The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-04


ply that all his directions to the jury
should be made in the uncertain tense.
"You must say, This is claimed to be
the library; this is claimed to be the closet +;
this is claimed to be thus and So " the
court had instructed him not once but
many times before the journey was begun.
Mr.. Russell led the way first to the gate
way at the side of the church, the entrance
to the pastor study.
"This is claimed to be the entrance to
the pastor IS study" he said, and the little
tin sign on the gate which reads, "En-
trance to the pastors study" seemed to
scream aloud in mockery of what Mr..
Barnes himself had termed the "sophis-
tries and technicalities of criminal pro-
ceedings."
Mr.. Russell opened what was "claimed
to be" the entrance to the pastors study,
and the jury and the court and the attor-
neys filed in after him and walked down
claimed" and also proclaimed by another
little tin sign as the door to the PASTOR
study.
After few moments they all came out
on the street, and Mr.. Russell led them to
the main entrance of the church.
''This is claimed to be the vestibuie of
the church." said Mr.. Russell as he opened
the door. Ali passed inside Of what was
claimed to be- Emmanuel Baptist
Church-that is, all but the newspaper
men-and remained there inspecting the
building throughout until late in the after
noon.
The newspaper men would have gone in,
too, if they dared, but Attorney Dickinson
objected to this. Just before court con-
vened in the afternoon he had gone into
Judge Murphy's chambers and made a
special request that the representatives. of
the press be excluded from the church.
District Attorney Barnes was willing that
all the world should know what took place
inside the church at this time, but in con-
formity with Mr.. Dickinson's request the
court ruled that the public should not be
informed OF the manner in which the
church was inspected.
But, of course, what transpired within,
while the press men waited without, was
not kept secret. 1t was learned, for in
stance, that Judge Murphy was greatly
concerned, while the jury were climbing
the rickety stairs into the belfry, lest one
of them should fall and receive an injury
that would postpone the trial. 1t was
learned that Mr.. Russell slipped couple
of times on his "claims" and that he so
far forgot himself as to remark:
ssThis belfry-this here belfry-is claimed
to be the belfry." And again, with the
library, he said:
.sThis library is claimed to be the
library"
1t is not known that Mr.. Russell at any
time ever eliminated the claimed" en-
tireIy, but it is known that he sometimes
got 1t in the wrong place.
Throughout the entire inspection of the
premises Durrant, who went everywhere
the Jury went remained the same. He
stood in the little room in the belfrv and
saw the spot pointed out where the fiend
had left his strangled victim without ever
a sign.
True, he was trif1e paler when he came
out of the church, but he smiled pleasantly
as he walked back to the prison van, and
it may have been only the chill of the cold
church that made this slight change in his
color.
Nothing of Importance occurred. inside
the church. Judge Murphy had cautioned
the jury that they should use their eyes
only and keep their mouths closed, and
this injunction, it seems, was strictly fol-
lowed.
What spoiled somewhat the impressive
ness of the scene when the prisoner and
the Judge and the jury went in and out of
the church was the number of school chill
dren in the neighborhood. The policemen
at the corners checked their steps, but not
their spirits, and they yelled and shouted
at every possible opportunity.
That the children should have been there
at all was the pity, and many commented
upon the spectacle of SO many children
viewing the formalities SO closely linked to
such revolving crime.
1t was long after o'clock when the en-
tire party returned to the courtroom.
There was again a rollcall OF the jury,