The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-15

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GERS they Required snd mako rfao~oAxn
Investigation % ne cn4Tc1- sSn@n1 @fa
Cody. ~frh ss-g1s- Burke ss.t Rsyrs1sss~.
sx.sas - the x-11.ch. ATs1 there Egscc-%sis+l
10 fsnAfn- the body % MIS- I@arroz- n
me sseepse. then ds--csed se~rs- Burke.
bsimg satzxsed NAT my sssspacsoas y ere
c0-rece. 20 "a. Ecou try -<sT-1gzs osasSF,
20 DsSxranx's nOsFse ar1 es7@~e ss-azrn fog
any sxs1ence proc1Tzhke. BEsrxe ssss
Osrscer Josepn WIKI BIN. ard eaey safszz,s1
g sosAx ulster and = photograph asfsusa
cor rzsnszr a. Photograph of fxsrz@4E ana
Ex0 * A fsS v HAIRS. and In TIRE fs1scssN
% sne ulster szz Souad Miss Atitz-sf1s
purse. eorsa5ahng an oakaazd ca rsekSs,
The Ts1rSe has been positively esersTsrei
~ Miss wasauzx' father. as ne s2Fe *
20 be- as a Chris rna@ s,-eSezs<-
Upon examination IN FyT Office THIS
evening ss1d 70 f-s young raa: You
will be placed On trial for your life.
want 20 ask yog only one question, ana
do not Sfsh 70 convict you from yogr
own mouth lid you ever see shis pure =
he said: Yea I asked him when He
said: Last Friday night found u
about - minutes 10 = ociocx 1t tins cor
ner OF Twenty-third and Lartstt
streefs'"
Duranf appeared confident and COM
posed ia his cell. WHEN Is one OF The
attorney was present during fhe inter-
view given 70 reporters. and wien ne
made rhe statement ina. be had tot seen
Mas Williams for three wseks-@ hsch is
said positively TO % at variance sitn
tae facts-hiS attorney interrupted nm.
saying he hal tAiked enoaga Burant
father and mother we're with him, ana
they feel keenly the position IN watch
their son II ptI6sd
nr.. Gibson the pastor OF Emanuel
church. had ar interview with Chief
Crowley today. He stated that he had no
knowledge Of the terrible crime, and
referred bitterly 10 the fact hat the
newspapers were unfri@ndsy TO him Re
cause ne had refused 20 accord them IN
terviews In regard 20 the tragedy.
TIE Autopsy on rhA body % Miss La
nsoa- sas held tonight K showed THAI
the gics had been s-rangied 20 death. her
slayer nsng ms hantS. a. shown BY the
deep imprint 81 fingers and nails. The
gshysicAAsls making the autopsy on the
BODIES state that both Mss Lamont and
Mss " Villains had been outraged before
being killed, and further stale Ghat there
was no doubt that both girls had led
vir6uous lives. Ia she case % the Lamont
glFi the autopsy Indicated that the as
sagh trad been made on her about ten
days ago. which was the tine she disa2-
T,eared.
that his offi.e Is oserSorksd a. present
Die has thirty suspicious deaths his
books upon which 4nQuests have not been
completed. Daring the mona o. April
there were six deliberate murders. This
n1uloer does not include tire deaths o.
Blanche Lamont and Minis Williams.
These t2o make the total OF eight ytoient
deaths Al the hands 81 persons known or
unknown since April L.
The coroner VIII not be able 20 hold
sfsquestS In the matter OF the murder OF
the two girls untI the latter part or this
week. II the police will be ready then 10
80 on with the cases. In tire msantfrne
separaoe jlsrisss will be tmpaneied. who
VIII view che remains. Miss Lannon'S
body will BE- shipped 20 her home at p.i-
lon, Mont. for burial. While Miss Will
iasGs' remains Will be buried In thss city.
Miss Lucille Turner is rhe name q the
young lady referred 10 in Chief Cr~owley's
statement as the person 20 whom Durant
made tho insulting proposals one Sunday
night on escor5sng her home. Since then
FhefT relations have been somewhat
strained. Mss Turner Is a teacher I'm the
Sunday school and flas known Duraut
since she first entered the church iast
May. She says that he was very much
interested en- his stuiies and work fond
Of describing the horrors Of a disSecting
rOosn and seemingly lost to any feelings
Turner had tesm connected With Durant
In compiling a catalogue OF me Sunday
school library. The first pages - the
catalogue were written by Dssrans. Others
were written ~ George king. and the
rest by Miss Turner herself She kdenti-
fed Durarsi's writing IN the several
places and was shen shown the scrap %
the paper IN wl1ich Miss I-auont's rings
we're returned 60 Miss Nc8sle She posi-
tlvciy identified the writing OF the name
~ seorge r. KING On the paper a. hclng
that % Durant. she said that II would
take conclusive evidence 90 prove 70 her
that any one other than puraut wrote
filsf namc. The dcteltsvcs have two theor-
fes with reEard 40 anis faPer and writ
fng one ~ that purant wr,aae the nstTno
OF King. thinking 90 conncC; the absence
81 blanche Lamont with ham The other
- that Durant picked up a sSray paper
without nostcing the names on q and sent
a. OF. seemingly ANONYMOUSLY. During
the conversation with the detectives when
Miss Turner was examining the different
handwrs,frzg. she exclaimed suddenly tn
an exCsteSi and passionate tone; Il w'caSld
have fallen a victim 10 han. too. II had
not said no."
Then followed the story as 20 DGrants
action. Mss Turner also said that On
the Sunday nlghs following Blanche La
nont's disappearance Durant seemed wor-
ri~i. and she had "a conversation with
hin. using the ny leaf OF "A hymn book.
she asked him what troubled him, writ
ting. Money matters Or love. ona or che
o. her. / know II Is. lie wrote IN reply;
'No. something, a fundrei-fola greater Ia
Importance % me"
Il has been learned rhat Durant had
been engaged 20 Miss Flora Upton. a
soyernes~ tn a Family a. Mlntern. Merced
! county. sac was a graduate OF the Hlgh
srhooi "a this city. Durant told Ntss
Upton tltat he was expecting 70 graduate
from the tne~ftcal school this summer. He
was al earnest student. and his standing
in none OF hts classes fell below p per
cert. The young peopie had not looked
forward 20 any termination % the en-
EaEement on graduation. as nnra@t had
/ q name % make in his profession before
/ he could think os ma triraony-
Measured by the ch3-a4. teT.Siics which
arr usually r.ana Ira uauraerers. Theodore
nurAnt - Ehs las man wA0n anybody
vssslA sarspss-t ~ co1agn3 sftag a murder.
! He is des-,rgisea hy ala fFiensls a. o Een-
tle. conscientious ystsrg man. % moral
character 80 h3rh that ne s-1Nse 8sosst ~
( hbs s,s-auanleas from i2la Sunday sahUol
90 wessh ne was sssssaySt sgIre-slft sgsi sg1t.
/ T,1hass,o. i.1Dor. pryofaff.tT snt vulEArSty
were vices Ia wA3ch ne never trzss&l.s at.
pgraut was born IN C'afssAa - wears asgo
Whea wears 81 s<a sSs removed En- THIS
vltx Wfa als GsagV.tts. an ass iivsi here
fess.sf q, rclgE3eus iacls Natsese, au8 - few
/ years ESQ ~ t,sasi Emselei Bapt. -
-, ,sr-a.
/ Miss Imasoaf WAS born ea Rockford
( il uoariv 81 YearS aEo When sire Neas
] - years ott SIZE renewed Win her Family
/ - Tzshon. Mont ass itvea there ehiy
ssaea-s abulo. her sazAer hsvtaS bseonss