"This Nonsense Called Life:"
Touching Farewell to His Landlady At the Public Mortuary, on Monday morning, an inquest was conducted over the body of an unrecognized foreigner named J. C. R, Willemsen, 88, whose body was found in the Savoy Hotel at 10.20 am, on Sunday, RW. Yorke, 1g evidence for the police, said that upon receipt of a telephone! moseage at the Hongkew Police Station, he visited Room No. 16, Savoy Hotel, and saw the body of the deceased lying crosswise on a bed, with a bullet wound through the' head, Resting between deceased's"knees, said the detective, was a 7.05 automatic pistol with seven Joaded cartridges in the magazine and another one in the breech. The pistol had been fired and a spent Dullet hid entered the deceased's head near the right temple and emerged above the right ear. An' empty cartridge case was found under the bed.
Threat to Commit Suicide On the table, continued the officer, were two letters, one address sed to deceased's landlady and another addressed "To whom it may concern." A postscript in the letter to the landlady stated that he wag of no nationality. The detective had known the deceased for five yenrs and, at one time, witness Heard that he was born in Scotland.
On another occasion, deceased told witness that he was' born of Norwegian parentage, Inquiries among decensed's friends and of his wife elicited the fact that he was Russian, Deceased, continued witness, also left other' letters for various people. Dr. Wall was called and ho gave a certifiente to the effect: that death was due to hemorrhage: from a bullet wound. Continuing, the detective goid that deceased had been living away from his wife, fas there had been some sort of domestic trouble. At 10 pin. on Saturday, he hired a room in the Savoy Hotel. After going out to various places, he returned at 4 aim. on Sunday. Six hours ater, fat 10 a.m, a hotel boy went to the: deceased's room to see if he had returned but found the door lock-
"d. He immediately reported tae matter wind an entrance was gained through the verandah and" the body was found. Immediately after its discovery, the matter was reported to the police.
Deceased's wife said that she was of. Russian nationality and that she had been married to the deceased, whom she had met seven years ago in Ti He also was Russian, Witness last saw him on Saturday night and aad a chat with him. He told her that he Koing to commit suicide but aid not believe him. She left between 8.30 and 9 pin. She had seen the body and identified it as that of her husband, The Letters The: letters were then read and they follow, in part:—"ho whom it may coneeen.—What hag happened to tne wan done self out of my own free will" and, Therefore, there is no need to search for. anybody "ram fed up with this non sons called life but which is really Soke.
"Having no "responsibilities, or ob-Higations, I consider myself at liberty wende what T please with. mysell Kindly inform Dr=—, residing tetmthat he do all that is necessary Under present circumstances,
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