The San Francisco call., 1895-11-05
DICKINSON'S IRE AROUSED.
He VIII Carry Durrant's Case to
the Highest Court in the


| General Dickinson is busily engaged in
the preparation of the bill of exceptions
| which is be the basis of his motion for q
| new trial of Durrant for the murder OF
Blanche Lamont. He intends paying q
visit to his father, at Portland, and is de-
sirous that the hearing be had at once OF
that the date for argument be set for such
| a time as Will enable him to make the trip
| in the meantime. The motion for new
trial will be made when Durrant goes be-
fore Judge Murphy for sentence, on Friday.
Judge Murphy may decide to hear the
argument at once or he may decide to
postpone it until after his vacation, as he
intends to take rest before trying the
Williams case.
There is possibility therefore that the
finale in the Lamont case, so far as the
| Superior Court is concerned, will not be
reached for some weeks, but it is generally
believed Judge Murphy will be disposed
| to get rid of the Lamont case for good and
all as soon as possible, for it is foregone
conclusion that the motion will be de-
MED. Judge Murphy was exc eedingly
careful in his rulings and often gave the
defense the benefit of the doubt rather
than leave a loophole that would serve as
good foundation for snch motion, which
was, of course, anticipated.
General Dickinson stated yesterday that
the defense is ready to proceed to trial in
the Minnie Williams case at any time, and
intimated that he had much stronger de-
tense than was developed in the trial Just
ended. He said he was not sure that a
change of venue would be asked, but from
his recent expressions relative to the state
n ia tai IN
that such procedure will be adopted.
That change of venue will be granted if
asked is very probable, as it would be next
to impossible to secure another jury here,
and the District Attorney has announced
that he will offer no opposition to such a
motion.
For these reasons there is very little
likelihood that the Williams case will be
tried in San Francisco.
General Dickinson, in speaking yester-
day of the Williams case, said:
"Pll fight this thing to the end, you may
believe me-" indicating that he would
carry Durrants case or cases to the highest
court in the land before he would yield up
the life of his client
"Do you suppose we can get witnesses to
testify for the Defense" he said, "when
they know that as soon as their identity
against them2 Take that man Clark.
He went voluntarily to Deuprey
and told his story. He believed he was
right, and he was right, but it was no
sooner known that he was to testify for the
defense than he was made out an embez-
zler and everything else that was black,
and it was even said that a warrant was
out for his arrest. 1t was all lie, there
wasn't a word of truth in it, but it kept
him from telling what he knew. Lenni-
han was another instance, and so it went.
1 tell you that the public mind was so
prejudiced against the young man that
those jurymen wouldn't have dared go
home to their wives if they hadn't con-
victed him. Talk about a fair trial, there
never was more inhuman travesty on the
term, and it will be the same in this case.
But told you we were going to fight, and
we'll show you we mean it before we are
through"