The herald., 1895-10-11

~ AZ uot ~ tks sfraaa aerlhis name, hi
21idotloe, Or for Gf>y additional informa
4 don other than that which was volun
g 1ersd. He went to luncheon and from
suntil five clock without having caugh
- glimpse Of the missing girl. While h
!. Was waiting, however he saw three med
lcal students and an cid schoolmate. T,
<.Dpo of the men he said he was waiting {,
oo6 If be could not find Miss Lamont. II
Z two Others he said that he was waitins
for several mem bers Of the signal corp!
er7xho were coming oyer from Oakland
The fourth man testified that he saw Dur
rant accost a school girl whose descrip.
tion answered that of Minnie Williams
y Who was murdered that night. and ride
away toward the mission on a Howard
{ street car When Durrant was asked il
he told two of the students he was wait
: ing for some of the mem hers OF the sig
rnaf corps at first he replied that he did
{ not. In moment he remem bered that
On a former occasion he admitted the
: conversation and then he replied in the
! Affirmative.
District Attorney Barnes asked Durrant
: WHY ne abandoned his search at 5 o. clock
to make preparations to go to Mount Dia-
bio on pleasure trip + he was SO deeply
Interested in the disappearance OF Miss
Lamont.
Durrant replied that he had made pre-
variations to go on the trip and did not
think it was necessary to remain at the
ferries any longer.
Mr.. Barnes asked him if he told any body
else of the c.ew given him by the stranger
10 they could continue the search. Dur
rant said that he had had, mo opportunity
( to tell any of Miss Lamont's friends.
When questioned closely Durrant admit
ted that he attended meeting of the
Young Peoples society the same even
ing, where he saw several of Miss La
,x,<i 10 fri m nj bar
K was Thomas Vogel, whom Durrant had
said moment before was more interest
ed in the disappearance of the young
woman than any body else except Mrs.
Noble her aunt. Durrant admitted that
ne had private conversation with Vogel
but did not think to tell him about the
clew be had obtained.
After short recess, during which Dur
rant recovered his composure, surprise
was sprung ON him in the hope that it
might disconcert him.
Alter asking Durrant il he had ever
made written statement of his where
abouts on the day Blanche Lamont was
murdered, and receiving an affirmative
reply, District Attorney Barnes asked the
following question:
is il not a fact that you sent q written
statement OF your case to your attorneys
and wrote on the envelope: To be OPEN
ed if am convicted and 10 be returned if
] am acquitted
The excitement caused b.; the question
was intense. In the hum over the oues-
= tion Durrant's answer was lost, and the
sstenographer was asked to read the reply.
II never sent an envelope to my at
Sorneys bearing such an inscription"
suaid he.
Durrant was questioned at length re-
= garding the communication and the sig
\ nifcant inscription on the envelope, but
sAe denied that he ever sent such docu-
] ment.
The prosecution next endeavored to
show that DIrIant, who was ABOUT TO be
! Dome fulI-fedged physician, would not
: have sent for bromo-seltzer when he was
found dazed and Frustrated in the church
III he had been suffering from partial as
Phvxiation from gas.
The defense objected to several ques-
lions, and at length one of the objections
was sustained.
The district attorney said he desired
to show that any medical student knew
= that sufficient quantity of brom o-seltzer
! taken by q person who had been nearly
overcome by gas would result in death.
Furthermore, he said he wished to show
that Durrant was not suffering from the
effect OF gas and that he presuri bed for
him self remedy that was never used in
: such an emergency.
= The court said the prosecution had
right to show these facts il it could, but
that the inquiry could not be based n
s.Durrant's knowledge of medicine.
Durrant was next shown the various
garments worn by Blanche Lamont and
asked If he had secreted them in the
belIry where they were fiund. He iden-
: tilted the pieces of clothing as the ones
worn by Miss Lamont on the day of her
death, but said he did not hide them in
the church.
DurraDts strong nerves were tested by
q number of questions relative to the last
- ~ nto
was reached when District Attorney
Barnes. with his voice pitched in
higher key than usual, advanced to where
Durrant was sitting and asked:
ibid you ever lay eyes on Blanche La
mont after the morning of the day upon
which she was murdered, living or
dead?''
Durrant replied that he did not.
Living or dead, I said," Numbered
the district attorney, advancing step
nearer.
Although every eye in the court room
was conferred upon Durrant, he remained
as cool as If he had been asked the most
commonp place question.
: He again replied that he did not.
Durrant was asked to explain his state
ment to Herbert Schlagater that Miss La
mont, who had been missing but few
days, had probably Deen enticed into
house of i'll repute.
The district attorney asked what there
was in Miss Lamont's manner or char
acter that induced him to make the re-
mark.
Durrant said that he know nothing
against Miss Lamont but had heard De-
tective Anthony say that she had proba-
bly, been led astray.
Some questions put by Attorney Barnes
this afternoon in the course OF his exam
ination OF Durrant are said to give cre-
dence to rumor which has been persist
emily flying about for some time pust.
The rumor concerns written statement
which Durrant is said to have prepared,
relating what he did from the time he
left his house on April Sd, the day on
which Blanche Lamont was killed, until
his return home that evening.
Durrant admits that he did write out
such statement. Mr.. Barnes, however,
asked Durrant if the sealed envelope in
which the statement vas inclosed, was
not indorsed
To be opened if am convicted and
returned to me il am acquitted.
Durrant denied that he made any such
Endorsement on the envelope.
But the rlmor referred to does not
stop with the outside of the envelope. 1t
goes on to state specifically what is con-
tanned inside of it, that Durrant did not