AUCKLAND SUICIDE

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 26, 31 January 1930, Page 11

AUCKLAND SUICIDE

WOMAN'S EVIDENCE

RESOLVE TO FOLLOW LOVER

(By Telegraph.—l'ics3 Association.) AUCKLAND, 30th January. A pica of guilty to the euarga of attempting to commit suicido was entered by Julia Hayes Cubitt (Mr. Finlay) in the Magistrate's Court before Mr. 11.I 1. K. Hunt, S.M., to-day. Chief-Detective Hammond said that tho woman had boen found unconscious on the eastern tide deflector some weeks igo. She had been in hospital ever since. As she was helped into the courtroom by two men, Mrs. Cubitt was trembling violently, and she sat throughout tho proceedings with her head bowed. The accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within six months. The inquest into the death of John Llewellyn Davies was then begun. "I do not remember what happened on the waterfront, nor do I remember going into the water. My recollection is a blank as to that." Trembling, Mrs. Cubitt indicated with a nod that the foregoing statement was hers. The statement continued: "I was divorced some three years ago following upon a deed of separation between my husband and myself. I became acquainted with the deceased some two years ago. I was with him on New Year's Eve. I mot him about 10 p.m. at the house of a relative of mine. I had been at my relative's house all day, and the doceased came there by arrangement. There had been no talk of suicide up till then. We left my relative's house between half-past tan and half-past eleven, and went into town. We walked up and down the street for some time. The deceased was in a mental condition that I had never seen him in before. He was .terribly worried and melancholic, and was talking wildly. We finally arrived at an hotel in the city, whore the deceased had a. friend. I was very worried myself at that time; in fact, distracted. We went from the hotel to the waterfront after having written letters of farewell at the hotel. We had not agreed to commit suieidej but I knew that if the deceased committed suicide I could only do the same, and I was woried about him and what he would do." For a month, Mrs. Cubitt, who -is a midwife, aged 33, has been in Auckland Hospital in a bad state of health. Until to-day she was unable to tell her story of the tragedy. , David L. Lewis, assistant manager of Eadio Ltd., said he had worked for Davies for a number of years. For some time past he had seemed depressed and upset, and on 30th December he called witness into his office and told him ho was going to make an end of things. Later he seemed better. They had some drink together at the conclusion of the day's work on 31st December. For the past six months Davies had been in a very nervy condition. He had frequently complained of pains and noises in tho head, and said that he had not been sleeping well. Mr. Hammond said that the deceased's wife was in a state of collapse and could not attend. Mr. Hunt: "What further evidence have wo?" Mr. Hammond: "We have evidence that deceased was in a state of infatuation with this woman, and also that he intended, to commit, suicide." ■• '■ John Francis Stone, taxi-driver, said ho took Davies and Mrs. Cubitt to Luna Park at 1.45 a.m. on Ist January. Davies asked him to drive a little further, and he did so, putting them down near tho Yacht Club 's< premises. Both were gobcr. "The only other witness I would liko to call would be Mrs. Davies," said Mr. Hammond. "She won't be able to tell-us any more," said the Magistrate. Suicide by drowning was tho verdict of the Coroner.-'