The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17

April last, at 4:10 o'clock in the afternoon,
she saw Blanche Lamont enter Emmanuel
Baptist Church with Durrant. She knew both
of them, the accused, particularly. In this
statement Captain Lees places the most i'm
plicit confidence.
Attorneys for the defense and the defendant
himself do not seem to be in the least worried
by the discovery of this new witness. They
stoutly maintain their ability to establish an
alibi, and the accused remarks that woman
who wavered Standardization between Blanche
Lamont and Lucille Turner could hardly be
depended upon to see much across Bartlett
street
Mrs. Leak is the divorced wife of the prin-
,cipal stakeholder of the Leak Glove Company
of Gloversville, now residing in New York
City. She bears an excellent reputation IN the
Emmanuel congregation, of which she has
been member for sixteen years, but others
state that she is inclined to talk considerably
and is more than likely to be mistaken in her
dates. Mrs. Leak could not be found at her
residence yesterday, and 1t is more than
likely that she has sought another abode in
order to escape callers.
The search for jurors went on for an hour
yesterday uDsuccessfully. At: noon Judge
- Murphy was obliged to adjourn court until
d. Monday on account of his illness.
NOTE TO THE READER.-If you wish only to
know what was actually accomplished in the
Durrant case yesterday the foregoing summary
win give you chat information. If, however,
1t is your desire to learn the particulars of this
Interesting trial you will find subjoined clear,
succinct, impartial account of all important
matters. Under no circumstances viii the
offensive details be admitted. They are not
essential TO an intelligent understanding of
the progress Of the case, and will be accorded
no place in these columns.
The last, the connecting, the strongest
link in the chain of evidence against Dur
rant has been forged. The steely circle is
complete. But one human force can rend
it. and that force is an abb. So the police
say,
That alfbi, even in the face of this latest
and most important discovery, the ac-
cused and his counsel stoutly maintain
their ability to establish.
With this connecting link comes the wit
ness to support it. She is Mrs. Caroline S.
Leak, a white-haired woman of IS, who has
been member of Emmanuel Baptist
Church for the past sixteen years, residing
at the present time at 124 Bartlett street,
almost directly opposite the ensanguined
edifice. She has stated plainly to Captain
Blanche Lamont enter Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church at ten minutes past o'clock
on the afternoon of April 8 last, and that
although she watched long and patiently,
she saw neither of them make an exit.
According to her story on April Mrs
Leak was In expectation of a:visit from heI
daughter, who lives at San Mateo. Early
in the. morning of that day she took her
station at one of the windows in her room
in the second story of the house occupied
by the family of Andrew J. Hackett.
letter-carrier, at 124 Bartlett street, and
there, hour after hour, she watched for the
coming of her child. Her vigil was. unre-
warded, the noon hour passed and she
still watched on. When the clock struck
Mrs. Leak had almost given.up hone. but
still fingered at the window. About ten
minutes later, while gazing in the direc-
ton OF Twenty second street, she saw a
young man and a young woman coming
up on the other side. She recognized the
man as Durrant, whom she has known for
years, but was puzzled at first as to the iden-
tity of his companion. Her first Thought
was that the young lady was Miss Lucille
Turner, but as the couple neared the