The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-02

Hear tho Verdict With Mingled
Smiles and roars-Tho TrINI Long
straIn on tho Court and tho Country
SAN ERAxcIsco, Nov l.-ThOOdore
Durraat, assistant superintendent ot
Emanuel Baptist church Sunday school,
vsto.day convicted of tue murder Of
E4ncho Lamont alter he had been on
trial since July % last. The jury was
GU. twenty minutes aud arrived at q
y,rdict on tho arst ballot As there
Vas no recommendation Of mercy the
ouniIhment wNi fixed ut death.
The scene in the court room when
the verdict was announced will never
b, forgotten by those VINO were present.
Iadge Murphy finished hlschargaai3:2
and tho Jury at once retired. Although
,nere was supposed to bs little prospect
oi verdict being returned before or 5
o'clock this evening, the ihronG Of
rpectators, who had remained IN tho
oyercrowded court room all tue alter
noon to hear tho judge's charge, sost'ei
themselves back III their seats 10 await
the return oil tho jury. Mrs. Durrant
and the prisoner talked aud laughed
together az II an acquittal were iorn'
zone conclusion. Tncy were surronud'
ed by hall dozen friends and tho con-
yerlAIion wa' animated, when II became
whispered about that the jury had
agreed upon verdict.
puRRASr's dHAsrLY HUE.
u an instant a hush foil upon tho
Little circle that had gathered around
tie prisoner. Durrants faeo. always
pallid, assum cd ghastly hue, aud his
mother was speochlesA Then the door
at the rear OF the room opened and the
iury fled in and took their seats in the
box, Intense excitement followed.
Tho room, although filed to its utmost
capacity, was almost as quiet as II 1t
had boen vacant Judge Murphy, who
had retired to his chambers, was sum'
moned and took MS place upon tho
bench. Clerk Morris asked tho usual
question as to whether the jury had
agrsed upon n verdict.
Foreman Warren Dnlton arose aud
replied IN tho affirmative.
I'VE, the jury" said he. find the de-
iondant, William Henry TheodoreDur'
rant, guilty Of murder in the frat de-
gree"
a REMARKABLE scESE.
IA tho aged foreman, pnlo and tromb.
ling, road the words that fixed Durrant's
il.e, a low, rumbling noise liEs the roar
u! mob arose from tho roar Of tho
court room.
Tho uoxt moment men wore cheer
!ng wildly. while women wept hys!er'
icllly in excitement. The bail,ii raped
loudly for order, bu. the tumuls con-
.nued ior minute before anything
IKE qaieI conld be brought out OF tho
disorder When District Attorney
barnes arose and asked that q day ho
e.. upon whichthe sentence Of death
should be passed. upon the prisoner,
Jui.o Murphy said that sentence would
bs passed next Friday, upon which day
ho would also set tho day ior tho trial
ri Durrant on the charge OF numbering
Minnie Williams.
now THE PRISONER TOOK IT.
During tho tumult tina. followed the
announcement OF tho verdict, Durrant
and his mother wsro los! sight Of, OK
csp. By tho fow who "a. noar them. As
t. last words oil tho verdict wore uttor'
Durrant made q spasmndic effort to
rye to his ioe;, but before llo could do
90, uis mother, with a half sigh. half
Ioan. throw her arms around his neck
sad annk back intn hor chair HIS
uu.her's grief seemed 10 make Durrant
iorgGt his own position, and for tho
s'xt icW minutes ho sat with hii arms
.'ound hor mock, trying TO sootho hor.
Tho long strain OF tho trial, however,
u completely shattered hory ysEt.con'
Wnl, and It. was aulnn timo boioro Mrs.
Orrrant could leave tho court room.
31frnnts father was rot IN the court
'',m whom tho verdict was rnndhfod.
4, 9oon as tho jury retired 10 wont out
MO tho corridors, not believing that
tho Jury would return for scvDraI hon'g,
,ra hu first learned that lhs sou lihi
',sn convicted wlinn chnnT wont up
FJm tho crowd In tho building rs the
rsEs spread.
Unttan. recovered lil old.lImo com.
,r,uto ai soon a' hu loft hia mother nn,I
l,cnGtsd TO roturn 70 tho county jail,
tn his oyerc0nt swung onfelc'Blv over
a.- arm, he walked lOsufoy out Of tho
um, twlrling his slight mou1tacho
vim apparently ~ llIile concern ~ II
o." wore mOrcly u spectator instead ol
- rHBeipal figure In tho exciting
itUr.
2niESBt or rifr VICTIM ifArrY.
Atdo from tho spectators, Mrs. Noble,
Blanche Lamonts aunt. aud Maud In.
mont, tho dond girls aillor wcro appnr'
utiy tho happioit persons In tho room,
Whom tho verdict was annOnnCul Maud
Lamont arose from hotsnli, Cil'ped lihr
hands mud then c'Icl from shcor oz'
element. Mira NoDlo miZol smiInl
with tonrs, md hhpok W. II WIN q
number Of iflnnli who crow around
10 uongthtuIaio hor ~ ...
AaNpbn W Dufrant loft tho building
tho crowd sntynL out NJ thu fnuu HnI
psinoral around tho ipof O1t oi 8ultI
iln ptIsnaor uiually cann ~ fcro.l i'ir
rrl8On yRn. Pouring that oomo violence
m.fht bn OIIo'Nd tliO pflsnnur 100 wA'
t1I.1n 0ut NJ another door nnl lflvol
Wy q Gif0nlt0ua route Ia tho county iall,
$50
Nlird ile DrspHfnio'