The record-union., 1895-10-22
The Trial of Durrant Resumed
Before Judge Murphy.
ONLY ONE MORE WITNESS TO TIES
THY FOR DEFENsE.
The Postmaster at Rumsey, In Capay
Valley. Held Up in His Store by
Three Masked Men and Robbed of
Twenty Dollars-Two Parties Ar
rested Who Are Suspected of Com
mitting the Deed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 81 = The
main case for Durrant was closed this
afternoon, though his attorneys asked
to be permitted to put on one more wit
ness tomorrow morning. Their first
witness to-day was Charles Lenihan
who they at first attempted to show
might have been mistaken for Durrant
by pawnbroker Oppenheim. The idea
of proving this seemed to have beer
abandoned, and Durrant's counse
sought to justify themselves for having
ing placed him on the stand. They
tried to show that he had accepted q
position with witness for the prOsecu-
ton, and that he had originally said
the date of his visit to the pawnbrokeI
was between the 4th and 10th of tpril
as Durrant's alleged visit had been, but
now said it was the 18th of April. Len
than explained by saying that he had
received the position from an old
friend, and that he had thought his
visit was between the 18th and 10th I'M
til he investigated and found it to be
the 18th.
On oss-eXamination Lenihan ere,
ated a sensation by stating that when
he first visited the office of Durrant' &
counsel he expressed fear that his being
a witness might harm him, and the at
torneys told him they would get him q
position in the Health Office. He had
never gone back to get the position. The
ring belonging to Miss Lamont which
Durrant is alleged TO have offered to
Oppenheim, and the similar ring offered
by Lenihan were shown to witness, and
he had no difficulty in telling them
apart. Lenihan dOnned both his own
coat and hat and that worn by Durrant
for the benefit Of the jury. Lenihan de-
MED that he had a mustache when he
visited the office of Durrant's counsel,
or that he had ever had one. The wit
ness the defense promises for tomorrow
will testify as TO his mustache.
Robert \. Lynch, Rev. Dr. Gibson's
Private Secretary, was called and asked
about d conversation in the Emmanuel
Church between the Defendants coun-
sci and Mr.. Gibson when the chisel
about which so much has been limited
was found in the pastors study. The
substance of this conversation was
ruled out and will have to be obtained
from Iir. Gibson.
General Dickinson of Durrants cOun-
sci himself took the stand and testified
that he had received a strap anOny
mously through the mail which was
very much like the one Blanche La
mont used for her books and which was
found with them hidden in the church.
This strap had the deau girls name in
printed letters, which Dickinson said
-7Iaud Lamont had identified, as she had
-5entified the strap as having belonged
TO her sister. The strap was offered in
evidence on referring TO Maud La
mont's testimony, it was found that she
had not identified either the strap or the
lettering as that of the dead girl. AttOr
ney Barnes then objected to the intro
duction Of the strap in evidence and the
court took it under advisement.
The feature of the day was the affida-
Wit Of Charles II. Clark, the commercial
traveller, which was taken in Boston.
The defense said when Clark's name
was first mentioned as a witness that
he had seen Blanche Lamont on Pow
ell-street car on the afternoon Of April
81 with a man who was not DUrrant,
and that the man left her at Market
street When the affidavit was read to-
day, however, Clark merely stated that
he did not know either Durrant or Miss
Lamont; that he had seen a young lady
who looked like the newspaper por-
traits of Miss Lamont on the car with
an elderly man, and that he had since
learned that the date was not April I'd.
A J. Phillips. who testified that he
saw Durrant come out of Oppenheim' s
pawn-shop, was recalled by the defense
and asked about his hotel, the London
Harmony OF Victoria He denied the
imputation that his house was disrepu-
table, and said members of Parliament
and the present Premier were among
his patrons.
DR.. George c. Mcdonald testified as
an expert that gas Inhalation would
have caused the symptoms alleged to
have been shown by Durrant in the
church on the afternoon Of the murder
The prosecution viii be on its rebuttaI
tomorrow.