Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-14
THE DURRANT STORY
Ill,tsd Admissions Of Guilt hads
10 a Girl Reporter,
rao TELLS ALL TO PROSECUTION.
Ihe Mysterious Enrclope-A Noise In
tho Belfry-Ihe Body OF
Blanche Lamont.

Durrsut has told his story ON the Wit
nss, s,and, and has made answers TO
Aft the accusations implied by the
c,o,, a questions OF the prosecution, an
,mnrossiou exists among those who
h.vs watched tho trial closely that
,b,ro is something to come which will,
osrbaps, have more effect ON the minds
oftbe Jurymen as regards The guilt or
lpnooeuce Of the defendant than any
hing that has gone before.
Thi. feeiing IL due to tho conf donce
with which District Attorney Barnes
nj a series OF startling questions relat-
i,g 10 n conversation heId by Durrant
win Newspaper reporter, Miss Carrie
funplnghsm, nj tho county Jail with
In the past week, and also touching on
tho address aud Enforcement OF n Ger.
lain envelope which may or may not
nave contained coDfeseion. The
ausslions implied full knowledge ON
Inc mart OF Barnes, and II was evident
that when the proper time came te,ti'
mony would bc produced TO contradict
the deaials Of the prisoner.
When the prosecutions witnesses are
nut on tho stand, they will relate the
naftlcular words Of u conversation that
bofdored on q confession. They will
seek 10 prove that this man, who has
been almost ne silent as n dead man
Tor six months, opened his mouth aud
talked OF matters touching his very On.
i,t.nce, and at tho very day anu hour
when it was almost important for him
10 maintain silence. These Witnesses
will seek 10 show by their tesii-
mony that Durrant made admissions
which destroy tho whole fabric OF the
defense.
These alleged admissions are taken
by the prosecution rs coming from the
one person on earth who knows all that
ocsurfed beneath tho beliry OF the
Emmanuel Baptist church ON that
afternoon OF April 3rd.
Tue record OF what passed nj tho
county jail between Miss Cunningham
aud Durrant 10 thus told by the prose.
eu,ion, which IL in possession OF ths
full facts:
"On tho evening OF September 22od
Miss Cunningham visited Dufrant at
tue county jail, apd during tho course
Of their oonven aiiop, Duftart showed
her email envelope, which bore tho
following address aud endorsement;
'Messrs. Dickinson and Deuprey. To
beopened In case 1 am convicted. 10
be returned 10 mo in case am nc-
Quilted
"Duuant told the young lady that
the envelope contained complete
statement Of all that occurred OF the
Emmanuel Baptist church on the
afternoon OF April 3rd. Ho said II
had been written 10 order that ms at
torueys might know tho facts Ia the
event OF his being convicted OF the
murder OF Blanche Lamont.
"On the following evening. Septem-
ber 2Std, Miss Cunningham again wis.,
lied Durrant Mt the county Jail, and
was there shown large envelope, adj
dressed like tbs other aud tmaller one.
Dufrant told her that tho contents OF
the larger envelope had become
damned up, and that he had tran,-
ierred the written statement TO the
larger envelope.
"On the morning OF October 9th,
Mas Cunningham held conversation
with Durrant nj the county jail, anu
during lhs course OF that conversation,
ami In answer 10 questions asked him
by the young lady, he said that sblut
3fd he assembled TO the space bstweon
tbs ceiling anu the roof Of the En-
manual Baptist church for the purpose
Of fixing one OF tho sun burners.
While ut work he heard n noiss which
Mt once attracted his attention. IL
seemed TO come from that part
Ia situated. Hv walked along Ia
A..
sound CANE, aud poered through tho
opening that connects the space above
the ceiling with the interior OF the
belfry tower. While Ia this position
he saw the body OF Blanche Lamont
lying on the second landing OF the
belfry Stair. He repeated tho details
of tho circu mstances, aud ADDED that
Blanche Lamont was murdered on tho
second landing Of tho bslfry ataifs.
Miss Cunningham then aaid: on,
yes; It was from the second landing OF
the stairs that the blood drlpped down
aud stained the cloth-covered picture
frame on the floor below Durrant
replied that there was no blood ON thu
cover Of the picture frame, as I'VE have
had the stAins analysed aud md they
were made by water, not blood.'p
An official Inspection was made Of
the cloth.covered picture frame re-
Ierred TO ~ being stained with blood.
This Inspection H. !ealai tho fact that
piece OF the cloth cover, ono inch by
Two Inches In aize. had been cut from
the frame In the center OF one OF the
largest cloiohes or stains. AZ this was
not done by the prosecution, the INFER
ence ~ drawn that II was drawn by
some one Interested IN this defence, nd
that II was for tho purpose indicted by
Durrant's alleged statement regarding
Tho analysis.
Died PaoF.