The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-01
HIS CUTTING WORDS
Barnes Bitter Denunciaton Of Dur
rant in a Torrent of InvectiveS.
WILL RESUME THIS MORNING
Then the Judge VIII Charge the
Jury The Prisoners Mother
Overcome by Grief - But
Theo Is Impasslve.

San Francisco. OCT. u.-D,striot Af-
torney Barnes dd not finish his argu-
ment In the trial Of Theodore Durrant.
as he announced last night that he
would. The Jurors asked the court not
10 send chem out tonight. as rhey
would prefer to be charged tomorrow
and have all day to consider the case.
The request was granted, and as the
district attorney desired to have his
words still ringing In the ears Of the
Jurors. he spoke untsl time for court to
adjourn and rhen announced that he
would finish tomorrow morning.
That Durrank ls not only a monster.
but a criminal. whose actions. both be-
fore and since April .. have been In
keeping with the actions OF other great
criminals. were the statements that rhs
district attorney endeavored to keep
before the jury to-day. The impulse
that promrred the prisoner to steal
Blanche Lamont's rings from her body.
ne said. was the same impulse that had
caused other CRIMINALS TO steal mat for
which they had no use after commit
ting a similar crime. N u were not for
the fact that criminals always do
things that should be left undone and
rail 10 perform important acts, he said
law breakers wotild never be de-
tected.
As the District attorney dweit upon
the ghoullsh nature OF a man who could
steal the rings from the body OF an In
nocent girl that he had murdered. his
denunclatlon Of the defendant became
so bitter that Mrs. Durrant was unable
to retain her composure. She burst into
tears and flung her arms about the neck
OF her son as II TO shield him from the
torrent OF lnveotlves OF whgch he was
being made the object. DurraDt re-
mained measuraoly calm. but hss
mother. although she made several ef-
fonts. could not control her emotion.
In the meantime the district attorney.
VINO did not notice her state. his face
being turned away. continued his
scathing argument. until Juror Smythe
finally brought the incident to an end
by asking for fve-rnlnute recess. The
request was granted. and when the
proceedings were resumed Mrs. Dur
rant had recovered herself. The merci-
less arraignment Of the defendant con-
tfnued. however.
Theodore Durrant," said Mr.. Barnes.
Stands fourth In American jur!sprud-
ence to-day. as the most brutal crimi-
nal OF uhe age He IN O creature beside
whom Holmes. the multi-murderer. now
on trial In Philadelphia. Is q perfect
gentleman and a schoiar: beside whom
Professor Webster. the Harvard In
structor. who killed DIR. Parleman years
ago, was q kind and genial citizen.
and as compared with whom Cain was
q George Washington. He took this
child into Nhs church alone and en-
ttccd her. by what means we know not.
up TO me beifry. She was with him
alone In that great building. this weak
and sickiy chlld. unable physically to
cope with this monster. and as the
Russian proverb says Heaven was high
and car afar off.'
mo one was there to come TO her AID:
no one could hear her call for mercy az
II fell upon his callous ear. She stood
alone. the prospective victim Of lust
fil murderer. q murder that shall be
spoken Of by our children. their chill
dren and their chlidrens children until
the end OF the history OF Jurisprudence.
There are no witnesses to tell OF the
details Of that awful struggle between
virtue and vice. but there are clrcum-
stances fraught with more meaning
than words that tell the whole story
and declare Theodore Durrapt the muir
derer. II 10 for you. gentlemen. TO con-
slider these c.rcun stances and say
whether or not the prisoner shall not
give his Ete as he took that Of his VIC
tim"