According to the deductions of the police both had taken part of the opiate, the lubel on the bottle being "Adalin." It seemed that the man had taken his instrument ease which contained Japanese "mokkin" closed it, placed it on the floor and had net the lamp upon it. A large bottle which was labelled Formalin had been emptied into a brass pan over the limp. The residue was gummy and the lamp had completely burned" out: The police further conclude that the couple-had lain upon tke bed and that Mizutani had taken a very large portion of He had bled slightly from the nostrils, Officials are of the opinion that Miss Sakai had taken very little fof the opiate, and when she saw her comrade to the pact was unconscious, that she made a desperate attempt to save their lives by opening the window. She succeeded in this but was so weak that after opening the window, she fell prostrate over his body—the position in which they were found.
Im the letters, addressed to his father and her mother and to their friends, the deceased referred to the fact that they preferred dying together rather than living separate ly, they having been denied the privilege of marrying.
Migs Sakai is the adopted daughter of well-to-do Japanese residents of Shanghai and she had formed her acquaintance with Mizutani ince the first of the year. Mizutani according to information in the hands of the Japanese police had attempted some time ago to commit suicide subsequent to an estrangement with a geisha girl.
After the discovery of the body Det-Inspr. Schmidt, with whom wa: associated Det-Inspr. Nakagawa, notified the Japanese Consulate and Sub-Inspr. Sugamura, and two assistants from the Japanese Con-lar police took charge of the ease, and an inquest was held on the premises. The manager of the cafe in which they were employed, has, it is understood taken charge of the remains,
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