The Archive · 1905

The Hongkew Tragedy

The rom in which Capt. Holger shot Mrs. Hectwig was his own room, the door of which he must have locked after his the inmates of the house were aroused it was found that not only was the bedroom door locked, but the entrance from the bathroom was blocked by: a desk. Mrs. Hartrig was found lying on the floor, dead, at the foot of the bed and between the table and the wall. She had received the bullet -in the back the head, not the chest where. "Capt. Hélgor wa dead, on the floor by the bed, and the bullet which entered his month had left the head at the back. In the ceiling another bullet was found, so tnat three shots were fired, and it soams a remarkable thing that no-one heard the reports. 'The weapon used was a largo five-chambered revolver, in which wore found three discharged and' two undischarged cartridges. Except for the romoval of the, desk the room was not di ordered.

Phe cause of the crime is reported as lousy on the part of the deceased man," who was engaged to marry Mrs, Hartwig.

'The ronrdered woman very nearly had similar fate a year or two back when her late husband committed suicide after making an attempt on her life. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs, Hartwig' little four-year-old child so sadly orphaned.

The German Consul-General has satisfied himself as to tne cause of death in the case of both deceased.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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