The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-23
GILKESON g. CHILD.
THE DURANr MURDER TRIAL.
Damaging Testimony Against the Pris.
oner Furnished by the Prosecution in

Damaging Testimony Against the Pris-
oner Furnished by the Prosecution I'm
Rebuttal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.-At tho open.
ing of court this morning, the defense
In the trial OF Theodore Durrant an.
nounced that 1t had finished it's case
and the taking Of testimony in rebuttal
was at once begun by the prose cution.
The testimony was the most important
given during the trial, as it conficted
with several vital statements made by
Durrant, while he was on the stand
The testimony OF DIR. Gilbert F. Ora
ham, for instapce,is considered by 1nany
to sweep away Durrant's entire de-.
Tense.
DR.. Graham, who is medical student
and an intimate friend of Durrant, told
Of sensational interview that took
place between himself and the prisoner
at the county jail on April 90. DR.. Ora
nam was accompanied to the prison by
D. 5. Dunnigan, newspaper man, who
was asked By Durrant to retro after he
had been there few minutes. Graham
said that after Dunnigsn stepped aside
Durranv asked him If he would let him
see his notes OF DR.. Cheney's lecture in
order that he might compare them with
his own.
Graham demurred at first, after which
he said Durrant stated frankly to him
that be had no notes of the lecture. He
said Durrant told him if he had the
notes of the lecture he could easily
establish strong alibi for himself, and
urged him to leave the notes with Mrs.
Durrant in order that she might bring
them to him at the prison. DIR. Graham
said he refused the request and never
afterwards visited Durrant st the
prison.
The frat witnesses called In rebuttal
by the prosecution were the FIVE trustees
of Emanuel Church. While Durrant
WAS on the stand he testified that he
was asked to repair the sunburner at
Emanuel Church on April by the trus-
tees. The trustees denied that they had
asked Durrant to make repairs of auy
kind during March or April.
Witnesses were now called to disprove
Durrant's statement that on the after
noon of April IL he was at the ferry for
tho purpose of searching for Blanche
Lamont, who, he said, mysterious
stranger told him would cross the BAY
that afternoon. G. w. Dodge, a medi-
cal student, said he saw Durrant at the
ferry and the prisoner told him he was
waiting for number Of Nom bel of the
signal corps, who were expected from
Oakland G. A. Dukes, medical
student, who accompanied Dodge, cor
roborsted his statement.
Hobe, an old schoolmate of Durrent,
testified that he saw Durrant at the
ferry the same evening in the company
OF young woman who answered the
description of Minnie Williams. 1t ia
known that Minnie Williams came over
from her homo in Alameda that evening
and the next evening her body was
found in Emanuel Church.
E. A. Gleason, q student at the medi-
cal college, testified that on the after
noon OF April 10 Durrant asked him to
read aloud his notes OF Dr. Chepey's
lecture. Gleason said he read hia notes
to Durrant, who devoted three-quarters
OF On hour to writing in his rote book.
The defense tried to show that it was
customary for students to compare
notes, but Gleason said that Durrant
read nothing that purported to be his
notes.