The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-24
HIS MEMORY OF HIS PATRONS.
Another Man Swears He Saw Durrant
Coming Out of the Pawnshop.
Both Witnesses Very Positive in the
Identification OF the Prisoner-In-
tense Interest of san Francisco's

tried. Every phase and incident cf the
drama is keenly watched b. them. When
Mrs. Durrant comes in Of morning and
imprints a motherly kiss on her sons lips
the women ia the back benches peer and
peek and crane and fiutter. AS the kiss
is met there is an involuntary indrawn
All all along the line. and then the
wave of hats and bonnets and feathers
and flowers. the fauna and fora OF the
milliner's shop. subsidies into the pool.
This morning Durrant was handed an
invitation 10 a social TO take place to-
morrow evening. The invitation was pass
ed around. but he was obliged to send his
regrets-a previous engagement. Adolph
Oppenheim sat in front Mr.. Oppenheim
was breathing hard. lie knew what was
before him in the way of cross-eXamina-
tion. and he was hardening his heart for
the test The defense laid all sorts Of
trans for Oppenheim, and whether they
succeeded in netting him in any of them
will not be made clear until they bring in
such evidence as they may have TO inn
peach his testimony. There is no doubt
that such is their purpose, for they laid
the foundation today,
The most dramatic witness Of the day
was W. j. Phillips now of san Rafael.
Mr. Phillips may be described as a British
blonde. and he kept cigar store for years
in Victoria. Mr. Phillips has an import
ant walk and an impressive manner.
When asked 70 identify Durrant he
stepped off the stand. walked quickly 20
the front, pushed out an aggressive finger
almost threateningly, and said THAT
the man" with no hesitation about IT. He
said he would have known Durrant il they
had shaved his head instead of giving his
hair the intermediate pompadour Of the
county Jail, sort Of coiffure midway be
tween the city prison and San Quentin.
Oppenheim was the first witness OF the
morning. and he was taken in hand by
Dickinson for ross-examination. From
the severity and searching nature of the
inquistion IL is evident that the defense
regards his testimony as important. They
have had detectives working up his rec
ord. and have sent people 10 him with ar
ticles for sale, in order TO test his mem
ory. They showed him silver corkscrew.
a watch charm. a gold chain and couple
of watches. and asked him 10 say If he
had seen them before. He had seen them.
They had been offered him for sale in his
store Then they asked him to describe
the clothes and appearance of the men
who offered the articles. Oppenheim was
able to do this in some degree. 1t is alto
gether possible that among the articles
shown were some that were never offered
him for sale. That sort Of thing is called
testing the memory of the witness, OF
course. Oppenheim's memory for the
clothes and outward characteristics Of
the casual visitor TO his store is a most
important element in the value of his tes-
timony. as his description of the man he
believes To have been Durrant is specific
and minute in details. Further. they ask
ed him questions regarding some trans
actions in which he was mixed up with
the police. The bearing Of the questions
was not made clear at tire time. but were
obviously put TO lay a foundation for fu-
ture testimony in the way of impeach-
f1ra ata md in
the Durrant case takes his reputation IN
his hand
When the trial was resumed this morn
ing II was announced that PawnbToker
Oppenheim. who was on the stand under
cross-eXa mination when the court adjourn
ed on Friday, desired 70 change his testi-
m0ny. There was "A stir in the court at
this every one expecting a sensation. IT
transpired that the witness simply wished
10 correct some measurements which he
had given Of his store BY way OF test
ing his memory Of the faces 0f those who
came 10 his store. Oppenhem was shown
a silver corkscrew and asked If he had
even seen il before. and under what cir
cumstances. He replied promptly that
about three weeks ago a tain man with
dark complexion. wearing black clothes,
had come % his store and offered a ST.
yer cockscrew for sale. In a similar man
ner ne Identified a silver watch shown
him. saying II had been brought TO his
shop two weeks ago by short man wear
ing gray clothes. The attempt ~ the de-
fense 10 impeach the memory of this wit
ness proved a boomerang. as defendant
attorneys could not catch him on ques-
ti0ns Of identifying jewelTy. lie seemed
to recognize these articles as AN ordinary
man does faces. when asked II rings Ike
that said 70 have been offered for sale
by Durrant were not made hy dozens
witness said he did not know that. II was
4 machine made ring. hut he had never
seen. another Ike ti. and ne had handled
thousands Of rings. many of them cheap
Oppenheim Vas question at length by
the defense regarding DuTrants visit To
his shop. in order 20 ascertain the posi-
billy of a mistake ia identification. To
test his memory NJ was questioned con-
cerning other persons who had visited his
pawnshOp on the dav Durrant is charged
with having tried % sell the ring. Op-
renheim said only TWO other persons had
called Both we're strangers. Vet he de-
scribed them minutelv. and recounted par
tfcuiars OF their visits as n they had oc-
CURED Yesterday. Oppenheim was asked
regarding other specific days answering
PROMPTLY. In the minds Of some spectat-
ora in the court room be was TO good
witness. remembering events on special
days months nsCk with extraordinary
viyidneSs. Counsel for the defense tried
number Of silver articles and inquirinS
y ne had ever seen them before. In many
cases the pawnbrcker replied in the AMIR
native. and described the persons who
had tried % soil or pawn them The de-
renee evidently considered Oppenheim
testimony Of great importance. and tried
hard 10 break IL down. but without
marked success
rha next witness was II. ]. Phiihps. 2
~s1.r Manufacture He said that aholit
tha rofJdta of April he was passing tRe
stree, where oppenheim's shop Is heated.
E4a say q man whom ne identified as Dur
-a7t coming cut re saW OppenholT' hand
p ~, z0rqet hfrE AMI tneu DRrranf ieft fh@
s~on. 0np4rheirn f3i5Wing him tew
s.~u3 Asked ~ he saw fbe s1unE man
vas laf- fhe store r. ta@ court room. P7i-
urs Steone1 10 - purrant AM SAL
.---rat,s tre vafirE gentleman P1lil7s
fo-k41 Durrant sQlarFiF tn the eye ana
puvrant returned 19e gaze ~ t1e F'in t7F
Asked n h@ ssw .n court t2e k@efFs ~
tha rawus7op. Ph.Nrs. after looking
around sai4 NO ~ t1et tifn@ 't1'-
hai-r, wss zi.-inz her.rd the jt~T BOX. ln
ss,~1 a r9-ftfsn that no r5U3 not he seen
sfe witness stand. TIE }H1%e or
ssrss the witness 70 walk ar3ua4 taA
,..,.r- r-,r7 ard see 20 GpnenaeiF8 was
r,-rssrt Philips walked d5wn from inc
srsrs ara as soon es be caag3t ssaf ~
lorrsr,nefra ur1er t3e f1ry COX he fN-
etas~ne4- There he ts This sasH
.~~asead much excitement nuf ~ a4a3li4rs-
farions wers suppressed FnlsHpa A4A
ask@s n3w 10 came 20 notice DuTrsnt s2
distinctly coming from the FA%nShap. Fas