DEATH BY POISONING OF YOUNG COUPLE. GIRL'S CASE NOT SUICIDE. GREYMOUTH, Last Night. An inquest was held to-day concerning the deaths on March 4 in Greymouth of Alvis Doreen Williams, aged 23, single, and Frederick Jack Kitching, aged 26, single. Miss Williams was found dead in her room in Mayfair Flats, and Kitching died at his parents' residence. The coroner, Mr. Ferner, returned a verdict that Miss Williams died of poisoning and Kitching committed suicide. The coroner stated that Kitching was with the girl when she was last seen alive shortly before her body was found and Kitching committed suicide a little later by the same agency which caused the girl's death. His possession of that agent suggested premeditation. A note Kitching left connected him with the girl's death. A handkerchief found in his pocket was bloodstained and smelt of almonds. The condition of the handkerchief was consistent with having been used on the girl. The medical evidence was that the injuries to the girl's throat and mouth were consistent with an attempt on her part to vomit. The evidence did not support a verdict of suicide in the case of the girl. Source: Horowhenua Chronicle (17 March 1939).
New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950
Name Frederick Jack Kitching
Birth Date Jun. 1912
Registration Place Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Birth Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Folio Number 2587
New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950
Name Frederick Jack Kitching
Birth Date Jun. 1912
Registration Place Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Birth Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Folio Number 2587
DEATH BY POISONING OF YOUNG COUPLE. GIRL'S CASE NOT SUICIDE. GREYMOUTH, Last Night. An inquest was held to-day concerning the deaths on March 4 in Greymouth of Alvis Doreen Williams, aged 23, single, and Frederick Jack Kitching, aged 26, single. Miss Williams was found dead in her room in Mayfair Flats, and Kitching died at his parents' residence. The coroner, Mr. Ferner, returned a verdict that Miss Williams died of poisoning and Kitching committed suicide. The coroner stated that Kitching was with the girl when she was last seen alive shortly before her body was found and Kitching committed suicide a little later by the same agency which caused the girl's death. His possession of that agent suggested premeditation. A note Kitching left connected him with the girl's death. A handkerchief found in his pocket was bloodstained and smelt of almonds. The condition of the handkerchief was consistent with having been used on the girl. The medical evidence was that the injuries to the girl's throat and mouth were consistent with an attempt on her part to vomit. The evidence did not support a verdict of suicide in the case of the girl. Source: Horowhenua Chronicle (17 March 1939).
New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950
Name Frederick Jack Kitching
Birth Date Jun. 1912
Registration Place Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Birth Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Folio Number 2587
New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950
Name Frederick Jack Kitching
Birth Date Jun. 1912
Registration Place Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Birth Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Folio Number 2587
Inscription
Dear to the memory of Jack Kitching died 4 March 1939 aged 26 years; his beloved mother Belle Kitching died 20 November 1944 aged 53 years; so loved so mourned; Harry Kitching died 10 June 1966 aged 76 years; Hilda Delaney died 8 November 1987 aged 73 years.
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