Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-04-20
ANOTHER MISSING GIRL.

been made away with too.
 George k. King, the organist of Elm
 auusl Babtist church, today made thu following statement to Chief of Police
 Crowley and Detective Seymour:
 "On April Sd last, the day Mis- | Lamont was first missed, l strolled int,
 the church by the front door, at abou | , o'clock that afternoon, and the frs thing 1 noticed was that the library doc
 was ouen and a strong smell of gal impreguated the atmosphere throughou | the building, 1 then closed the hbrar,
 door and locked 1t, and then played the | piano.
 | "This was n the lecture room. | baC
 been playing, ! should judge, some flvt or ten minutes, when Durrant came down through the back folding doors | He came into the room with his coat off | iu his shirt sleeves. His haic was muss
 ed and be looked quite pale and wa:
 somewhat nervous. ! imagined that hs
 might have been startled at my presence | there in the church. He said that ht
 had been overcome by the gas; that he
 had been up stairs fixing the gas fix | lures, and he said he was so overcome | that he could barely come down to the | library.
 "At this tune he asked me to go out | and get him some promo ltzer, and
 went to the drug store to get hlm some. What he did during the time l went tc
 the drug store, do not know. When I returned I brought him bottle of bromo-seltzer. Then he drank a dose of it and it seemed to nsuseate him.
 He then went into the other room and os q h1try Ea INOl-ol I l. was somewhat pale and that his eyes were little congested. So he went into the ladies' parlor, where there is a mirror. to look at his face, and 1 after wards found a little clot of blood as though he had wiped his finger on the shelf. 1 spoke of the gas, and he said he hoped 1t would not be noticed at night at the prayer meeting. We then earned little organ from up stairs down into the lecture room, and he appeared quite weak. He had to stop and rest several times, making the remark that he was overcome with gas.
 ''At about o'clock we left the place and he walked little way down Oapp street with me. I do not remember whether he went back to the church or not when he left me-"
 This afternoon further evidence cor roborstive of Durrant's being seen in the company of Miss Lamont on April Sd was obtained by the police.
 At o'clock this afternoon Detective Anthony visited the normal school and had an interview with Principal Albert H. Yoder. Soon three young ladies, whose ages might ee anywhere between r and 20 years, were called in. They were Mise Minnie B Edwards of San Matao, Miss Alice F Pleasant of 323 Twelfth street and Miss May Lanigan of Z3211 Larkin street, who has a brother in the internal avenue department.
 Detective Anthony announced that the chief required their presence at his office to identify Durrant, but the girls were somewhat timid and wished to be by relatives during the to them trying ordeal
 Finally it was arranged that Professor 1oder should accompany them. Upon arrival at the chiefs office Detective Bo- hen instructed them:
 eff you recognize the prisoner as the man who was with Miss Lamont, say so. If not keep quiet" Detective Seymour end Detective Anthony then marched in with Durant between them.
 The accused was neatly dressed in a long cutaway coat and vest of black chevOit and stripped trousers fashion ably pressed. His linen was immacu- late, ais Eeck scarf neat and on his head he wore fedora hat, which he removed on entering. His face, pal- and thin, bore CD expression of mingled anxiety a-d defiance.
 As he entered he glanced sharply at Miss Pleasant and casually at the other girls, and then his gaze again rested on Mss Pleasant. She is the girl who left Miss Lamont just before the latter joined Durrant, and 1t seemed as if he recOilected her face.
 For fully five minutes silence reigned. Then the chief, thinking that Durrgnt had not been recognized, said: That's aLl."
 The prisoner turned to leave the room and as he did So the girls gasped: That is be-"
 "What, do you know him?" ejaculat- ed Bowen. "Why did you not say so? Here, Durrant, come back"
 Then in turn the girls were question ed, and each one positively affirmed his identity.
 "What do you say to that?" asked the chiet of Durrsnt.
 "I have simply to say that I was not there," he replied, and, mortified "Oh" escaped the young ledies at this denial. T don't see how be car say that" said one of them afterwards, "for be was surely there. I don't want to do him an injustice, but there can be no mis- take"
 THE CLOTHING IDENTIFIED,