The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Barnes Sensational Questions
About Durrant Seeing the Body
In RoI

| Mr.. Barnes Sensational Questions
About Durrant Seeing the Body
In the BeIfry.
| When court opened in the afternoon
Dickinson had question or two to ask in
regard to the catalogue of the library. He
| placed it in Durrant's hands and asked:
tI ask you to examine this book-people
exhibit No. SO. When did you see it prior tC
| to-day?"
~ saw it on April g."
"Do you observe anything peculiar about il
now?"
al do"
"What is it?"
| 'The absence of half of one of the pages or
which some writing occurred"
/ ''Do You know why it is missing2"
| 81 do not
"Your Honor" said Dickinson t'I ask leave
| this book in evidence until this half-page has
been accounted for. 1t is not in its original
| condition"
| at seems to me-" answered the court "that
| the book could go in as an evidence OF the de-
! fendants handwriting, even II there were but
one line remaining in IT,. They cannot cross
| examine upon it, but it is good as evidence OF
handwriting"
| Dickinson object to it in it's present form.
The court-The objection is overruled.
''Can you identify this book to the best OF
your recollection" then asked Barnes.
Eyes sir
"Can YOU tell if what has been traced here
on this card will fill out that page in the book
to the best of your recollection?"
| 81 cannot tell. l recollect such a subject in
the book, but cannot tell whether or not this
| belongs there"
who entered anything in the catalogue be-
| sides yourself?"
| FTo the best of my knowledge George King.
| He was the only one who had access to it and
| could write. But there was another book"
III am speaking OF this particular book. 1t is
''for the prosecution to admit that before the
| book came into the possession OF the State 1t
was mutilated in that manner and that the
| mutilation of the book, / am advised and be-
/ lieve was not the work of the defendant, but
/ 1t was done by anewspaper man for the Chroni-
| Gle to make tracings of it for a reproduction.
| room of the Chronicle. We can prove the page
| to have been cut out in the manner and for the
purpose mentioned, but this tracing is the
| only evidence of what was cut out. I will offer
| 1t in evidence, but will withdraw 1t If there
| is any objection, for know it is incompetent u
| Dickinson-We will consent to the admission
| OF the book on that statement, but without the
| card.
| Barnes-The card then being objected to
| will ask to have the clerk mark it for identi-
| fcation.
The court-very well.
Then Barnes took bundle of letters,
bills, notebooks, ETC., and one by one be
| showed them to the witness. AS each was
put into his hand be was asked if it was
IN his handwriting, and then each was IN
! turn offered in evidence. On occasions
where the documents were not entirely in
his handwriting, the witness marked just
what was his.
! They were all offered, not for the sub
stance of them. but as specimens of Dur
rants handwriting. Dickinson objected to
each as not relevant, but the court over
ruled each objection, and admitted the
documents as specimens of the defendant
] handwriting, and for that purpose only
There was letter inclosed in an envelope
Durrant admitted having written the letter
but not the address on the envelope, as he
said that some one else had done that fol
him. A mum Der of photographs of Dur.
rants handwriting were also admitted by
OF the names on the wrapper in which the
! rings were sent to Mrs. Noble. The origins
names were partly blurred. The wrapper
] Itself was shown to Durrant. He did mo-