PRINCE JOACHIM’S SUICIDE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16796, 21 July 1920, Page 3

PRINCE JOACHIM’S SUICIDE.

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By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright, (Received July 21, 9 a.m.)

BERLIN, July 19. Prince Joachim’s last hours were pathetic. Ho retired at 9 o’clock, placing a revolver on a table beside his be?. An hour later bo got up and went to an adjoining bedroom, where Ws little son was sleeping, aroused him and talked for a few minutps, though he said nothing that would make tho child think it was a final farewell. Ho then returned to the bedropm, whore he was found dying in the morning No one heard the shot, which apparently was fired at midnight.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable ' (Received July 21, 9.4 Q a.m.)

BERLIN, July 20

Prince' Joachim suffered from a complete nervous breakdown and had collapsed mentally. He was obsessed by fears regarding tho outcome of the revolution and believed that tho Government intended to turn him out of the House. His eccentricities completely broke up his conjugal life. The present whereabouts of his wife are unknown. Pending divorce proceedings deepened Prince Joachim’s depression.—Times. LONDON, July 20.

The Berlin' correspondent of the Daily Mail says that Prince Joachim was a weak • and characterless debauchee. His manner of life alienated his wife and dissipated his fortune. The last of a long list of excesses brought a breakdown. The Kaiser, when informed, was plunged into deep gloom. The news was withheld from the Kai serin, whose health is precarious.—United Service.