St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-18
HIS VICTIM BURIED.
immense Crowd Attends Miss
Williams Funeral--Lots
Of Floral Pieces.
POLICE BEGIN TO WAIVER.
They Feel a Doubt as to the
Guilt Of Young Du-
A THIRD TRAGEDY RESULTS.
Youth Who Has Taken Great
Interest in the Case
Suicides.
A THIRD TRAGEDY RESULTS.

& SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-THE
Emanuel church murders are still
sthe main topic of discussion in n,this
city. Notwithstanding the fact that
one or two newspapers have tried
and convicted Theodore Durant Of
gthe frightful crime, there seems to
he a reaction in favor of the accused
young man. Evidence so far pro-
zduced against him is only circum-
I stantial, and while the police say
4they have enough evidence to con-
(; vict ten men, it is doubted if any
f jury will find Durant guilty unless
& further conclusive proof is fur
{ nisned. The young medical student
: does not act like a guilty man, and
if he did commit the murders he is
: certainly a man Of remarkable
nerve. Last night he slept we'll and
he has a good appetite. He con-
| tinues ITO assert his innocence, and
| his whole demeanor is That of a man
confident of proving it when the
time comes. The inquest over the
! remains of Minnie Williams was
continued today. Durant protested
| against being forced to attend the
inquest, and said his attorneys had
| advised him that the police had no
right to make him go. He was told
| by the officers that if he refused to
| go they would take him by force,
| and he finally reluctantly accom-
; panied them to the coroner's office.
Rev. DIR. Gibson was the first wit
ness called. He said he had seen
| Miss Williams probably three times
and was not intimate with Durant.
DR.. VogeI testified that Durant
came to the party at his house Fri
: day night a few minutes before 10
! O'clock. His forehead was covered
with perspiration, but
HE SAW NO BLOOD
tabopt his person. Durant asked per-
/ mission to wash his hands before he
entered the parlor. DR.. Vogel had
never Seen Miss Williams and Du-
rant together, and had never heard
! Miss Williams speak of the ccused
man. The witness stated that his
niece, Miss Turner, had told him
| that Durant had asked her to allow
him to examine her about some COM
plaint with which she was troubled.
A. E. Williams, father of the muir
dered girl, testified that she had
said to him THAT Durant had not
treated her right, but she did not
go into details. He identified the
mock pfhnnly found i,,D
as one he had given his daughter.
The testimony of witnesses who
CLAIMED to have seen Durant and
MISS Williams entering the church
early Friday morning was rather
vague. They saw a man and woman
enter the gate to the churchyard.
The man wore hat and coat re-
sembling those worn by Durant. but
they were not positive that Durant
| was the man. The testimony of other
witnesses was ito the effect that they
had never seen Durant and Miss
| Williams together, and had never
| heard them speak of each other.
The inquest will be resumed tomor-
| row.
AN afternoon paper published a
sensational story to the effect that
a trail of blood had been found
leading from the church to Durant's
mouse, but the tale is highly i'm
probable, as since Friday night
there has been heavy shower that
would have obIiterated traces of
blood on the sidewalk
FUNERAL SERVICES
over the body of Miss Williams
were held today in the First Bap-
tlst church. An immense crowd at
tended and hundreds of floral pieces
were sent. George King, who saws
he found Durant in the church the
day Miss Lamont was murdered.
was one of tine pallbearers. Rev. Glib
Son was also in attendance. Rev.
Boynton made brief address. re-
ferring to the murders, and MANY
OF the women present wept.
The body of Miss Lamont was
shipped to her home at Dillon, Mont.
today, in charge of her sister.