Dossier concerning Li Zijing (李子敬), a 33-year-old man employed as a worker at Mitsubishi (三菱洋行) in Pudong, whose death in Shanghai on 16 August 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping into a well. The police non-natural death report records his residence as No. 110, Qipu Road (七浦路一一○號) and identifies this location as the site connected with the death. His wife, Li Fengshi (李馮氏), is recorded as the person responsible for receiving the body.
The police investigation provides evidence concerning Li's health immediately before his death. He had reportedly suffered for approximately two weeks from a condition described as 寒熱症 (recurrent fever/chills) and had undergone treatment without recovering. The police narrative further describes his condition in contemporary language as resembling 神經病亂狀, indicating apparent mental or nervous disturbance, and associates this condition with the circumstances preceding his suicide.
Testimony from Yang Dongzai (楊冬仔), who shared the premises with Li, confirms that Li had been ill with 寒熱症 for about two weeks and had repeatedly sought treatment without recovering. On the evening of 16 August, Yang noticed that Li was missing, searched for him, and eventually discovered his body in the well. Li was removed from the well but was already dead. The police were then notified and the body sent for examination.
The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal medico-legal examination. The examination identifies the deceased as 李子敬, male, aged 33, and the final forensic conclusion gives 溺水身死—death by drowning.
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