Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-20


 Durant lettering about the ferry at tho foot of Market street and talked to him. They said Durant tnld them he did not expect tu be at the aImory that night. and he asked them to respond to his name at roll call
 pr. Bartlett, who conducted the autop- sy. testified that Mimic Williams died of asphyxiatiOn as a result of having part .t her clothing forced town her throat by tho murderer, and tlAt tho knife wounds found on various parts of her body Were inflicted after her death. He a'su tu>t .,d that the girl had cen outraged, &r@ ...;.t previous 10 tLc timN of t!.r Irt:,:.y >,,t, had lvd a l'lnmrlr>- I:ir
 several other v.tur-~,.' Ns.t' examined on mirror E:"ttrr,. u2A li" r"r, her 3n- CGunrrd that ho E;." l." H.,Ir tr,!i,nrny Io offer. thuu%h hH ,3.ll,l I.u:ai.t to the stand, and the ldt;rr left lis >,"lt :iS if 10 present himself ;ur VNalui!.tti,n Il anal thrn looked toward hIs att'rIv!s. Wh" advised him not to speak, and No further ltiort was made tu question hlm. The jury did net I!Y m hour in de libcrating and rr;urn., n verdict before noon charging Nur"ut with tie murder of Minnie Williams. |; ,1ns tEc ra,c of her death only 1l.;st WIS h.E-s invr-ti:-,lt ed. The oass of thr murder I Elaurh La mont will hc tai,,n ", later
 TIc Voranrr'- Verdict.
 The corun,r's Jn.y :,.u":.,,. [! 8 follow ing verdict
 We, the iury ~ummvn,@ .@l worn to inquirV tltp Ill., .at I.t, :l',i!,}- t:!r death Of Minnlr NiH..:., and ly WI..nI Iho same was lrutlI.,,, and in Wl;.: l.!AI!nrr and where H!d Wnvn tho sane Winnie Williams came tu her death, to tHI that thc name of th" Urrt:,,tl Wa~ Miluie Flora Williams, Lrg uEr :! years, na:iv- ity. Cannt,.: sinE,"; Irsil!,rcr, Alameda. Alameda ,ounty, t,i. q! t;!ifo.Ai,.; that she was !or.ni d. ad on April i3 ill Emnn- url Baptist church. Eatl,tt street, be tween Twenty second and Twenty third streets, city and county uf >Hu ] i.lI:c:S, a |; thai she cAImo 1" Ter d'ath lr M hrmur- rhase d;I,' tn lAcrrI;;t wounds ard t>llIyX- In dUc tU sllanglliaHun.
 We fulthcr find tr,ni cv,Grncc flat the murder Was cur,m;tt,d I'I ri.r IT ru>:urn Durant and We charge him Wlth the crime
 In witness whrrr,f We, the jurors, have to th.s IEquisi;i, Il set uuir hands and seals on tie day of Gntv th2ro3f.' When nurnnt V"> >.u;vu t.r verdict l after his return tn tl." '.ty prison. lis ;aco flushed Tor tie t;r,t time ~Iu,v the Irtr!b!o crime of which Eu is accused Wus discuv- I cred
 Miss Gertrude Taher. Il stCi'a.>trr of Fl mer Wolfe. t.lu young man wIlus,' nnmlO has been frequently IugntiuNv! in the ,nSo within tie past few days has como for ward and iGrnlltod the purkrtrul:k which was found ull the san Bruno road by a clam iii lgrr and which (, ntaiu~l enlnr Ta prIs, nmnn!: which WAS d business card of Dr N",,vl. ": the hack ut wntrh WAS writ l ten he 1iHlr.c of Miss Willinln, Tb. k',Ck etbnnL Idrnti,i,,I | Miss Ta!:'r says that she missed the | pUChCtboUk some timU ago whiio out rid | ing near the Tabcr ranch on the San Bru- l no road and explains the presence of a
 card with Miss Williams namo on it by saying that Miss Williams visited her some l weeks ago and wrote her address on one of ] Dr. Nogols < cards.
 Elmer W0lfc's testimony at the inquest | was slightly mixed, and some of Durant' s ! friends thought he know moro of the crime
 than he wished to tell. and pointed to the
 finding of the pockctbook to substantiato
 their claim. It is peculiar coincidence
 that the pockctbook should have been lost | by one closely related to Wolfe and
 found at this critical time. | Mrs. Durant, mother of the accused, | says that she has evidence for the defense | which will go to upset the bearings of | the statement of Witness Hill, who tcsti- l fled before the coronor's jury that he had seen couple answering the description | of Durant and the dead girl standing near
 the church about S30 on the night and | who afterward entered tho churchyard. 1 Mrs. Durant says that a young couple had
 come to her and stated that they entered
 the churchyard about the time Hill claims
 to have seen a couple pass into the front
 gate.
 The police received information from a
 laundry that pair of bloody trousers had
 been loft for cleaning. The police say 1 that tho trousers nrn too biz for Durant.