St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-14
FATAL ADMISSIONS.
Claims Made That Durrant Has
Partly Confessed.

Partly Confessed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.-Now
that Durrant has told his story on
swers to all the accusations i'm
piled by the cross-questions of the
prosecution, an impression exists
among those who have watched the
trial closely that there is something
to come which will perhaps have
more effect on the minds of the jury
men as regards the guilt or inno-
cence Of the defendant than any
thing that has gone before. This
feeling is due to the confidence with
which District Attorney Barnes put
a series of startling questions re-
lating to conversation held by
Durrant with a newspaper reporter,
Miss Carrie Cunningham, at the
county Jail within the past week,
and also touching on the address
and Endorsement of a certain en-
velope which may or may not have
contained a confession.
The prosecution witnesses will seek
to show by their testimony that Dur
rant made admissions which destroy
the whole fabric of defense. These al
legged admissions are taken by the
prosecution as coming from the one
person ON earth who knows all that
occurred beneath the belfry of Eman-
uel Baptist church on the afternoon of
April g. The record of what passed
at the county Jail between Miss Cum
ningham and DUrrant is thus told by
the prosecution, which is in possession
of the full facts. On the eve of Sept
q Miss Cunningham visited Durrant
at the county Jail, and during the
course Of their conversation Durrant
showed her a small envelope, which
bore the following addresses and in
dorSement:
"Messrs. Dickinson & Deupry: To
be opened in case am convicted. To
be returned to me in case 1 am ac-
quilted" Durrant told the young lady
that the envelope contained a COM
.plete statement of all that had oc-
Cured at the Emanuel Baptist church
on the afternoon of April g. He said
that it had been written in order that
his attorneys might know the facts in
the event of him being convicted of
the following evening, Sept 23, Miss
Cunningham again visited Durrant at
the county Jail, and was there shown
large envelope addressed like the
other and smaller one Durrant told
her that the contents of the other
envelope had become jammed up and
that he had transferred the written
statement to the larger envelope
n hn Of 0o+
ningham held a conversation with
Durrant at the county jail, and during
the course of that. conversation and in
answer to questions asked him by the
the afternoon of April he ascended
the space between the ceiling and the
roof of the Emanuel Baptist church
for the purpose of fixing one of the
sunburners. While at work he heard a
noise which at once attracted his at
tention. It seemed to come from that
part of the building where the belfry
Is situated. He walked along in the
direction from which the sound came
and peered through the opening that
connects the space above the ceiling
with the interior of the belfry tower.
While in this position he saw the body
OF Blaneh Lamont lying on the sec
repeated the details of the circum-
stances, and added that Blanche La.
mont was murdered on the second
landing OF the belfry stairs. Miss Cun>
ningham then said: oh, yes, it was
from the second landing of the stairs
that the blood dripped down and stain
ed the cloth-covered picture frame on
the floor below. Durrant replied that
there was no blood on the cover of the
picture frame, as we have had the
stains analyzed and find they were
made by water, not blood An official
inspection was made of the cloth-cov-
cred picture frame referred to as being
Ctl i1ln1 N1
vealed the fact that the piece of the
cloth cover, one inch by two inches in
size, had been cut from the frame in
the center of one of the largest
done by any cne connected with the
prosecution, the inference is drawn
that it was done by some one inter
ested in the defense, and that it was
Tor the purpose indicated by Durrant' 8
alleged statement regarding the an
alysis.