The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-18

right up 20 the scene Of the murder of
Blanche Lamont IN Emanuel Baptist
church Today's trial passed him beyond
the church gate The day before. Mrs.
Crossett had left him at the corner Of
either Tweuty-first or IWenty-sscond
street and Valencia. going toward Bartlett
street with a young lady. Today Martin
Qunlan took him past the corner OF
Twenty-second and Bartlett streets. stiu
with The young lady and then Mrs. Caro-
line : Leak told OF seeing h!m pass along
the front of Emanuel Baptist church and
enter the gate al the side of the church
towards Twenty-th.rd street. hs opened
that gate and let the young lady h was
with pass IN ahead OF him. This was after
O'Clock on April 3. the day Blanche La
mont disappeared II a jury should accept
all the c3rcumstantial evidence as true. the
case against DurTant would certainly oe
a very hard one 20 overcome. Mrs. FoEel
saw DuTrant hanging about tie school
Is where Blanche Lamont was Her school
friends saw him with her. going from THE
school as far as Market street Mrs
Crossett saw him with the yourg lady un-
known 70 her on car which bad passed
up Marke' street. Quinlan saw Inn with
a Young lady Mrs Leak thought that
young lady was either Blanche Lamont or
q VI M.ss Turner
Positive Identification Of the girl Dur
rant was with stops a. Market street The
case weakers some what, TOO. after that
po!ut Mrs. Crossett Is positive, hut sne
a very old Mrs. Leak again. s old, and,
unlike most women under similar -lFcum-
stances. kept her important Information
10 herself during the exciting days OF the
search for the missing girl the finding OF
the body the CoToner's jury and the pre-
lu7inary examination. The same true
o. Mrs Crossett. Now, the ques<ron =.
can the defense so cloud this portion ci
the prosecutions case as . cause thar
reasonable doubt 70 arse fu the minds
of the 1urymen.
The defense does not say a word about
what il expects 10 prove. From Durrant
- judge Thompson. however, there Is an
unbroken front Of confidence. They laugh
and sniff al the most damaging testimony.
Nothing leaves a wrinkle on the foreAeads
OF the attorneys or Detective Morse They
cloak their case with mystery, fish around
with the prosecutions witnesses n good
deal and look wise. Opinion among tine
hab!tues OF the court room Is divided as
TO whether the defense VII be the most
brilliant one seen In san Francisco In years
o. nothing at ALA reliance upon small
technicshties and minor contradictions.
The vel wl nave 20 be- l3fted before long.
however for al the present rate q pro-
gress The prosecution VIII have presented
all It's evidence by the middle Of next week
Then the opening statement Of the defense
ought 10 open the eyes OF the many who
have 50 long waited 70 see.
As for the prisoner. he has ar last begun
70 show some slight signs If breaking
down under the long strain. Before the
case opened he was uno)uccrnediy reading
p Denver paper. DURING the morning be
smiled a good deal. while his attorneys
Jed Police Court Attorr Martin Qu'nla0
from saloon 70 saloon am drink 70 drink
on April But when old Mrs Leak was
giving her testimony when she stepped
q 1Wn aui pointed her feeble finger at him
81 accusation. he hent and cast down bis
ewes. For once he was not the easiest man
in all the place Sf.u. before the day Was
over. ho yawnes behind h;s paper AZ the
ted.ou-0css IF the cross examination
yawnei a. naturally as II he were the least
interested nan IN the ha-S row IF The
court ro0m crowd.
The prosecution has shown by the tce-
timony OF AIRS NoEel that the accused
walked up ard down tho sidewalk In front
Cf The high school until blanche Lamont
came 0ut. ne was thcn seen 10 take car
with h@r ani started toward Market
street Later he was seen ON Valencia
street car i0 roup7uv NTH Young lads
answering Blanche LaUout's descrin'i00
- Mrs Cr-esctf. who has known Tur-
that hiss he-0 introduced relative IL Oar
rants vre~ea bouts on the afternoon oF
tnrl . g. directly contradictory - hfs
statement made or the 0fEht of his arrest
that he Na1 00t sron the murdered Cfrl
af.er he l-ft h0r an che way n school or
the morning nf the 35. re st.ll maintains
tha- he was ~ The medical college AZ the
time Mrs Nr@l says shr saw hlrn ~ the
normal school. Hut .tho defcrse hns rrt
found any Of Dur~art-s fellow students ~
Corr0horato tho statement Maud Lamont
sister ~ The murdered girl. vas on ,he
stand fa~ a short time to1av f7r tnc pu~-
rCso - dentfvinC 2 portrait of BLANCHE
introduced ne an qVhthft hv fNa vr~ea-rt-