Tragedy on Closing of Harbin Office Harbin, Oct. 31.
Mr. S. J. Kolpachnikoff, the manager of Messrs, Andersen Meyer Ca., who are closing their branch jin "Harbin, in accordance with decision reached and communicated to the Harbin staff some months Jago, committed suicide in his office /at 4.05 this afternoon.
Kolpachnikof, who was a naturjalised American, shot himself with Browning pistol, the bullet penetrating his left temple and coming lout on the right side of his chin, The deceased eft a letter, making kuas known his last wishes and apologists for his action to the Consul-General, Mr. G. C. Hanson, He also left 'a note in no|Russian on his desk asking that ly be accused for hi death, land a letter containing receipts \ddressed to his wife.
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