The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-23
DURRANT'S OUTLOOK DARK.
THE PROSECUTION BORING HOLES
IN HIS TESTIMONY.


His Claim THAT He Was at the Lee
ture at the College on the Day OF
the Murder Proven Unfrue-A Fell
low student Testifies TO supplying
Him with Notes of the Lecture.
Discrepancies In the Prisoners
Claims as To Time Also Proven.
San Francisco. Oct. 22.-The defense
closed in the Durrant case this morning
without introducing any further testi-
mony, and the prosecution Immediately
began 10 put IN its testimony in rebuff
tai This was damaging TO Durrant and
included evidence as to the notes Of Dr..
Cheney's lecture on the afternoon OF
Blanche Lamonts disappearance, which
he obtained from a fellow student.
The five trustees Of the Emanuel baptist
church were called and denied that they
had about the time OF the murder given
any Instructions TO Durrant to repair the
electrical apparatus Of the church. They
admitted that previous to that he had
been requested to make repairs and IN
January had been asked to correct a
defect in the apparatus connected with
some time bells: but none of them had
spoken to Durrant at any time about re-
pairs connected with the sun burners.
Among the trustees was c. G. noble,
uncle OF Blanche Lamont The treasurer
OF the church said he bad allowed Durrant
$3.50 for material used in repairing the
electrical apparatus in January.
Adolph Hobe. an old schoolmate of Dur
rants testified that he had seen him at the
ferry on the afternoon of April l2 the
day of the Minnie Williams murder, with
a young lady OF Miss Williams stature,
and with a cape such as she wore at sos
o'clock. Durrant testified that he left
the ferry before o'clock
Some of the most important testimony
of the trial was then introduced in the
evidence Of f. Il. Glazer. fellow student
OF Durrants. He testified that on April
10, he, with Durrant went into a room at
the college, and while he read his notes
OF the lecture on April 3, Durrant made
notes IN his note book. They discussed
the points raised and Glazer read his notes
entirely through. Though they discussed
the points OF the lecture, Durrant did not
read from his notes during the three
quarters Of an hour they were engaged
Prof Thomas Price, the leading chemist
OF the city was called as an expert and
disposed OF the mysterious shoe found in
fastor Gibsons study with the stain on
the sole, by saying he had found the stain
70 De grease spot and not blood. Prof
Price went into details as to the illu-
minating gas in use in this city. lie said
n Durrant had inhaled IL over the sun
burners as he said he did for four OF Ave
minutes, he would have been entirely over
come. Had he remained two minutes he
would have been overcome,
Snarles Morrison, reporter testified
tnat Durrant had told him he went 10 the
cnufch on the afternoon 7-Uf lffJrII n be-
tween ana 4:30 o'clock, instead OF ass
as Durrant had testified.
=. y. Dunnigan, another reporter tes-
tined that he and DR. Gilbert f. Gra-
nam had visited Durrant in prison on
April ~ lie was requested by Durrant
10 step aside while DR.. Graham talked
privately with the defendant 1t was
asked Tor his notes. DIR. Graham talked
with Durrant for about a half or three
quarters Of an hour, Dunnigan said
DR.. Graham testified that he had had
such an Interview with Durrant I'm the
prison Durrant had asked Dunnigan to
step 10 one side and then asked DR. Cfra-
ham II he would not lend him his notes
OF the lecture OF April 3. He said he had
no notes and with the aid OF DR. Gra-
hams he could prove an alibL Durrant
had said in his testimony that DR. Gra-
ham Joined with him IN asking Dunnigan
TO step 10 one side. Both Dunnigan and
DR., Graham disputed Durrant as to this
and Graham said Durrant used the word
"alibl" though the defendant had said
he did not at that time know the mean
ing Of the word. Durrant suggested as TO
the notes that Graham should leave them
at his house or commit them to memory
and come to the prison and recite them
to him.
The prosecution expects to begin its ar
gumeDt this week