Evening journal., 1895-04-23
TIE D9RaNT HEARING.
Cranky Young Woman, Makes a
Scene In Court.
BLOOD FOUNDOE THE WASH STAND.

The san tranciaon Police Arc GRADUALLY Dis
closing the Nature Of Their Evidence
Connecting Durant with the Emanuel
Church Murders Tho Prisoner Cool
/ SAN FRANCISCO, April 2s.-For hours
before tho preliminary examination Of
Theodore Durant commenced q crowd
began to gather and squad OF po-
licemen was stationed in different parts
Of the room on the lookout for cranks, who
have written threatening letter 70 Judge
Conlon. Before the court opened 5000
people surrounded the hail and filed the
approaches When the defendant arrived
in court, all eyes were turned ON him,
and lie was skotched FROM all points Of
view by the newspaper artists present.
The prisoner looked pale and concerned.
but showed no emotion.
a photographer exhibited several pho
tographs Of tho scene in the church. and
two enlarged pictures Of Marian Williams,
showing the wounds and tho work Of
the physicians, were also exhibited and at
traoted much attention. They exhibited
revolving sight
Mrs Morgan, with whom Miss viii
liams lived ia Alameda stated that she
last saw Miss Williams on tho morning Of
the 18th inst. and that the deceased had
told her she was going to Mrs. Voy's
house.
Here the name Of "A. Il. Williams, the
father Of the dead girl, was called. But
in his place young woman rushed to
the stand and said that no one should tos-
tify before her She gave tho name OF
Williamson, and said that she would be
the one to judge Durant. and ordered
him released The police tried to remove
her, but she would not let them touch her
without some words. She handed an in
| coherent letter to the olork She said she
was sent by God to judge DuIant. The
woman was subsequently identified as
Laura Lucy Gould Williamson of ITO
Leavenworth street. She declared herself
TO be an = "ensssary Of God." She disap.
peared after being removed from the court
room.
Some New Evidence.
A. f. Williams then took the stand and
/ identified the pocketbook found in Du,
rants overcoat as one he had given TO bis
/ daughter.
Sergeant Burke testified as to the find
| ing of the pocketbook. He said there wa.
a bunch of l. keys in the same pocket and
a single key Of the Yale pattern. The off
4 Atla oNaAtA AlAhb oub MY tildl WAS III lut
| bunch when he found the ring in the over
coat pocket was missing The case viii
be continued.
Sergeant Burns then gave a bit Of sen
sational evidence which has not come out
before He said that when he, in COMPANY
| with other officers, examined the lavatorl
Of the washroom in the back OF the churcl
| just to the rear of the pulpit he saw blool
stains on the wash basin and wall jus
above it. Sergeant Reynolds 81 charc
Of the searching squad, had called his at
tention to the stains.
Maggie Fitzpatrick identified Durant a
the young man who had called on her an,
two friends on Mission street. near Twen
| ty-seoond. on the night Miss Williams wa
murdered She said be was agitated
Another girl who was with her corrobo
rated her evidence, but could not identif
Durant though she identified the Goa
and hat he wore.
Mrs. Mccoy. q laundIess, testified tha
she saw a man and young woman nea
Emanuel church between and o'clocl
on the 18th. Thoy appeared to be lovers
The man was urging the girl TO acoede T.
some proposition, and the girl seemed t
be ooaxing him not to insist. just as sh
passed them Mrs. Mccoy heard the maj
say, You are a coward.