The San Francisco call., 1895-11-15
WITH DURRANT BUT ONCE,
He Denies the Story That He
Confessed to Miss Gun
ningham.
Lord Sholto's Mother-i -in-LaW Gets Mixed
Up at Los Angeles With the
Lamont Case.

A story was telegraphed to THE CALL
from Los Angeles last night to the effect
that Mrs. NJ. Mooney, Lord Sholto Doug
las mother-in-law, had stated that Miss
Cunningham, the young lady reporter who
created a sensation in Judge Murphy s
court during the Durrant trial by refusing
to disclose the source of certain informa-
ton, had made startling revelation to
Mrs. Mooney.
The substance of this revelation was
that Durrant had once confessed to Miss
Cunningham, during an interview in his
cell, his guilt of the murder of Blanche
Lamont. Following is the dispatch:
Los ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 14.-Mrs. NJ.
Mooney, the mother-in-law of Lord Sholto
Douglas, and who has created so much con-
fusion in the family of that titled gentleman
says that Miss Cunningham, the Examiner re,
porter, told her that once while she was in
Durrants cell. before the verdict Durrant told
murdered Blanche Lamont, and that Durrant
had asked her afterward not to say anything
about 1t when he realized what he had said
Mrs Mooney said that hiss Cunningham told
her this shortly before her departure for Los
Angeles Mrs. Mooney stated that Miss Cum
ningham was frequent visitor to the house,
and on the day she told her this startling
thing she had called on her to ask about the
Lord Sholto matter
81 believe it was the sudden knowledge of
this fact" concluded Mrs. Mooney, contained
more than anything else to bring on the sud-
den attack of illness of Lawyer Deuprey."
Durrant smiled almost to laugh when
he was asked about it at the County Jail
last night. His first expression was: "That
is Mrs. MONEYS version Of Mr.. Deuprey' s
illness, eh?" Then he added:
III tell you what to do. Go and ask
Mr.. Deuprey, then go and ask General
Dickinson. Nothing will be got out of
me-"
"But is it true or false 2'' was asked.
at is false, every word of it, be re-
piled, with evident surprise that the ques-
ton should have been put to him at all.
He continued:
Miss Cunningham was only in this cell
with me once, and then Chief Jailer Sat-
tier was also In the cell. Go and ask Mr..
Sattler if | ever made any such statement
TO Miss Cunningham. She was not in this
cell with me any other than that one time.
IN tell you something more: She
tried steadily for three consecutive weeks
to induce me to permit her to come into
the cell and take tea with me. She said
she wanted to write up a nice, pleasant
interview with me. Now, what do YOU
suppose she wanted but to get in here
alone with me and then make up story
that had confessed to her?
The one time / did let her in her
excuse was that she wanted to shake
iohUo WIN hO anu uiu HO1 w anu ~ w
seen shaking hands through the wicket.
l let her in for a little while and she
stood here next to the door with her note
book in her hand and Mr.. Sattler stood
over there" (Durrant pointed a few feet
inward from the door). go and ask
Chief Sattler what l said and if she was
ever iE here more than once. Go and ask
them how many times she was in here"
Mr.. Sattler corroborated Durrant He
said the one time Durrant referred to had
been the only time Miss Cunningham had
been in Durrant's cell and that Durrant
made no such statement to Miss Cunning
ham as that which she is reported to have
communicated to Lord Sholto's mother
in-law