The Washington times., 1914-05-31
End OF LOVE AFFAIR
MAY Be DUAL SUICIDE
lsWelers Letters Indicate He
Drowned HimseIf-GirI Ends
Her Life.

FEW YORK, May Sl.-AccordinE to
Sas belief of the coroner and police
- aries G. H. Durr, a ieweler and
{ smond merchant. may have ended
' g life by drowning at Atlantic City
escape marriage with Miss Marzeua
fhsrburne. The latter committed sui
= ie in front of Durr's home, in olney.
friday afternoon. In two letters, one
-itten May 6 to his mother, the
sr'ond written May - TO Miss Sher-
I lrne, Durr expressed his intention Ct
mmittinS suicide.
The letters were written in Atlantic
City. They contained the information
that DUR intended to drown himself
g. the ocean. Failure of the Atlantic
Z " authorities to find him since the
J. tiers were mailed leads the authvI-
: ss here to believe that he is dead.
7 he fact that he has not communi-
{ ted with his parents since the news
cr Miss Sherburne's suicide was made
Iblic, indicates. the police say. that
J a was in earnest when he announced
ls death plans.
Clues In Many Letters.
While the disappearance of Durr has
created another mystery, his letters,
FOUND with bundle of feminine cloth
sug In Broad street station, and in Miss
Fherburne's room, 1To5 North Six
ieenth street. furnished clues which
made clear the motive for her suicide.
According to Deputy Coroner Edward
GTeenhalgh, the young woman took her
lie on the day which she hoped would
Re her wedding day. The bundle Of
{ othins found in the check room at
road street station, a number Of
grirt waists and other articles of female
s tire, all wrapped in an Atlantic City
/, swspaper, led Greenhalgh to believe
at she went to Atlantic City Wednes-
. zy to look for Durr. The newspaper
IRE the date of wednesday.
Dlrr's letter to his mother explained
ihat he left this city in haste to escape
-iiss Sherburnc, who, he said, hao
forced q promise of marriage from him
. the point of revolver.
Says She Threatened Him.
In his letter to the young woman,
Turr accused her of lying and spoke OF
he scene in his office when she pointed
n revolver at him. IN the closing SEN
'ience he charged her with breaking up
75I's business, disGracing his people, and
him to take his life.
geIes. The details of her career and the
pUblic entertainer. According to let
tors found in her room she formerly
vas engaged with the Booth Concert
Company, and had been in Los An
S-sles. The details of her acreer and the
facts of her first meeting with Durr are
vague. She evidently was unhappy in
her home life, judging from letters
written by her mother, her brother, and
Sisters.
From one Of the latter, Mrs Mona
Davis. OF Bay Shore. L l., a letter was
found which the police say attest the
fact that Miss Sherburne expected to be
married to Durr. The letter ended with
CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Sherburne upon
her approaching marriage.
According to statements made by
Tlirrs parents. they know nothing Of
iheir sons first meeting with the
= oman. One letter. written by Durr TO
Miss Sherburns vnile she was in Los
%ngeles. was dated April "A, 1914. 1t
spoke of money being inclosed TO pay
J er fare to this CITY.
Two other letters, one written by the
girls mother. the other from her
other. in UnEinkula. South Africa,
+ nted at family difficulties.