Professor Hamilton's Diary: Feb. 24, 1935

Now both girls are sick; tragic suicide by American sisters seizes the public's attention

If things weren’t bad enough in the Hamilton household this Sunday with the baby ailing and fretful, after spending the afternoon playing at a friend’s house, Gwennie came home with an upset stomach and vomited. Two doctors made house calls that morning, while Professor Hamilton struggled to prepare lessons for the next day.

At least he knew his girls were alive and under the family roof. A grieving mother and father — he was the American pro-counsul in Naples — were mourning their beautiful young daughters who had died in a spectacular suicide pact. To read about the du Bois sisters, whose pictures appeared on the front page of the Reading Times on Feb. 25, you will need to be a paid subscriber.