The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23

Then the effect o. the diffusion OF gas Is to
weaken it?"
eyes, SIR
DO YOU know the composition of bromo-
seltzer? asked Barnes.
YES, sir"
what is it?"
Potassium OF bromide and cafein."
'What is the basic principle?"
"What is the toxic effect OF that on the Vi
telity?'
Mr. Dickinson-Isn't bromo-seltzer efferves-
cent?
"Itis"
What causes that?"
''The soda and the tartaric acid"
isn't this efferyesence its chief Yirtue|
'Not st all; that is only to make it agreeable |
.. Isn't there bromidesof sodium in it?"
81 never knew there 10 be-
How many cubic feet OF gas would it take /
That would depend entirely upon how he /
breathed. I, he nreathed cautiously, less. If
he took full breaths, more
Charles Morrison, one of THE Calls staff
reporters, was sworn.
90 Won know Durrant ?" he was asked by
MI t. Barnes 81 +
''DId you have an interview with him at the
City Prison on the l4th OF April p
And from that interview did you write an
article that was published In The CALL on the
18Th OF April ~
al did"
in that interview what time did the de-
PENDANT tell you he arrived at the church on
the afternoon Of April 81"
Dickinson-I object; that is not in reouttal.
The COURT shall override the objection.
Mr. Durrant was asked about that.
Bsrnes| will change the question to make
II conform TO the rule. Did he tell you in that
interview thai he arrived at Emmanuel Church
on the afternoon OF April between 4 and half
past o'clock %
He did"
Dickinson-At that time did you have any
conversation with Mr.. Durrant about his being
al the college?
mo, sir"
CAT the time OF this interview Mr.. Durrant
had Just been brought ln|'
He had"
"That is ALL
BaTnes-on the same day were you in the
deteetfve's room at the new City Hall?"
Yes sir"
Did you, hear the conversation between
Nj Marshall and Detective Gibson?"
'Iheard part OF ii; Invent away before it
was over"
While you were there did you hear Detec-
tive Gibson say that he found footprints made
by an or shoe on the belfry stairs?"
No, sir: nothing like that"
]. P. Cooper, who was in April re-
porter On THE CALL and also present at
this interview between Reporter Marshall
and Detective Gibson, was the next wit
ness.
He testified that he was present ar the
whole interview and that Defective Gibson
did not say lie had found footprints on the
belfry stairs.
J. S. Dunnigan, who is the news editor
OF the American Press Association and at
times an Examiner reporter, was sworn.
He said ae had known DR.. Gilbert F.
Graham for several years. On the 10Th of
April he went 10 the City Prison with DR..
Graham to ses Durrant. They first Sc
cured permit from the Chief of Police,
then went downstairs and Graham sent in
his card TO Durrant, writing on the back
o< han NJ - ,,% l.,
newspaper man, who also desired an au-
dience.
Durrant agreed to see the visitors and
they were shown to his cell, where they
stood and talked to him through the bars.
How long did you talk to Durrant?'
only few moments"
DID anything occur to abridge your inter
view with him?"
yes; Durrant asked me to step to one side
while he talked privately with DR.. Graham"
Did Dr.. Graham ask you TO step aslde!
Did you step asIde?"
y did"
How long did you remain waiting?"
For a half or thTee-quarters Of an hour"
Were Dr.. Graham and Durrant talking there
within your view all this timer"
Dickiuson-Didn't Graham say anything at
all TO you about retiringT'
''He did not"
CHOW friendly are your"
ave have been quite chummy."
DR.. Graham himself came next. He SUBJ
stantiated Dunnigan's testimony as far as
it went, and then told about the converse
ton he had with Durrant while Dunnigan
stood aside waiting.
Did Durrant ask you for your notes OF DR..
Cheney's lecture, stating that If he could get
notes OF that lecture he could establish an
ellbl.'
That is part of the statement he made to
ne"
What was the rest of it?"
"He asked first il l would lend him my
notes to compare with his own. Afterward he
told me he had no notes at all, and that if he
could get them from me he could establish his
abb"
did he use the word alibi2"
Gle did"
did ne suggest to you any means by which
the notes could be brought TO hin"
"Yes, sir
"What were they?'
He told me | could take them to his house
and pa: them in his book and have them
brought to him in that way"
'Did he suggest any other way?"
'Ie ssid 1 might learn them and then tell
''Did You finally furnish him with notes?"
f'No, STR
on your way out did you stop and talk to Mr..
Dickinson or Deuprey"
Mr. Deuprey spoke TO me-
"Whet did he saw"
NHe asked me TO come down to General Dick
inson's office at half-past II o'clock that day"
" 81 i'd you 9, gO?"
"Who were thereP'
General Dickinson and Mr.. Deuprey."
''What was said"
Dickinson-I object to that; it is irrelevant
and was not in presence OF the defendant and
only hearsay.
Barnes-I withdraw the question.
Dickinson-How long did the interview with
Durrapt in the City Prison last?
about an hour"
"Was il in the early part Of it that he told
you he had no notesP'
"In the latter part"
after that interview when did you first re-
call the circumstance about the notes ?''
81 think we referred 10 it on the way down
on the street."
Mr. Dickinson then led the witness to
tell how he came to give the information
TO the newspapers, who wrote the article
and who were present in the room when
he told the story to the reporters.
II was now late in the afternoon, and
though Mr.. Dickinson was not sure
whether he wanted to ask DR.. Graham any
further questions, an adjournment was
taken till this morning, when DR.. Graham
will be recalled, If wanted.