The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
.DEUPREY is STILL SICK.
DURRANT'S ATTORNEY WAS NOT
ABLE TO BE Up ALL DAY
YESTERDAY.
ORGANISE KING CoNTRADIcTs THE
STORY OF BOOTBLACK
WILSON.

1t is somewhat doubtful whether Attor-
ney Deuprey will be able to be present at
the Durrant trial if General Dickinson
concludes to have 1t go on to-day. Gen
eral Dickinson has said that he would not
ask for any continuance, but Mr.. Deuprey
was still confined to his bed yesterday
evening.
Another new witness has been found by
the prosecution, but the defense does not
appear to be much troubled about it. The
new witness is colored bootblack, famI-
iarly called "Budd" Wilson, who has no
settled place OF abode Captain Lees
stated yesterday that Wilson would be
used as witness.
Formerly Wilson had a shoe-shining
stand in Samuel Kaminski's barber-shop
On Valencia street, near Twenty-second.
Kaminski has not had barber-shop there
for several months, so Wilson has changed
his stand and is now located in Schroeder's
barber-shop on Mission street, near Tween
ty-frst.
Wilson'S story is that Durrant and King
frequently came in together to have their
shoes shined while he was at Kaminski's
and were in the habit OF talking about the
girls they induced to go with them to EN-
manuel Church. He says he knew King
I
have said:
I learned from those two boys themselves
! that they were taking girls there every night.
l often heard them tell OF the fun they had
there and OF the different girls who accom-
/ panied them TO the church. l know myself
/ OF five girls who used to go to the church It
night with these boys. The people in the Mis-
! sion would be very much surprised if they
knew who the girls were. They all belong to
/ respectable families and the worst of it all is
that their parents never dreamed that such
! things were going on.
Once Durrant wrote the names of three or
| four girls on the wall and King wrote three or
! four more. They said that was the list of girls
! who went with them to the church. I do not
! know, but l think they afierWard effaced the
names.
Barber Schroeder stated yesterday after
| noon that Wilson had been in his place
! for about four months and had never
opened his mouth about the Durrant case
! before TO any one.
George r. King was seen at his residence
yesterday afternoon. He was very much
astonished at the statements made By
Wilson. He said:
never went into any barber-shop in COM
pany with Durrant TO have my shoes shined
consequently the statements made bv Wilson
are altogether without foundation so lar as 1
am concerned. have had my shoes BACKED
/ q few times in the b9rber-shop mentioued-on
/ Valencia street, near Twenty second-but every
! time went there alone, and / do not know
! whether 1t was Wilson not who shined nv
! shoes l do not know Wilson and 1 do not
! think he knows me.
! AS 10 his statement that 7 ever wrote the
names OF any girls the wall it is false He
/ certainly must be mistaken as TO the identity
! OF the person or persons doing any such thing
! il, indeed, he ever did see any one write any
| names, which l very much doubt.
DR.. King said the barber, Schroeder, had
| some 'grudge" against him-the doctor
and he therefore thought the wilson story
! had been inspired. The defense NAV put
! organist King on the stand to anticipate
and offset any testimony Wilson might
! give.
When Durrant was questioned about
! the Wilson story at the jail last night his
reply was that he had never had his shoes
! shined in the Mission district in his life.
! He always shined them at home, he said,
unless he was downtown. when sometimes
! he had them blackened in Brooke street.
| between Market and Geary.
Il don't know this Wilson," he said
in fact, do not know any colored men in
the Mission district that shine shoes.
! Why, haven't been in any barber-shop
up IN that neighborhood for three or four
! years. / believe the last time was in
barber-shop there was in 1892, when | had
my hair cut pompadour III one on Mission
street near Twenty l do not know
the barber-shop alluded to as SANS
Place. did not 60 into any of the shops
| on valencia street at all.