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boatman was summoned, and I questioned him as 
to the finding of the body. I particularly 
questioned him as to any marks of violence, 
but he and others emphatically stated that 
there were none. The life saving station made 
a statement qs to the finding of the body, the 
condition of same, place. of burial, etc., and 
T have translated same as per the enclosed 
copies of translation. The shoes v/ere pro- 
duced, and appeared to be American shoes. There 
was also produced a part of the suspenders, which 
were of American manufacture. The writer had 
seen Mr. Meyer in Peking several years ago and 
remembered that he wore a beard, and. the fact 
that the body had a beard- and had American 
shoes and suspenders appeared to be sufficient 
proof of the identity of same. 
After questioning the boatman and others, 
I purchased a coffin and hired two coolies to 
prepare the body for placing in the coffin 
which I intended to ship to Shanghai for reasons 
mentioned below. - The task of preparing the body 
for the coffin v;as decidedly an unpleasant one, 
but was well done by the Chinese, and about six 
o'clock in the evening the coffin was placed 
upon a small sampan and towed by the launch to 
Wuhu, v/hich was reached by 10 o'clock, I im- 
mediately arranged with the custom authorities 
at Wuhu for permission to ship the body to 
Shanghai, and the next morning the coffin was 
placed on the S.S. Ngankin, sailing the same 
morning for Shanghai. I went as far as Nanking 
by the same boat and then took train to Shanghai 
in order to make all arrangements for landing 
the body in case of any difficulties, before 
the body actually arrived. The body arrived in 
Shanghai 1 p.m. on Monday, and no difficulty 
was experienced in landing the coffin. 
My reasons for taMng the body to Shanghai 
are as follows: I felt that it v/ould be very 
possible that the Department of Agriculture 
Y/ould ultimately request that the body be shipped 
to the United States, in v;hich case all details 
in connection therewith could be very conveniently 
handled in Shanghai, far more so than in Nanking. 
Another reason for taking the body to Shanghai 
v/as that the writer on tv/o occasions had been in- 
formed that Mr. Meyer vms of the Jewish faith, 
but I was not at all sure of the fact. Howevey, 
September 21,. I9I8. 
