The herald., 1895-09-12
MORE Of THE TESTIMONY
Blanche LamOnt'S Sister Maud
TestifieS
CROSS.EXAMINE MRS. NOBLE
Never Sought Durrants Attentions for
Her Niece
Durrant Said Blanche Had confidc nee In
All and Believed Everyone
to Be Good


Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE trial
of Theodore Durrant is becoming moro
proved the death of Blanche Lam ont and
has established that the body OF the girl
in Emanuel church was her corpse and
that the clothing hidden in the rafters of
the edifice was worn by the girl on the
day she disappeared.
The prosecution is now putting in evil
dence connecting the prisoner with the
| crime. The witnesses for the people
will be called in chronological order, the
intention being 20 form a chain, the
links of which will be testimony show
ing the movements OF the murdered girl
and the defendant on that fateful third
of April.
The district attorney tried by various
pretexts to ascertain the weight of
Blanche Lamont at the time OF her death,
| the object being to show that she was
not too heavy to be carried by one man
up into the church bsliry. All questions
looking to this will be objected to by the
defense as hsresay and overruledy Final.
ly. however, when Maud Lamont. sister
OF the murdered girl, was on the stand.
the fact was elici.ad that last Septem Der
Blanche was weighed and her weight
found to oe 115 pounds. Her sister said
that she had gained about seven pounds.
This was point for the prosecution. The
autopsy surgeon had testified on cross
examination that although the corpse
had not been weighed he considered the
weight to be about lao pounds. The
prosecution will now show that when the
surgeon viewed the corpse the girl had
been dead ten days, and that with morti-
tication the corpse had become swollen
so as to appear heavier than was actually
the case. The defense fought the intro
duction of this evidence hard, but 1t was
allowed by the court.
The first witness today was Mrs. Noble,
aunt of Blanche Lamont On cross-ex.
animation she denied that she had said
to Durrant. when her niece first came
here from Montana: Now, Theodore.
agreeable as you can for these girls of
mine" The witness said the only oc-
casion when Durarnt rad taken Blanche
out alone was in the afternoon. Then
they had been to the park and had re-
mained away 50 long that Durrant vol
uutdTlIy aPbioEILcu, aItuOlSu IDe VIII
ness had not been anxious at their ab-
sence. "After Blanche disappeared, the
witness continued, 'Durrant came to my
house with Dr.. Vogel to consult about
her absence. He turned to me and said {:
blanche was such good girl; believed
veryone else was as good as herself, and
in that way she might have been carried
off," Maude Lamont tuld about Durrant' s
attentions to her sister. corroborating
her auDt's testimony on that point.
Maud positively Unidentified the ring with
Il chip diamond as hers. She said she
had exchanged with Blanche, each wear
ing the otner's ring This was one of
the rings returned to Mrs. Noble wrapped
up in newspaper on the edge of which
were printed the names of George King,
| the church organst. and Prof. Sch herstein,
| the elderly music teacher. This same
ring was positively identified at the
| preliminary examination by second
hand dealer named Oppenheim as one
offered to him for sale by Durrant after
Blanche disappeared.
The witness identified the clothing
found in the belfrv as worn by her sister
on the morning OF her disappearance.
Adjourned until tomorrow.