LOVERS SHARE SAME GRAVE

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 16 (Supplement)

LOVERS SHARE SAME GRAVE

Poignant Double Tragedy After a "Tiff”

A poignant tragedy following a lovers’ tiff was echoed in a double r funeral when a young man and girl I were buried in the same grave at Fulham Cemetery. f Their mothers, who are both I widows, were present * The couple were: Frederick Lewis I Hunt, 22. film studio camera man, of Folharn, and Miss Phyllis Hall. 22. a 1 6ft. 2in. tall shop assistant, of Fulham. ‘ The two had been close friends for 1 five years. The other day Miss Hall left her 1 home to go to her work place at Kens- j ington, but never arrived there. Her brother then found her at home in a gas-filled room. Not long afterwards Stunt called at the house and was told what, had happened. He went away in a slate deseribed by Miss Hall’s mother as "absolutely demented.” “All Right When We Parted” The tragedy was completed when i Stunt was found gassed, in his saloon j car on Coast Hill. Westeott, Surrey. ; j On his knees lay a photograph of i his dead sweetheart. Stunt was to have been called as a j witness at the inquest on Miss flail. It was revealed at Hu* proceedings that she left, a note for him saying:— i ‘Darling Freddie.—l cannot live with- j out you. I have loved you since the , i first day I met you. Please forgive j me.—Phyllis.” j

A statement made lo the police by Stunt a few hours after his sweetheart died, was as follows: — “I last saw her on Sunday evening and was with her from 6 to 11.30 p.m. We quarrelled over little things, but, it was quite all right when we parted.” From a letter addressed by Miss Hall to her mother the coroner read 111* extract, -This is the best way out. it was mv fault.” Mrs Mary Handley. Miss Hall’s mother, told the coroner. ’’Her letter lo me explains the reason why she took her life. The verdict on Miss flail was that sh e “Committed suicide while the balance of her mind was disturbed.” Evidence By Brother At the inquest on Stunt P.C. Ruffle said one door of the car was locked and windows were sealed inside with : adhesive tape. A rubber hose connected with the exhaust pipe was passed into the car j through a small opening. ! Arthur George Stunt, of Hayes, j stated he saw his brother on the even- ! ing before his death, when he was in j the best of spirits, j Asked bv the coroner. Mr G. Will* I Taylor, if he were blaming anybody, j the brother replied he was not. bei cause he did not know what the quarj rel was about. t A verdict of "Suicide while the balance of the mind was disturbed" j was recorded.