Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record

  • ID: 1637
  • Surname: Shymchewsky
  • Forename and paternity: Helen
  • Фамилия: Шимшевская (?)
  • Имя и отчество: Елена
  • S: f
  • Date of birth // Дата рождения: ?
  • Date of death // Дата смерти: 1925-09-02
  • Details of death // Детали смерти: Suicide by strychnine poisoning
  • Obituary // Некролог: TCP 1925-09-04
  • Notes // Примечания: “Leaving a note that she loved very much a certain foreigner and ‘must die’, Helen Shymchewsky, 239 Avenue du Roi Albert, succumbed to strychnine poisoning at the General Hospital shortly after having been removed from a tramcar in front of the Palace Hotel in a dying condition. A note in Russian in her notebook said she had taken pills and was awaiting death. ”