The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-10-14
HE HEARD A SOUND
THE STAINS ON THE CLOTH
Miss CunnlnGham's Conversation
With the Prisoner at the jail
He Has Told His. Story and
Developments are Awaited.

San Francisco. Oct l3-Now that
Durrant has told his story on the wit
ness stand and has made answers to
all the accusations implied by the
REORGANIZATION Of the prosecution.
an impression exists among those who
have watched the trial closely that
there is something to come which will.
perhaps. have more effect on the minds
OF the jurymen as regards the guilt
or innocence Of the defendant than
anything that has gone before. This
feeling Is due to the confidence with
which District Attorney Barnes put
series Of startling questions relat-
ing to a conversation held by Durrant
with a newspaper reporter, Miss Car
rie Cunningham. at the county Jail
within the past week. and also
touching on the address and endorse
ment of a certain envelope which may
or may not have contained confess
sion. The questions implied full
knowledge on the part Of Barnes. and
II was evident that when the proper
time came testimony would be pro-
duced to contradict the denials Of the
prisoner.
When the prosecutors witnesses
are put on the stand they will relate
the particular words OF conversation
that bordered on a confession. They
will seek to prove that this man talked
Of matters touching his very existence
was most important for him to MAIN
tain silence. These witnesses will seek
to show by their testimony that Dur
rant made admissions which destroy
the whole fabric OF defense. These al
legged admissions are taken by the
prosecution as coming from the one
person on earth who knows all that
occurred beneath the beifry Of the En-
anuel Baptist church on that afternoon
Of April 3
The record Of what passed at the
county Jail between Miss Cunningham
and Durrant Is thus told by the prose-
cutlon. which Is In possession Of the
full facts: On the evening Of Septem-
ber 90 Miss Cunningham visited Dur
rant at the county Jail. and during
the course of their conversation Dur
rant showed her a small envelope
which bore the following address and
endorsement: "Messrs. Dickinson and
Deuprey. To be opened in case I am
convicted. To be returned to me in
case I am acquitted" Durrant told the
young lady that the envelope contained
a complete statement Of all that oc-
Cured al the Emanuel Baptist church
on the afternoon of April 3.
He said that II had been written in
order that his attorneys might know
the facts In the event Of his being con.
victed of the murder OF Blanche La.
mont. On the following evening. Sept
%, Miss Cunningham again visited
Durrant at the county Jail and was
there shown a large envelope addressed
like the other and smaller one. Dur,
rant told her that the contents of the
other envelope had become jammed uT
and that he had transferred the writ.
ten statement to the larger envelope
| On the morning Of Oct. s, Miss Gun
ningham held a conversation with Dur.
rant at the county Jail and during thu
course Of that conversation and In an
swer to questions asked him by tht
young lady. he said that about o.
clock on the Afternoon of April 3, HI
ascended to the space between thC
| ceiling and the roof of the Emanue
Baptist church for the purpose o,
fixing the sun burners.
While at work he heard noise which
at once attracted his attention. i
seemed to come from that part of tn,
building where the belfry is situated
He walked along In the direction from
whence the sound came and peeret
through the opening that connects tn,
space above the ceiling with the in
this position he saw the body o.
Blanche Lamont lying on the secont
landing OF rhe belfry stairs. He re
peated the details of the circumstan
ces and added that Blanche Lamon
was murdered on the second landinf
Of the belfry stairs. Miss Cunningham
then said: "oh. yes: 1t was from tn,
second landing Of the stairs that tn,
blood dripped down and stained tn,
cloth covered picture frame on th'
floor below" Durrant replied tina
there was no blood on the cover o
the picture frame, as we've had tn,
stains analysed and find they wer'
made by water, not blood" An ofIicia
inspection was made Of the cloth GOV
cred picture frame referred TO as beinl
stained with blood. This inspection
revealed the fact that piece OF tn
cloth cover, one inch by two inches Il
size. had been cut from the frame il
the center OF one Of the largest blotche
or stains. AS this was not done b.
any one connected with the prosecu
tion. the inference Is drawn that 4
was done by some one interested In tn
defense. and that 1t was for the pur
pose indicated by Durrants ailegeu
statement regarding the analysis.