The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-16
WEAVING A NET ABOUT DURRANT
Three Girls and the Ors<anist Make IL
suro lie II The Murderer.

WEAVING A NET ABOUT DURRANT
Three Girls and the ors<anist Make II
suro lie II The Murderer.
San Francisco. April iS.-fieorge II.
King, the organ!st OF Emanne! BAPTIST
church. today made the following state
ment to Chief OF Police Crowley aud De-
tectIye 6eymonr:
'on April 3 last. the day Miss Lamont
was FIRST missed. I stroiied into he
church by the front door at about
O'Clock that afternoon. and the first thing
I noticed was that the library door was
open and q strong smell Of gas trapreg-
mated the atmosphere throughout the
building. 1 closed the li5fary door and
locked IT. and then played the piano.
This was In the lecture room. lad
been playing. I should judge. some FIVE
or ten minutes. when Durrant came down
through the back folding doors. He came
into the room with his coat off. IN his
shirt sleeves. His hair was mussed, and
he looked quite pale and was somewhat
nervous. | imagined that he might have
been startled ar my presence there In the
church. lie said that he had been over
come By the ga1. that he had been Lp-
stairs fixing the gas fixtures. and he said
ne was so overcome that he could barely
come down TO the library. He asked me
10 go out and get him some brorno-
HHitXef. ana went 10 the dFAN StoFt 10
get him some. What he did during the
time I went TO the drug store | do noa
know. When returned l brought him a
bottle of bromo-seitzsr. lie drank A doA
OF II. and II seemed 10 naussate him. He
then went Into the other room and asked
me how he looked. ] told him he was
somewhat pale. and that his eyes were a
little eonRested. SO he went into The
ladies' parior. where there Is a mirror. TO
look at his face. aud i afterward found
on little shelf underneath the the mirror
little eliot or blood. as though he had
wiped his finger on the shelf. l spoke
or the gas. and he said he hoped 1t would
not be noticed at night at the prayer
meeting. We then carried a little organ
from upstairs down into the lecture room.
and he appeared quite weak. He had TO
stop and rest several times. making the
remark that he was overcome with gas
AT about O'Clock We left the Gfacs
and he walked a little way down Caxsp
street Win me I 40 not remember
whether he vert back 20 the church or
not when he left me-
This afternoon further evidence corrob-
oraiive of purrtnt's being seen IN ths
company Of Miss Lamont on APRIL was
obtained ny the polcc. At ; o'clock this
afternoon Desertiwe Anthony visited the
normal sshool and had an interview with
Principal Albert III Yoder. soon three
eWHit& kSAHfes Nstf~f AEfN ft4Nhk W. dNa
where between II and - years. were
called in. They were Miss Minnie II. I'd
wards Of San Maseo. Miss Allce r Pleas
ant. OF 81 Twelfth streses. and Miss May
r.anigan. ~ gSsits Isarkin stress. petcc-
slca Anthony announced that rae chief
required shcir presence az fiS Office 10
identity nnrrant hsft the girls were some
what timsd and wished - he accom-
panied by relatives during the. 10 them.
trying ordeal Finally was arranged
thai Prof. Yoder shrlld accompany Them.
Upon arrival at the chicfs office petec-
tive nohcn instrles 81 them: 1T YOU rec
oEnixs the prisoner as the man who was
with Miss Lamont say 50; II not. keep
silent"
ns.teetlves Seymour and Anthony then
narchei IN with purrant between them.
The accused was neatly dressed in a long
cutawav coat and YES, of black CheY'3o.
and striped trousers a shsoDAhly creased
Ills linen was immaculate. his neckscarf
neat, and on hia head be wore a fedora
hat. whiea he removed on entering. His
face pale and shin. hcrc an expression
90 mingled anxiety ami defiance. As he
entered ~ glanced sharply al Miss Pleas
ant and casually al the other two g'rts
and Their hss case rested again OF Miss
Pleasant she "a she giri whe icft Miss
lamont t,~s s.lssare the latter toiue1
slurvanf. and Il seemed "a II Ne recssiiectssl
her face For fully five Fninutos stiers~a
rpignest Then the chssSf. thinking thai
narsnt had not heen rs~ccgDsHesi. ssfi
THAT s. mfl" The prisoner turned TO
leave taa rsosa. an3 as he did 80 the girls
sraspsai. That IS ne"
What. So you know himT' calculated
pohen why did you not say Sof Here.
purraas. come hack Then IA turn TIA
girls wer~ questioned and esch one pos
ssivsiy affirmed bis iaeatity.
What have yeu 20 say 70 thatT'' ask
ed the chief OF nurraai.
Il have simply TO say that was not
there" was the reply. and horvifef
.'oh" escaped the young ladies' At thts
dental
Il dent So how he can say that"
said one 81 the mfterwRvt. for ne was
surely there. I don't want 20 do him an
Injustice. bat there can % no mistake
The esoshinw fouad IN she tower wss
shown and Identified ~ the three riraS
as that worn nv blanche tRulonf when
they iNst saw her. They recognised u
hv the raAssriai end nv the eat 81 ths
cloth. Two 81 these sir1S. Miurfc r.
Edwards end May t-sntEsu. state that
an Apgli they saw Miss lamont riding
toward Market streR& csi = Howeli street
oAr. ana the man Who was With hcr WAS
rarrans. though they asa net know hisa
then ghfs was ~ e'cloSk la the after
nsss.ss The Young ladies we've walking
down rewen toward Market street y naa
tRse car psasSed them Miss Alice Pleas
aat stated that she lest Miss lancet al
TIE corner % clay and faeseii streets
Oh April ; shcae T. IA. and saw Oar
rant apnnaAch Miss EsansoHt. eeW - heF.
aad that tho cauple thgn boarded tha
aaw Ga street car az the cssvnsg.
A VISIT - tes EaogNue vas next ~ or
Ger. and the girls sat thesr esssoFts were
placed In a back ard taken 20 Dunbar
alley. Tse c0rU0er's realFa Vas even
rsaFe hsvrEfs lnE than usual. ard ths
girls wfn BOZ ssssa forgeg taesg VISIT.
The earpsez - blanche tamost an9
AinFase v sils&fus istew site ~ ststs. ssze-
seatrss = terrible Ssxht au4 ire eSseF al
steeaY wss oYSgs,sNVgtr<. TIE yct.ns
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