The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-10
BY Southern Associated Press.


case, perhaps more so than any CORE
sponding period since the bodies of
Minnie Williams aud Blauche Lamont
were found in Emanuel Church and
Durrant WAS arrested for their murder.
All sorts OF stories emanating from the
most vague sources have been circu
lated aud published only TO he ilaiiy
contrsdlcted when traced to the fouu.
tain Of the Information.
Such tales Ms the ones Clarence w olf
would testify to Durraut's having told
him OF his Intention To betray Blanche
Lamont; that Mayor Sutro was supply.
tug funds to conduct the deieuse; thnt
the defense would undertake in the
Minnie Williams case TO show that the
girl was not murdered on the night
when she Is supposed to hive lost her
ilfe, bat on the following morning,
and that she was not IN Durrnnt's com
pary tint fatal night, but III the com
pnny OF uu uged suitor.
hese are ou!y u few stories that have
been given publicity uud have been
pronounced false by persons most IN.
seresird. The latest of these startling
siurle, Is tnut wired from Los Angeles
Saturday, 10 the elect that Miss Ida
NJ. layton, tencher III the Reddiug
Biimni' schuo', IL either the person
Nr khuws VINO was the one. thnt Dur
rnnt supposed to have irIShteued IN
IT,. hutc" by II sudden Appearance he
LIudc before her one day.
"li. / 60" TOOK up the work person
oily yesterday ut investigating the
story, but up To last evening he had
fnIlrd to iinu the whereabouts of Miss
Clayton, wh" iInd gone out OF the city
SUNDAY. He WAS compelled to give up
last evening Without haviLg sntItied
himssIi AS Ia tho truth OF the report.
John /. Dare, pro-rcuiiug attorney
7u l'Uiic" ONT No. =. viii be one of
the States witnesses Wednesday. Ills
aun, Stutr Dare, hns already test fled
70 finding the wrnriug apparel of
Slnnche Lamont stu"rd AWAY IN the
ruiters and uudor thc Il 40: III the bel
Try. But STAIR lintr did not notice
thu two blocks under the hrui OF the
HudN ns 1t lay with lis uitu4 FOLDED or
slie floor.
50 inr only one OF the neop o,' wit
uesses, Detective Giib b.um. TIA. neru able
40 testify concerning these niuch~,
Tough several other w,turtfe. who
saw The body III the tc.t, he!urc
wns removed by Dcpu'y C,luuets
SIN ith aud lial.cii. have teen tXum
lned. defective Gibson not ced these
blocks und went there IL few uuvs later
mud secured them. Now these tIocks
al identified aud proved. ure OF cuus:d
srHDle importance, but they tend 10
chow that whoever 1t WAS that placed
ihc hudy of the murdered pIrl where
At was found acted according to the
custom ln vogue III the diss,ctlng rooui
he head rested on these blocks lust
as the head of II corpse IN u diSs ecuug
A Al nf IN
medical student. True, there is moth
Aug direct about the evidence, but /; Is
"omsldered IA good lux III the long
chnln Of cIrcumstantial evideuce upon
which the Stnte expects 10 make ont
ats case against Durrnnt.
Attorney Dare saw those blocks
under the head of the body. He WAS
an the beifry before the body was re-
moved. HIS evidence is valued highly
by the people.
Heretofore Dickinson tof counsel for
the defeuiuntl Las questioned each
witness who was III the beliry, about
those blocks, with the result that no
one else beside detective Gibson seems
10 have noticed them.
There Is good deal of preliminary
testimony yet To be adducod before the
witnesses who connect Durrnut with
She case can he put upon the stand.
CONGRESSM WILL RESIGN
Tie Thinks tie Can Serve His Consti-
tuents Better in Another Capacity
By Southern Associated rros.
New YORK, September 9.-It is an
thoritativeiy announced that Congress
man Quigg will forward to Gov. Nor
ton within day or two his resignntion
of the office OF Representative III Con
Sress for the Fourteenth Congressional
district. Mr. QuIgg hes timed .his
resignation so ns to eupbic his place to
BE filled ut the coming general election
1t Is understood that his reasons are
altogether of a business nature.
He is SAID to feel that nIl the objects
which those who voted for him had III
mind TO serve, can be more effectively
promoted, so fur ne his services are
concerned by giving constant ut
Iention to his duties as editor OF the
Rrees, than by any work he might be
able to perform in Washington. In
this view of the case after much con.
sideration he hos decided to resign.
inventory Hargn,n..
Many bargains left which will be
nlnqp1 Dnt AT lie "A than cost tuia wepk