The record-union., 1895-10-26
ALLOWED TILL TUESDAY TO COM
PLBTB HIS ARGUMENT.
The College Roll-Call the P1VotaI FolhI
in the Case, According to the Ar
Rument of Detendant's Counsel
Denial That Any Evidence Has Been
Shown to Prove Its Unreliabll1ty.

quently repeated himself dwelling upon
the character of the accused. which, ne
said had been above reproach, and
against which no evidence had been in
troduced. He regarded the college roll
call the pivotal point in the case. he
argued that the presumption of the de-
fendants innocence should not be lost
sight of. 1t was necessary that the pros
ecution should prove everything con-
nected with the case, and leave nothlng
for the imagination, and 1t was especially
necessary that motive should be shown.
Much had been said about Sadism and
about the defendant being monster.
Nothing in support OF this was IN the
evidence, and all the testimony was TO the
effect that the accused had never given
any indication OF being monster. II
the crime was committed by him, ana Tor
no other reason than to satisfy his pas
sion he must at some undetermined mo-
Inent have become transformed into
monster and again restored to his normal
condition of model young man, against
whose character nothing had ever before
been charged. lie asserted that not only
was there no ground 1or the lnslnuaIons
against the Defendants character, but he
had the entire confidence OF the mothers
of all the young ladies Of the church and
of the young lady for whose murder he
stood charged.
The counsel said there was nothing un-
natural about Durranps meeting with
Miss Lamont on the morning OF April
Sd and his escorting her to school, He
had never denied that meeting, but on
the contrary had told Miss Lannon'S
aunt of it that night. had told the re-
pOrters OF it when he was arrested, ana
had testified TO it on the stand, and his
statements had been consistent through
out.
Counsel said that the rOll-calI which
showed Durrants presence at the college
was absolute and positive evidence that
he was there. He denied that anything
to show It's unreliabillty had been pro-
duced He believed it TO be accurate,
and said DR.. Cheney's testimony that he
had verified 1t by interviewing all the
students as to their attendance, and he
believed il to be correct, was as strong
and convincing as the lecturer could
make it, Though the testimony of Dur
rants classmates had been referred TO as
negative, he regarded it as very positive
and convincing. Nothing in that testi-
mony disputed the statements OF the ac-
cused.
The counsel presented the note book
which Durrant alleged he used AT the
lecture, compared the notes with those of
Student Chaser, whom Durrant "QulZzed'
within few days alter the lecture.
Chaser had read his notes in DurranPs
presence. and it was contended by the
prosecution that the accused had copied
from them. The counsel contended that
this was shown to be untrue by the dif-
ference in the notes. Ii @ read a number
of notes from Glaser's book with paral-
lels from Durrant's book. The difference
in them was altogether in the language.
In nearly every case Durranps eXplana-
tlonS were apparent aoorevIatlons OF
Glaser's. In some instances Durrants
notes made no mention Of parts OF the
topic TO which Glaser's referred. As
read it was difficult to see the material
difference counsel said existed. He sub
mitted both sets Of notes 10 the jury, eX-
pressing the certainty that they would
see that one could not possibly be a copy
of the other. Graham, he said, was mis-
taken. lie testified that when he visited
Durrant in prison the accused asked him
for his notes and said he had none; that
he needed GSaham's notes to prove an
Rlibi. At this time the accused had his
book of notes in the hands OF his attor-
neys What Durrant had done, counsel
said, was to ask Graham for his notes for
the purpose of comparison.
Dickinson also said he believed the
witnesses who testified that they had seen
Durrant at the Powell-street school, from
which he took the girl, and en- route TO
the CluTcD, were U4lSidh0O. cOIi6 OF
them had never seen him before. and
when taken TO police headquarters TO
identify him had been shown no one but
him. AS for the old ladies who knew
him and had seen him on the way To the
church with the girl, they were laboring
under an helluclnation, caused by hav-
ing read too much about the case. Educa-
tion, he called IL.
Counsel then referred at length to Dur
rants alleged experience in the church.
Ii said he went thlther at 100 o'clock,
thirty-tive minutes later than the time
Mrs. Leak said she saw him enter the
church gate. lie had told three reporters
that he went to the church between 1 ana
4:30 o'clock, but this, counsel said, re-
ferred TO the time he was on the way to
the church. This was consistent with
all his testimony, III which he said he
remained at the college until the close OF
the lecture, which was at 4:lo O'clock.
Arriving at the church. Durrant mad re-
moved his coat and hat and left them
downstairs, at tho same time looking at
his watch lie then assembled TO the
space above the ceiling, where were the
sun-burners inhaled enough gas while
doing the work 10 nauseste him. and had
descended TO the Sunday-sohoolroom
where he met George King.
lie gave the Jury the result Of COM
pntation he had made, by which he
showed that Durrant would have Inhaled
only enough OF the gas TO nauseate him.
about 36-l00 in quantity. lie contended
that nausea invariably caused paleness
aud that flushing of the face would not
have resulted unless he bad inhaled
enough gas to poison him. After leaving
the church Durrant went 10 his home,
ate his supper, and in the evening re-
turned to the church TO attend prayer
meeting. There he saw Mrs. Noble. Miss
Lamonps aunt, and lie spoke 10 her about
the girl. II told her OF his morning ride
with the girl. and said he had promised
her book, which he would bring To the
aunps house on the Friday following
the Wednesday OF the murder. He did
bring the book. and inquired for the girl,
whose dead body was then In the church
belfry. Why would he have done this
If be had been guilty, unless To get him
self deep into net to convict him OF the
murder?
Counsel argued that all of his acts were
those OF an innocent man. They were
all consistent with his innocence and
none with the idea OF his guilt. As TO the
mysterious man Durrant alleged had
tapped him on the shoulder on April 18th.
when be went to tue ferry on The cleW-
that Blanche Lamont was about 10 cross
the ferry, counsel said il was easily ex-
planned. II was an old police trick To ;rv
such a method to trap a suspect lie said
il was very probable that il was an agent
of the police who tapped Durrant on The
shoulder, and told him 10 go to the ferry
TO seek the girl. This might have been