New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-17
san FRANCISCO AROUSED.
THE WHOLE CITY STIRRED BY THE
EMANUEL CHURCH TRAGEDY.
NEW PROOFS AGAINST DrRANT COME To LIGHT
THE ALLEGED Nj KpEEER STILL COot AID
SELF rosSEssED-HIS COUNSEL MAY
PLEAD INSANITY.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.


San Francisco. April l6.-Although nearly three
DAYS have passed since the discovery OF the body
OF Blanche Lamont fixed the crime OF double muir
der upon young Theodore Durant. pubic interest
is stll intense. The police rave 10 as
perse crowds around the city prison and Emanuel
Church and the undcrtakcr's room where the mn-
tilated bodies Of the two young girls ar" lying
has been besicged by hundreds o. morbid curiosity
seekers Every day and sensational
proof added TO the mass OF circrmsianual evil
dence against the young medical student To-Day
the SCHOOL books hat. gloves and shoes % Blanche
Lamont found hidden away under the ratters
OF Emanuel church. The scarchers who found
these convincing proofs OF DurantS ghiI' spent
ha!f-hour crawling through dusty. unused passage
ways TO reach the spot where these ielliaic "ru-
Giles had been secrcicd. 10 one who Was not "a
miliar with every part 81 the church would haV"
been able TO reach this spot Tae poo' g'ri DOCKS
tired win strap. just a. she p''N'i mem
before leaving the Normal school. SHe w. zen
by three OF her fellow pupils - tAke a 80. a.
with Durant The couple cNId'hH!, N'"' ~
rect 20 the church. where I'ufdni "ai 'v', ,..
some books on cooking whicn she "'''" N''''''
but didn't feel able 10 pur'hate ., .,idc,c..
against the prisoner. Several nrw witnesses q
clared that Durant IN the ne!ghborhoo1 81 ,ie
GNU Woman ma ics.si ,aa' .he heard man
say to girl. whom he vas 'varmty u r o.s
She paid attention 10 them as sng "n'h" ,
they we're simply having a gns i Wr Mo-
can Of Aiam@da. for whose wife Minnie Williams
worked Morgan said th1, ~ ns Snr T." CONF over
TO the city and spend ~. nlgh' win MN ~, ~,
fear OF him ~ be had some strong 'hhurn'e over
her which she found IT diihcnit TO rr''1,t, ,,,,.I
the police bv his courage and Scf-rontioi. IhrF
expected zee him break Town 'o-'iay. D't ,,d nr
yrstcriav Ills father ha- engaged Eugene p"n11
prey. able Young criminal law -, J ,,,,,,.y
vii plead that ms client is a victim @' mama, ''
hence 81 for a lIudnc asylum ''lh .f u'' h.,r
ont this plea. az young DHrant had hiey 1nD""ii
va" g., sensitive when he attended his hrst dfs"'
.ion class two years agp that he tainted ana h"9
in ioayr th. room. he soon became hardened anu
rapidly showed great interest IN ,I' IL 1 po
cuii1r taste cropped out IN ~ nlh re S'','r r
if".,, TI,IJ} s'i!ed book by German ~centi-'
which gyes details Of crimes similar 10 'h''' '''''-
THE Fycnlng Hulle'in" got out an extra last
uirht con aiming the following sta "ment 49, -.
G,rgc + King orgdnist Of the church where ne
borri5ic crimes nero both committed. made tiate-
men, Ia Cnef Of Police Cr9.ry ,a'e 'Ios the
noon which tends to TX one G,.mr al ~ avs
murder OF Mss 5ArnIGn APE yIas Lamont was
,"iesou n. went mo the church about p m. 70
praciise on the organ - saw Duran il'tr l' tS
49,, 10 in = hlghlv-excitcI and overhcatcd con
1ifon / asked him what was the matter, ana ne
ioG; lie was very weak and pale. ana asked me
"a give MIN a glass Of bromo seltZcr kh"N re
u.s nxng M some electrical c0nirIVanc"s about IN"
church and Thought nothing sn'nse nn"u, ms mos;
up In the loft TINS IS drce eN'c y b o' rcm"m
bered left the High school about p m on u'' un
She was last seen. Aprl .. Sne wa Wa se pnd i,et
rnmpi"tcd his ncndish task when seen by OrganS'
King The report tina: Durani the accused nv, niul
nantIy denied by Juiee \; W. Thompson who IS
dc ,,g a. m"nt's body was shipped to Montana to-
d." The BODY OF Miss Williams will be buried to-
morrow afternoon.