The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Only Two Weeks More of the Dur
rant Trfa!-What Harry Shook
Will Testify To.

The long-drawn-out Durrant trial may
at LIST be considered as nearing its close,
that is if General Dickinson of the defense
has made his calculation Alright. He stated
yesterday that he thought this week and
another would see the end of the famous
trial, with the fate of the accused in the
hands of the jury.
He expected the testimony in the direct
case of the defense would all be in this
week, and he did not anticipate that
more than a week further would be con-
sumed in rebuttal and argument.
Durrant is apparently confident of the
result and looks forward to the return from
the iury-room of the twelve good men and
true with no outward show of anxiety.
Harry Z. Shook, the Mission-street IN
dertaker will be the most important wit
ness whose testimony the prosecution will
introduce in its case of rebuttal, notwith-
standing that he cannot swear positively
that it was on April 3 he saw the accused
on Bartlett street with Blanche Lamont.
It will be by incidents that occurred on
the same day that the prosecution will
seek to establish the date as April 3:
In this manner, therefore, this testimony
will be made to be of much Importance to
the peoples case.
Mr. Snook..remembers very well, and the
records show it, that business meeting of
the Epworth League of Christian Endeavor
was held. At that meeting Harry Coyle,
a member of the society, offered resolu-
ton to drop the "of Christian Endeavor
from the title of the society. Mr.. Shook
was one of those who favored the resolu-
ton, but it was voted down. The follow
ing day Coyle called at Shocks place OF
business in the afternoon, and together
thew discussed their defeat of the night
before 1t was after Coyle had gone that
Shook departed on his errand to the home
of Miss Daisy Wilson, and it was while on
that errand that Shook believes that he
saw Durrant and Miss Lamont on Bartlett
street.
Harry Coyle has since died, but William
Bomker, an employee of the Golden Gate
Undertaking. Company, will, it is said, say
be remembers the call of the deceased and
that the subject of conversation between
himself ana Shook was the defeat of his
resolution the night before.
Shook does not now believe it was on
the same day he received the money from
Miss Wilson, which was the occasion OF
his visit to her. He says he called at her
house two or three times when the door
bell was not answered, this circum-
stance being accounted for by the fact
that Miss Wilson was away and
her mother, being slightly deaf did not
hear the ring. Miss Wilson'S landlady re-
members one instance when she answered
the bell and informed SnooK thaG Miss
Wilson was not at home.
Shook is of the opinion that he made
one of these visits April 8, because of the
Coyle incident, and thinks it was on that
occasion that he saw the young couple.
This is the story of the evidence Mr..
Shook viii give when he is called to the
stand. In speaking of the matter he said
yesterday:
81 am confident in my own mind that
my memory serves me right in this matter,
but there is a possibility that l am mis-
taken, else would testify positively to the
day. A life in the balance is such serious
matter, that if Durrant is hanged | don't
care TO always feel the unpleasant reminder
that [ was the direct cause of his DEATH as
/ would be if / testified positively; in view
of the possible doubt"
An untruthful report was published in
an evening paper yesterday to the effect
that Student Dorr of Cooper Medical Col