A FAMOUS CRICKETER.
. ♦ SHREWSBURY .COMMITS SUICIDE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ' LONDON, May 2o! Arthur Shrewsbury, . the welVknown cricketer, who has been suffering from an internal complaint, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. (Received May 21, at 8.43 a.m.) Shrewsbury suffered from melancholia after undergoing an operation, and feared that he would never be able to play again. The first bullet from the revolver penetrated his left lung, and , the second his right temple, proving immediately fatal
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Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 6
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77A FAMOUS CRICKETER. Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 6
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