket wrapped about her head. In the forehead were deep gashes which apparently had been inflicted with a small beer bottle lying close by. A terrific struggle evidently had taken place between the attractive young woman and murderer, causing her dress torn and the furniture to be placed. It appeared that she finally been suffocated under and all wharves were being watched lest he attempt to leave Shanghai. The suspect being from Ningpo, special attention was paid to jetties from which steamers leave for the Chekiang: coast, Miss Wexler's body was taken to the Public Mortuary in Kiaochow Road late last night. A Procurators inquest will be held there. It is understood that the young woman, who' went to the public schools im. Shanghai, leaves her mother and other relatives here.
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