The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-12
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Durrant himself is not only wrathful. but
processes to be greatly surprised al the
conduct OF the reporter. upon whose tesu-
mony, he thinks, the prosecution VIII re-
~ TO establish its point.
81 do not like TO say anything against
woman" said Durrant. but my disap-
pointment is so keen that / cannot keep
silent. The reporter has been kind to me
in many ways, has given me repeated as
surances of belief in my innocence. and
has often said that 1 had her prayers for
q speedy termination of this terrible
nightmare. She has repeatedly sought ex-
pressions OF opinion from me. Adherins
10 an infexible rule of not denying or IN
dorsing anything, whether for or against
me, i always gave her the same answer.
My time has not come to talk. At a recent
call she detailed this dramatic yarn about
my having written mysterious some
thing which | put in an envelope, with
a strict Injunction, distinctly written on
the outside, that il be returned TO me in
case Of acquittal, or opened in the event
Of conviction. These stupid stories an
noyed me, and, realizing how much talk
this would make, / asked her, as spe-
cial favor. that she make no mention of 1T
in any way, either 10 the press or the
prosecution. She readily assented 10 my
request, and even went further. If you
doubt me- she said, get your Bible
took that dear book and passed 1t to her.
She placed il on the wlket door and SOL
EMMY swore that she would make no
mention of it. Imagine my surprise when
the district attorney asked me about that
envelope. 1t was not Nat l cared about
the story 1t was not true 1 had moth
Ing 10 fear. So little did It impress me
after j supposed it was relegateN to OBJ
livion. where it belonged. that I had alb
solutely forgotten it. / wrote state
ment. . is true. Everybody knows csat.
1t was made public. but somewhat gar
bled- There was = nothing mysterious
about ii. and no envelope inclosed it
The papers and the people" continued
Durrant, talk OF my .coolness-my nerve.
1t is not my fortitude in this hour OF
darkness. 1t is my all-abiding faith in God
that sustains me. / have faith in His
goodness; that he will protect me because
l am innocent of these frightful crimes.
DR. Graham" the prisoner branched
off. Il have always looked upon as an
honorable fellow, and cannot think but
that he Will tell exactly wat occurred at
our meeting. Surely what he said and
what Dunnigan has bartered for hard
cash must be confounded. When Dumb
gan came here with Graham he told me
he was a correspondent for an Eastern
paper and was anxious - set me right IN
the Eastern papers. As / was not con-
sentlng to interviews. 1 had TO decline his
fatterfng offer.
THE district attorney has made con-
siderable sport of my ignorance of the
word alib!. l had never been Interested
in things criminal. / had never attended
a trial, and the word was as strange to
me as IL II had been Sanskrit. After my
arrest l heard the word several times
wondered what N was, and did not ask,
as l knew il would make me appear ig-
norant The conversation soon instructed
me"
Durrant does not appear TO take much
stock in the general opinion that the dis
trict attorney hurt the case of the defense
when he probed So deeply into the matter
OF the man N the light coat, who. Dur
rant swears, gave him the clue that sent
him to the ferry. The detectives of the de-
Tense are inclined 10 make light of this
part Of the matter. They have established
TO their own satisfaction the Identity OF
the unknown who. they claim, tapped
Durrant on the shoulder and started him
for the ferry. The mysterious person. they
say, was nothing more than one Of the
officers of the police department. of
the city and county Of San Fran
cisco. They argue that for some
days prior 70 April 70 the name Of
Durrant had been Joined by the police with
the mysterious disappearance Of Blanche
Lamont. Carrying out this idea, one Of
the men in citizens clothes who had seen
Durrant was detailed on the afternoon Of
April u to accost the suspect wherever
found. and 70 give him ''tip" which
would lead him TO the ferry where an
other man could have an opportunity 10
see whether or not he came. and, II he
did. 10 watch him closely and report his
actions. That IS the theory OF the defense.
Can't. Lees denied It.