The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-09-28
Medical College and his gene,.,
meanor will be shown. q
IN THE CHURCH


left his home and walked towoss tant
house Of George King, so that IL .u tae
have help that evening to fix thu
in the church. He accidentallv sas
Blanche Lamont. whom he told H. Met
on the way to Kings house ana Waa
her to accompany him. She said 1s x
she did not have time before 49, .lat
and requested Durrant to accorsS uo0
her to school. He acquiesced e Saay
and accompanied her as far as c.. .la
street and Octavia, while the dafaasel
went on to Webster street to tha aa
cal college. We will show Won ~
facts and what Durrant did fron, 4. y
arrival there until the noon hopr =, aS
he walked to Broadway and to thu f hsa
overlooking the bay. We will show :.
his return to the college at 1:sO s sDs
what was done until $50 .. M: thai ~
went to DR.. Cheney's lecture ~
Cheney will tell that he was nrasa..
We will show you that after this ,aa
ture he took the Suffer street GOV !.
Polk street, to Mission and Ninth Nv
Mission and then to the Church 90
alone did he walk into the church ".
will show that he arrived at the chpros
at 4:55 and not before, that he enteros
by the door on the south; that he var,
into the library in regard to a book and
a card he wanted. He removed his coat
neatly folded it, took out his watch q
that it would not drop out while he was
fixing the gas jets. He then went nm
to the ceiling by ladder and fixed tha
gas burners. We will show you that
when the gasftters turned on the y
gas jets much gas escaped. Through
lack Of ventilation, this gas remained
in the atmosphere near the ceiling and
when Durrant went to the ceiling he
inhaled the gas which made him sick
You are asked to believe that this man
accused of murder, went directly down
to secure a witness to his crime. We
will show that Durrant was on the
platte rm lying down and when King
returned went down to the Kitchen TO-
take the seltZer. We will show that
upon the request of King, Durrant
helped King to carry a cabinet organ
downstairs into the Sunday school
room. Then Durrant and King left the
church together, Durrant putting on
his coat at the door. 1t being Kings
dinner time, Durrant walked with him
short distance. Then Durrant re-
turned home, meeting a lady on the
way to whom he told that the gas
had made him sick. After dinner he
went to the church to an evening en-.
tertainment.
MARKS OF A CHISEL.
I'VE will then turn our attention to
some evidence found in that church
We will show that the marks upon the
belfry door are the marks of chise
and that the chisel was found In the
pastors study in a tool box. We will
show you, as long as they have intro
duced paper here with letters on II
as compared with letters found IN
Emanuel church, that they are letters
written by Rev. John George Gibson
Ii we are to act upon suspicious we VIII
show you that there are others VINO
have been cast into suspicion anu
worse than the defendant. We VIII
show you that on April Durrant wore
a dark suit Of clothes Of blue clotn
While the witness Vogel said he nav
light trousers. We will show that us
eyesight of Mrs. Leak and Mrs. Cros
sett is impaired and that the repu.a
ton Of witnesses Quinlan, Oppenhem
and Phillips for veracity is bad. II We
can prove what we have outlined ho"
we should have the spirit OF Blancn'
Lamont to call upon you to realize Wv
truth and if her spirit could come W. :,
fore you, we believe it would say; n ~
the defendant stand out; let him w
free for he harmed me not Theoooi.
Durrant is innocent; we stand Tor n'
life; we demand his liberty"
THE TESTIMONY.
After recess, Mrs. Matilda DURAN .aa
the mother Of the prisoner, TOOK Wv
stand. She testified that on the moih =,