The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-04
IL. J. Mccoy. General Secretary OF the
Y.M. &. A.. Assessed $3.50 sor Threat
ening "a Juror with Hanging
POINT FOR THE PROSECUTION
MEDICAL COLLEGE, ROIS.-CALL book
FOUND TO BE UNRELIABLE.
Order Issued by the Judge Commits
ting a Female Reporter 10 jail for
Refusing to Answer n Question

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct. 3.-The trial
of Theodore Durrant replete with SEN
sations to-day Henry j. Mccoy. general
secretary OF the Young Mems Christian
Association, who was cited for contempt
last Monday for telling juror Truman that
IL he did not hang Durrant the people
would hang him. was fined $50. with the
alternative OF five days in the county jail
During the cross-exx mination Of a witness
summoned by the defense the prosecution
developed the fact that student at Cooper
Medical College who dfd not attend the lee
ture delivered by Dr. Cheney on the after
noon of April was recorded present in the
roll-cal book. This testimony is OF tho
greatest Importance 10 the prosecution.
from the fact that it shows the unreliable
ity of the roll-call book in which Durrant
was recorded present on the afternoon that
Blanche Lamont was murdered.
The last sensation of the day wss an or
der made by the court committing Miss
Carrie Cunningham. a newspaper reporter.
to the CO mtg jail for refusing TO answer
question The defense desired 10 impcach
the testimony OF Mrs. Leake. who said she
did not tell Miss Cunningham that she saw
Durrant ana Miss Lamont enter Emanuel
Church on the afternoon OF April 3. Miss
Cunningham testified that Mrs. Leake did
not tell her what she had seen. but when
asked to reveal the source of her informa-
ton the witness declined 10 answer. An
order was made committing the witness TO
the county iail for contempt. but on motion
of the defense IL was made TO go into effect
tomorrow morning. when Miss Cunning
ham will be given another chance TO an
swer the question.
The defense placed on the stand to-day
eight more students who attended the lee
ture delivered by DR.. Cheney on the after
noon of April 3. TO testify as to whether
they had answered to Durrants name at
roll-call. Each witness gave a negative an
swer. With the exception OF six. all the
members OF the class have now been asked
this question. One Of the students has died
since April 8. and the prosecution has been
unable to obtain the attendance OF the
other five In court. The prosecution limited
cross-examination In each case TO asking IL
the witness saw Durrant at the lecture. Not
student was found who remembered hav-
ing seen the defendant The notes Of each
witness were placed in evidence by the
prosecution. The notes promise to play an
important part in the future proceedings.
as the prosecution intends to compare them
with the notes said to have been taken by
Durrant at the time
Attorney Duprey called the attention OF
the court TO the fact that Robert -. Lynch.
private secretary TO Rev. j. G. George Glib
son. was In the court room, and asked TO
have him removed. The court said Lynch
could not be removed until he was sub
poenaed as a witness. when he would be ex-
/ cluded like all other witnesses. subpoena
I was made out for Lynch. and he was or
dered to leave the room. Lynch protested
that he knew nothing about the case. but
the court insisted on the order
! F. $. Field. a member OF a local wholesale
jewelry firm. was called TO testify with re-
gard to the grade and quality OF the ring
worn by Blanche Lamont which is said 20
have been presented at Dawnbroker Op-
penheims shop. He said the ring was OF a
common kind. but when asked by the
! prosecution to compare IL with similar
ring introduced by the defense an objee-
tion was sustained.
The defense endeavored 10 show by f.
I A. Ross student at Cooper Medical Cni-
lege. that on the afternoon that Blancise
Lamont was murdered he and Durrant took
a walk from the college to- the vicinity or
the Golden Gate. Ross remembered that he
and Durrant had taken such walk. but
said he could not Ak the date.