New-York tribune., 1895-09-19
THE CHAIN AROUND DURRANT
TESTIMONY OF THE ORGANIST OF EN-
MANUEL CHURCH.
HE TELLS OF HIS MEETING WITH THE PRISONER
IN THE CHURCH AT THE TIME OF THE MUIR
DER OF MISS LAMoNT-DURRANT's MOVE


IN THE CHURCH AT THE TIME OF THE MUIR
DER OF MISS LAMoNT-DURRANTs MOVE
MENrs FOLLOWED STEP BY STEP.
San Francisco Sept. 1s.-Durrant in the Emman-
uel Raptist Church. pale, agi,ated with bloodshot
ewes and hair dsheveed. his coat and hat on. and
with every evidence Of weakness. was presented 10
the Jury to-day by the prosecution as ne appeared
after his alleged travels from the Normal Schooi
on the afternoon of April 3. 1t had been shown by
four witnesses that he left the school with Blanche
Lamont on that afternoon and by three others that
he rode with young woman OF her description
out 10 the church and entered It, From the time
he entered the church. about 4:9o II is the theory
OF the prosecution that ne was occupied until
o'clock In perpetrating the murder. AT O'CLOCK ne
was seen In the church by another witness. George
r. King. the church organist VINO occupied 'he
stand all Of to-day
The murderer of Blanche Lamont. after having
killed her locked the door the befry, broke the
lock and took the knobs off the door and threw
them under the befry door. 1t then neces-
sary for him to space above the ceiling to
rear garret of the church. from which there was
massage down to the basement, II down this
rear passage that Durrant came when he burst
on Kings view He stopped in space between
partly opened folding doors when he saw King
sitting at a piano in corner. and when King
asked him what the matter, he did not at once
rep,y When he did reply II to explain that
he had been fixing a sun burner above the ceiling
and that he had been overcome by escaping gas.
Durrant's appearance was startling that King
ran TO a drugstore a block and half distant, at his
suggestion to get him bromo-seltzer and
hastened back with II. King in doubt as to
whether Durrant. his return. was standing III
the vestibule at the church entrance or lying on
platform in the Sunday schoolroom In the rear AS
he remembered II. Durrant was lying on the pat
form on first entering the church, King had de-
teced the odor OF escaping gas. the only thing IN
his testimony favorable to Durrant, ana this leu M
him to enter the closet used for library, Wnere
the body of Minnie Williams was afterward round
AT that time he did not Durrants coat and nat
I'm the room adjoining the closet. but AFTER MS re-
with the bromo- -seltzer ne entered tne roVih
with Durrant and the latter's coat and hat were "
ing on a box The door 10 this room was usually
kept locked. but when King arrived at the church
he found the door open. Only Durrant and kins
had keys to II. -, -, !,
fence had tried TO tamper with this witness ara
had got him to change his testimony so as 10 place
Durrant lying on the Sunday school platform IN
stead standing In the vestibule. but reference
TO the records OF the police court showed that King
had testified cross-eXamna ton In the preiHii
nary examination, that he thought Durrant 'nght
have been lying on the platform: The point Is I'M
material except to the alleged attempt TO nnu-
ence the witness.
Miss Lucille Turner was on the stand Tor a lew
minutes TO say that she not in the church on
the day of the murder Her testimony was to clear
day testified that from her front window she had
seen Durrant enter the church with young woman
she said looked like either Blanche Lamont or Miss
Turner. . -, ..
Jewish holiday tomorrow TO accommodate two OF
the Jurors.