The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-12
JNTRRANT IN THE NET.
zach sueeeedingWitness Makes
His Guilt Clearer.
., ascnE LAMONT WEIGHED us.
TIVE Prisoner Could Have Carried the
po,.x- r1p~talr--The sister OF the
Murdered Girl Te@tifies.

- Erancfsco, Sept 1.-THE trial OF
-reeasore Durrant Is becoming more inter-
...srg The district attorney has proved
- Se.fh OF Blanche Lamont. and mas ez-
snssssed that the body found In the bel
"a Emanuel church was hers, and the
sss.stno hiaden Ia ne rafters OF me cd
uas worn by the girl on the day sac
s,s.nneared The prosecution il now put
- IN evidence connecting me prisoner
.gsn the crime. The witnesses for the
o,sA ylIl % called IL chronological or
- the intention being to form chain,
.',,cks Of which viii be testimony show
80 movements OF the murdered girl
w. the defendant on the fatesui Sd OF
April -..o.o., ,r,aa ~, ,,,-,o,,.
x.sfexts 70 ascertain the weight or
Blanche Lamont al the time OF her death,
The object being 70 SHOW tnAt she was
- ,oo heavy to be carried by one man
-, into the church belfry. AL questions
sa.,r1ne FOR this information were objected
- hv me defense as nearsay and overrul-
- FINALLY. however. when Maud La
,ron, sister OF the murdered girl. was on
80 stand the fact was elected that last
s..,srober blanche was weighed, and her
..sigbt found 10 be rs pounds. This was
polnt for the prosecution. The autopsy
r~sou had testified on cross-examina-
.tnr that although the corpse had not
- uefghed he considered the weight
- - about 40 pounds. The prosecution
vill row show that when the surgeon
viewed the corpse the girl had been dead
Ger Jaws and that with modification the
sornse mad become swollen. so as to APP
near heavier than was actually the case.
re defense fought the introduction of
.hia evidence hard, but il was allowed by
The court
The first witness today was Mrs. Noble,
aunt OF Blanche Lamont. On cross-exam-
~ hua sat
Durrant when her niece first came here
from Montana. Now. Theodore. ] wish
van would make II as pleasant and agree
able "a you can for these girls OF mine"
The witness said the only occasion when
purrant had taken Blanche out alone was
in the afternoon. Then they had been 10
the park and had remained away 40 long
that Durrant voluntarily apologized, al
though the witness had not been anxious
nj their absence After Blanche disap-
peared" the witness continued, "Durrant
came 10 my house with DR.. Vogel 10 con-
cult about her absence He turned 10 me
and said. Blanche was such a good girl
She believed everybody else was as good
as herself, and in that way she might
have been carried off
Maud Lamont told about Durrant's at
tentiens to her and her sister, corrobor-
sting her aunts testimony on that point.
Maud positively identified the ring as hers
She said she had exchanged with Blanche,
each wearing the others ring. This was
one Of the rings returned To Mrs. Noble
wrapped up in a newspaper on the edge
OF which was printed the names OF George
King the church organist. and Prof.
schernstein, an elderly music teacher
Tbs same ring was positively identified
a. the preliminary examination by sec
ond-hand dealer named Oppenheim. az one
oHerE to him for sale by Durrant after
Blanche disappeared. The witness ident.-
fed the clothing found I'm the helfry as
that worn by her sister on the morning
OF her disappearance. Adjourned until
tomorrow
Mrs c. G. Noble. aunt OF the murdered
sifl. continued her testimony commenced
Yesterday After refreshing her memory
she sad that Durrant had come 10 her
house to talk about Blanche on April 3.
Asked II she knew Bianches weight at
the time OF her death. witness said she
Only knew that Durrant had told her
ahoat the weight Objection from the de-
iease prevented witness telling what the
weight vas The cross-examlnation tried
70 SHOW by witness that Durrant had first
VISITED al her house at the special request
o' witness and that Mrs. Noble had
asked pnrrant as a favor to show Blanche
some attention Witness. however. an
s"ered quickly that she had no recollec-
toh Of ever having made any such re-
guest Mrs. Noble detailed how Durrant
hal once Kept Blanche out late and had
spologzed FOR doing So. The next time
raeF went out Maud Lamont sister of
blanche accompanied them. When asked
" mention other callers on Blanche she
named Mr Spencer. an elderly man.
seah j DAILY. dairyman. was the next
w1'heSs Re had aided in the search Of
tahahael church for the clothing OF the
murdered girl HIS testimony elected
H,,llhK OF Importance.
Mhen the name OF Maud Lamont was
,H.'ed 2 ripple % excitement went around
ne court room. Maud. the sister Of
,ahehe, Is rosy-cheeked girl with au-
urn mar and neat figure dressed I'm deem
~ oiack. She testified that Blanche was
corn at Rockford Ill Thence the family
80 70 Dillon. Mont. Maud came to san
,,sae.sco an june iS9f Blanche In the
.s"'Wing Sep'cmher Blanche was q n
We Tine If her q disappearance. Witness
:, = Ma Id identified the rings worn hy
49,. oae With q chip diamond was
n, $40 ;. S10 exchanged rings with
N1iieae and RlaAche had her CIaud's)
s,.R eh at the time or hey disappcaran ~.
9s'F.e, 'rney. trying 20 get in "a
question as Tn Blauchc's weight. asked
~. ~" COW she compared I'm size With
..aI,Re Witness answered that she was
Vie 'a1 blanche She testified that
-''tat IS prominent member af the
N-'S~an EnjcaNor Society. a. whose
Yaass she ami Blanche frequently met
t''.. iae prisoner often escorted the
S'tts aoWe from meetings Two DAYS
'g Blanche Disappeared purrsnt came
M, .R" noasc sf >-la AMI asked for Blanche
,,..SS' seeking % p p the fact 90 her
absence tnid purrsut Blanche al
49, telt Tor school ~ $50 purranf SAL
'"a book for Rlnche He left
wv 90 Iae Eewcomes" for Blanche.