The record-union., 1895-09-26

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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25.-The long
expected outline of the defense i'll the
Durrant case was made public to-day in
the opening statement of Eugene n.
Deuprey, OF Durrants counsel. In con-
tanned no sensation, and except for the
one point that some woman Will be intro
duced who will say she saw the defend
ant enter the Emmanuel Church alone
on the afternoon of the murder, nothing
new
1t will be admitted that Durrant met
Miss Lamont on the morning OF April
Sd. He was then on his way to the home
Of George r. King to ask him to assist in
the repair OF the sun-burners in the
church in the afternoon. Durrant did
not go to Kings house, as at Miss La
monts invitation he accompanied her to
school, and then went TO the Cooper
Medical College.
At noon he left the college for au hour
with another student. and went TO point
from which the bay was visible. After
looking at the water for awhile. Durrant
and his companion returned to the col
lege about l:30 o'clock. He did not again
leave the college until after $3.50, as the
roll-call of the college would show, and
as witnesses, including the Professor
who delivered the last lecture at the col
lege that afternoon, would testify to-.
| When Durrant did leave the college he
took the street cars tor the Emmanuel
Church and approached Bartlett street,
on which the church is situated, from a
southerly direction, which Is opposite
that from which witnesses have testified
that he approached.
He was seen TO go to the church alone
by woman and entered 1t at 4:55 o. clock.
which is half an hour later than the time
when Mrs. Leake says she SaW him enter
it, He lett his coat and hat in the library
room, where he found it while in George
Kings company afterward, and then
went up above the ceiling to work on the
sunburners. He was overcome by gas
which had probably escaped from the
many burners in the church while they
were being repaired the day before by
plum bers.
His movements Immediately subse-
quent to this were as related by Organist
King. Durrant told two persons that
evening that he had been overcome Dy
gas, and he was apparently i'll whom he
reached home. He did not again go out
OF the house that night, except to escort
his mOtner 10 car.
Otherwise, the defense, as outlined, will
be that the writing on the package con-
tanning Miss Lamon's rings was that Of
Rev. George j. Gibson of the Emmanuel
Church. and not that OF Durrant; that the
young ladies who testified that they saw
Durrant with Miss Lamont near the
school were mistaken; that the eyesight
OF the old ladies who knew him, and said
they saw him on the way to the church,
10fa thnf 4 h.a Il
she saw Durrant opposite her house and
in front Of the school waiting for Miss
Lamont to come out was not accurate in
her description, as she said the man had
light trousers, whereas Durrant on that
day wore dark trousers; and that it was
another man than Durrant who tried to
sell ring TO the pawnbroker, Open
helm.
Durrant's counsel said be would deny
that the prosecution had proved where,
when or how the murder was committed,
or who had committed it.
In connection with the offer of the ring
for sale to tue pawnbroker the defense
contends that the man who tried to sell
the ring wore an overcoat on the morn
ing of his visit to the pawnshop, and
that Durrant did not wear an Overcoat in
the daytime between the Sd and 10th OF
April.
This, the open announcement that the
handwriting on the package OF rings sent
to Mrs. Noble would be traced TO Rev.
Gibson, and the Introduction of woman
who would testify that she saw Durrant
enter the church on the afternoon alone,
are the strong points OF the defense.
In reference to Rev. Gibson, Mr.. Deu-
prey said 1--WE shall show you that
there are marks on the belfry door. We
shall show you that there was q chisel in
a toolbox III the PASTORS study to corre-
spond with such a chisel as made these
| marks. We shall show you more We
shall show you those papers with writ
| ing on them in the alleged hand OF this
defendant. We shall show you that those
words are in the hand of one man-she
| Rev. John George Gibson. The prosecu-
| tion has cast suspicion upon one man.
There are others open TO suspicion"
The defense to-day put Detective Glib
| son, who discovered the body of Miss
! Lamont in the tower, OH the stand. Glib
| son was asked il he had not made state
ment at the Durrant residence when look
| ing for clothing there that he had found
| tracks OF No. 8 shoe in the dust in the
! tower when he discovered the body. Glib
son said he had not.
! Mrs. Matilda Durrant, the defendants
mother, testified that when Gibson and
| other detectives visited her residence
| they made close inspection Of the de-
/
Tor evidence, they did other clothing
| Mrs. Durrant also testified that her son
| had not worn an overcoat in the daytime
| between April Sd and the 10th, and that
| his trousers on April Sd were dark. She
gave a sketch of her sons life, in which
/ she said that he had been connected with
| Sunday schools from the time the family
arrived in this city until his arrest
! Durrants counsel inquired from other
/ witnesses called to-day whether or not
the mouth OF Miss Lamonts body was
open when found. 1t was partly open.
This point has been inquired into con-
| siderably since the case commenced, for
what reason is not known.
Mrs. Leake, who was recalled for a
brief cross g examination, denied that she
had ever had anything the matter with
| her eyes, and that she had visited an op-
tican for any other purpose than to have
| her glasses exchanged.
Durrant's counsel say they will put
him on the stand. and that he will tell the
story OF what transpired to him on April
81.
The defense is still reticent as to who
its witnesses are, or their mum ber. 1t is
| believed that they will seek to prove a
previous good character for him, in
which case the prosecution is prepared
to attack him with damaging evidence.
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