The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-18
DURRANT TAKEN TO THE DOOR.
TRACED WITH BLANCHE LAMONT
TO EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH.

The state, With Busy Preparation,
Weaves "A Web Of Evidence, Close
KnOtted. in Which 10 Enmesh the
student PriSOner-At All These Ef-
forts Counsel for Durrnnt Do Sim
ply Smile, Averring They Will
Rend the Chain of Evidence to
Pieces, Link From Link, "and Clear
Him in Three Minutes" When
They start.
San Francisco. Sent. 17.-Slowly the
prosecution is taking Theodore Durrant
up to the Emmanuel Baptist church door
with Blanche Lamont. Another long
step was taken yesterday and the two
were traced to the ''mission"-to the cor
ner Of either Valencia and Twenty-first
street, or Valencia and Twenty-second
streets.
If they got off the car at Twenty-second
street they were within three hundred
feet of the church door Now the next
move of the prosecution will undoubtedly
be to bring out the testimony of Martin
Quinlan, who says he saw Durrant and
the young lady at Twenty-second and
Bartlett streets. Then viii probably
come the story of Mrs. Leak. who saw
them enter the church and then the re-
luctant tale Of Organist King. to whom
Durrant appeared hustered and said he
had been overcome by gas
After this there is still the pawnbroker's $
story Of the attempt TO pawn the dead
girls rings and the other bits of corrobo-
rative evidence to bolster up the main
case. And after all that is over the de-
hARin ~ "a
whole fabric to pieces. of rending the
chain link from link; Of proving innocence
IN the face of an appearance Of guilt,
or or leaving the whole case beclouded
with doubt and conjecture. The lawyers
for the defense, in the face of all that is
piled up against them, are easy and con-
fident.
I'VE Will clear him in three minutes" 8"
is an expression said to have been
dropped by one of them.
So the great thrOngs continue to pack
the city han corridors waiting for an
opportunity to gain the coveted seats
IN Judge Murphys court room. Many
stand and crane and up-toe for moth
ing. Perhaps they get a fieeting glimpse
of the prisoner as he passes in the dim
light. Perhaps they are merely ordered
about and hustled by the police for their
pains.
Yesterday was notable as showing
Lawyer Deuprey in the role of cross
examiner. Hitherto Gen. Dickinson has
borne this burden and has worked hard
to pick flaws and accentuate inconsist-
encies in the stories told by the pros
ceutiOns witnesses. Dickinson is per-
sistent and dogged, but he does not fire
up much. He is not pyrOtechnic. With
the mild hammered district attorney on
one side and Dickinson on the other,
there are few objections or Interrupt
tions, and very little hghting with the
court.
But when old Mrs. Crozett was brought
on in the afternoon, supported on the arm
of her son, Deuprey fled over into Dick
inson's place and prepared TO make things
interesting. He did. Before the day was
over he had become quite angry, had
rather roughly badgered the old lady and
had been sharply reprimanded by the
court. He entered a snappy objection to
the reprimands, noted an exception to it,
and altogether put considerable life into
the case.
A sensation was looked for when it was
reported that Mrs r.. Holland, the sweet
pea" girl, would say on the stand that she
was in Durrants company on the day Of
Blanche LamOnts murder, but like many
other similar reports, it has proved to be
without foundation.
When the case was resumed this morn
ing, Maud Lamont, sister OF the murder
ed girl was recalled to the stand. She
identified the photograph of her sister,
and said the latter was a member of the
Christian Endeavor Society. and mem
Der of Emmanuel church orchestra.
The next witness was Martin Quinlan,
an attorney who testified that on the ar
ternoOn of April 8, a young man and a
young woman passed him on a side street
near TWenty-second and Bartlett, be-
tween 4:1O and APO o'clock. / had a good
look at them, said the witness, and recog-
nized the young man as Theodore Dur
rant for / had seen him quite frequently" ."
When / last saw them they Were on
Bartlett street going towards Twenty
third. The girl was dressed in a dress
of coarse black material and hat which
was here produced and is like the one she
wore