Body Fonnd Transfixed with a Dagger.
A mysterious affair with all the aspects ofa romantic tragedy has been ing the attention of the police during the last few days. The witter has been kept very quiet, but we understand that on Friday night the body of a foreigner was found floating in the lower reach of the Huangpu, beyond the wharves. Foul play was suspected at first. but at an enquiry held on Sunday at Pootung, medical man gave it as his opinion that the deceased had committed suicide.
The body of the deceased has been identified as that of one Max Stockmar, a German, who had recently been employed as a collecting and commission agent by a local firm. He had been missing since the 24th of November, and for some time previous to that he had been very low spirited, it is said, on account of a love affair. Before ving. his house on the 24th ultimo, he carcfally arranged all his papers, made up his vncollected bills into a bundle to d- sent to his employers, and wrote a note to a friend thanking him for past kinines.es. His boy states also that he saw him take away with him a dagger. On the sao day he was seen at the Camp Hotel, Yangtszepoo, and later, at the German Camp, in the same locality, and he was last seen at one of the jetties close by. His later movements cannot be traced. The body was found on Friday, as reported, and was in an advanced stage of decomposi-20 that it must have been in the water for some days. A stiletto was found in the body, just below the heart, and five other small wounds in the same region showed that the deceased must have made several ineffectual attempts to stab himself before delivering the fatal blow. His clothing was searched and a sheath to fit the stiletto was found in one of his pockets. An enquiry into the cause of death was held by the German Consul on Saturday, and Dr. Paulun having testified that in his opinion the wound that caused the man's death was self-inflicted, a verdict in accordance with tha evidence was returned.
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