Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-10-31

SniiihS moutn dropping kindly
words, bubbling up from the unpol-
luted depths of pure heart. 1 have
seen her as she was when the defend
ant addressed her at the door of the
Normal School. 1 have so seen her
every day.. l see her now. There she
stands behind him at this hour; not
praying vengeance for her deep and
remedlless wrong, not for the laws of
retribution upon her murderer, but
with uphfted hands and streaming
eyes praying that God will not put it
into your hearts, by the mockery.of a
verdict of not guilty, to set free this
monster to prey upon other gentle
souls. pollute with vile hands the I'M
summed snow of other children. and
defy anew that god of justice, whose
ministers you are"
In speaking of Durrant's defense,
District Attorney Barnes said an
alibi was the first and favorite
method of criminals to escape JUS
tice.
"Durrant's testimony is mass of
contradictions from beginning to
end" said Mr.. Barnes. "Not only
has he contradicted the testimony of
the prosecutions witnesses, but he
has contradicted the testimony of his
own. | submit to you, gentlemen,
that there is nothing in the testimony
of the defendant or of any witness
presented by the defense to establish
the alibi that the defense has tried to
build up i'll this Case"
Mr.. Barnes said he believed it had
been concluslvely proved that Dur
rant did.not attend DR.. Cheney's lee
tune on the afternoon of April 3, not
outstanding the fact that the prison
er ID marked present On the roll call.
Even if no one else anrwered for Dur
rant, he said the roll-call was but a
copy of the original record and been
proved to contain errors. If Durrant
was at the lecture, he asked, why at
least one student out of the class of
seVenty-four had not been brought
forward to testify to the fact? Why
had no witnesses been produced who
saw Durrant on his way from the col
lege to the church?
The District Attorney said there
was every reason for believing DIR.
Graham's testimony to the effect that
on April Goth Durrant told him he had
no notes Of the lecture and asked to
borrow his. DIR. Graham was
friend and classmate of Durrant, and
would have no motive for telling q
falsehood. At that time Durrant had
made a copy of Glazer's notes, but he
w;lted copy of Graham's in order
thi : he might make enough changes
80 ,aat it would not be apparent that
he lad copied from Glazer's. With
regard to the statement made by Gen
eral Dickinson to the effect that he
had Durrant's notes in his possessi on
three days before DR.. Graham had his
interview with the prisoner, the Dis
trict Attorney called attention to the
fact that General Dickinson neglect.
ed to testify to the fact, as the state
ment was of the utmost Importance to
the prisoner il true.
Barnes commented on the fact that
General Dickinson. although he went
on the stand to testify about the book
strap, did not while under oath tell
that he had Durrant's notes in his
possession on April 18th.
Mr.. Barnes closed with an eloquent
appeal to the jury to aveDge the muir
der Of Blanche Lamont and protect the
women and girls of tho State by re.
turning verdict Of guilty of murder
in the first degree with the penalty of
death.
Judge Murphy will charge the jury
tomorrow morning and a verdict is
expected tomorrow night.