The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-24

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Shield-one OF tho Most Remark
nbIc Murder Trials of Recent Years,
San FRAEcIsco, Oct. 23.-After Bit
ier ls,al ,.ruvyle lasting three months
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Rument oI 'he case WIN pes'"' "uo" ''
court ADJOURNED '"'a S''o'"ooH p''',,''
Attorney barnes a""ouHceu '11' W ,no
would iorma''y c'oSo '"O case 'o' '"'
people tho first thing tomorrow
Tho case would have ended in a pyro.
,ochr;c di,nlav NJ sen,atiou to-day IL the
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testimony 'na' was 'H'''uu'ou "At NV
been printed 80 often betots that 1t was
familiar 10 everybody. Miss Carrie
nowsnaner repor,er.
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quently testified that Dnrr0nt told nor
he saW Blanche Lamont on tho second
floor Of tho belfry, whers SHE was mur-
dered. While engaged in fixing sun.
burner. Miss Cunningham said, hs told
mar no heard a suspicious noise in the
bellry. which attracted his attention.
He Gran. along the ceiling OF the church
until he came to tho beliry casing,
where he looked through Il crack aud
saw Miss Lamont
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Miss cunningham tosVmouy "a'
obtained only after n great number oil
objections, made by the defense, had
been argued and ruled upon. An elor.
was also made to secure n statement
from the witness with regard 10 aa
si,SgGu ,N oomr. SUues .m.tainaS % az obisction To-
m" on.stion. On one Of Miss Cunning.
h"m's vi'ilSto the prisoner, he is said
10 have shown her au envelope ad.
drsSsod 10 his attorneWs, marked "To
la nnened II | am convicted. and TO be
Te,nEnad II / am ACQUITTED"
The witness was subjected to a rigid
crosS.oxnminAtion In which an effort
was maJs 70 show the means to which
aha had ro,ortel in order to obtain in
teTyiows with DurranL She said that
nj Tho Suurestion OF the newspaper by
which sic was employed, she expressed
Tho preatsSt friendship iopthe prisoner
and frequently sent him papers, maga.
zines and flowers. She denies that Ihe
ever took an oath and kissed the Bible
after promising Durrant not to publish
anything he told her. She said she
promised Durrant she would not pub
lish anything he 'o'a her' ana kept neF
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Miss cunningham were e@A.n'neu W.
day, both were phyliclans. Their tes'
timony was important from tho TACT
thaL il showed that Durrant did not
hayn tho apnoarance of one who had
bean nnrily asphyxiatod when ho met
OrJanist King In tho church OIL the al
tornoon of AprIl 8. King testified that
Dnrrant wac pale and trembling when
he ,nw him. When on tho stand tho
prisoner corroborated Kings testimony.
Doctor, Nav and RoJOnstsin, who were
examined, testified that the first effect
oI gas was TO flush tho face and lips,
and in1ame the owes. Durrant, accord :
inc TO his own statement, had not had
Tho symptomG Physicians also toIti.
Gpd that a man, who for Eivo minutes,
had bosu subjected 10 fumes OF escaping
me from twenly.four iets, would be in.
sonsiblc,
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Tho Evening io'' III co'i'hou''"E
upon tho close OF tho case says: NOW
that tho eyIdoncs In bohali Of the man
charcoal with the Emanuel church muir.
ders Ia all in, II is fair to compare what
ha, boon proved with tho promises
made IN tue oponins st1,enion. ,se 20 ,iG 10
iu'y yy.o,iJ w,iI% nrovs n bovond n ioubt tho in.
noccncc Of tho accri,ei, With apparent
sincerity, ho stated ho would furnish an
unnssNilablo aIibi, which would be sup.
pnrtol by tho strongest kind OF testi.
no0y, lte further said ho would in.
mach tho chief witnOBsoi for tho prose.
rntlon, aud oyOn wont 40 far as to
claim that bcioto tho doiunso was all in,
il would show that another man than
Durrant was tho murderer.
lIo noIntrl tho inelr Of suspicion at
Roy. john George Gibson, but did not
90 40 far rs to charge him with tho
1tranrlng of lilanchc Lamont, aud tho
murder and mutilRlluu Of MlnniO VIII.
inng. How tho defense has failUd Is a
matter of record Tho promised alibi
has not bocn oilabllshod, and tho tOsIi.
mony with numoron, Witnesses called
10 sustain II III an indirect wny, i'm