The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-17

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. ia local
paper says the last link in the chain
of evidence against Theodore Durrant
has been discovered y woman who
lives across the street from the Eman-
ueI church has reported to the police
that she saw Durrant and Blanche
Lamont enter the church at 4:l0 on
April .. the day of Miss Lannon'S dis
appearance. The womanss name IS
Mrs. Leake and she lives at IA Bart
lett street. She is SO years of age, ana
has been member of the church a
number of years She knew both Dur
rant and Miss Lamont Intimately and,
therefore, cannot be mistaken With
regard TO the identity of either. She
saws she has remained in silence since
the discovery of the bodies OF the two
girls because she did not wish to I'M
dergo the annoyance Of being a wit
ness in the case, and did not consent
to divulge her information to the po-
lice until she became convinced that
it ives a duty she owed the state
The Fatal Visit.
ON April 3. Mrs. Leake sat at the
window of her residence nearly all Oh
the afternoon looking for her daughter
whom she expected to arrive from
San Nateo. At 4 o'clock she saw a
couple coming up the street, one OF
whom she instantly recognized as
Durrant, but at first she was puzzleu
over the identity of the girl she llrst
thought that the yo1ng LADY was hu-
ellie Turner, but as the couple came
nearer Mrs. Leake recognized the glrl
&c blanche Lamont. Miss Lamont
wore a short school girFs dress anu
carried a package of school books. Ihe
dress and the school books were al
forwards found secreted in the cnurcn.
When the couple reached the church
rate thew stopped for a moment Dur
rant opened the gate and they passed
thro1gh Mrs. Leake, from her point
of observation, was watching them,
and when the girl stepped through the
gateway she said to herself: w nat
an imprudent thing for her to do.
"ExempIary Young Man."
Mrs. I.eake knew nothing detrimen-
tal tn Durrant. She had always con-
sidered him "such an exemplary young
man. but notwithstanding that tact
she thought it exceedingly imprudenT
fo,, the girl TO go into the church with
him alone. She feared some one might
have seen them and might make UNI
pleasant remarks. She imagined that
they had some GRAND in the church
and expected in few minutes they
would come out She watched care
fully, but the gate did not open
There is only one entrance to Ennall-
uel church during the week, and that
cir 70 door
Mrs. Leake knew the young people
would have to pass through the gate
and she wanted to see them on the.
street again before she left the win
down. She waited a long time, but
household duties finally called her to
another part of her fiat and she was
obliged to give up the vigil.
Completes the Chain.
Mrs. Leakes testimony completes
the chain of evidence against Durrant.
Three school girls saw Durrant and
Blanche Lamont riding on a Powell
street car at $3.50 on the afternoon of
the day that Miss Lamont disap
peared. Attorney Martin Quinlan saw
the couple a few blocks from the
church a few minutes before 4 O'Clock.
Now comes Mrs. Leake, who says she
saw Durrant and Miss Lamont enter
the church few minutes later.
George King, the organist. has al
ready testified that he entered the
church about o'clock and saw Dur
rant coming down from the attic. Dur
rants hair was disheveled, his face
was red, he was painting for breath,
and was in a state of utter physical
and nervous collapse. In answer to
inquiries he explained that he had
been engaged in repairing electric
wires in the organ loft, and had been
overcome by gas. An expert electri-
clan afterwards examined the wires
and testified that no repairs of the ma
ture Durrant claimed to have made,
had been made within six months.