AN ARCHITECT'S DEATH

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2197, 9 July 1914, Page 4

AN ARCHITECT'S DEATH

COMMITS S '*CIDE IN HIS OFFICE MISSING SINCE MONDAY Mr Übirt Liddi.a well-knowji lrclptecb was lound di'iJ 111 hii ollko at tie roar of tho Grand Opera llouso jcst'idaj morning, with a bullet wouad .a tho Ltntio of the foroheul, and a rovol.er tied to the right hand. The matter «as reported to die polio at 10 30 a m. b\ ifi Janice Heart town tr- i cller tor Messrs M"n:nefr and \ouii,; Mr. * Hewitt lud k.10,111 the Jcccased jar tt.9 p.'st t»oho mouths, mu it' as customar\ for lum to see t o late Mr.' L.ddy daili. Ho last saw the deceased on -Mond.i} li'ght, and not seeing him all da\ 'liiesUa.i,' Mr Hewitt V-camo ' a httlo aiiMO'is As ho'wao rasing thj detoased's o'hco morning ho (fed the door and found it locked? On Ketiiifl on tc the window sill, Mr. , ileiuto loo\ed 'hrougl. tho wndow and was ihocked to Lnd mo deceased hiug oi fV io floor of his ofEc, qjite still! Ho iiiimediatol/ lifoimed the polica oid after ours+ing open the door thoy found the deceased .jing on the floor quit* dead. T' e deceased was grispiij; a bivchaulered rcvoher in his right hand, and two chambers had been dis- ■ harg»d. Tho other four chambers wero full\ loaded

In h's statement to tho poiice Mr. ncwitt saia tint on Mondaj n'ght Mr. Liddy aad some friends wtu't to +ho Attletic Park. He did not show any eigns of mental depression or rorry, and Ik appeared to be :n Lis usual state of health and good spirits. Tim la f e Mr Liddy resid"d at tho Terirnrus Hctel, a-.d has .1 wife and cmldi-oa who reaido in Melbourne. Ho was a brother-Li-hw of .the Hon. Wm. I'itt, of Melbourne, cr.e of the bestknown aichrtects I*l and has been his repress, tat'.c in Xc.v Zoalud *or o\er two ns L It has Lcen the cu'toa of 3fr Put to usit Now Zeala.iel every s-\ moi.ths or so, whilst work of his designing has beea car'.od out, and ddcj has been loft hero as supervising architect. Ho' acted in that capacity i'i connection v it'i the crtcticn of the row- Man'C'nal Theatre, at Xapier, a row theatre "afl Da'ineyrke, and for over a year past in Wtll>j*on in conrectien w>h tho Grand Opera Houso. Tho deceased hid told some peon'e that ho was leaving fcr Sjdnoy en rotto f o MclbojTio on Friday noxt. ""» A cablo me-isaga was dispatched by the Op*ra House Company to Mr. Pitt jesterday arncurcing the sad news.