Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-31
FEAR Ne WARI GIRL
IS A MISSIONARY
DROWNED At SEA
Relatives of Miss Alice Duryee
Begin Investigation Of
"Dariiee" Report. d
CABLEGRAM TELLS OF s
SUICIDE ON STEAMER
Miss Duryee Had Been in China
Seven Years-Home
Last Year. H

Cable dispatches received from Toxic
today indicate the death of Miss Alice
Duryee, member of family well known
in Newark and particularly the North
Reformed Church. from which Miss
Duryee went to China as a missionary
seven years ago, The dispatches state
that Miss Alice Darijee, of Newark,
N. j., committed suicide by leaping into
the sea from the Pacific Mail steam
ship Manchuria Friday last, while the
vessel was steaming between Shanghai
and Nagasaki
PainstalSing search fails to reveal
anyone of the name of Darijee ever
having lived in Newark. and investiga-
ton in New York proves that no one
of that name is on the books of any
foreign mission board. Further in
vestlgation brought forth strong indl-
cation that the person referred to in
the cablegrams is Miss Duryee, and so
strong is the belief that the Newark
young woman of that name is the one
who was drowned, her aunt Miss Amy
Duryee. of 80 Washington place. went
to New York this morning to institute
inquiries through the Pacific Mails
local agent. 1t was plain that she was
hoping against hope that Miss Dari-
jee'' would not prove a misspelling of
her nieces name
Aunt Goes to New York.
Before entering her automobile at
her home today. preparatory to going
to New York. Miss Amy Duryee said
she could not believe that her niece
Is dead. The cablegram had been suf-
ficient, however, 10 lead her to investi-
gate tho report thoroughly She fatty
refused to believe Miss Duryee had
committed suicide, asserting that IL
the young woman Is dead her death
was purely accidental or due to ILL
ness.
Miss Duryee said she received letters
regularly from her niece and that only
last week one came from her In Chigia.
Miss Duryee said there was nothing in
the letter to Indicate that the young
missionary was in anything but the
best of health and spirits and that no
mention was made of her intention to
return to America.
Is Daughter OF Minister.
Miss Alice Duryee was the daughter
of the Rev. DR.. William Rankin Dur
zee, professor of theology at Rutgers
College, and who died In New Bruns-
wick several years ago. There are two
daughters besides Miss Alice. Mrs. DIR.
Ahmed Fahmy, of Annoy. China, who
is also a missionary. and Miss Lillian
Duryee. The only son is George Dur
yee, of Saranac, N. Y. The three aunts
of the supposedly drowned missionary
are the Misses Amy. Anna and Mary
Duryee, who live In the Washington
place homestead. and there are two
uncles. the Rev. Joseph Duryee. OF
New York, and DIR. John L. Duryee, of
Orange. The young woman's mother,
who has not yet been informed of the
supposed tragedy, lives at 80 Washing
ton street, East Orange, having re-
moved to Essex county from New
Brunswick last May.
According to her aunts, Miss Duryee
first became interested in missionary
work when she was 18 years old. She
was later graduated from Smith College
and soon seriously contemplated be-
coming actively engaged in foreign
missionary work. She was possessed of
comfortable fortune and offered to go
to China at her own expense as the
representative of the North Reformed
ChNAShg NAAA5 SAttt Win SIG ana
her family had been prominently iden-
titled.
Tells of Nervous Breakdown.
According to the cable dispatches
the suicides act was brought about by
a nervous breakdown. the result OF
overwork and overstudy. 1t was also
stated that her death occurred when
she was on her way back to America
on u leave of absence In the hope of
regaining her health by q change of
scene.
Miss Duryee has been active in the
work OF the Annoy School since she
went to China, but, according to the
Reformed Church Foreign Missionary
Board, of 25 East Twenty second
street, New York, she was stationed at
Pong-An. in the south Of China, re-
Gently.