A WOMAN'S SUICIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5

A WOMAN'S SUICIDE.

« 6AD AFFAIR AT PATANTU. (By Telegraph.—l'resg Associations WANOAXUI. Friday. A sad tragedy occurred this afternoon at Patangi, a. newly-opened back-blocks settlement -'17 miles up th" War.ganui River, and two miles from the waterway. Mrs. Sara.lt ilimi .Smyth, aged ,17 years, the wife of a settler, .had been acting peculiarly since li"r last child wis born 1 about three months ago. Her four litM, children are suffering from whoopingcough, ilip. Smyth brought her two-year-old child into the hospital a few day-, ago, and the doctor, noticing the j condition of the woman. notiDcd t' I police. Two constables and a matron ; therefore went to Patangi to-day. Mrs. j Smyth at first refused lo go to Wail- | ganui, but eventually decided to do so ion condition that the matron took I charge of the baby. *ho asked permis- ! -ion to go into the 'bedroom to dress. I and the officers remained outside, tellj ing Mr. Smyth (.> watch bis wife. ! The husband went into the bedroom. 1 bill, at his wife'- inquest went out. F-he followed him, and immcdiaielv cried "I've done it:" at the eanic time throwing a bottle to the lloor. The unfortunate woman became unconscious, and died two hour.- later when being carried to a launch.