The San Francisco call., 1895-11-02

earnest. He felt that the newspapers had
had great deal TO do with the verdict OF
the jury and said as much. in fact he
seemed to feel that some of the newspapers
had interfered materially with his clients
getting fair trial.
II was rather surprised at the action of
the Jury" he said. Il had not anticipated
the verdict that was brought in. Thought
there would be disagreement" He
paused a moment, and then he added,
meditatively, 1T was good jury, good
jury. But they could not help being af-
fected by the surroundings. They could
not very well separate themselves from the
atmosphere which surrounded them. And
if you noticed, the crowd applauded when
the jury announced their verdict"
You think that the jury were, in a
measure, coerced by public opinion, then?"
ooh, no, :" he replied, mot that. | con-
seen, and | have no doubt that any one Of
them would have had the courage to have
stood by his convictions had he felt that
there was doubt. But l think the inten-
sity of the public feeling and the tone of
the papers must have influenced them to a
certain extent. To be sure, he added,
Jurors are not supposed to read
the papers, but these men have
been ten or twelve weeks on this case
now. From the beginning the papers
have taken 1t for granted and declared
that Durrant was guilty. 1t is almost I'M
possible for the jurors not to have become
cognlZant of this, not to have known
through the conversations of their neigh
bors and from the gossip on the street that
the newspapers were helping to obtain the
conviction of Durrant as much as the
police"
What does Durrant think of the YER
dict?" was asked.
II don't know. Immediately upon the
announcement of the verdict he wanted to
make a statement. He leaned over and
asked me about it. l told him to keep
quiet and he did"
Have you any idea of what he INTENDED
saying?"
"Noue in the least. / knew that it was
no time to talk though and advised him
to be STILL"
"Have you any particular grounds in
view upon which you will ask for ew
trial?"
No; l have not let myself think of the
matter. L am very tired, " he added "You
see the whole burden of the case has
rested on me the last fortnight 1t would
have been heavy burden in any ease.
But fighting against the odds Mr.. Deuprey
and myself did the exertion was some
thing tremendous. You can see for YOUR
self how it was, he said. 1--WE had not
only the Prosecuting Attorneys to fight,
but the Police Department. the papers and
public opinion. When a man feels that he
IS among friends he is buoyed up by their
kindly feeling. When he stands as we
did before an immense crowd in which
there was not single sympathetic mind
you can understood the exertion required
in making the contest we did.
81 think that the truth is the public
wanted a victim. There have been so
many murders which have not been ex-
planned that there was demand for salts
faction. Durrant has come in time to
crafty the public feeling that atonement
should be made. See the list of unavenged
murders. There is the Stagg case, the
Weir murder, the disappearance of Miss
Hughes and the killing of Miss Harrington.
The police would tell you that Senator
Buck committed that last deed. That ac-
cusation is preposterous, though. They
will tell you that it was Durrant who killed
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams,
too. They will not be able to prove it,
though.
81 don't know when the Williams case
comes up. 1t cannot come up too soon,
however. We are ready Cor it,
Have you discovered any new testi-