CHINESE CAFE TRAGEDY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16347, 23 May 1927, Page 10

CHINESE CAFE TRAGEDY

MAN’S MYSTERIOUS DEATH DISAIVt'EARANOE OF WITNESSES SYDNEY, May 10. In a dimly lit upper .room of the Shanghai Cafe, Campbell street, one of the best known Chinese eating houses in Sydney, a man met his death to-night under mysterious and sinister circumstances. His name was Patrick Fitzpatrick, 30. According to stories toid to the police, Fitzpatrick entered the cafe shortly after 7 o’clock, and went to the upper lloor of the. building. He was followed shortly afterwards by two men, one of them heavily built. The only other occupant of the room was a woman. Late to-night nothing was known by the police of what occurred in the" almost empty room between the time the Chinese waiter left .if to attend to some washing up until lie returned and found Fitzpatrick lying on the floor with his head ill the lap of .the woman diner. “This poor man has fallen and hurt himself,’’ said tile woman. The waiter hurried downstairs to inform the cashier, who rung uji the police Station. A few- minutes before that some people downstairs Had seen a heavily-built man rush out of , the building in such haste that ho slipped on the pavement, and fell. He recovered himself and ran. at top speed in the direction of Belmore Park. In the confusion that followed, the woman left the building. The only visible, injuries on Fitzpatrick were cuts on the lower jaw, the lips, and the. temple. At the Sydney Hospital life was pronounced extinct. The cause of death was not certified.