A German subject named Fuchs committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver in a shop in the Astor Road, occupied by a German butcher named Busch, on Tuesday. Every endeavour has been made to keep the afhir as quiet as possible, and it was only with the utmost difficulty that any details could be learnt. It appears that the unfortunate man was in the employ of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Ca. in Canton, and became involved in some financial embarrassment and came up to Shanghai, where he was arrested on a warrant a few days ago. His relatives in Germany were communicated with by telegraph, and'on their undertaking to make themselves responsible for his liabilities, he was liberated, and was to have left for the South again. At about 11 o'clock on nesday morning the deceased was in an upstairs room in Mr. Pasch's house, when a shot was heard, and on an investigation being made, he was found lying on the floor with a recently discharged revolver beside him, shot through the heart. De. Zedelius was at once sent for, but on his arrival he pronounced life to be extinct.
enquiry was held at the German Consulate-General, but no information of what transpired was obtainable, The deceased was buried in the New Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.
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