Coolies digging in the grounds of 1 vacant house on Jan, 23 came upon a large box which, they discovered, contained the body of a woman in a partially decomposed three months ago, being strangled to death with a pair of foreign-style trouser braces. At the moment. the potice have no means of identifying her.
"The coolies, who were working in the garden of an empty house in Lane 608, Vu Yuen Road, came upon their gruesome find at about noon, ud immediately notified Bubbling Welt Police Station. A special call was put through to the Bubbling Well Fire Station, which completed the job of excavation, and the body was taken to the Public Mortuary for a post-mortem examination. The presence of the braces and the fact that the woman, a fully grown adult, had bobbed hair gave rise to the Pellet at first that she was a foreigner, but the discovery that her feet hed been bound soon disproved this theory, 'The body was packed in lime, and this, together with the fact that partial decomposition has set in, has Fendered the task of taking' her finger-prints impossible, Her age is unknown, but the post-mortem dis closed that she was fully grown, She officially described "as having bound feet, normal teeth, and was dressed in a blue cotton overjacket, 8 white cotton underjacket, dark ants with white stripes, and white Cotton stockings.
Mr, Win, Wi ally all he possessed and being faced with' the problem of starting life over again, After a stay of two years in Japan he returned to Shang. hat and in 1923 joined the stair of the Hongkong & Shanghai ° Bank, where he was employed until the date of his decease.
She is believed to have been murdered about three months ago. and detectives from. Bubbling Well 'Police Station, who are handling the case, will continue the search of the neighbourhood, for any traces of a woman who' dis appeared about that time, The house was formerly occupied by a foreign family which left Shangh about six or seven months ago to go Home on long leave, and It Believed that the murderer or murderers knew of this, and hid the body in the garden in' the expecta tion that It would not be found for a year or two at the coniest.
Of cheerful disposition, a thorough gentleman and being possessed of ability and initiative, he soon won the rust and respect of his colleagues. His kindly manner and modesty won him many 1if3-long friends. "Generous ina quiet, unobtrusive way, as many refugees can testify, he witl be sadly missed by many who looked to him for advice and assistance.
Mr. Warburton was a member of the French Club and served on its House Committee for some years. He was also. a Master "Mason Lodge St, Andrew of the Far East No. 493 S.C. A keen motorist and devotee of golf, his loss will be felt not only in the immediate circle of his family to whom the sincere sympathy of many friends will be extended,
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