Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-15
A FRISCO RIPPER.
Two Young Women Dutchered
 In q Church.
CHURCH MEMBER ARRESTED
< Sunday school Librarian Charged
 With the Crime.

Sunuhl ScHOOl iIDTafl4n (HafSCI
 With the Crime.
 10th of the Victims Were Attendants at
 tho sunday School and Have Been Miss
 ing For Several Days-Policc Found Their
 Mutilated Ho,lies In the Church Tower.
 Miss Lamont Had Been StranEled and
 Her Body Chopped Up-The Young Man
 Accused of the Terrible Crime BoIdIy As
 serts His Innocence. but the Authorities
 Say That tho Evidence Is Strong Against
 Him.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.-Thc Eman- ucl Baptist church at Bartlett street, be- tween Tweuty-second and Twenty third streets, in this city. has been tho scene of two of the most atrocious murders ever committed in the state.
 Saturday the mut!lated and murdered body of MinniU Williams was found in tho library of tho editiCe.
 sunday tho nude body of Blanche La- mont was found in the tower of the same church.
 Tho same hand, the authorities believe.
 
 young man suspected of both crimes, is now in custody.
 Blanche Lamont and Mimic Williams were members of the Emanuel church and members uf the sunday school class Tho former was n student at the Normal school on Powell street in this city tho latter was a companion ill n family in Alameda, across the hay They Wure both l4 years old, bruncttCS and pretty and modest girls Both had been tho recipients of at tontlOns from young medical student named W. II. Y. Durant, who is also tho librarian of tho church and tho secretary of tho Young Peoples society of the church.
 On April l Miss Lamont disappeared. Diligont search failed to reveal any trnco of her where, bouts and hor aunt, Mrs. No blC, with whom she had been living, was totally unable to throw any light on tho affair. Miss Lamont camc from Dillon, Mon, several months ago, having been in San Francisco for her health and at tho sanc timo to attend the Normal school to perfect herself as n teacher. Last seen With Durant.
 The last person sucn in her company was w. II. T. Dnrant young medical student, who, it seems. had htN'n un friend ly terms with the missing girl. On Sntur- day about II :lO a m. the mutilatrd body of Minnie Williams Wal fnUud in the lI- brary of the church Thr g,ri had h,rn assaulted. and Acr rrHlHjn~ Lad h,rn cut and hacked, the girl h1\iuE vviGUutIy died from loss of biu1d
 On further rNaniuHi:uu it Was found she had been !ytL.,, Il. Il,,, n~-lilnu tearing part of her und, r.!"rl.In4; u.,d thru~,ing it down h>r throat with a sharp ~ti,k. nadly lactratin% the tongue Two wit no~sVS >tatn they ~;Iw NuunI man nu,l a young w"lman the iulIuVr au>WCrin. the description "f nurInt and tEv la,tCr that "t Mimi" Williams. enter the church
 Following; lhls lvw, the ruli, A1 unce put the r,'>.!rn,Nrl Du:lnI uuu.,r sIr>,,il- lAnCr. Ml~, MlirAiu~ lived with friends in Alameda who i:.IVu h"r d lnIpr until she could >u,Irv n I,'~ilt"u >Er had h, II rr, ui i..r AIt,'l d ~ ut tl3v fluaiu.;.} hurrh haNin.: tn:luytIN IN,d m tI,.I Pei ,hf.,r hnnd iu' t'v ,,!nrAii 'n,p h,'r father amt n''th,'r hri ,Au-J l.vr to move lD AlA, medal
 Friday mormurlhH Morgan tn'niIy. with whom ~hr had lIIvj. lstrhvd their huu,r hold goods. lnt,nd'T-; {" leave f,r TAruua and Miss Williams lad removed her pos sessions tu the house of Mrs. Nuy, near the chur. h. Friday evening she was tu hAvo attended Il meeting If tEr Young Pro- pIt . S'N!tLN Sl lllC FllAilut4 tlllGn lt lJr Eogrl'S hnli>, Al 7:l5 o'clock she left Mrs NOy : house tn attend tIr mrrtinE taking atch key with hrr She never nl,- prarrI there.
 Ah"ut this timo Durant left his homo on Fair Oaks street, in thu same vicinity, bound for !hr >aIuc meeting. Al \ n'rluvk Durant m"i Ph!tp r,:hl.S iI.d ls5,rd him | som" qur>'. nS ah"ul :t trip tu Mount | Dial'lo Wh' 'n h sisg:h crrl'> "t which hc | was n men ;n'. w..~ lo nh>v next day At | 9::n Lr tl'l, h'''d ut Dr \"s,l a !, siGrncc wh"'' tho lm,r:lni; Was ilt pru-iv>>, and n"I. was luA''T,,r dnriu4; the remainder of l.. rNrrn;.S than lr Al II q clock ho l Il with n party of Houn& people and went home.
 The n"Nt InuvuinE Dur,nt ar"s,' carly and went th l:i~ Vun!r;t,,> uf the signal corps fo' Mount pIah,u, nO miles away. l Tho two itUr!rrs aIr ~p closely connected that it k iNw necessary tu go lack to the | Lamont cl.Su
 | The second Murder. l Sunday Mrs, Noble, the aunt uf Miss Lamont, received through the mails n lla- per containing the four rings worn by her niece the day she disappeared On the pa l NCprp Vritttn h., Tat,,, up,l ,,l,lr.,-., f