Shatighal, Jan, 42, 'A young Russian committed suicide early yesterday morning in an empty eld off Avenue Joffre by taking a Jarge dose of cyanide of potassium. His body. was still warm when he was discovered by a passer-by and fan empty bottle and a few personal objects were found beside him, The sulelde was identified as Vas ssily Markof®, 27 years of age. Ho left no letter which could give a reason for his suicide.
'Further investigations by the French Police rovenled that he was 'a bachelor and had arrived here in 'April 1940 from Harbin. He leaves his parents in the northern city. 'The Tate' Markoff was a radio operator and lived at 220/7 Route Vallon, Fake Hand Grenade Flung Into Factory Shanghai, Jan, 14 Detectives from the Gordon Road police station wore yesterday inves: tigating the mysterious hand-grenade throwing- Into the Darkle Tooth Paste Factory at 128 Yenping Road ft the time when many workers were fon the premises, The grenade, however, was a fake arid no explosion followed.
The attempt: to bomb the factory remained a mystery yesterday as de-factives were unable to ascertain under what circumstances the hand-grenade was flung. The throwing oe: curred at 11.30 pam. on Sunday.
No arrests have been made by the police, but Investigations are being continued, again robbed a passenger on Route No. 7 Bus at 2pm, on Jan, 9, when two of them,. one brandishing a pistol, approached their vielim and robbed him of $00 in cash, The robbers intimidated the. passenger and alighted without Gring a shot, The hold-up occurred in Connaught Road, near Jessfield Road.
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