The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-12
DURRANT IS MUDDLED.
The Accused Double Murderer Gets
-. Mixed in His Dates.
HIS CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY.

Admits Having Written Letter to His
Lawyers which he Had Previou,iy De-
nisd Under Oath. and That He Had
Aslred for Grahnmss Notes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dot. 1e.--Atter a three
days ordeal Theodore Durrtlzt yesterday
left the witness stend District Attorney
Barnes tried yesterday TO draw from the
defendants admissions that he was well
acquainted with the use OF bromo seltzcr,
as used In medicine. Durrant's replies In
dicated that he bad deyoted the night TO
study Of the compound rs he replied that
he had conversed with Dr. West about ii
In jail last evening. He was able to give
its analysis and detailed Its pathological
effect.
For the first time during the trial Dur
rant yesterday pleaded Ignorance. In re-
ply to a question by Mr. Barnes he said
he did not know what an alibi was until
after his trial began. While testifying the
prisoner beosme badly confused at times,
and whom questioned regarding his ex-
perience at Cooper Medical college became
30 mixed In his dates that he had TO refer
to card that he carried In his pocket to
set himself right He became noticeably
confused and rather testy In his replies
when examined in regard to the interview
that he had with Gilbert r. Graham, fell
low student, at the city prison, when the
prosecution claims Durrant asked Graham
70 furnish him with q copy Of the notes Of
DR.. Cheney's lecture, remarking: "If
had those notes would be able to prove
an alibi."
Durrant In his dogged way, denied alb
solutely that he made such q declaration,
and tried TO explain by testifying that
Graham came to him with proffers of as
sistance, going SO far as to inquire anx-
iously II Durrant had the notes to DR..
Cheney's lecture.
Durrant finally admitted that he asked
him to furnish the notes, but he testified
that he made the request at the advice of
his attorneys, who instructed him to get
the notes from students Of his class and
compare them with his own.
District Attorney Barnes forced Durrant
to admit that he had written a statement
Of his case and enclosed 1t in an envelope
to his attorneys with the instructions to
open 1t Ii he was convicted and to return
1t II he was not convicted"
Durrant was asked II he did not recently
show an envelope bearing such an inscrip-
tion to Miss Carrie Cunningham, q local
newspaper reporter. Durrant replied en-
phatloally that he had not. He also denied
that he had told Miss Cunningham that
ne nearu suspicious noises IN the pelfry OF
Emanuel church on the afternoon that
Blanoh Lamont was murdered,
Several specimens Of Dn..--aant's hand
%fiCing were introduced in evidence for
the purpose Of comparing them with the
writing on the wrapper in which the rings
Of Blanche Lalpenr were mailed TO her
aunt, Mrs. Noble.
The district attorney closed his cross
examination of the witness by trying to
show that when he was at tho ferries,
ostensibly to search for Blanche Lamont,
he was In reality looking for Minnie Will
Jams, who came over from Oakland that
afternoon and was found murdered In the
church the next day. The defense fought
yilS1ously ss-1ainst the admission Of any
thing bearing on he case of Minnie Will
Jams, and after Ions argument Judge
Murphy sustained the obJeos- ons
After Durrant was excused, Ssaries "
Lenahan, who was said TO have been Jnfs-
taken for Durrant by Pawnbroker OpDsn-
helm, was recalled to the stand for further
examination. Little progress had been
made, however, when court adjourned
until Tuesday next.