Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-02

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| H.1hafg WORK viii lu Attempted in
LcuaIuf uull Tie revolution 10 over"
! LNlDIN,E AGAINST DUHHANT.
CiHEho's Deposition win Not Ne Taken
NJ ~" II 'Iisni,cn ~ 10 the Date.
| Ban EIlANvtsDU, Aus. 2--rne police
have ipafuvi ui wI.uufs whose story,
| u repeated 10 court, may ~ We discs.
t'ouH nfai.s. Theodore DufFanps dc.
fence ugpiu.t toe murder charges with
which he Is dealing, Tue nov witness
isa woman, und !, u said she declares
that on the night oi the murder o.
hinuio Williams, Durfant arrived
home very late aud burned something
! probably clulhlug-in s,ovo before
hr retired 70 his bedroom.
Tue ytuug medical student claims
that on the night Minnie Williams met
her tragic fate he escorted two young
| lhsIs4 home from the reception al the
! N0gul residence Aud thea went - his
own abUdr, on Fair Oaks street, where
lac romuiuri Until about O'Clock the
next morning.
lur police nave c1uiunicd all along
That Duuaut stfAnrlrI Minnie WE
liams before hu wont to d. vogulis
and after the reception TvtJfuuI aud
hacked her body WITH "A B. iir. The
story uU which o. y arc now working
follows up this I',r.
Mis-. DutfAu, tgU mother Of the nc.
uuHsI, has stated thnt ler sou arrived
home ON that eventual night about tho
same time ~ usl,l Uud went directly
g. ued, ruis story has Jusi been
GiftCly cOnttaululVd IVA woman HhD
claims that She si0Yl ed Ia tht DuTun
house that night she has told =
iumiDiuT friend Of nCts that she
,au awakened by the nOlso which
Dursaut maize getting into tile
huusr.
"l heard noise down ttair,,n che
FaiI, made ~ somebody WHO WAS at
tho tt8yt. Mfa DutTant called out.
'i- that you, Ihc0unTtp tho
answer came 'yeg.' what hro
you doing down thero2' asked the
young nau'i mother. Il am burning
some OH lettofn Ut mine he replied
| paid 10 more attention 10 tho matter;
tut soon detected ihr 0dOt OF burning
clothes. 40 was long alter midnight
when this occurred, and thought 10
mole OF the matter until heard that
Theodore wa. charged with ths muir.
der OF Minnie wiiliams. Then the
experience OF that night came back "a
me. But kept my Own counsel, ~
DO not wish 70 get miIei up In the
matter"
The police authorities arc worry
roiiornt az 10 this important witness,
but the general Impression IN that tue y
have located her ana viii have her Ia
court Mt tue proper time.
Captain Lees, chief Of detectives, In
speaking Of the subject admitted that
no hut heard The story, but would give
no Information regarding the Identity
. Of the witness. In fact, no denied
thnt he knew nor.
"rhc only WY In which such mat.
ter could b, enuctive,n said hs, "wUuld
10 TO have tins wlIuUss tell her story on
> the wltltas.Hlund. | have beard that
she viii tell IL In cgurl 10 another
matter"
The Chronicle tAyG Chss. II. CLARK,
E did not 500 blanche Lamont with :
: man who looked like Theodore Dur
rant bus who was not DutIHnt, ON
Powell street car on Avn 3fd, tue day
. | Mhs Ltulnt was murdered IA I'm,
manuel uDutuh. Therefore ClaTkeI
depJsitioH viii not bb taken In Boston,
4 TO be used at the trial OF DuTant AM
= The testimony u three young girl
i that they saw Duftant au1 Mlss La
i mont on the car viii 10 unchEllengoJ
o 10 far 40 Clarke Ia concerned.
. Mrs, Clarke, vile OF the man who II
I now IN Boston, made n statement Il
8 Captain Lees, District Attorney
= Barnes, Eugene Druprey aud John II
j Dickinson which proves conclusivelJ
= that Clarke could not have been on 4
. Powell street car at the time Blanch,
. I,muul ID known 10 have taken hr
Y last street car ride. She also eKhlbitet
o letter from Clarke 10 hrr6ull, writer
from Boston, in which no stated tina
u he WIS mistaken rs ~ the date.
o The lslier raid that Clarke was rldlnl
o on tho dummy Uf Powell street car
y ami sitting Cluse n him WAS y0unl
lady escorted ~ a young man, ~ IN,
corner ~ Powell AID Market street
tho young lady took transor 10
i. Market street ear. The young mai
?. took no transfer. Clarke stated tina
y h5 saw the couple separate anu hear,
}. the young mau say "G0Cd bye, Mic
2, LamUnl,n as he raised his hat anu lti
10 uuT,
% IL IL known that on Ann 90, tn
K | day BlAAchn Lamont WAS murdered
u Clarke was Of his mO'hei'a budslie Al
IL day until 1880 In tbs afternoon. IL VII
therefore Impossible Tor him to hsy
sren Miss Lamont IN q street car thu
DAY. ClaTke's mother Mrs, MylrA,
came here from Los Angeles abOu
l. April lst, ami hal a surgical OperGtlo
REFORMED, On April - sue was vef
Of in and because VI that illness Ma
r. Clarke remembers tho date. On tn
2. day ClRIku arose Al O'Clock and Attt
M breakfast went 10 his mCthut's h0ui
~ where hs remained all day. Mf
,o Clarke Ttm7ilurIs day when CLARK
A. could have stcn Mise Lamont with
man, but 10 Wa not the day ,ho 81
II was murdered. II was week PRIOR
10 Alrli3I. Asa result " thuse duvelol
nj ments the police are highly drlightr,
Of az ClATks's testimony ~ outlined b
g. tho duieuso, would hays seriously u
lr fecloi the oass u the ptUsgcuIIU
Re against Durtaut
n Postnasier Appointed,
nd WAsuNuruS, ID. e., Aug, Ill
n, Precedent to lay Gp oinlcd John Re