According to the verdict returned by the Procurator at the Mortuary July 23, Mf, Shibobalott, a Russian, committed suicide by shooting himself, According to the evidence given, deceased, who is a member of the Russian Detachment, while sitting in his quarters -at the comer of Foochow and Kiangse Roads, shot himself about 10.20 p.m. on July 22, Debt-Set. 'Taylor, who had charge of the case, ascertained' that deceased had placed his service rifle to a point below his forehead and discharged the weapon with his foot. The bullet emerged from the rear of the cranium and lodged in a rafter overhead, Shibobaloff, who was 38 years old, joined the Mukden army in 1918" and later came to Shanghai, His service with the Council was of comparatively short duration, He has no relatives in Shanghai and it was suggested that financial wor-vies were the cause of his death,
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