DEATH OF TWINS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 256, 27 September 1929, Page 3

DEATH OF TWINS.

CONCLUSION OF INQUEST. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 2G. A verdict that death was due to stranuglation by tho mother, who at the time was insane, was returned by Mr F. Iv. Hunt, Coroner, at the conclusion of tho inquest on William Arran and Timothy Brian Cubis, twins, aged four years. The father, William Alfred Cubis, said that his wife was aged 40 years and' that there were three children, all boys, the eldest being eight years old. About 12 months ago, his wife’s health broke down and at tho end of last February she entered a home on a doctor’s advice. She returned ■ home on June 30. There were, at times, days when she appeared to be unwell, but there was nothing to suggest that her mental condition was such that she would resort to violence and injure the children. . Mrs Eileen Paice, residing in the house adjoining the Cubis home, said that about 11.30 o’clock on the morning of August 6 she bad heard Mrs Cubis calling. W itness, with another neighbour, went with Mrs Cubis into the house, where they found the children in bed with a silk stocking drawn round the neck of each. Detective-Sergeant Kelly said that when he arrived Mrs Cubis was 1R an hysterical condition and appeared to be demented.