The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-26

rant coming out of Oppenheim's store
in the early part of last April. HI
had no doubt of the identity of Dur.
rant. He was attracted to the man BY
his peculiar appearance, manner. his
actions and the fact that he was com
ing out of pawnshop.
A sensational scene followed, when
the witness stepped down at the re.
quest of the district attorney to iden.
tify the man he saw coming out of the
pawnshop. Phillips rose, walked
from the stand to within three feet o1
the prisoner, and with pointed finger
and steady gaze, said in positive tones:
"That is the young man.
Durrant did not finch under the or.
deal. He returned gaze with gaze,
and not a muscle of his impassive face
twitched. He neither betrayed guilt
nor flashed back the glance of injured
innocence. The witness was cross-ex.
amined regarding his business expert.
ences, and his family history, with the
apparent intention of discrediting his
testimony. He said when Durrant's
portrait was first published he re-
marked that he had seen Kim some
place. When Oppenheim's picture
was published the scene at the pawn.
shop flashed across his mind, and all
the details came back to him. Phillips
said he came into the courtroom a
week ago to see if he could identify
Durrant, which he did, without mo-
ment's hesitation.
The witness said he did not know
Oppenheim, and had never bowed to
him, although he had frequently seen
the pawnbroker standing in the door OF
his shop as the witness went to his
office. He had avoided speaking to
Oppenheim since Durrant's arrest, as
he wished to prevent any suspicion of
collusion between them. Phillips said
he had said nothing to Durrant as the
latter left the shop, nor did the prison
er speak, but Durrant made peculiar
motion with his lips, which he had
never seen man make before. The
witness had noticed Durrant make the
same lip movement when he came to
court week ago to look at him.
Leigh 81. Irvine. a newspaper man,
said he interviewed Durrant the even
ing of April II in the city prison.
Durrant's statement was made in the
presence of Judge Thompson, who was
then Durrant's attorney. It was as to
his whereabouts April 8. Durrant then
ing and met Blanche Lamont at Twen-
ty-first and Mission She invited him
TO accompany her to the college the
day the conversation about the "New-
comes took place. He went to the
church at 4:3O and took off his coat
and hat and went up stairs to fix the
gas. He stated that he met King in
the church, and left it with King. He
said nothing about having seen Miss
Lamont in the afteroon.
Mrs. A. B Berry, of Alameda, who
was visiting Mrs. Crossett April 8, COR
roborated Mrs. Crossett as to her trip
to the Mission that afternoon. Mrs.
Crossett left the Haight street car at
Market to go out to Valencia.
Officer Burke then identified Dur
rants coat and hat, which he had
taken from his fathers house when
Durrant was arrested. Defense ad-
mitted the coat and hat belonged to
Durrant. The court then took recess
for two hours.
In the opening statement for Dur
rant, it is semi. officially stated, Mr..
Deuprey will state that neither himself
nor his colleagues ever entertained the
idea of disputing the testimony of Mrs.
Mary Vogel and the three girls to the
effect that Durrant joined Blanche La
mont at Kay and Powell streets, at
O'Clock, on the afternoon of April 8.
He will admit that the young woman
and the medical student got on the car
together and rode in the direction of
Market street. Upon their arrival at
Market and Powell they separated,
Miss Lamont going in one direction,
and Durrant in another, bent upon
keeping an engagement with Mrs.
Rosalind Holland.
The prosecution has not as yet at
tempted to prove by the students at the
Cooper medical college, DurIant's s
classmates, that the accused did not at
tend DR.. Cheney's lecture on the after
noon that Blanche Lamont was stran-
gled to death. 1t is understood num-
Der of the young men have been noti-
fed that they may be wanted, but
whether or not their evidence will be
considered necessary to add to the for
midable array Of testimony has not
been stated.
Durrant has been watching for this
development of the case with appar-
emily special concern and has taken
the pains in person to look up some
evidence which might tend to Offset
any statements to the effect that he had
not been seen in the lecture room on
that afternoon. He recently sent for
three of his classmates and asked them
to try to remember that they saw him
in the classroom on the afternoon o1
the Sd. He essayed to recall little in
stances which occurred on that day and
which he hoped would cause the stu.
dents to believe that they really ha6
seen him there. Two of the students
he summoned could not be persuaded
to admit that they saw him there dur
ing tine lecture, but the third, who wal
F. w. Rose, was inclined to thinl
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