The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-08
ADA REHANSLEFTEAR
Rev. Jerry Rounder Will Put 1t Into
Brick and Mortar.
HE HAS THE PROMISE
Durrant's Case Considered to the
Decided Disadvantage of the
Young Man Who Is Accused
OF an Awful Crime.

San Francisco. May 3.-To the Edi-
tor OF the Standard: / regret to learn
semi-officially that the collections in
Butte toward the Rounder movement
are sadly falling off, particularly. rs
I have been unable to raise anyffund
worth mentioning in California for the
great object There are so many peo-
pie out this way who apparently are
in religion for revenue only that there
10 not much announcement for a le-
climate movement like mine. In Los
Angeles the Sunday I was there peo-
pie seemed to be crazy on the subject
OF religion. A Salvation army of 100
members was parading the streets,
several evening religious meetings
were being held in the streets. with
open-air orators, and a woman was
talking salvation on one corner, while
holding forth, and each was trying to
drown the other out. You can Judge
how much show 1 had there. VIII
In San Francisco IL is even worse.
The city is Durrant-crazed. and every
fake and fad is working the murder
for all they can get out of 1t. Spirit
ualists are having interviews with the
murdered girls, clairvoyants are dis
covering evidence, and every sort of a
fake seems to be endeavoring to ad-
vertise itself out OF this most horrible
of murders. Professor Tyndale is here
with a proposition to hypnotize Dur
rant and Gibson, but the authorities
pay little attention to any of these
propositions. The whole city reads
Durrant for breakfast and talks over
the case all day long. II is impossible
TO interest the people in any scheme of
mine. and IL is equally impossible to
remain in San Francisco even a few
days without becoming greatly absorb
ed in the case.
I naturally visited the scene of the
murder. The Baptist church is a mod
est appearing wooden structure, larger.
however, than any church in Butte.
II is somewhat like the Mountain
View church in appearance. Its stee-
pie is much higher than the Mountain
View steeple. haven't felt so particu-
lar about having high steeple on the
Rounder tabernacle since, for a high
steepie cannot avail to save church
from doom. This church is certainly
doomed. 1t will probably never be
used as a place of worship again. Two
policemen guard IL constantly, or are
supposed to. When visited the church
only one policeman was there. He said
the other had concluded to go home
early.
There is a curious difference in the
spelling of the name of the church.
On the corner stone 1t Is called EN-
manuel" On the card posted in front
of the church IL is spelt Emanuel"
while in big gilt letters over the por-
tai of the church 1t is spelt 'Imman-
uel."
/ also visited the court room where
Durrant is being tried. II is a court
room smaller than that of the late
Judge Naughten in Butte. The pre-
siding Judge is scarcely more than 80
years of age.
The published pictures of Durrant
are exceedingly good likenesses for
newspaper cuts. He Is an image of
his father in almost every feature. vet
his face is more disagreeable and re-
pulsive than that of his father. The
face OF Mrs. Durrant is that of an hon
est. amiable, kindly woman.
i do not belive the person lives who
can tell by looking at a man whether
he is guilty OF a crime or not. II IL too
easy for cunning rascal TO assume the
air of innocence. and an honest man
accused of a shameful act
is perhaps more apt TO look confused
than the guilty one. The face of Dur
rant is a face I do not like. would
not trust man with that face under
any circumstances. Judging by his
race, Durrant Is sharp. smart. quick |
witted. but utterly heartless and sell
fish. II he is guilty of the murders
there is one thing i am posi-
tive of. and that is that he committed
the murders in the full possession OF
his senses. He is not a man who be-
trays the slightest symptom OF insan-
Ity. His character. as l can see IL. is
not rash or impulsive. but "cool. cold.
deliberate" IL is not true
as reported In the San Francisco pa
pers that Durrant is impressive under
all this strain. He is strong willed. he |
IS cold-blooded and is able to restrain
any very noticeable emotion. but he |