The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-17
CROWLEY CONFIDENT.
No Doubt But Durrant is the Guilty
Man.


Man.
San Francisco. April 15.-Chief Crow
ley is confident that Durrant is the
murderer of Blanche Lamont and Min
ME Williams. In an interview the chief
said:
Never in the criminal history of San
Francisco has there been a crime COM
mitted SO atrocious in all it's details as
this one. Do 1 think Durrant guilty
of the murder of both girls? Yes, do.
| can say honestly and conscientiously
that from consideration of the facts
that have come to my knowledge, there
is but one conclusion to make. and that
is that he is the murderer of Marian
Williams and Blanche Lamont.
The hurried investigation we made
upon the discovery of the body of Miss
Williams convinced us that Durrant
was the guilty person. All the evidence
we have is circumstantial. but to my
mind it is none the less conclusive"
The Main Points.
The chief then told of the main links
in the chain of evidence and continued:
Il visited the church today and made
thorough inspection of everything it
contained. From the appearance of the
floor and walls of the little room in
which Marian Williams was murdered,
it seems certain that the murderer must
have had his hands and clothing
smeared with the blood of his victim.
We have searched Durrant's room and
the church and have as yet been unable
to find the clothes which he wore that
night.
"Durrant will not be formally ac-
cused of numbering Blanche Lamont
at present. for the charge already
placed against him will. in nay opinion.
h.
capes one, we will try to convict him
of the other.
During the many years / have been
at the head of the police department 1
have had to do with hundreds of GRIM
inals of every grade. but 1 have no
hesitancy in saying that In view Of
the terrible nature of the crime for
which this man is held responsible. he
is the peer of all in GOODNESS and power
Of self-control."
Very Fond of Women.
Durrant was more than paSsionately
fond Of women. and at every opportun-
ity he sought their society. In this.
however. he confined himself to the
purer and better girls of his circle of
acquaintance. The demimonde had no
attractions for him. A theory is held
by some Of the faculty of Cooper col
lege that Durrant was afflicted with
DScychO-manld SeXuallS. a not unknown
though infreQuent mental disease.
Numerous cases of this terrible insan-
ity are recorded in medical history.
Curious crowds filed Bartlett street
along the block in the center of which
the desecrated house of worship is Sit
uated They stand gaping at the tower
where the body of Blanche Lamont lay
so many days and gazing in through
the windows of the little room where
Miss Williams met her death.
1t was a crowd actuated only by NOR
bid curiosity and hardly realizing the
enormity of the crime. They filled the
street until we'll on into the night.
when a posse of police. appeared and
cleared the thoroughfare. a
Harry the Hacker.
Shortly after midnight Sergeant
Whitman found small paper box at
the entrance to the Central police sta
ton. He picked up the box and on
opening it found a woman's glove and
lock of long brown hair. stained with
red ink. inside. In the glove was the
following note, printed in large Roman
characters. on a sheet of yellow paper:
'You are on the wrong trail. Got the
wrong bird My handiwork.
HARRY THE HACKER.
Find NE if you can"
There is no question but that the af-
fair is a practical joke.