The San Francisco call., 1895-10-10

No. SO.
.wheEe were you! on April 8. 1895. between
10 and IL o'clock"
THE 9Th was Sunday?'
"Yes, sir" answered Mr.. Barnes and the
court.
well, where were you at that time on April
part of the time at a surgical clinic at the
City and County Hospital and part of the time
at an examination"
"Did you go do wntown on the Sth?"
81 did not wait for the end OF that particular
lecture, but came home"
~''At what timer
About IL o'clock"
"What did you do then?
- ''I had lunch"
Then what did you do?'
81 waited for my mother to bring me some
money for me to put in the bank"
Did you make that deposit?"
Eyes, sir"
ain what bank?"
ain the Hibernia Savings Bank"
The bank book was then shown to him
and his attention was called to the last
entry.
when and where was this NADER" asked
Dickinson.
ION April 8, at the bank"
'tAt the Hibernia Bank?"
"YeS, sir
There were other entries in the book
dated prior TO April g. and Durrant ex-
planned that they represented different de-
dosits made at various times. The book
was handed to Barnes, and Captain Lees
took down all the dates.
Where were YOU on April 9, between 10 and
IL in the morning?"
"At lecture on surgical anatomy by DR..
Rixford."
"There were you on April 10, between 10
- think at DR.. Hirschfelder's nervous clinic
atCooper College"
Have you anything to refresh your memory
regarding these lectures?"
ayes sir. A little printed card with the
lectures on it."
"a schedule of the lectures9"
.''Yes, SIR
Produce it,"
The witness drew the card from his
pocket and consulted it.
"I was mistaken, he said The lecture by
DR.. Rixford was on the diseases of women"
where was that lecture delivered % was
then asked.
"At the college"
eWere you on Powell street, near the juno
tion of Clay, at any time on Wednesday, April
al was not"
"Were you at any time on April 8, 1895, on
Powell street at the crossing of California ?''
Il was not"
"were you on that day on any Powell-street
car p
between Market and Clay streets at any
time ?"
''were you on any valencia-street car going
west from the corner of Haight, Market and
Valencia at any time on April 3, 1895 ?"
THAT car does not go west; it goes SOUTH"
Sfhafs so, it does" said Dickinson. 'T am
little mixed on the points of the compass out
there. ask that the question be changed TO
south"
This was done.
"Did you enter the southerly gate or en-
trance to the lot on which the Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church stands with any person between
aofQ Qo-,5 Eo1n clol- .
f'No, sir"
"Did you have anything to do, directly or in
directly, at any time, with any violence in
hicted on Miss Blanche Lamont?"
Never"
"Did you at any time, on April 8, 1895, in
this City and County, or at any other time or
place, participate in any violence on Blanche
Lamont. or did you kill or participate in the
killing OF herr"
81 did not"
There was a pause after these questions,
and then Dickinson shifted suddenly to
another lead.
What size shoes do you wear"
HSeven-Bs."
"What do you mean by z-B's?"
81 don't know. only know they are marked
7-B on the inside"
"That's all,' said Dickinson, for he had
finished his examination.
There was a recess of ten minutes de-
clared. for the courtroom was insuffe rably
hot, and when it was over Dickinson had
thought of one or two more questions.
-"Did you ever visit the store or shop of Mr.
oppenhe1mer at 4O5 Dupont street ?" he
asked.
"Have your ever had anything to do with
'1In court was the first time ever saw him"
''That was after your arrest2D
eyes, sir"
General Dickinson had finished for good
this time, and the court ordered Mr..
Barnes to proceed. His first question
brought forth an objection.
"Mr. Durraut, "she asked, "on April "a, 1871,
were you born in the city of Toronto, in Cam
ada 20
Deuprey rose to an objection at once.
He did not believe that Durrant himself
could be the best evidence of this fact, as
the attorney argued he must have, been of
such tender age that he must know per-
sonally little of the date of his birth.
His parents might have told him."
suggested the court, as if struck with an
idea, and then the objection was overruled,
and Deuprey gravely noted an exception.
The question was again put.
"I don't know of my own knowledge" Dur
rant answered.
"But you know the date of your own birth"
eyes, as a matter Of history"
I'm no other way?''
"No, sir"
Glow old are your"
''TWenty-four"
Chow do you know you are 24?"
at is matter of record"
'What is the record of the date of your
BIRTH"
"April "a, 1871"
"And the place OF your birthf'
Toronto, Canada"
Chow long have you been in San Franciscof"
"Sixteen years"
Chow long have you lived at your present
residence on Fair Oaks and Twenty-ifth
streets?"
Between six and seven years."
During that time what occupation have you
tollowed?h az
Dickinson objected to this as not being
proper cross-examinrtion. In answer
Barnes claimed that evidence TO the effect
that the witness had been in the habit OF
taking care of the burners in the church,
and having infrndncad that as A fnrm of