The record-union., 1895-04-16


attorney are allowed to see the suspected
criminal, but crowds Of his friends have
called at the city prison to give him aid
and comfort. Many strangers have
called, many of them women, but they
nave all been turned away.
This afternoon further evidence cor
roborative of Durrants being seen in
the company of Miss Lamont on April
Sd was obtained by the police. At
O'Clock this afternoon Detective An
thony visited the Normal School and had
an interview with Principal Albert II.
! oder. Soon three young ladies, whose
| ages might be anywhere between II and
70 years, were called in. They were Miss
Minnie B. Edwards Of San Mateo, Miss
Alice T.. Pleasant Of 323 Twelfth street
and Miss May Lanigan of 232l! Larkin
street, who has brother in the Internal
Revenue Department. Detective An
thony announcer that the Chief required
their presence at his Office. but the girls
were somewhat timid, and desired TO be
! accompanied by relatives during the 10
them trying ordeal. Finally it was ar
ranged .hat Professor Hoder should ac-
company them.
| Upon their arrival at the Chiefs Office
| Detective Bohen instructed them: ''If
you recognize the prisoner as the man
who was with Miss Lamont say so; if
not, keep silent.D
Detectives Seymour and Anthony then
marched in with Durrant between them.
! The accused was neatly dressed in long,
cutaway coat Of black cheviot and striped
trousers fashlOnably creased. His linen
was immaculate, his neck scarf neat, and
on his head he wore Fedora hat which
he removed on entering. His face, pale
| and thin, bore an expression OF mingled
anxiety and defiance. AS he entered he
glanced sharply at Miss Pleasant and
casually at the other two girls, and then
his gaze rested again on Miss Pleasant.
She is the girl who left Miss Lamont
just before the latter joined Durrant, and
1t seemed as II he recOllected her face.
For fully i've minutes silence reigned.
Then the Chief, thinking that Durrant
had not been recognized, said: THAT is
ALL"
The prisoner turned to leave the room,
and as he did so the girls gasped: That
is he."
What, do you know him?" ejacu-
lated Bowen. why didn't you say So?
Here. Durrant, come back"
Then in turn the girls were questioned
| and each one positively affirmed his
identity.
What have you to say to that?" asked
the Chief OF Durrant.
II nave simply to say that I was not
there" was the reply, and q horrified
ON" escaped the young ladies at this
denial.
II don't see how he can say that" said
one OF them afterwards, ''for he was
surely there. L don't want to do him an
injustice, but there can be no mistake"
The clothing found IN the tower was
shown and then identified by the three
girls as that worn by Blanche Lamont
when they last saw her. They recog-
nlzed 1t by the material and by the cut of
the cloth. Two of these girls, Miss Min
ME b. Edwards and Miss May Lauigan.
state that on April Sd they saw Miss La
mont riding toward Market street on a
Powell-street car, and the man who was
with her was Durrant. though they did
not know him then. The young ladies
We're walking down Powell street toward
Market, when the car passed them. Miss
Alice Pleasant stated that she eft Miss
Lamont at the corner of Clay and Powell
streets on April Sd at 3 p. W., and saw
Durrant approach Miss Lamont bow to
her, and that the couple then boarded the
POwell-street car at that corner.
Durrant was then brought into the
| Chiefs Office from the tanks below, and
the three glEls positively identified him
as the man they saw on the car with Miss
Lamont
a visit to the Morgue was next in
| order, and the girls and their escorts were
| placed IN q hack and takon 60 Dunbar
| alley. The Coroner's realm was even
/ more horrifying tnan usual, and the girls
! viii not soon forget their visit. The
! corpses of Blanche Lamont and Nfinnia
! Williams, lying side by side, presented a
! terrible sight, and the odor Of decay was
| overpowering. The young Women gaZed
| in silence on the sadly altered features OF
/ the dead, and sighed as they recognized
their late companions. Once outside, they
drew deep breaths of relief and COM
! pleted the Identification.
! The three girls tell very straight stories.
] a
lar notice they took of Durrant when
! they saw him with Miss Lamont. and
each OF them recognized his picture in
! The sunday papers, and told relatives or
/ friends OF 1t before they met again at
school to talk the case over.
Henry j. Shalmouut, a conductor on
the Sutter-street line, also stated TO the
! police that be saw Uurrant and Miss La
mont on his car at S:45 on the morning of
! April 81. This statement was not new.
! as Durrant had already admitted that he
! rode with Miss Lamont OH the morning
of April Sd, bat he had also stated that he
| had not seen her again that day nor since
Durrant still maintains his composure.
lie shows no trace of nervousness. and
there Is coAhdent air in his demeauor.
/ lie receives reporters cOurteousIy
enough, but, acting OH the advice of his
lawyers, absolutely refuses to make any
further statements.
a luuIOI Rdlueu currency IN this CITY,
and published in the evening papers
that Mrs. Ella Forsythe, the wife of a
pressman IN a local printing house, who
disappeared week ago, was a menher
OF Emmanue! Baptist Church and possI
bly, met the same fate as Blanche lamont
and Minnie Williams, was fouud on in
vestigation, to be untrue. She was MOI a
member of the church, had never at
tended services there and knew mona of
the congregation. Her husband save tb a
detectives he employed traced her To tho
sea beach near the seal rocks, where All
trace of her was lost.
The police are leaving no stone nm
turned in their endeayor to trace the unur-
derer OF Blanche Lamont. The marks
of the fingers that strangled her were
plainly visible on the neck. Careful
measurements were made by a physician n
and plaster cast OF Durranps hand mas
been made. The men who made the ex-
animation say that the imprints on the
left side OF the neck were deeper than on
the right, and reason from that fact that q
left-handed man committed The crime.
Durrant is said to have that peculiarity
! In making their measurements the po-
lice had considerable trouble to overcome
as the body was decomp posing and
swollen. Sufficient data was obtained,
however, to enable them to tell pretty
accurately the size and shape OF the
murderer's hand.
The remains of Blanche Lamont will
be sent to her home at Dillon, Mont, for
burial. There will be no funeral services
here, The funeral of Minnie Williams,
the second victim of the murderer oil
Miss Lamont, Will be held from the First
Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon,