SUICIDE PACT
LEAP FROM 'PLANE
THE DU BOIS TRAGEDY,
Press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Saturday. The “Daily Mail” says that the postmortem examinations of the Du Bois sisters dielosed that they were in perfect health.
The letters they addressed to their parents reveal tho existence of a care-fully-planned suicide pact. The “Chronicle” says that the letters recounted their last tragic days, stressing their inconsolable grief over the Messina disaster.
The inquest on the Du Bois girls will be held at Romford on Monday, when it is expected that the contents of their letters will be indicated.
The “Daily Express” says the letters are intimate and pitiful, and are not likely to be fully revealed.
“RESIGNATION” OF PILOT.
(Received Monday, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Sunday.
The pilot Kirton has resigned from Hillman’s. He says it is not due to the Du Bois tragedy or the gold dropping from the ’plane, but to the fact that his contract has expired.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 February 1935, Page 5
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