The San Francisco call., 1895-07-28
Mr.. Clark Is at Narragansett
Pier and His Wife Is in
This City.
AFTER A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN.
General Dickinson VIII Ask the
Court to Enjoin the Alcazar
Drama.
THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE-THE
DEVELOPMENTS OF A DAY.


District Attorney Barnes was busy yesterday
drafting cross -interrogatories to be propounded
to Charles H. Clark, the newly discovered wit
ness for the defense in the Durrant case. Cap
tain Lees and his detectives made an effort to
discover something about the man, and Detec-
tive Bohen had an interview with his wife,
who resides at 3348 Clay street, this City, THE
CALL has ascertained that Clark himself is at
Narragansett Pier, R. L
General Dickinson for the defense has taken
the preliminary steps in the direction of in
forming the court of the intended production
of the play "The Crime of a Century," and on
Monday morning will ask the court to enjoin
the production. In this he will be joined by
District Attorney Barnes.
The police are still hunting for a mysterious
woman, and it is said they are close to her dis
covery.
The defendant Durrant speaks of the trial
and talks hopefully Of the outcome.
The defense in the Durrant case has
found its man--its all important witness.
The prosecution is looking for woman-a
mysterious woman-dark hints of whose
existence have been given out from time
to time, whose testimony, it is believed,
will be damaging to the young de-
fendant. The police have not located the
woman, but, from all that can be gathered,
they are confident that her identity will
be revealed and her story safely in their
keeping within few days.
Ever since the first inkling was gained
that there was such a woman Captain Lees
has been untiring in his efforts to discover
her whereabouts. The best mer in his
department were detailed at once to hunt
her up. but un til Friday morning nothing
7,f1rr roi1 i1,1-o r1oiI fhoir off
that time over fifty women had been
hunted up and closely questioned, the re-
suit in each case bel ng the discovery that
the one woman wanted was still undiscov-
cred.
1t was discouraging enough, but Captain
Lees kept his men on the chase and now it
is confidently asserted that she-the mys-
terious woman with the clinching testi-
mony-has been found and will be seen on
the stand in the trial of Durrant. Off
cially, the police have given nothing out
about her, not even that they have been
hunting for her, but they have searched
and searched, while keeping silent, and
now it is hardly likely that they would
care to declare her identity from the house
tops. They would have nothing to gain
aud everything to lose by sucha a move, and
they do not propose to take the chance.
There is but very little mystery concern
ing the man in the case, the defense's new
witness, Charles H. Clark-not even to the
police after they had read in yesterday
mornings CALL as to what he would tes-
tify in the matter. He is at present at
Narragansett Pier, r. l., where the playful
Atlantic lures the shapely summer girl.
He is ready to testify in the behalf of the
defendant just exactly what THE CALL
stated he would testify ana only awaits
the opportunity to put himself on record.
Detective Ben Bohen's visit to Mrs.
Clark resulted in the shedding of but little
light on the general darkness on the new
witness in which the District Attorney
confessed he was cropping.
Bohen said that he first saw Miss Cou-
sins, Mrs. Clark's sister, and that she told
him that the news of Clark's connection
with the Durrant case was a great surprise
to all his family. They had never heard
him mention anything about it. They did
not know his address, as they had received
no communication from him since he left
the City.
Mr.. Bohen then interviewed Mrs. Clark.
At first she was so nervous that she could
not collect her thoughts. She could not
even recall the firms in whose employ her
husband had been. The detective gave
her time to recover her memory and self
control and was rewarded by receiving the
information that Mr.. Clark had travelled
for q shirt-manufacturing firm named
Pierson & Hughes. On the subject of
the Emmanuel Church murders and the
conversations she had had with her hus-
bond her memory was still more at fault.
She recalled that they had talked a good
deal about the terrible tragedy, but could
not be certain that he had mentioned
seeing Miss Lamont with strange gentle
man. She was much provoked at the idea
of such marked newspaper notoriety and
showed a strong disposition to say as
little as possible.
To a reporter who called in the even
ing she had also little to say. She knew
the family had discussed the church MUIR
ders, but could not recall that Mr.. Clark
had seen Miss Lamont with strange gen.
tleman the day she was supposed to have
been murdered.
Her sister, Miss Cousens, was more en-
phatic.
t'We talked great deal about the dual
tragedy" she said ''but I do not think
Mr.. Clark ever mentioned seeing Miss La
mont under the circumstances described.
The first we knew OF it was when we saw
an announcement in the papers,"
As Miss Cousens lives with her sister, the
latter's statement relative to their first
knowledge of Mr.. CIark's possible value as
witness for the defense would seem to in
dicate that Clark had never informed his
family about seeing Blanche Lamont in the
manner described.
One OF the clerks OF the san francisco
Office of the Swiss-Italian colony told
reporter yesterday afternoon that he knew
Clark and had seen him in the Office talk
ing with President Sbarboro.
Captain Lees has ascertained that Clark
was employed by Andrea Sbarboro of the
Italian-Swiss Agricultural Colony, to work
the New England States for the sale of
their wines. He purchased ticket from
Clinton Jones on Montgomery street on
June for Boston. Mr.. Sbarboro has heard
from him since his departure, but he could
not tell the captain his present address.
The captain looks upon the fact that
Clark left within fortnightof of the open
ing of the trial as suspicious. He thinks
it is exceedingly strange that neither his
family nor his employer knows his ad-
dress.
AT any rate, if Clark saw Miss Lamont
on the last day she was seen alive, in the
company of a young man who was not
Durrant, his wife and family are strangely
ignorant of the fact.
The commission for the taking of the
deposition of Clark will issue Tuesday and
the interrogatories and cross-interrogator
les will be mailed at once to the commits
eioner in Boston. The interrogatories will
he returned in about fifteen days.
The prosecution. represented principally
ofJ1 eli rio Por