The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12
Dickinson object.

Dickinson-I object.
| The court-Well, now, Mr.. District Attorney
you may ask him what he did.
Chow many Sausalito boats did you see COM
ing in?''
'I can't say"
"Did you stop at the Tiburon ferry"
~ have no recollection on that point"
"Did you stop at the Oakland and Alameda
| ferry?"
| Chow long?"
I 81 was back and forth"
How long did you stop there?"
| well, made 1t my business to get there just
| before each boat started"
What did you do in the meantime"
| 81 walked about; once talked to peddler."
'Was he licensed peddler?"
| ~ think he was.'
| "Do you know his manner"
81 do not"
'Did you inform him why you were there?'
| 81 did not"
Chow many boats came in from Oakland and
Alameda while you were there?'
| about four"
''Did you see four go out?'
| 81 couldn't say
College on the morning of the 4th of April?"
| Dickinson-I object = that. My questions
were confined to the time between 10 and IL
| o'clock on that day.
| The court-The objection is overruled
Witness (answering)-In the neighborhood
! of O'Clock.
GLOW do you fix the time now?"
''By my lecture card"
"Have you any independent lecturer"
| 81 can't keep in mind all the lectures"
What was the first lecture you attended on
What day was that? asked witness.
| "Monday."
Dickinson-Same objection.
| The court-Same ruling.
| Witness (answering)-About9 9 80 o'clock.
"When was the last lecture you attended that
day?"
"Ahout half past II
What was the subject of the first lecture ?"
| "It clinic.'
! "Was there rollcall?"
| "No rollcall at all"
| "ls there never q rollcall?"
| "Simply silent one."
"What is that?"
| "We march around the room and are marked
as we pass the desk"
"Were you marked present at the second
| lecturer"
'I don't know; was not present"
you asked Potter to answer for you when
the roll was called?"
| Eyes sir.''
''Then you were marked PRESENT."
'aYes, sir-for the moment"
| "Till when?"
"Till was called upon to be quizzed."
"If you had not been called upon for quiz
zing, then, your name would have remained
on the roll as present?"
| II suppose it would
| "Where were you, instead OF being at the
| lecture?'
"On my way home"
After some further questions concerning
Durrant's errand to coalyard and to the
bank that day Mr.. Barnes led the witness
back to April 3 again.
"Who lectured just before DR.. Cheney" he
| asked.
| "Dr Hansen"
"Did you attend his lecturer"
| al did not"
"What was it bout?"
| "NeW remedies"
"Why didn't you attend?"
"I told you l didn't care for New Rene
| "Isn't bromo seltzer new remedy?"
| DECIDEDLY an old one
Don't you know that you attended all of DR..
| Hansen'S lectures in March, and until this one
of the Sd OF April?"
| 81 don't know as l did"
| "Do you know that you did notT
| "No, sir"
"You took notes OF DR.. Hansen's lectures?"
| 81 did
'Are they in your book?'
| "They may be-"
| Mr.. Barnes handed witness his note
book, and the next few minutes was spent
in Durrant's marking off the notes in it of
| DR.. Hansens lecture. After he had done
this Mr.. Barnes handed him a slip of
papeI-the wrapper that came around the
newspaper in which were inclosed Blanche
| Lamont's rings to Mrs. Noble.
"Did you write that address on the wrap
| per?'' asked the Distsict Attorney.
| Dickinson-I object.
| Barnes-This is the wrapper
The court-Well, how do you claim that is
| cross-examination. The door was not opened
for that on the main examination.
| Dickinson withdraw the objection.
! Witness {auswering)-No, sir.
THAT is not in your handwriting?"
| alt is not"
you had nothing to do with it at arl?"
'No sir.''
Mr.. Barnes was permitted, after some
argument, to present merely as examples
of Durrant's handwriting the records of
the Christian Endeayor Society kept by
Durrant and such portions of the library
catalogue as were admitted to be in Dur
rants handwriting.
Some of the printed words on the cata-
logue were, Durrant testified, the work of
George R. King, the organist. When all
the books were finally placed in evidence,
court adjourned for the noon recess.