The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-02

Mr.. Truman and / were 81 ated along
side of each other and as | saw the article
| said to him very much what he said
did. The moment [ had spoken / knew
L had done wrong and l wished L hau
said nothing. but Truman did not make
any reply and nothing more was said
about it.
~ regretted it as soon as the words
were spoken. But l certainly had no in
tention of Influencing Truman and / do
not think he belle we'd | intended to do
so. What l said to him was in a jocu!ar
manner. such as might be expected be-
tween very old friends. 1t was blame
worthy, undoubtedly, and I deserve all
the blame that is given me for tine fool
ish slip of the tongue, but there was no
ulterior motive in the thoughtIess re-
mark. That is all there is to it. 1 have
never sought notoriety and this is very
trying"
Mr.. Mccoy spoke calmly, but he seem cd
Co be much agitated over the remarks OF
the court.
One of the attorneys for the Durrant
defense "A. W. Thompson. has consented
in the light of the remarks made public
by Rev. J. George Gibson. to outline the
facts and theories which caused Eugene
Deuprey i'll his opening statement to
throw suspicion upon the pastor OF
Emanuel church and to intimate to the
jury that the reasonable doubt which the
defnse wishes to show will point toward
the same gentleman.
The defense does not like Mr.. Gibson S
remarks at all. In the first place, Dur
rants lawyers say that the PASTORS as
ssertion that Durrant considered him
guilty was entirely uncalled for. as Dur
rant never expressed himself on the sub
ject and would not have declined the pas
toral hand had it been extended to him
at any time since his arrest. The theory
nf Va If pv,fir n m
the lawyers, and they are glad to stand
by their opinions.
The first suspicious OF the defense in
regard TO the matter arose during the
preliminary examination from Mr.. Glib.
SON own testimony. 1t was in regard
to the Minnie Williams case that the
first doubts arose. In his stimony, the
defense states Mr.. Gibson made many
admissions that looked more than queer.
According tn his own story. they say, he
was in his study from unil 1880 on the
night of the Williams murder. At the
latter hour he left his study and walked
to DR.. Vogeps a distance of three blocks,
arriving there shortly before s.. 1T oc-
curreu to Durrant's attorneys that that
was slow time. Later Dr. Gibson modi-
fed his testimony, stating that he arrived
at Vogel's reasonable time after 7:30.
But, according to Mrs. McVey. they
point out. Miss Williams if she went
uiCCtly w tuc CHuTCu, IuuSt udNc dfIiN Cu
there a: about the same time. Their con-
clusion is obvious-the two we're there
alone for an hour and halt and their
theory is that the murder committed, the
perpetrator went to the Vogel social and
enjoyed himself.
Another point dwelt upon by the de-
Tense is the fact that the lock of the
library door wa pried off and by the
pastors chise. The forcing they like to
talk about. Both Durrant and King had
keys to the lock. therefore the former
would not have forced it. The person
who forced the lock did not have key to
it, they argue.
Gibson, by his own admission. was the
last person known to have been in the
church on Friday night and the first one
on Saturday m orning.