The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-26


probable that someone might have given
Durrant such a clew.
In te, INNING his argument Genera
Dickinso . wasted no words in getting tc
the pith Q I his subject. He spoke in
calm, con vincing manner, without at
tempt at vatorcal effect, and dwelt or
the facts as be saw them.
Let us he yin with the morning of the
Sd of April" he said. Tine defendant,
then in the rhine OF his manhood, bore
still stands un. ,nllied.
my learned young friend of the PROS
ecution made $. ,me remarks in his open
lnR address to ou in which he made
and sensualness the defendant. And |
would call your at tsntion to the fact that
not an iota of Ell dence has been pro-
ducsd to support IS remarks.
II speak advised ly. believe there is
no testimony, and that it is important
there should De born in mind that there
is usually motive wnere there is a
cr'ms. And now at the outset l su bmit
that there is nothing to show motive
for the ccmmittal of bis crime-nothing
IN this mass of testii uony for which a
motive can be deduced for the commits
ion Of this crime.
1--WE have him, then, on the morning
u April Sd. young, studl Gus and with q
good character The young lady who lost
Sh,r life believe was of rood character.
.Th ere was no intimacy bet ween these two
3par.Nies. They met but seldom. She was
not nj retiring disposition. She acted
natur ally. went into society or among
her FRI ends four nights in each week reg
ularly.
''Ther efore, she was not dependent
upon tn defendant. | have heard IL in
timated hat she was dependent upon the
defendant as an escort. l submit such is
mot the cas- '. She was q regular attend
ant at the church and the Christian En-
deavor. Sh e met him there, but at her
reading club Snd other functions she did
not come in contact with him.
ION this morning the young man was
on his way to school. He there acci-
dentally met Blanche Lamont. There is
nothing to show that it was other than
an accidental NEE ting. No testimony has
been adduced to lroye that they had ar
ranged TO meet there.
They boarded the car together. l be-
lieve the girl to have besn pure and vir-
tuous. She was well acquainted with the
defendant Shs had lynown him for four
or five months. Had lie been an i'm proper
known it. Her aunt and the young
ladies of the church wontd have known
1t and their mothers and fathers would
certalnlv have known it.
Il Judge from the remarks made ves-
terday that the prosecution attaches q,
great amount of Importance to the fact
tina they discovered that the young girl,
and this defendant boarded a Mission
street car together. That they learned
from the defendant himseif, Did not
rode to school with Blanche? Did he not
tell it to 6he reporters?
"He newer appeared before in this case.
His testi 10 ony was unnecessary. as the de-
PENDANT told of having ridden to school
with Blanche Lamont on the m ornlug OF
April Sd. Mr.. Sholmont would insinuate
that there was something imprope about
Durrant's conduct ON the car that morn
ing. If such had been the case this,
Young lady was warned ana sne would
not have met him in the afternoon.
Innocence among girls is easily fright
ened. 1t takes care of itself, and if this,
yonng lady mad been insDlted or had been
I'm properly conversed with by this de-
PENDANT in the morning she would not
have seen him in the afternoon. Her i'll
nocence would have told her mo, no;
will not go. l am afraid and she would
not have been there.
Now, how natural the conduct OF the
defendant was on April Sd. He met Mrs.
Noble at the church. told her of having
ridden TO school with Blanche Lamont
and informed her OF having spoken with
the girl about book-The Newcomes-
which he prom Used to bring to the house.
''The information was conveyed to Mrs.
Noble. Again. on the next Friday, the
defendant called at the house; he took
the hook there. Pains were taken not to
tell him of Bianche's disappearance.
i
unlikely manner of procedure for guilty
man. Would he seek to go into the very
midst of the scene OF his crimes? 1t
seems hardly probable.
LAS to DR.. HanSen's lecture, he does
not pretend to have attended 1t. He so
stated on the stand. And yet the prose
cuton places great stress upon the fact
that the defendant was not present at
Hansen's lecture.
1.-The defendant says he quizzed with
ton
and does not deny it. That is evidently
true. We come down now to DIR. Cheney 8
lecture. l take 1t that the testimony Is
clear that the defendant was at that lee
ture in the afternoon.
''And | base that upon his own testi
mony, which is simply and fully corrobo-
rated by DR.. Cheney and DR.. Gray and
every other student in that Glass;
Dickinson then read from the testi-
mony OF DR.. Cheney showing thaC he he.
lieved the roll-caI tn be correct.
''Thls is undou bte1ly the pivotal point
in this case" he continued. eff this
roll call be correct, the prosecution fails
in every other respect. SO far as the
Now are you satish ed beyond reason
able doubt that it is correct? eau you,
in the face Of such positive testimony as
has been given on that subject, say that
it is incorrect
Now, gentlemen, much has been SAID
about notes taken at this lecture. / have
here the notebook of the defendant,
which is properly marked as an exhibit.
In this notebook in regular order appear
notes which he says were taken at DR..
Cheney's lecture, with the exception of
two rules we see marked here with a cir
Gle. 1t appears from testimony that IS
unimpeaehed that these notes were
turned over to me on the 18th Of April. 1t
also appears that they are in the same con-
ditien now that they were at that time.
This is important, taken in conn sction
with the conversation with DR.. Graham,
who Says that on April 30tn Durrant told
him that he had no notes.
81 have paralleled in the short time I
have had to prepare the notes of DR..
CHASER and those OF this defendant, and
submit that a com parison VIII show that
one Is not copy of the other.''
General Dickinson then read DR..
0laser's notes and those of defendant and
pointed out differences in language and
observations.
lin regard to DR.. Graham, will say
ne is mistaken. 1t took him until Oeto-
Der 9Th to recollect that the defendant
asked him to bring his notes. Now,
submit that such thing is i'm possible
for at the time DR.. Graham claims
Currant asked him for his notes, the
defendants notes were in the possession
of his attorneys.
"They had been since the 18th of the