Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-09-17
The Durrant Trial.

trial, when the court adjourned until
this morning, Mrs. Alice Dorgan was
on the stand undergoing a cross eX-
animation by the defense. Since
then the. witness mother has died and
as her funeral is to-day, her testimony
was deferred.
In the meantime another school
friend of Blenche Lamont was placed
on the stand by the prosecution i'll the
person Of Miss May Lanigan. She
testified that she knew Mrs. Dorgan
and Blanche Lamont. She had last
seen Blanche on April Bird. She left
school with Miss Pleasant, now Mrs.
Dorgan, n few minutes after three on
the afternoon of April Bird. They
walked mp Powell to California, two
blocks. She saw Blanche Lamont on
the east side OF the Powell street
dummy going toward Market street.
Blanche was accompanied by u young
man whom she identified as Durrant.
She was particularly impressed. by
this because the rules of the school
circumference girls going to or from
school with young men. Shedescrib-
ed DuTrant's costume infinitely on that
occasion.
On cross examination the defense
tried to show the Identification of
Durrant imperfect, because the wit
hess could not see all his face as he
sat Oh the car. The witness said she
could not see all his face as ne sat on
the ar. The witness said she could
sec his face from the nose down and
was positive III her indentitication.
Then followed Il number OF ques-
tons / IL the same strain, all put with
the purpose of getting the witness to
acknowledge she was not i'll a posi-
ton to make Il positive Identification
of Duran. at that time and place.
Miss Lanigan, however, said she rec
ognized hlm Immediately from many
characteristics, particularly his long
hair and light mustache. Under the
questions of the defense the witness
told how she had gone to the city
prison to see if the prisoner who had
just been arrested was the same man
she saw with Blanche. Tho detect
ives had told her to identify the young
man if she recognized him, if not, to
say nothing at all.
Durrant wa then brought into the
room by the Chief Of Police and wit
ness positively recognized him.
Through a long series of questions the
defense tried to shake the witness
Identification, but she was firm in her
opinion and a good witness for the
prosecution.
q. A. Stevens, a gripman on the
Powell street cable line, knew moth
ing material and was not cross exam
ined.
Mrs. Mary Vogel, the next witness,
was asked by the District Attorney
(which of these persous present is
the defendant"
"That young man sitting there"
unhesitatingly replied the witness.
Judge Murphy wanted a more posi-
tive Identification. Amid great ex.
element the witness left the stand,
walked to where Durrant was sitting,
and touching him on the shoulder,
said: "Here he is; that's the man"
Durrant was the only mar in the
courtroom who showed no signs of
excitement. Throughout the scru-
tiny Of the witness he sat in perfect
apparent calmness. Although now
that the case has every day q more
serious aspect, he holds no more hui
morous conversations with his par.
ents.
Mr.. Vogel then told how from her
window she watched Theodore Dur.
rant walking up and down in front of
the Normal School. He began his
waiting at seven minutes past two and