The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-16
THE sORROWING SISTER.
Miss Maud Durrant Awaits the Fate Of
Her condeninsl Brother.

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Miss Maud DurrAnt Awaits the Fate OF
Her Condemned Brother.
San Francisco Examiner; ON the
other side of the Atlantic, in the Ger
man capital, Miss Maud Durrant has
for two years been waitlng to know the
fate of her only brother Little has been
said of this sister, lar off in a foreign
land, and only the most intimate friends
OF the Durrants have realized the ex-
tent Of her suffering.
There has been considerable surmise
as to why she did not hasten home I'M
medlately after the arrest of her broth
err, some time during the trial, or after
the sentence. The DusEants have been
careful from the first to keep their
daughter In the background. screened
from the public view. Even the close
friends OF the family are unaware what
course the daughter win pursue II ev-
erythlng shall 20 against the son. 1t Is
the general belief that Miss DurraRt
will not return II her brother goes to
the scaffold; that she Will stay in Ber-
lin, and perhaps never come back.
The truth Is that the sister across the
water has never for moment thought
OF neglectIng her brother " 1t shall
become necessary for him to give up his
life. Miss Durrant intends 70 be here
to give her lifelong comrade all the
support and affection sister can give
at such time.
Mamma, mamma" she has kept
writing, 'it II comes TO the worst. send
me word In time. Don't leave 1t until
Il is too late"
At first the parents opposed the re-
turn OF their daughter. They feared tho
nervous strain, the terrible shock, would
be too severe tax on her health. They
advised her TO remain where she was,
But in her loyalty 60 her childhood
playmate, Miss Durrant threw advice
TO the winds.
IF It comes TO the worst, / shall 90
home to my brother" she wrotei Il
could not be satisfied otherwise"
So the parents consented. The money
for her fare was forwarded to Ger
many. ana several times during the
past few months Miss Durrant has
packed her trunks and prepared to start
for home. Each time she was prevented
by favorable news from her parents.
The young lady has been in constant
communication with her parents BY post
and cable since the first day of their
great sorrow. Mr.. Durrant has pre-
pared two special cablegrams, and the
daughter understands her movements
are to be guided by them. One reads:
Everything favorable. Stay where you
are" The other is: Come home imme-
diately. VIII telegraph you at New
York"
Alone In a great city, at a time she
should have been surrounded by loving
friends, Miss Durrant experienced tho
lntensest form OF sorrow. No one In the
gay German capital knew at FIRST that
the beautiful American girl who was
studying at the Royal High School of
Music, was the sister OF the San Franz
cisco medical student charged with the
Emmanuel Church murders. For a time
the girl guarded her secret we'll. She
dreaded notorlety, and she could not
bear to have anyone know that her
brother was accused OF a dtaboficaf
crime. However much she grieved In
private, she kept up bravely before the
world. But Il was not long hntil every
one in the American colony IN Berlin
knew of Miss DurTant's sorrow. She
had many sympathlzers, but she was
reserved about her brother and people
respected her dlslnclinntion to talk on
the subject. II was not until the su-
preme court rendered It's adverse jHdg-
ment that the sister broke down and
opened her heart to her friends.
During her two years residence In
Berlin Miss Durrant has become fav-
orlte In German. as well as American
social circles. She Is a bright. nttrac-
tive girl. with winning manners and
genial disposition. She Is OF the blonde
type and Is considered beautiful OF form
and face when scarcely FIVE years Of
age she displayed unusual musical tall
ont. She had to be lifted on the plano
stool, but when once there she stayed
for hours, playing popular airs by ear
and improvlsing little melodies, Before
she went to Europe she composed sew
erai very pretty ballads. The young
lady Is now in the last term OF her sec
ond year at the Royal High School Of
Music. II Is her Intention to take
four years course. Miss Durrant 10
accomplished In other lines than music.
She Is something 81 a sketch artist aud
10 IN expert at wood carying.
Through all the dark days the Dur
rant family has passed during the last
two years. the sister has never wavered
In hor faith that hor brother Is innocent.
And what Is the cheering message she
sends hlm2
~ have as much love for and conf
dence In you to-day. Theo, as ] had the
morning l kissed you goodbye and
whispered. De a good boy, dcnrlp, and
be sure You graduate"