He was last seen alive at 10.30 yesterday morning and when he did of arrive for lunch it was presumed that he had gone into town on business and had stayed there to eat. Ashe did not appear later, bell was rung in his room and as there were no answer a party of people went upstairs and made the discovery, No suspicious characters were seen. in the Mission throughout the day and there was no clue in the room to shed any light on the identity of the murderer or murderers. Father Lebreton had been in China for many years and was a well-known figure in a strange coincidence the murder of Father Lebreton was committed in exactly the same way as the murder of Mrs. L. B. B. Freeman of "The Palms," 2ii Avenue Haig, some time ago. Mrs, Freeman, it will be recalled, was discovered in her room with her hands and feet bound and a gag stuffed into her mouth.
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