St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-25
The DOUBTS GROW
Police More Puzzled Than
Ever Over the Murder
Mysteries.
DURANT is A GOOD ONE.
His Whole Bearing Indicates
He Does Not Fear Con-
Viction.
PASTOR ON WITNESS STAND.
His Evidence Strong Against
the Prisoner--Day's Tes-
timony.

| stantial, but the witnesses for the
state under the fire of cross-examin-
alton have not held so firmly to their
statement. They wavered in the
matter of identification when pinned
down. The result of the second days
I preliminary examination led Chief
of Police Crowley to remark that it
was rather disappointing, and not
what he had reason to anticipate.
| Certain it is that Durant, the medi-
cal student accused of the murder of
| NATHAN Williams has not yet lost his
assurance or nerve. His demeanor is
so peculiar, so enigmatical, that the
conclusion is forced upon the OBJ
server that he is either a consum-
mate monster or most cruelty
wronged man. 1t is said he is
anxious to make his defense in the
police court, relying upon the weak
ness of the case against him so far,
and his alleged ability to
PROVE AN ALIBI.
| but his lawyers are too cautious to
permit him to have his way. The
| police have abandoned their search
| for additional evidence and say they
nave the net woven good and strong
around Durant. Of course the
public, or at least a large portion of
| it, is skeptical. Still the police have
some twenty-five witnesses, and per-
haps more evidence of which the peo-
pie have not been appraised; it is
! possible the police may be right and
will succeed in presenting the case
strong enough to hold the prisoner
| for trial.
The first witness this morning will
be Rev. George, J. Gibson, pastor of
Emanuel Baptist church, at whom
the finger of suspicion has been
pointed as the man who possibly COM
mltted the crime, but who cannot
possibly have been concerned in it.
for during the time the murder was
committed he was at a gathering
! OF church members. AS to the ma
ture OF his evidence, there xan be no
surmise, as he has been silent on all
matters touching the case.
l.cygAdditionalf light has been thrown on
the murder of Marian Williams.
g.
FOUND BLOOD STAINS
In the church, showing that the muir
derer had made his way in the dark
from the library closet, where Law
the mutllated body, to the wash room
back of the pulpit, in the rear end of
the church. The prints of bloody fin
gers We're seen at intervals. The ex-
tent of the blood stains in the wash
room go to show that the murderer
had no light while washing his hands,
Tor judicious person, as his actions
prove him to be, would not have
spattered so much blood around if he
could have seen what he was doing.
And 1t is evident that if he had had
a light he would not have left the
bloody stains on the BASIN This
TENDS to prove that the murderer was
familiar with every part Of the
| church building. Durant is making
strenuous efforts to prove an alibi in
the Lamont case by attempting to
prove that on the day Miss Lamont
disappeared he was not her escort
| from school at $3.50 o'clock in the
afternoon. Three young ladies have
identified him as the young man they
saw on car with Miss Lamont at
that hour. Durant will call on his col
lege classmates to prove that he was
at lecture at that hour. It is said
| that Durant's notebook contains IL
notes of the lecture, and that he OBJ
| tanned information as to the subject
| matter Of the lecture from another
| student. This matter is a question Of
| importance to Durant, and he bases
his hopes on the memory of his fell
| low students. Durant was marked
present at this lecture, but it had
| been habit for students to answer
present" for each other, and the roll
book does not count.
| A sensational statement this morn
ing of Mrs. E. Young, a trance me-
| dunn, says that several days ago
| she went into a trance, and, accord
ing to her, story, plainly saw Durant
| in the act of killing his helpless vic
| tins. He was undressed at the time,
| she says, and after strangling Miss
Lamont, carried her body to the bel
fry. Mrs. Young says she. believes
| that if the police will search the par
| tition On the west side Of the church
| they will find the shoes worn by Du-
| rant on the night that he is supposed
| to have murdered Miss Williams.
| She claims that after dressing him
self Durant dropped one of his shoes
| in pool of blood, and that, to avoid
| detection, he hid it in the partition. 1t
| is not probable that the police will
! pay any attention to the mediums
| dream.
PASTOR ON THE STAND.
! Durant passed a quiet night, and
when he entered Judge Conlon's court
room this morning he appeared re-
| freshed, and was as self-composed as
ever and conversed earnestly with
| his attorneys.
! Mrs. Amelia Voy testified that Miss
| Williams came to her house on the
| afternoon of the murder and left alone
| about 8 o'clock. Mrs. Voy was not
| allowed to tell where Miss Williams
| was going. She identified the clothes
worn by the dead girl when she left
| the house, and which were found on
| the murdered girl.
| Adolph Hobs, of Oakland, testified
that he had seen Durant at the ferry
| April IL in company with young
| lady smaller than himself. She wore
| a cape.
| DR.. Gibson. the next witness, spoke
in loud, clear voiee.He had seen
| Durant Good Friday night at the
| Christian Endeavor meeting at DR..
1 Vogel's home. He thought Durant
! came to the meeting about $40