The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-11

pushed his way through the crowd In the
| aisle, he remarked, Has the District AT
torney's watch stopped too?"
Mr.. Barnes was also penitent. he ha9
had some public business to attend TO. ana
| the flight of time was unnoticed by nlih,
| too. The flight of Mr.. Deuprey was also
unnoticed by the court and the others, for,
during the apology of Mr.. Barnes, ne
| slipped into his seat as quietly as possible,
and then all were ready to proceed.
"Call John T. Dare" said the District
Attorney, and the prosecuting attorney OF
Police Court took the stand.
"were you on Sunday, April Ia, 1895, in the
Emmanuel Baptist Church of this City?'
| 81 was"
.And did you visit the belfrye"
| "I did"
"Who was with your
| "De tectives Gibson and Bowen"
what did you see in the belfry?"
81 saw body lying upon the floor"
| Barnes then asked the witness to describe
| the body and the position in which 1T lay;
| the position of the head, the hands and the
| feet. On one side of the head, he said, he
| noticed small piece of wood.
II show you this little block and ask if you
recognize it as the one you saw under the
head?"
mo, cannot"
"Did you see any block like this?"
81 think saw one somewhat similar"
General Dickinson then commenced his
cross-examination.
"About what time were you In the church,"
"About 10 O'clock"
"When did you go to the belfry?"
''There was very little delay. talked mo.
up to the belfry."
HAD you light at the timer"
came. There was a dim light coming in
through the lattice"
Dare then told in answer to several OF
Dickinson's questions what the condition
of the body was at the time he examined
it, and he then went on to say how he had
noticed kind of ''sweep" through the
debris on the floor as if some body had
been dragged over it.
Dickinson-There was good deal of debris
on the floor, wasn't there?
at looked as if the carpenters had not swept
the floor after completing the building. There
was dirt, sawdust and shavings scattered all
over"
sThat's all"
Mrs C. G. Noble was then called, but she
was put aside for a while to give place to
Policeman John McGreevy, who was the
next one to testify.
''were you at the Emmanuel Baptist Church
on April 16?
eyes, SIR
Did you make any search Of the premises"
"What did you fnd?'
81 found glove"
.'Where?"
an the southeast corner of the church."
Opposite the belfry tower?"
"Y es sir"
Chow did you go to get there?"
81 went up the stairs and crawled through
| hole broken through the wall at the second
| platform, got under the lower roof of the
church and reached the tower from tine oppo-
site end from where the belfry tower is"
McGreevy then, by the help of the model
and by photographs, pointed out to the
! jury just how he got to the tower in the
rear of the church and just where he found
| the glove.
ais that glove in the same condition now as 1T
| was when you found it?''
"The fingers were turned in like that"
81 offer this right-hand lady's glove as
evidence" said Barnes, and then Dickin-
| son began to cross-examine.
| "How did you find the lover"
"Just thrown down."
Between the joists?"
eyes, between the 1oists."
How long did it take you to reach the tower
where you found the glove?"
"Half minute"
"How far is it?"
az couldn't say"
"How did you get downstairs again7"
"By the belfry."
The difficulties of walking upon a SUBJ
ceiling and the time which such locomo-
|
| by the seeker after evidence, and the
| amount of dust which he had collected
upon them, all furnished Dickinson with
material for inquiry. Then McGreevy was
let go.
Mrs G. G. Noble was the next witness.
| When she came to the stand there was an
air of expectancy in the room. Her testi-
mony came as the elimination of long
| line of evidence concerning the effects and
! wearing apparel of Blanche Lamont. Mr..
Barnes began by asking:
"You knew Blanche Lamont?"
"She was my niece"
"Your sisters child?"
eyes, SIR
"Do you know whether Blanche Lamont is
| dead or living now?"
"She is dead"
Mrs. Noble then told how long Blanche
had lived with her, and that she had come
from Montana to this City because the
milder climate would be better for her del
icate health. She went to the Boys High
School at first, and afterwaId was pupil
at the Normal School on Powell street.
"Do you know Theodore Durrant?" asked Mr..
Barnes.
eyes, sir; have known him about year"
"Were you regular attendant at the En-
manuel Baptist church,
tended that church about three years"
"Where did you first meet Durrant?"
"At the church"
"Dld Durrant ever call at your nOuSeE'
ayes, sir; after Blanche came to live with
u.s.
chow often did he call there prior to April
3?''
81 saw him there but twice-if you want my
own knowledge"
"Was he with Blanche on those oecasions?"
"Once he came home with Blanche. Another
time he came and asked her sister whether
Blanche would accompany him to concert"
"Did Blanche go with him'
eyes, SIR
sfIpb o., Ala roy, 1oe COO Pla nba
son the morning OF April 8. at about 8
o'clock"
"What was the occasion of your seeing her
them"
81 saw her as she left the house to go to
school,"
Chow was she dressed?"
"She wore black clothes and light straw
hrt."
"Did she have books with herr"
eyes, sir; she carried her schoolbooks."
At this point Mr.. Barnes walked be-