GERMAN PRINCE'S SUICIDE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1920, Page 5

GERMAN PRINCE'S SUICIDE.

FOLLOWS MENTAL COLLAPSE. By Telegraph.—Press Asan. —Copyright, Berlin, July 19. Prince Joachim's last hours were pathetic. He retired at 9 o'clock, placing a revolver on a table beside his bed. An hour later lie got up and went to an adjoining bedroom, where his little son was sleeping, aroused iiim and talked for a few minutes, though he said nothing that would make the child think it was a final farewell. He then returned to the bedroom,' where he ivas found dying in the morning. No one heard the shot, which apparently was fired at midnight.

Prince Joachim suffered from a complete nervous breakdown and lia3 collaysed mentally. He was obsessed by fears regarding the outcome of the revolution, and believed that the Government intended to turn him out of the house. His eccentricities completely broke up his conjugal life. The present whereabouts of his wife are unkhown. Pending divorce proceedings deepened Prince Joachim's depression.—Times Service.

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.

HOW HIS FAMILY RECEIVED THE NEWS. deceived July 22, 1.10 a.m. Amsterdam, July 20 The ex-Kaiser at first refused to be,lieve that a Ilohenzollern had committed suicide. He exclaimed: "You will never get me to believe it." The ex-Crown Prince collapsed, muttering: "One more misery." Of the ex-Kaiser's other sons only exPrince August is engaged in honest work He entered the banking iirm of Keraaes.—Times Service.