The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-10-11
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.DURRANT IS ON THE RACK s!
The Alleged Double Murderer Continues
His Testimony.
He CREATES A LAUGH IN COURT !
By Silly Story of Alleged Information
Conveyed to Him by stranger-The
Prisoner Still Retains His Composure
Under Trying Circumstances.


SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. II. - Under the
rigid cross examination of District At
torney Barnes yesterday Theodore Dur
rant made number of answers that are
regarded as decidedly incriminating, in
asmuch as they appear to be i'm direct con
flict with well established facts, and then
changed his replies when he realized that
he was on dangerous ground. He gave an
explanation of clew regarding Blanche
Lamont's disappearance said to have been
received by him that was so palpably a
falsehood that everybody in court laughed
aloud.
Two days before the body of the young
woman was discovered, Durrant said as
he was standing at the corner of Market
and Montgomery streets, stranger ap.
preached him and asked if his name was
not Durranb. The stranger then asked
Durrant if, in view of the fact that his
name had been unpleasantly connected
with the disappearance of the girl, he
would not like to find her Durrant re-
piled that he would be overioyed even to
obtain a trace of the missing girl "Watch
the ferries then, the stranger said, ''she
will try to cross the bay. That is my ad
vice"
He did not ask the stranger his name,
his residence, or for any additional infor-
nation. He went to lunch and from there
to the ferry, where he remained until
o'clock, not having caught glimpse of
the missing girl While he was waiting
however, he saw three medical students
and an old schoolmate. One of these men
has already testified that he saw Durrant
accost "a school girl whose description an
swered that of Minnie Williams, who was
murdered that night, and ride away to
ward the mission on a Howard street car.
Mr. Barnes asked him if he told anybody
else of the clew given by the stranger, so
they could continue the search. Durrant
said he had no opportunity to tell any of
Miss Lamont's friends. When questioned
closely Durrant admitted that he attended
a meeting Of the young peoples society
the same evening, where he saw several
of Miss Lamont's intimate friends Among
others was Thomas Vogel, whom Durrant
had said moment before was more inter
ested in the disappearance of the young
woman than anybody else except Mrs.
Noble, her aunt. Durrant admitted that
he had private conversation with Vogel
but did not think to tell him of the clew
he had obtained.
After a short recess a surprise was
sprung on Durrant in the hope that it
might disconcert him. After asking him
if he had ever made written statement
of his whereabouts on the day Blanche
Lamont was murdered, and receiving an
affirmative reply, District Attorney Barnes
asked the following questions:
'Is it not fact that you sent a written
statement of your case to your attorney
and wrote on the envelope, TO be opened
if am convicted and to be returned if !
am acquitted
The excitement caused by this question
was intense. In the hum of voices Dur
rants answer was lost, and the stem
ographer was asked to read the reply.
81 never sent an envelope to my attor-
neys bearing such an inscription, said he,
Durrant was questioned at length re-
garding the communication and the sig
nifcant inscription on the envelope, but
he denied that he ever sent such docu-
ment
Durrant was next shown the various
garments worn by Blanche Lamont, and
asked if he had secreted them in the bel
| fry, where they were found He identified
the pieces of clothing as the ones worn by
Miss Lamont on the day of her death, but
said he did not hide them in the church.
Durrants strong nerves were tested by
a number of questions relative to the last
time he saw Miss Lamont, but he stuck to
his former statements on that point.