The herald., 1895-04-16


Bohen instructed them:
IF you recognize the prisoner as the
man who was with Miss Lamont, say
so. If not, keep silent" Detective Sey-
mour and Detective Anthony then
marched in with Durrant between them.
The accused was neatly dressed in
long getaway coat and vest OF black che
yiot and striped trousers fashionably
pressed, His linen was immaculate, his
neck scarf neat and on his head he wore
a fedora hat. which he removed on enter
ing. His face. pale and thin, bore an ex-
preston of mingled anxiety and defiance.
As he entered he glanced sharply at
Miss Pleasant and casually at the other
girls, and then his gaze rested again on
Miss Pleasant. She is the girl who left
Miss Lamont just before the latter joined
Durrant, and it seemed as il he recolleet-
ed her face.
For fully five minutes silence reigned.
Then the chief, thinking that Durrant
had not been recognized, said: That's
ALL
The prisoner turned to leave the room
and as he did so the girls gasped; That
is he.n
what, do you know him." calculated
Bowen. why did you not say so? Here,
Durrant, come.ba "
Then in turn the girls were questioned,
and each one positively affirmed his iden-
tity.
'What do you say to that?' asked the
chief of Durrant.
II have simply to say that | was not
4here," he replied, and Mortified ON
escaped the young ladies at this denial,
81 don't see how he can say that" said
one of them afterwards, for he was
surely there. | don't want to do him an
injustice, but there can be on mistake.
The Clothing Identified
The clothing found in the tower was
shown and identified by the three girls as
that worn by Blanche Lamont when they
last saw her. They recognized it by the
material and by the cut of the cloth.
Two of these girls, Miss Minnie B.
Edwards and Miss May Lanigan, state
that on April Sd they saw Miss Lamont
riding towards Market street on Powell
street car and the man who was with her
was Durrant. though they did not know
him then. This was at 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon. The young ladies were walk
ing down Powell towards Market street
when the car passed them.
Miss Alice Pleasant stated that she left
Miss Lamont at the corner of Clay and
Powell streets on April Sd. about p. M,
and saw Durrant approach Miss Lamont,
bow to her, and that the couple then
boarded the Powell street car at that
corner.
Durrant was then brought into the
chiefs office from the tanks below, and
the three girls positively identified him
as the man they saw on the car with Miss
Lamont.
A visit to the morgue was next in order
| and the girls and their escorts were placed
| in hack and taken to Dunbar alley. Inc
| coroners realm was even more horrifylng
! than usual and the girls will not soon for
| get their visit. The corpses Of Blanche
| Lamont and Minnie Williams, lying side
| by side, presented terrible sight, and
| the odor of decay WAS overpowerlng. Inc
| young women gazed in silence on the
sadly altered features of the dead and
| sighed as they recognized their late COM
panion. Once outside they drew deep
| breaths of relief and completed the iden-
| tiiication.
Straight Stories
| The three girls tell very straight stories.
! They give a good reason for the particular
notice they took of him when they saw
| Durrant with Miss Lamont, and each OF
| them recognized his picture III the sun
day papers and told relatives or friends
of it before they met again at school to
| talk the case oyel.
| Henry J. Shalmount,a conductor on the
| Suffer street line, also stated to the ponce
that he saw Durrant and Miss Lamont on
his car ; 40 "A, m. on the morning OF
April 3. This statement as not new, as
| Durrant had already admitted that he
rode with Miss Lamont on the morning of
| April 8. but he has also stated that he had
not seen her again that day nor since,
! Durrant still maintains his composure
| He shows no trace of nervousness and
| there is confident air in his demeanor.
| He receives reporters courteously enough,
but. acting on the advice OF his lawyers
absolutely refuses to make any further
statements.
Finger 1arks on the Throat
| The police are leaving no stone UNI
| turned in their endeavors to trace the
murderer Of Blanche Lamont. The marks
of the fingers that strangled her were
plainly visible Oh the neck. Careful
measurements were made by a physician
| and plaster cast of Durrant hand has
been made. The men who made the ex-
animation say the imprints on the left
| side of the neck were deeper than on
the right and reason from that that left
| handed man committed the crime. Dur
| rant is said to have that popularity. In
| making their measurements the police
had considerable trouble to overcome, as
the body was decom posed and swollen,
| sufficient data was obtained, however. TIC
enable them to tell pretty accurately the
size and shepe of the murderer's hand.
The remains of Blanche Lamont will
be sent to her home at Dillon, Mont, fol
burial. There will be no funeral services
here. The funeral of Minnie Williams
the second victim of the murderer of Miss
Lamont, will be held from the First Bap
fist church, Wednesday afternoon.
Another Easter Service StopTsl
OLYMPIA, Wash. April l5.-Peopl'
here are much interested i'll the Lamon
tragedy in San Francisco the dead girl
uncle, Rev. T. ]. Lamont. being pastor o
the First Presbyterian church here. Mr.
Lannon'S congregation was gathering ft.
evening Easter service when Telegram
announced the finding of the body of hi
niece in Emanuel Baptist church, il
San Francisco. The news spread rapid.
through the congregation and. the service
was dispensed with.
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