Detectives attached to' the Bubbling Well Station were yesterday whose body was shortly before midnight on Sept. in, Majestic Road near MeBain Road.
The body, bearing several deep axe wounds, was taken to Paulus Hospital ina Fire Brigade ambultance. At the hospital the man was pronounced dead.
Efforts are being made to identity the victim of the brutal assault, The body had apparently deposited in Majestic Road time after death, An inquest was conducted yesterday morning by the Procurator of the First Special District Court, who, after a brief session, rendered a verdict of death due to axe wounds, It is not believed that the murder belongs to the category of political assassinations now so common In Shanghai
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