Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-10-05

l
 the prosecution has failed to go. We
 contend that with all the testimony | introduced, the only issues to be passed | on have not been answered. Where did Blanche Lamont forfeit Der | ;ee When | did she meet her death? Who caused her death? These questions have not 1 been answered. A fourth question is the cause of death. A fifth has not
 been and never can be answered, What
 was the motive of the accused 10 take
 the life of Blanche Lamont? Under the
 testimony thus far We clslm Co ask the court at tbis time to instruct the jury
 without oue word Co acquit. As duty
 to the defendant, his parents and the
 community that his lips should be un-
 sealed, you Bre entitled and shall know
 when Durrant was and What be did on April Sd, from the tina hs arose in the
 morning until he vent to bed at night.
 The district attorney promised to show | that Durrant wBs rot where he shOuld
 have been on the afternoon oi April 3l,
 namely. at the lecture room of the Coop
 CT M=dical college. Whers IS that pro-
 mised proof? No allusion to 1t has been made. The defence bas called be- tween forty and fifty witnesses. or that | ! ence. Three elderly IadIes. three young l lsdiee, pawn broker, a Victoria hotel l keeper, poll @ court sbyster a, q lis | colleague have furnished the substantial | te -timony upon which the prosecution
 reIies We insist that the per proof | ia wanting to connect tue defendant | with the murder. We will show that | other men had access 10 Emanuel 1 church. Proof may point tO cthers. Let
 me carry yOu along the ground upon l which We will ask fer h ye. dict fer tie
 defense. First you sbal! hear from the mother of Durrant how he was interest ed in church work, aud whBt he did for 1 Emanuel church. We vii! tell you how | be met Blanche Lamont snd of his asso- | ciatlons with her. Mrs DUrrsnt viii | tell how her son was dressed when he left home on the morning of April Sd. | She will tell what her son did that even- | ing. The good repute and honorable ! character of the defendant will be prov en. The attendance at Cooper Medical l college and lis general demeanor will be shown. On the morning of Spril 3d 1 Dur-ant left his home and walked to- 1 wards the house Of George King, go that
 he might have q helper that evening to
 fix tho gRs Tn the church. He accident
 ally met Blanche Lamont, whom he told he WAS on the way to kipg's house and asked her to accompany him. She said that she did not have time to aCcompany
 him before school, and requested Dur
 rant to accompany her to school. He aCou.esced iii this and accom- panied her
 as far ss Sutter snd OctayiR stereets, l while the dc fsnSaDt went on to Webster street to the medical college. We will
 show you these facts, and what Durrant did upon his arrival there until the
 noon hour, when he walked to Bread way ard to bluff overlooking the
 bay. We will show you his return
 to college at 30 and what was
 done from then until 3:30. That he
 went to Dr. Cheuey's lecture, and we
 will produce his notes different from any other students. and show that be
 is marked present. Dr. Cheney wiil tell you that he was present. We will show you that after this lecture hs took the Sutter etreet csrs 10 Polk to Mission
 ard Ninth, out Mission, and thence to the church and alone did he walk into the church. We will show you that he arrive d at the church at 4:4j aud not before that, he entered by the door on
 the south side; that he vent into the library in regard to a book and card he wanted. He removed his coat. neatly folded 1t, took out his watch so tbat it
 would not drop out while he was fixing the gas jets. He then went up to the ceiling by s ladder and fixed the sun ! burners. We will show hat when the gas filters turnt q on the seventy two gast jets, much gas escaped. Through leck of ventilation this gas remained in the atmosphere near the ceiling and ; when Durrant went to the ceiling he in- haied the gae, which made him sick, as
 testified by George R. King. You are asked to believe that this man, accused of the murder, went directly down t. secure a witness to his crime. We viii
 show that Durrant was then on the
 platform lying down, and when KinG
 returned went down to the kitchen to
 take the seltzer. We will show that
 upon the request Of King, Durrant help
 ed King to carry cabinet organ down
 stairs into he Sunday schoyl room. ] Then DurEaut and K'ng left the church together, DuTraut putting on his coat
 at the door. It being Kings dinner
 time, DurIant WE ked with him a short distance. Then DuErant returned home.
 meeting lady cn the way, 70 whom be told that the gGs had made hin sick. l After dinner he went to the church to
 an evening entertainment. This will b the simply testimony of the defendant. He will be corrObor6ted by those who
 know him well aud and who will give l reasons why their statements are cor
 rect. We will then turn our attel lion
 to some evidence found in that church.
 We will chow that the marks on the bel fry door Rrs the marks Of chIsel. and | that the chis>l was found ID the pas
 tors study in tool bCx. We will show you, so long as they haY5 introduced a paper with letters Ou 1t 8s compared | with letters found in Emanuel church. 1 that they are letters written by by Rev. John George Gibson. | we are to act | upon suspicious We will show you that 1 there are others who have been cast in.
 to suspicion and worse than the defend
 ant. We will show you that CD April | 3d Durr8nt wore a dark suit of clothes | Of blue cloth, while witness Vogel said he had light trousers. We will show
 that the eyesiEht of Mrs. Leake and l Mrs. Crossett is impaired and that the repntatiOna of witnt sSes QG.n:an, Op~ ! penheim and Philips Tor veracity IS bad. l IT we can pr0vs what We have outlined
 now, We should hays the spirit Of
 Blanche Lamont to call upon you 10
 realize the truth, and if her spirit could l come before you uoS we believe it
 would say, "Let tha defendant stand
 out; let hlm go free; for DC harmed me
 not" Theedore Durrant is innocent:
 We stand -.or his life; We demand his | liberty.-~
 After recess Mrs. Matilda Darrant. ! mothss of the prisoner, took the stand
 ss tk.o Iirst witness for the defense 3he tcld about her own birth and marriage in Toronto, Canada, where Theodore was born. The family came here n Decem ber, 1879. She detailed the child hnO nf f ha L,,-