The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-17
70 BE TOLD IN COURT.
r,urrant's Indecent Proposal to
Miss Lucille Turner.
.xo uopEsTY TO BE ATTACKED.
~ purrant's Friends VIII Testify
,oa Conversation Which She says
Never Took Place.

80 rrzncisco. Oct. is.-Miss Lucille Tur-
:. ,rou,lses 10 figure as more consp.cu-
- r-s,rsss IN the Durrant case than was
~ 49,, imagined DurTant's attorneys in
= ~ A their utmost 10 throw cold water
wlss Turner'S testimony. They ara
80 N II. and this very fear makes them
sl.~~,.fne6. II possible. 20 break the young
- dawn. They realize that II viii
a~.ry difficult for the jury to regard the
49, a. an !noffansiye irrepro3 chable
80 go mar after hearing Miss Turner tell
- endeavored TO entice her into
.~..u4I Baptist church for the ostensible
I~--oss OF a medical examination. The
~ coming from Miss Turner herself.
al be GouoIy effective. and the attorneys
80 defense are fully aware OF the fact.
80 realize the situation perfectly. and.
- Il not for two witnesses they have in
ss,,ess would manifest considerable I'M
.ss,rsss oyer what Miss Turner may say.
re- defense has maintained strict silence
.s.r,- these witnesses. With the exception
= T,urrant no one has spoken Of them and
n.lr Identity remains a secret Durrant
,.s Wiling to give an outline Of what
.ss,- testimony would be and 10 enlarge
~ value 10 the defense, but he de-
lined - give their names HE said that
=. .xo witnesses were his friends. and
-. they had visited Miss Turner shortly
- his arrest. Durrant claims that the
ing men were entire strangers to Miss
-srner. and called on her merely out OF
es-soslty 10 see what kind or j girl she
=. They Intended. If possible, 10 induce
- IN relate the unpleasant experience
- claimed To have had with Durrant.
rhe prisoner further stated that with
a, the least hesitation Miss Turner told
- strange young men the story 10 which
= examination He also said that she
ave them all the details. and seemed
ssther embarrassed nor annoyed at dis
s-sslng such a topic with young men.
p4rrant claims that her friends were
.maxed al Miss Turner's lack OF conven-
rauaIity, and on leaving her home went
directly 10 him. He said these young
nsn we're willing and even anxious 20
axe the stand. Miss Turner has heard
pat the two strange young men are to
be witnesses. but she is not ia The least
a;sconcerted over the fact. She ahscjute-
N refused TO discuss tho matter. tut from
another source II was learned thar The
two young men did ..all ut Miss Turner'S
hone one Sunday afternoon shortly after
Ire discovery Of the murders. They rep
resented themselves as newspaper men.
and said they had come for the purpose OF
having Miss Turner identify Durrant's
handwriting. sample of which was on
a papcr one Of the men drew from his
pocket Miss Turner recognized the writ
Ing as some that had been taken from the
library catalogue, but she did not pro-
pose to acknowledge IL TO her visitors.
She told them TO bring her a catalogue If
they wished To identify the writing Of
Theodore Durrant. After a few casual re-
marks tho young men left. During tho
conversation there was no allusion made
10 Miss Turner'S experience with Dur
rant.
The friends OF tho young lady are furi-
Gus a. thu hare possibility OF these men
swearing 10 any immodesty on her part.
and threaten trouble IL the defense puts
them on the stand as witnesses. Miss
Turner has never discussed Fer unpleas-
ant experience with Durrant, even
with her most intimate friends.
she told the story 10 her aunt,
arS. Nogei. the morning after
the discovery Of the murders. and In the
afternoon her cousin. Or. Nogel. gave the
iafornation 10 the police Miss Turner
never made a statement TO Capt. Lees or
any enc else. The only time she has spoken
q the affair outside her own home was
shen she testified al the preliminary ex-
animation.