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Show SUICIDE ATTEMPTED BY RUSSIAN SINGER MetzeniiorT Shoots Himself When Officers Of-ficers Go to Arrest Him as Spy Suspect. Special Cable to The Tribune. BUCHAREST.'. June 3. The famous "Russian tenor, ATetzenhnff , who arrived here some time ao and has given several sev-eral concerts under the protectorate of tueen Marie, lias just made a sensational sensa-tional attempt to end his life. He was brought to a hospital in a precarious condition with two bullets in his head, but tho surgeons who hnve performed an operation hope to save him. Tho singer is a captain in the Russian Rus-sian reserve and took part in the campaign cam-paign in Galieia. Early last summer lie was slightly wounded in" one of the battles near Lemberg. After his discharge dis-charge from the hospital he came to Bucharest. He w;ts received with open arms by musical and aristocratic, circles. cir-cles. The queen, who had heard him at IVtrograd and Vienna, received him at court and attended all of the concerts con-certs given by him. Lately the police and military authorities au-thorities became suspicious of the famous fa-mous tenor. He spent large sums of money ami moved almost exclusively among the officers of tho Rumanian army. After watching him closely for several men t lis. the auf horities became convinced that he was conducting a spy system in the interest of Russia. His arrest was ordered, but when police officers of-ficers tried to enter his apartments he attempted suicide by firing two bullets into his head. |