TRAGIC DEATH OF TWINS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20833, 27 September 1929, Page 4

TRAGIC DEATH OF TWINS.

. STRANQLED BY MOTHER.. CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST. ' (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, September 20. “ That the twin boys, William Arran Cubis;- and Timothy. Brian Cubis, died at King Edward , street on August 6, arid that the cause of’ their. death was that they ■- were. , strangled .by their mother, -who was insane, at the time,”; was the verdict returned by the coroner (Mr F; K. Hunt, S.M.) when the inquest on the death of the Cubis twins was concluded to-day. According to William Alfred Cubis, he had married Annie. Elizabeth Foley, of Albany, in June, 1920. She was > now 40 years of age. There were three children, the eldest being eight and the deceased twins nearly four at the time of their- death. About 12 months ago his wife’s,: health had broken dowq, ' and, acting on the advice of Dr Richards, she had entered the Wolfe Home .as a voluntary patient in February. She had returned home, apparently restored to.health, on June 30. There were days when she appeared to be indisposed, but there was riothing to ,suggest that .her mental condition was such that she would injure the children. On the’morning of August <3,When witness, left for. work he had brought his wife a cup of; tea to hod, and she had been apparently in normal healfh. The; twins were also in bed in the same room." , ■.Screams of “ Come and see my babies ” had roused King -Edward .street. about 11.30 a.m., on. August,-,.!), according to! Ei.leeii.Paieo, a- married woman, and a neighbour’:cf' the, Cubic family. Witness had run out and Mrs Cubis screaming. In the house she found the children lying in bed black, in the face.' Black; stockings were twisted round :their necks," and the bodies .were warm, WitueSi untied-the stockings before seeking aid. -

... Detective. Sergeant Kelly said that Mrs Cubis. had been charged with murder and. remanded ,at the Police Court oil the same day. “ She is now at a mental hpspita 1, and is not in a fit state to appear‘at the inquest,” concluded the detective sergeant.