The herald., 1895-09-07

and that her body bore marks OF vio-
lence. The prosecution is inclined TO
make speed, wasting no time in unneces-
| sary questions. On the other hand the
defense seems to threading uncertainties
and searching for technicalities. In the
cross-examinaton OF witnesses the de-
| fendant's attorneys continually throw out
fishing lines, hoping to catch discrcp-
ancy in the testimony. They are dill
gently seeking flaws but as yet have not
found any that are material. The police
detectives are still gathering testimony TO
| strengthen the prosecution. 1t is now
said that the defense will rely largely on
| the imp probability OF the prosecution prov
ing Its case beyond any doubt. Todays
witnesses in the trial were introduced by
the prosecution to complete the evidence
that Blanche Lamont was murdered. Po-
l1ceman Kiehl, who panied Detec
tive Gibson to Emanuel church on the
day Blanche Lannon'S body was discov-
cred, testified to the condition of the
corpse and the presence of blood. on the
floor near the girls head, Oh the belfry
stairs and OH the Hoor where it had
dipped from the steps. He states that
thick dust orMthe floor of the belfry
marked footprints. but there was no evil
denoe OF struggle there. the inference
being developed by the defense that the
murder was committed down stairs and
the body carried to the tower. The de-
Tense will try to show that one man could
not have borne this burden unaided. The
prosecution will try to prove that Blanche
weighed only 10 pounds and that Dur
rant could have carried her with little
difficulty. c. G.. Noble, uncle of Blanche,
was recalled by the district attorney to
again estab blush the identification OF his
niece, both in the church and subse-
quently at the morgue. j. f. Hallett,
morgue deputy, told how he and another
deputy had taken the body from the
church to the morgue.
Policeman r ] Coleman swore that on
April IA, when searching in Emanuel
church for evidence of the murder he
had found two door knobs which had
been broken off the belfrv door and after
wards concealed.
Star Dare, mill man, was the last
witness of the day. He told how he
found the various articles of Blanche
Lamont's clothing, concealed in the bel
fry, and identified the garment produced
IN court as the ones he foi nd. The case
will not go on tomorrow but will be TAX
en- up again on Monday.
The skeleton of the defense's case in
the trial of Durrant is forming so as to be
family visible. Whether they have the
sensational evidence that they have hint
ed at will clear Durrant com pletely or
There VIII be a whole lot in the trial
aoout the blindness of the police and
their fatuousness in ignoring eve:y clew
that did not coincide with their precon-
ceived idea that Durrant was the guilty
man.
BY disputing every proposition of the
prosecution and assuming all the time
that the police are turning everything
against the prisoner they will raise a
cloud of contention and surmises that
with the evidence they will produce of
Durrant's previous good character and
the alibi witnesses they hope will raise
the reasonab BILE doubt in the jury's mind
that will deter them frcm bringing in a
verdct of guilty.
Now, it is certain that the trial will be
very long one.
If such minor witnesses as the detec-
tive who merely found the body, and the
physician who only conducted the au-
topsy, are cross-examined for half day.
how long will the attorneys for Durrant
keep the witnesses who actually give
testimony against Durrant on the stand?
Mrs. Leak. who will swear she saw Dur
rant 20 into the church that fatal after
noon with Blanche Lamont; Open
heimer. the secondhand dealer in Jewell
ry, who will swear Durrant tried to sell
him one of the dead girls rings; the wit
nesses to whom Durrant made statements
inconsistent with the present theory of
will prove, will undoubtedly be kept on
the stand for days. District Attorney
Barnes once said it would take only two
weeks to get in the evidence. If it does
not occupy two months present indica-
tiOns count for nothing.
So far the case has been almost exclu-
sively one of models. maps. charts, plans
and diagrams.
The witnesses testify pointer in hand, /
and every spot they mention they indi- |
cate either on the elaborate model of the |
tower or on the diagrams.
To make the thing perfect the prosecu- |
tion will produce the doll that will repre-
sent the dead girl in the tower model.
1t is as pretty doll as ever delighted
a baby, but il will Play gruesome part
in this trial.
1t is one of those pretty French dolls
with movable limbs and head, tumbled
hair and eyes that close. 1t will be laid
in the corner of the miniature belfrv with
arms folded across its breast and head
turned slightly to one side and kept in
position by two tiny blocks OF wood.
Then the jury will know more vividly
than words can tell them just what was
the state OF things in Emmanuel church
when Detective Gibson broke down the
beliry door and found the murdered girl. !
DuIIant takes the liveliest sort of inter
est in the model of the church. with |
which he was so familiar. He leaned
over TO DetectlVe morse and whispered |
suggestions and comments all the time
that Policeman Russell was pointing out
the distances in his model.
In the interval between the disappear
ance of Miss Lamont and the finding of
her body in the belfry the tongue OF Dur
rant was busy. To some people he de-
clare1 that he could not account for the
mysterious disappearance of the girl.
With tears in his eyes he said she had
been a pure girl and he could not rea-
son in his own mind q theory Of her ab-
sence. To others. in some instances to re-
porters, he said that he felt con tdenl that
the girl had gone astray and she would
be found down town. To her uncle he
offered his services to search in the shad-
ows of the city for the missing girl. To
the janitor of Emanuel church, who
caught him at the ferry the day Minnie
Williams was murdered. he SAID re had
information that Blanche Lamont was
gong away and that he intendd to inter-
cept her.
"How will Durrsnt reconcile these atti-
tudes?" is the query of the prosecution.
1t is one of the questions the student will
not answer, but it is one problem which
he must face before the jury which is try
ing him Will say that his life shall not
be forfeited to the state.
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