The herald., 1895-04-16

than he has yet revealed. REV Hlpson
has come in for considerable criticism
on account of his peculiar action in con-
nection with the cases. His plans seemed
to be to block the gathering of informa-
ton, and so pointed did the illusions to
his conduct become that he issued
statement to the public in which he SAID
that he was so overcome by the discovery
of the bodies in the church that he did
not know what to do.
Durrant's preliminary examination will
occur tomorrow, but it will undoubtedly
be postponed in order to give the police
time to put their evidence in share. No
one but relatives and his attorney are
allowed to see the suspected criminal, but
crowds of his friends have called at the
city prison to give him aid and comfort,
Many strangers have called. many OF
them women. but they have all been
turned away
'TeIItaIe Scratches
Durrant, the suspected murderer, is eX-
cited and nervous and whether innocent
or guilty. realizes his serious predicament.
There is one clue in the case which the
detectives have overlooked. On the left
side of Durrant's chin two small pieces of
skin are torn off The scars were quite
red this morning. When questioned
Durrant promptly explained he got them
while out riding yesterday. The police
surgeons, however, after examining the
wounds with view of determining when
they were inflicted say they are three
days old. This would coincide with the
murder of Marian Williams Friday night
and as the scars look like nail scratches
it is not improbable they were made by
Marian in her struggles with the MUIR
derer.
Stories of Durrant's Jekyll-Hyde char
acter are coming out. In Emanuel church
he was noted for his religious fervor.
Other residents of the Mission district
say he was a frequenter of saloons, played
cards and billiards in wine rooms, nightly
visited with other youths saloons with
side entrances Tor women. His class
mates at the medical college say that
Durrant was blasphemous and flippant in
conversation, especially about women. A
few days after Blanche Lamont disap-
peared Durrant spoke lightly of her repu-
tatiOn.
Marston's Statement
The general opinion about the city is
unanimous in believing that Durrant is
the murderer. G. A. Marston came to
the morgue today and said that Durrant
was continually trying to kiss girls in and
about the church, having tried to take
liberties with MaIston's niece.
When the three rings belonging to
Blanche Lamont were sent to the lat s
aunt the paper enclosing them bore the
names of George King and Professor
Sconstar. Experts say this writing was
done by Durrant although slightly dis
gulsed. The police believe he tried to fix
suspicion on the other two men that he
might not be himself suspected. Chief
Crowley is now working on the theory
that Durrant had an accomplice in the
murder of Miss Lamont. The chief says
the body was carried up stairs, not
dragged, and one man could not have car
ried the body alone. Durrants sanity
was being questioned He said he was
discharged from two situations because oil
eccentricities, but his sanity is considered
sufficient to make him responsible for
the crimes with which he is charged.
Talks of lynching were frequently heard
on the stretes yesterday and today. The
circumtstantial evidence is considered sc
complete thata speedy trial is demanded
The inquest on Minnie Williams case
begins tomorrow.
Another Missing Girl
Mrs. Ella Forsythe who has been miss
ing for week, and who was supposed tc
have been drowned while gathering shells
on the beach, was member of the same
church, and her friends think it proba
BILE that she has been made away with too
George II. King, the organist of EN-
anuel Baptist church. today made the
following statement to Chief of Police
Crowley and Detective Seymour:
ION April 3D. last. the day Miss Lamont
was first missed, l strolled into the church
by the front door, at about o'clock thai
afternoon, and the first thing | noticed
was that the library door was open and
strong smell of gas impregnated the at
mosphere throughout the building. / ther
closed the library door and locked it, anc
then played the piano.
This was in the lecture room. I hae
been playing, l should Judge, some five O
ten minutes, when Durrant came dowr
through the back folding doors. He came
into the room with his coat off, in hi
shirt sleeves His hair was mussed ant
he looked quite pale and was somewha
nervous. | imagined that he might hav
been startled at my presence there in tn
church. He said that he had been over
come by the gas; that he had been VI
stairs fixing the gas fixtures, and he SAT-
he was so overcome that he could barrel,
come down to the library.
AT this time he asked me to go GU
and get linn some bromo- settler, and
went to the drug store to get him some
What he did during the time l went t.
the drug store, | do not know. When
returned | brought him bottle of bromo
seltzer Then he drank dose of it an
it seemed to nauseate him. He then wen
into the other room and asked me hoy
he looked. told him he was somewha
pale and that his eyes We're Il little con
gested. So he went into the ladies' par
lor, where there is mirror, to look a
his face, and | afterwards found on littl
shelf underneath the mirror, little clio
of blood as though he had wiped hi
finger on the shelf. | spoke of the gas
and he said he hoped it would not
noticed at night at the prayer meeting
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