The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-04
HIS TRIAL.
College RoIIcaIl Book Renders No
Service In Durrant's Behalf.
CASES OF CONTEMPT OF COURT
And Other Side Issues Enlivon
the Famous Trial.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-The trial OF
Theodore Durrant was rcplctc with sensa-
tions yesterday. Henry w Mccoy. gen
eral secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tian association, who was citod for con
tempt last Monday for telling Juror Tru-
man that il he did not hang Durrant, tho
people would hang him, was fined $3.50,
with the alternative of five days In tho
county Jail.
During the cross-cxamination OF wit
ness summoned by the defense the prose
cution developed the fact that a student
at Cooper medical college who did not at.
tend the lecture delivered by DR.. Cheney
on the afternoon of April was recorded
present In tho rollcall book This testi-
mony Is of the greatest Importance TO tho
prosecution, from the fact that IL shows
the unreliability OF the rollcall book, in
which Durrant was recorded present on
the afternoon that Blanche Lamont was
murdered
Reporter In Trouble.
The last sensation of the day was an
order made by tho court committing Miss
Carrie Cunningham. "A Newspaper reporter.
To the county Jail for refusing TO answer a
question. Tho defense desired to impcach
did not tell Miss Cunningham that she
saw Durrant and Miss lamont enter
Emanuel Baptist church on the after
noon of April 3. Miss Cunningham testi
fled that Mrs. Leake did not toll her what
she had seen, but when asked TO reveal
the source of her information the witness
declined TO answer. An order was made
committing the witness to the county Jail
for contempt, but, on motion Of the de-
fensc, 10 was made to go into effect today,
when Miss Cunningham will be given
another chance to answer the question.
The defense placed on the stand yester-
day eight more students who attended tho
lecture delivered by DR.. Cheney on the
afternoon OF April 3, to testify rs to
whether they had answered to Durrant's
name at rollcall. Each witness gave a
negative answer. With the exception of
six, all OF the members OF the class have
now been asked this question. One of the
students has died since April 3, and the
prosecution has been unable TO obtain the
attendance OF the other five i'm court. The
prosecution limited the cross-examination
In each case to asking IL the witness saw
Durrant at the lecture. Not student
was found who remembered having seen
the defendant.
The notes of each witness were placed In
evidence by the prosecution. The notes
promise to play an important part in the
future proceedings, rs the prose oution in
tends TO compare them with the notes said
TO have been taken by Durrant at the
time
Objectionable Spectator Removed.
Attorney Duprcy called the attention OF
the court to the fact that Robert y Iynch
private secretary TO Rev. j &. Gibson, was
In the courtroom, and asked TO have him
removed. The court said Lynch could
not be removed unless he were subpnuaed
as witness, when he would be excluded
like all other witnesses. A subpoena was
at once made out for Lynch, and he was
ordered to leave the room. Lynch pro-
tested that he knew nothing about the
case, but the court insisted upon the order.
+. > Field, u member of local whole
sale jewelry firm, was called to testify
with regard TO the gra'ie and quality of
the ring worn by Blanche Lamont which
Is said TO have been presented at Pawn
broker Oppenheim's shop He said the
ring was OF n common kind, but when
asked by the prosecution to compare il
with similar ring introduced by the de-
tense, an objection was sustained.
The defense endeavored to show by r.
A. Ross, u student at Cooper medical col.
lege, that on the afternoon that Blanche
Lamont was murdered, he and Durrant
took walk from the college TO the yicin.
ity Of the Golden Gate. Ross remem-
bered that he and Durrant had taken
such walk, but said he could not fix the
date.