The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-24

San Francisco. Sep 2s.-The tenth
week OF the trial of Theodore Durrant
commenced today. The prosecution
now has its case substantially before
the jury and ali that the district attor-
ney will now introduce is corrobora-
tive testimony
Adoiph Oppenheim, the broker who
stated that Durrant had. about April
is. tried 70 pawn q ring. Identified by
Oppenhei,n as belonging to Blanche
Lamont. was further cross examined
today. On the day Durrant is charged
with having tried to sell the ring, OPP
penheimer said only two other persons
had called. Both We're strangers. yet
he described them infinitely and recoun-
ted the particulars of their visits as IL
they had occurred but yesterday. OPP
penheim was asked regarding other
specific days, answering promptly. In
the minds of some spectators in the
court room he was too good a witness.
Counsel for the defense tried 10 confuse
Oppenheim by showing him a number
of silver articles and inquiring if he
had ever seen them before. In many
cases the pawnbroker replied in the
affirmative and described the persons
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The defense evidently considered OPP
penheim's testimony Of great import
ance and tried hard TO break ii down,
but without marked success.
POINTS HIS FINGER
W. j. Phillips. a cigar manufactures
a middle-aged man of good appearance
and address, testified that he had seen
Durrant coming out of Oppenheimer's
store in the early part of last April.
He was attracted TO the man by his
peculiar appearance and manner OF his
actions. and the fact that he was CONF
ing out of pawnshop. When the dis
trict attorney requested the witness TO
indicate the man he saw coming out
of the pawnshop. Phillips walked to the
prisoner md with pointed finger said
in positive tone: THAT is the young
man"
Durrant did not finch under the or
deal. He returned gaze with gaze and
not a muscle of his impressive face
twitched. He neither betrayed guilt
nor flashed back the glance Of injured
innocence.
The witness was cross-examined re-
garding his business enterprises and
his family history, with the apparent
intent Of discrediting his testimony. He
said when Durrant's portrait was first
published he remarked that he had
seen him some place. When Open
helms picture was published the scene
at the pawnshop flashed across his
mind and the details came back to him.
NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW.
Leigh II. Irvine, a newspaper man,
said he interviewed Durrant on the
evening Of April II. in the city prison.
Durrant'S statement was made in the
presence of Judge Thompson. who was
then Durrant's attorney. 1t was as to
his whereabouts on April 8. Durant
then said he left home about O'Clock
on that morning and met Blanche La
mont at Twentyfirst and Mission street
She invited him to accompany her TO
the college on the day the conversation
about the '.Newcomes" took place. He
went TO the church at 4:40 and took off
his coat and hat and went up stairs
10 fix the gas. He stated that he met
King in the church and left 1t with
King. He said nothing about having
seen Miss Lamont in the afternoon.
Mrs. A. B. Perry. Of Alameda. who
was visiting Mrs. Crosset on April 3.
corroborated Mrs. Crosset as to her
trip to the Mission on that afternoon.
Mrs. Crosset left the Haight street
car at Market street to go to Valencia.