The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-24


months. the testimony in the trial OF
Theodore Durrant is al in, and to-
morrow the argument Of the case VIII
begin. When court adjourned this
afternoon District Attorney. Barnes an
nounced that while he would MOI form
ally close the case fer the people he
would undoubtedly do So the first
thing tomorrow morning. Mr.. Barnes
notified the attorneys for the defense
that at most he would have but one
more witness, whose examination
would last but q few minutes.
The case would have ended in py-
roteehnic display Of sensations today
SC the testimony that was introduced
had not been printed SO often before
that it was familiar to everybody. Miss
Carrie Cunningham, q newspaper re-
porter who visited Durrant At the
prison frequently. testified that Dur
rant told her he saw blanche Lamont
on me second floor of the beIfry where
she was murdered. While engaged IN
tiSing q sun-bUrler Miss Cunning nam
said. he told aer he heard suspicious
noise in the belfTy which attracted MS
attention. He crept along the ceiling
beliry casing, where ne looked through
q crack and saw Miss Lament.
MSS Cunnin = IisltI Examined.
Miss Cunningham's testimony was
obtained only after a great number Of
objections made by the defense had
been argued and ruled upon. An effort
was also made to secure a statement
from the witness with regard 10 an al
legged confession made by Durrant,
but The court sustained an objection
70 the question On one Of Miss CI7l-
niugham's visits 10 the prisoner ne is
said to have shown her an envelope
addressed to his attorneys, marked.
ITO be opened if I am convicted and
70 be returned il I am acquitted"
The witness was subjected 10 a
searching cross-a1a. ninati0n In which
an effort was made 10 show the means
10 which she had res0rted 10 obtain
interviews with DurrGnt. She said at
the suggestion OF the newspaper by
which she was employed she expressed
the greatest friendship for the prison
er, and frequently sent him papers.
magazines and flowers. she denied
that she ever took an oath and kissed
She Bible after promising Durrant not
to publish anything he told her. She
said she promised Durrsnt she would
not publish anything he told her and
kept her word
Only two witnesses besides Miss
Cunningham were examined today
Both were physicians. Their testimony
was important from the fact that 1t
shows Dprrant did not have the an
pear2nca OF g nam who had been
partly asphy1iated when he nat Or
ganist King in the church on the az
terno9n Of April 8. King testified that
Durrant was
Pale and Trembling
when he saw him. When on the stand
the prisoner corroborated Kings tes-
tiUOuy. DTS. MAY and Tosenetern.
VINO were examined today. testified
that the first effect Of gas was 30 flush
The face and lips and infIaIne the eyes.
DUrrant. according % his own state
fDent. had neither of the SYMPTOMS.
The physicians also testified that
man who for Eve minutes had been
subjected to the fumes OF escapinr
gas from twenty-fOur Jets would be
insensible.
The Evening Post in commenting
uDon the close Of the case. saws: ''Novv
that the evidence in benalf Of the man
charged with the Emmanuel church
murders is all in. il is fair to com
pare what has been proved with the
promises made in the opening state
Inent TO tae iurv, when he said ne
csnce 81 the accused. With apparent
sincerity he stated that he would fur
1lsh a N 5ss7ilalSe alibi which would
he supported by the strongest kind Of
testimony Ec further said he would
impe2ch the chief witnesses for the
prosecution and even went so far as
to claim that when the defense was
I'll in it would be shown thai sno+I,ar
man than DUrrant was the murderer
lie pointed the finger OF suspicion at
Rev. joan George Gibson. but d5a NOT
E7 50 far 2s TO charge him with 4ba
stranGiilg Of Blanche Lamont and
the murder and mutilation of Minnie
Williams.
HoIF the Defense Failed.
''How The defense has failed IS .
matter Of record. The promised alibi
has not been established. and the tes-
tim0nY of the numerous witnesses
called to sustain it in an Indirect way
impeaches the story told 10y the de-
PENDANT cn the stand The page in
the roll call kent BIZ DR. Cheney is all
that stands between the prisoner and
the scaHold. II there is one juror OF
the twelve who believes it correct the
prisoners life would be saved The
prosecution has shown however that
st is q mere copy and an erroneous one
at that. 1t can easily be appreciated.
then. lnel the document carries very
little weight. especially as it is i'm
pesched by She NEGATIVE testimony Of
seventy-four students and DR. Cheney.
who have sworn that they have no
recollection Of Durrants attendance at
the lecture April g.
"The effort Of the defense to i'm
peach the testimony o. the leading
witnesses for the prosecution amount
ed to nothing. The attempt to prove
pUrrant innocent fell fat. as not a
vestige Of Evidence that-was present ted
points to such a conclusion in ia IF
the case Of The prisoner was stronger
at tlst first close Of the case for tho
pece1e. So FAR as the Rev John GEORGE
Gibson is concerned not fact hiss
been produced tc connect him with the
case in any manner.
Consider Durrant innocent.
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 23.-The faculty.
Of the Starting Medical college, havina
received san Francisco newspapers
containing q letter from two students
Of the college to Theodore Durrant
telling him that the faculty and stu.
dents Of the college and medical MGR
in this vicinity sympathized with ana
believed him innocent, appointed Pro.
fessors S. Z. Loving and Hoover to in
vestigate
C. W. Griffith and i. r. Black, whe
wrote the letter have written to tht