The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-29
CALLS THEM LIARS
DURRANT TALKS ABOUT THE W.T.
NEssEs FOR THE PROSECUTION.
He Thinks 1t Strange They Were Not
Struck Dead for What They Said
Against Him.

SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 2S.-An evening
paper publishes an interview with Theodore
Durrant, in which the prisoner expressed
his disgust at the witnesses VINO had testi-
fed for the prosecution. sT wonder the
fate of Ananias and Sapphira has not over
taken some of them, he is quoted as say
ing. 1T is strange to me that they have
not been struck dead for what they have
said against me on the stand. Durrant
expressed confidence in his ultimate ac-
quittal.
In the opinion of many members of the
local bar the counsel for the defense has
opened a door for the admission of all the
evidence in the Williams case at the pres
ent trial for the murder of Blanche La
mont During the examination of Sergeant
Reynolds and Burke. who were called by
the defense. questions were asked concern
ing shoe with a brown stain on the sole
found in the pastors study. The prosecu-
tion may claim the right to demonstrate
the stain on the shoe might have resulted
from walking around Emanuel Church on
the morning the mutilated body of Minnie
Williams was found. Evidence could then
be put in showing the position of the room
where the murder was committed and the
possibility of person entering it getting
blood on the feeet. The defense will fight
any proposition that has for its object set
t,ng I'm DeIore tne jury any fact regarding the
Williams murder. The district attorney
says he is satisfied he has put up a very
strong case, and does not like to take the
cnance OF introducing the testimony that
may De declared irrelevant by the Supreme
Court. The defense does not seem to rely
so much on the albi as it did a few davs
ago, and their efforts are now being de-
voted to an attempt to find flaws in the
prosecution.
Not one of Durrants seventy-five class
mates will step to the front and say Dur
rant attended Dr. Cheny's lecture on April
3. If he was there every member of the
class would know it, and dozens would ap-
pear and tell of many incidents that hap
pened during the lecture, which, by the
presence of the accused, was impressed on
their minds. The simple fact that nobody
recollects his presence is proof positive to
the prosecuting attorney that he was alb
sent. If General Dickinson fails to put the
students on the stand. Mr.. Barnes will call
them In rebuttal and although their testi-
mony 10 the effect that they did not know
whether or not the defendant was at the
lecture will be negative in character, ii will
thoroughly dissipate from the minds of the
have. In rebuttal the district attorney
will attack the roll book and will by a great
many witnesses show the careless way in
which the record OF attendance at the COL
1ege was kept 1t will be shown that hardly
student has not at one time or another
had the roll falsified by his classmates an
SWerlng TOT nlm DurrantS s hopes now rest
on the ability of his lawyers TO manip-
ulate proceedings as to create a doubt in
the mind OF a juror so as TO secure a dsa-
greement- He can build on nothing more
substantial, and IL seems impossible at the
present writing that he can expect an ac-
quittal.
Mrs. G.. Monnier, wife of a French liquor
dealer. says that on the afternoon OF April
3 she saw Theodore Durrant enter Emanuel
Church. He was alone Mrs. Monnier says
she was on her way 10 her dressmaker's $
that day. Investigation proves that Mrs.
Monnier not only did not see Durant enter
the church. but that she never saw him
until the trial commenced. 1t is believed
her mind is deranged.