The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-27
WOLFE IS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE MURDER.

about five minutes"
"What course did you take from the cor
ner of Mission and Twenty-third streets to
your rooms?"
II walked up Twenty-third street"
"Where did you go to when you left your
rooms?"
II came out of the house about 1880 with
my cousin, Walter Wooden"
''Where did you go2'
Cup to the corner of Twenty-third and
Valencia streets. We separated at the cor
ner OF. Twenty-second and Valencia
streets"
"Where did you go them"
down Twenty-second almost to Folsom
street"
"Where did you stop?"
"At Mr.. Fitzpatrick 5, All Twenty-second
street, to deliver a note which l had
brought from the house"
''Whom was the note forp
Al think it was for one of the girls.
"From there where did you go?"
''To Miss Lords house on Capp street,
and from there we went to DR.. Vogels
house"
"What clothes did you wear at DR..
Vogel's house that nightP"
THE same that l had bought downtown
that afternoon.
Have you any part of those clothes at
home?'
Yes, SIR
as that overcoat you have the same you
wore that night?"
Yes, sir
''And that hat you wore that night alsoP"
Eyes, sir"
would you have any objection to tax
ing off that overcoat for a minuteP"
Eyes, sir, would object"
Have you any particular reason for
objecting?"
mo, sir; I simply don't want to, that is
all.
"Will you let me look at that hat2"
Witness handed over his hat and Mr..
Deuprey compared it with that worn by the
defendant on the fatal Friday night. The
hats were almost identical.
After handing back witness hat Mr..
Deuprey asked if the court would order wit
ness to remove his Overcoat for moment.
Judge Conlan said he did not know
whether he had any authority to compel
witness to remove his coat, but he could
see no reason why the witness should not
wish to oblige counsel for the defense in so
small a matter. Then Mr.. Wolfe took off
his coat, the gum which he had been chew
ing during the examination suffering an
inCessant masticatiOn as the jaws of wit
ness received a nervous impulse in their
action.
The coat was held up beside that of the
prisoner, and the lengths and general style
were found to be the same. There was a
slight difference in the color, Durrants
coat being a darker blue, though at night
the difference could not possibly be
noticed
Coming around by a tortuous interroga-
tory route TO the meeting at DR.. Vogel's
Mr.. Deuprey asked
DO you know the exact time that Dur
rant arrived at the Young Peoples meet
ing?"
"About half-past o."
Gould not Durrant have been in the
house some time before you knew of his
arrival?"
II don't think so. I heard the bell ring
and in a minute DR.. Vogel said, Here's
Theo.'
"Where did you go after leaving Miss
Lord?"
Il went north on Capp street to Twenty
third, and along Twenty-third to my
house"
After arriving at your house how long
did it take you to change your clothes ?"
"A very few minutes"
"What time did you leave your room ?"
"a bout minutes after u o'clock"
Then followed a series of questions rela-
tive to the witness movements from the
time he changed his clothes, went to his
brothers stable at the corner of Twenty
fourth street and Orange alley, and from
there to the corner of Twenty fourth and
Howard streets, where he took the car to
the junction of Twenty-fourth street and
Potrero avenue. When he got at the
stable where he had left his horse he found
two men there-William Potter and Rob-
ert Buchanan.
What did you do when you got your
horse ~ was next asked.
AZ saddled him and rode to our ranch in
San Mateo County, a distance of five or
six miles"
Did you come into town the next day?"
'NO, sir
when did you next come into the
City,"
ION Sunday morning"
"What is your height?"
81 don't know"
about what height?"
about feet and inches"
What is your age?"
twenty-five.
do you know what your weight So"
"No. About $50 or thereabouts."
Wolfe was soon after dismissed with the
request that he remain in the courtroom,
as the counsel for the defense thought he
might be needed again.
George r. King of 521 Capp street, the
organist at the Emmanuel Baptist Church,
was then called.
"How long have you been the organist
at the church ?" asked Mr.. Barnes.
About two years"
"Have you had anything to do with the
Sunday SCHOOL,"
Eyes, sir; 1 have been the secretary and
looked after the library and books"
do YOU know Durrant?"
Eyes, sir"
did he hold any Office in the Sunday
SCHOOL,"
lie was the assistant superintendent.
Have you key to the church, Mr..
King"
"No. sir"
"Did Mr. Durrant have key to the
church,"
81 think he did"
Did you have key to the libraryf"
eyes, sir"
did Durrant also have key2"
Eyes, sir"
DO you know who put the new lock on
the library door,"
Yes, sir; Theodore Durrant and my
SELF
Witness was shown the broken lock and
identified the same
do you remember when you and Dur
rant put that lock on the library door?' in
81 think it was the last Saturday
March"
General Dickinson broke in with the
question as to how witness could identify
the lock-
by the hicks and the way in which it is
cut, responded the witness, rehandling