The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-02

Q.-You said that Miss Upton was member
of the congregation when in town? Ayes,
sir.
Q.-where does she reside when in town?
AIT Mrs. Davis, $50 Ridley street.
Q.-Now, Mr. King, when she is out of town
where does she reside? Al do not know; l
am under the impression that it is somewhere
in the southern part of the State.
Q.-Does she live in MADEIRA County, Al
do not know.
Q.-Do you know of any circumstance which
can throw any light on the murder or disap-
pearance of Miss Blanche Lamont? A.-No,
sir
Q.-Did Mr.. Durrant ever say he had made a
proposal OF matrimony to bliss Lamont? A
Q.--Do you know of his ever having done soG
Q.-Are you positive? Ayes, sir
Here one of the jurymen interposed with the
question-When Durrant came into the room
where you were playing did he have his coat
off? Ayes
The juryman-Could you see the doors from
the position where you sat playing? Ayes.
BY the Coroner-Were his sleeves rolled up?
A.-No.
Oils pants rolled up? A.-No.
GLOW about his coat? A.-His coat was
folded up and lay on box in the library. His
hat lay by the side of his coat.
Q.-After you got Durrant the bromo-seltzer
did you leave him in the church? A.-No; we
left together.
Q.-When you went for the bromo-seltzer and
returned was he where you left him? A
in the Sunday-school room. When l came
back he was in the vestibule.
A juryman: Q-When he walked through
the folding doors what did he say? Ale
said he had been fixing the gas above the cell
ing of the auditorium.
BY the Coroner: Ole told you he de-
scended the ladder and came downstairs? A.
Yes, sir.
Odd he make any other statement? A.
Not that recollect.
Q.-How soon after he came in did he ask
you to get him the bromo-seltzer? A.-Almost
Immediately.
Q.-Was he then standing up2 A.-Ithink So.
Odd you see anything in his hand, such
as hammer or saw or tool of any kind? A.-No.
Q.-His hands were empty? Ayes.
Gle made no other remarks about the up
stairs2 A.-Not that recollect.
A juryman asked in regard to the condition
of Durrant's hands when he handed King SO
cents. To this King replied that there was
nothing peculiar about them.
,Q-Ddd you smell gas when you entered the
sion it came from the library
Q..Could you smell it in the library too !?
Ayes; but on investigation l found that the
gas was turned off there.
Q.-Have you ever noticed the smell of gas
in the church before? Ayes; but never so
strongly before.
Q.-Did you see Mr. Durrant fixing his hair
or clothes after he came into the lecture-room?
A.-No, sir.
A.-His hat.
.Q--O4u yOu lchFG the With Hlul VI
did he stay behind? A-No; we went together.
Q.-Did you see Durrant 90 to the looking
glass? A.-Yes;, in the parlor.
Q.-D1d ne make any statement after looking
in the glass? Ale said he didn't look so
very pale.
.Q.-Where did you walk when you left the
church? A.-Down Twenty-second to Capp.
Odd you notice any blood on him? A.
No.
Q.-When you left him at Twenty-second and
Capp what did he do? Ale turned back to-
ward home.
Q.-That is toward the church? Ayes.
Odd you examine the mirror afterward.
A-No, sir.
Q:-Did you notice anything under the mir
ror? A.-Not till two weeks afterward when
my attention was called to little spot on the
shelf underneath the mirror that looked like
blood
Q.--Who called your attention to it? A.
DR.. Vogel.
Q.-What comment did he make on it? A.
Nothing particular
Q;.Did he say that it was blood? Ale
said he thought twas
Glad any person been fixing the gas. be-
fore you smelt 1t? Ayes. sir, the day before.
Q.-Had there been anybody there that
morning? Al do not know.
Q-Were you there when the plumbers were
fixing the jets? Ayes sir.
Q.1D1d you see them turning on the gas?
Dwell the doors being closed, it was moth
ing unusual or strange to smell gas. A.-No.
Frank A. Sademan, the janitor of Eman-
uel Baptist Church, was next called to the
stand. The last time he saw Durrant in
the loft OF the church was in the month OF
January. They both went up to fix new
battery, as the old one was worn out. He