Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-30
DURRANT SCORCHED.
Eloquent Address Of District Attorney
Barnes,
CLOSING TnBGREArMuRpER CASE
The Jury TO DO Instructed Tomorrow
Morning, = Verdict Expected by
Tomorrow Night.

trial OF Theodore Dutfaut toiay. Tho
court room was crowded 10 It's greatest
capacity and close attention was paid
to the speaker. Judge Murphy viii
charge the jury tomorrow morning,
and verdict IL expected by tomorrow
night.
Following Is synopsis Of District
Attorney Baraet' closing address IN
the DIrrsnt c,sei
"lhe Individual who perpe;rated the
hldgoua murder, with which tho do.
PENDANT stands charged. ana which
has narrowed the Joui AMI frozen the
blood o. this oommuuiiy, IL no orfi.
nary criminal, aud his crime IN every
aapeot IN which II may be cons doTcd 10
without n parallel. II was not com.
miited undefa blind an1 furious i'm.
pulse, 90 revenge some raal or iaucied
wrong TO his person, his property OF
his character nor from motives OF gain,
nor In the commission OF robbery, Nor
yet under tue hot spur Of Jealousy. II
was Ia every sense y cold bl0oued,
vicious murder. IL WAS without the
slightest provoo alton OF apparent OK.
ouee or pallisiiOn, The assassin chose
for his victim mn innocent maiden.
She was undovclops1 In mind, pure In
liiea aud thought, Of simple and unsuB.
peoting nHtufs, and presenting In body
none OF the qualities which nrs sup
posed 10 arouse the OWL passions OF the
seducer ami the llbeftine. For tho
scene OF his dreadful assault, the muir
derer selected an evangelical church,
dedicated to the worship VI God. lie
took tho life Of his violin, not with TIE
savage mercy OF tue quick pistol
or the silent knife, but he tortured her
with the lingering process OF HlTangl-
Ing, driving his cruel fingers deep into
tbs tender negh OF her slender throat;
and 80 fiorcely did he do his devirs
work that tho atigmath Of his crime
Z, manned until tue discovery VI her
cirpse, clearly dlscernihls as tue cause
Of death, not Ouly ny the expert suTgl-
cal examiner, but by toe most un.
learned observer. WHAT other, " any,
wrong was uono her before her sOui
cxhaled ana went g. heaven, We do
not know. Tho Advancement Of natural
decomposition BAN d investigation
hui made knowledge impossible; bat
we kLOw thst either liviug, or dying,
or dead, she was ken by aim up tbs
steep stairs Of the sieeple OF the belfry
u tnu chuiUh, whore he supported the
poor body with blocks Of wood, aud
left II there to rot Ia naUcdnoss, anu
wilhor In the cool, western wind that
swept through the lofty sPirc. He hid
the remains where he believed they
would remain undltcOveteJ and have
no promise OF Christian burial. None
saw this crime save the God whom he
feared not, Us he extended the naked
hnd slender form on the beliry II Dor,
laid the thin arms across the Jude.
yeloped bosom, propped the head,
aud atTnightened the mnAger body
In the dust. Not human beiug
bad beheld his retreat from
tho awful presence OF the death which
was his WORK, ami the secret was safely
locked In his own breast. There lay
tho spec chless and untartifying corpse,
and what was II now to give him
iear7 II had been nothing but u girl
after all, aud concerning her, there
would be the same old story TO which
no could help TO give ouTrenoy-lhe
same old story OF vanished girl, n
distracted family, an ineffective aud
psIiuu Glory search among the houses
Of III Tepute, q reluctant conclusion
that this little one, like others OF our
daughters, had goRe to her moral des-
tfuclion; n picture turned TO the wall,
q name never spoken, anu oblivion,
letsonsl and social, for poor LOST
Blanche Lamont. And no was right
Tor the moment. TIE murderer went
his guilty way, with his undivul ged
crime, unscatned and unwhippeu OF
Justice, willis his victim lay In the
spite that pointed It's slender finger TO
tue sky, ms u reproaching It's ruler for
His unmoving Indignation"
Nj. Barnes then related the clrcum.
stsuces In connection with the discoy-
sty Of Ai,s. Lsmont's boiy, and f-om
the fEOih drew tue eoaclusiOn that she
was murdered by some member OF
tho churoh who had keys TO
the huilgiug aud Ia whom shs
had confidence. The murderer must
also have beon q man whose cunning
was sufficient 20 euAbie hin 10 siIiiB
the natural feeling OF iimldity wnlca
always accompanies lnnocrnos ana
Induce her TO go alone with him TO the
darksned church In which thee b0.h
worshipped on sunday. such man,
hB said, 10 Theodore DuTTanl. Only a
monster cApabls Of taking the life of on
innooelt girl, ho snid could TeDlain
cool, impa,siye ami almgHt DEFIANT
when accused of such \ crime.
"Gsnglsmon," cOntinus1 Mr.. Barnes,
"such q man Ii Of ruoh rare qurlity
that II confronted At last win the
proofs Of his GRIM, whose recital has
shocked al civilization, he could ard
he would, ~ he has done, snssfinzly
emile In the awful pro9ence OF tho
relics OF his victim, torn by his hanus
from he. stifiening body; anu exhibit
neither passion nor smOdon, naither
sympathy nor regret Tor the uniorlu-
nate child he had brought 10 proms.
turo grave. Such man could well
lis In jail awaiting Lis trial for murder,
and clolhe mis- viliAiny with the mask
OF n pretended trust Ia the Jehovah
whom he had dehsj, AMI play the
saint with verse and phrases stolen
from holy wrii. lie could listen
with grim GImpiaosney when his
counsel struggled 10 weave q web OF
suspicion nud accusation around one
whom no knew 10 10 Innocent, anu
nom the beginning ~ the ond OF his
trial for the highest crime known ~
the law, remaining ths same never.he-
less, impasHble. smiling villain.
"DurrAnpa testimony is mass Of
contradictions from beginning to end"
said Mr., BARNES. "NOt only has he
contradicie1 the testimony OF the
prosecutors Witnesses, but he has con.