Remarkable Disclosures at the Inquest Dramatic confessions made by Michael Smyslin, alias Sadovnikoff, an ex-Colonel in Russian Army, before he took his own life and that of his lover, Anna Harlampieva Averkieff, in the Broadway milliner's shop _last Saturday, were read at the Mixed Court inquest last Friday. Magistrate Tsang and Mr. Ivanoff held an inquiry into the death of both victims, Smyslin, who had been expected to recover from a dangerous wound, having died late on Thursday night. It transpired in the course of the proceedings that the man did not at first contemplate the shooting of the woman, but only himself, he being heartbroken at her infidelity.
Sub-Insp. Jones, Miss Jack and the proprietress of the Elegante having recalled afresh the grim details of the tragedy, a Russian friend of Smyslin spoke to having identified the body. Mrs. Zatier-jo, a boarding house keeper, residing at 3 Astor Road, said she had known Smyslin for the last four months. He had been one of her boarders.
Det.-Insp. Reeves, who has had charge of the investigations, said he was called to the Elegante by telephone. On the floor of the shop were a lady and a man. Witness was informed by Dr. Marshall that the woman was dead and the nian seriously wounded. In the operating theatre at the General Hospital witness, with Dr. Marshall, examined Smyslin's wounds. An inch above the right ear there was a large wound, and a small wound two inches above the nose of his forehead. Entry was on the right side and exit on the front of the head. The man was unconscious when brought in, but revived some. what after the doctors had attended to him.
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