Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-04-24
CALLS FOR DURRANT!
VERDICT OF THE CORONER.s
JURY IS AGAINST HIM.
Friends OF the Accused Suspect Elmer
WOlf--Pastor Gibson Included in the
Sweep of Rumor--Durrant's Mother to
the Rescue.

Friends OF the Accused Suspect Elmer
Wolf--Pastor Gibson Included In the
Sweep of Rumor--Durrant's Mother to
the Rescue.
San Francisco, April 19.-The coro-
ners jury in the Durrant case rendered
u verdict today holding Durraat guilty
of numbering Minnie Williams.
Durrant was not present when, at
IL 40 O'Clock, the jury brought in their
verdict. The verdict is as follows:
we. the jury summoned and sworn
to inquire into all the circumstances
attending the death of Minnie Williams
and by whom the same was produced,
and in what manner and where and
when the same Minnie Williams came
to her death, do find that the name Of
the deceased was Minnie Flora Will
tarsi her age at 81 years; nativity
Canada; single; residence Alameda,
Alameda county, state of California;
that she was found dead April Is, 1895,
in Emanuel Baptist church, Bartlett
street, between Twenty-second and
Twentythird streets, city and county
of San Francisco; that she came to her
death from hemorrhage due to lacera-
ted wounds, and asphyxia due to stran-
gulatiop.
I'VE further find from evidence that
the murder was committed by one
Theodore Durrant, and we charge him
with the crime.
I'm witness whereof, we. the jurors,
have to this inquisition set our hands
and seals on the day of date hereof.
c. H. DAWSON. Foreman.
A H. FRANK,
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
A. JONES,
N. KOHN,
L. MARKUS,
]. TAGGART,
p. RUGG,
l.. GREEN,
H. SHEMANSKI,"
When Durrant was shown the verdict
after his return to the city prison, his
face flushed for the first time since the
terrible crime, for which he is accused,
was discovered.
POCKETBOOK IDENTIFIED.
Miss Gertrude Tabor, q step-sister of
Elmer Wolff, the young man whose
name has been frequently mentioned
in the case within the last two days,
and come forward and identified the
pocketbook which was found on the
San Bruno road by a clam digger, and
which contained some papers, among
Vogel, on the back of which was writ
ten the name of Miss Williams.
Miss Tabor says she missed the pocket
book some time ago while out riding
near the Taber ranch on the San Bruno
road and explains the presence of card
with Miss Williams name on 1t, by say
ing that Miss Williams visited her some
weeks ago and wrote her address on
one of DR.. VogeIs cards.
Elmer Wolff's testimony at the in
quest was slightly mixed and some
of Durrants friends thought he knew
more of the crime than he wished to
tell, and pointed to the finding of the
pocket book to substantiate their claim
1t is a peculiar coincidence that the
pocket book should have been lost by
one so closely related to Wolff and |
found at this critical time.
MRS. DURRANT'S STORY.
Mrs. Durrant. mother Of the accused |
says that she has evidence for the de
fense which wall go to upset the bear |
ing the statement Of witness Hill, who |
testified before the coroner'S jury tina |
he had seen a couple answering the de !
scription of Durrant and the dead girl |
standing near the church about S:3f |
o'clock on the night of the murder an |
who afterwards entered the church |
yard. Mrs. Durrant saye that a youn;. |
couple had come to her and stated tina |
they entered the churchyard about the |
time Hill claims to have seen couple |
pf. into the front gate.
This afternoon the police received in
formation from a laundry that a pair
of bloody trousers had been left fol
cleaning. The police say that the trous
ers are too big for Durrant, but tha;
they viii ltrace the clew to find the
owner.
Public interest in the murder case Is
still undated. AS no new evidence has
been discovered duplicating Durrant
there is an undercurrent of feeling
a great many that Durrant If
not guilty. The opinion Is expressed ir
some quarters that the pastor of the
Rev. John George Gibson. re-
Quires watching. His actions, ii is claim
ed, have been so peculiar that the police
might do well to turn their search light
on him.
These rumors have reached the ears
of the pastor and have naturally agitat
ed and irritated him. He has not visit
ed Durrant in Jail since his arrest, anC
the latter being one of the active work
ers Of his church, naturally the pastors
actions have created considerabl talk !
Durant has expressed some surprise al
this seeming neglect and desertion by
one from whom he naturally looked foJ
the first words of sympathy and hope
Detectives who have been on the case
since the first, however. still maintain
that Durrant is the guilty man beyono
peradeventure.
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