Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-14
THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN.
Alleged individual In Durrant Case
Fails TO MnteriuIixe.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, September
! 13-The prosecution In the Durrant case
| has given up hope of finding the ''mys-
| terious woman" and no longer believes
/ there is such a person, although new
rumors as TO her identity or whereabouts
| are from time TO time given to the police.
In each instance they are run down by
detectives, who have thus far proven in
every case that there was no foundation
for the story.
Up 10 the present time, rumors OF 80
women, by actual count, have been In
yestigated, with the result stated 1t is
this fact that has brought the police and
the District Attorney 10 the conclusion
that the mysterious woman Is myth.
When the trial Is resumed Monday,
the prosecution will put Miss LaniSan
on the stand TO corroborate the testimony
OF Miss Edwards and Mrs. Dorgan. who
testified yesterday to seeing Durrant and
Blanche Lamont together on Powell
street car, on the way from the Normal
School on the afternoon OF April Sd. Hiss
Nogel will then be called TO testify TO
SEEING Durrant in front Of the Norfolk
school on that fatal afternoon. and the
journey across the city will be taken up.
Thus far the prosecution will have
shown that Durrant and Blanche Lamont
were together on that journey, as far
as the corner of Market and Powell
streets but there the chain of c!rcum-
stantial evidence is broken. The prosecu-
ton has no witness who saw the coupe
together between that point and tho cor
ner of Twenty-frst and Bartlett streets,
where Martin Quinlan saw them. but,
taking Mr.. Quinlan's statement that he
saw the two young people coming from
the direction of Valencia street the
prosecution will act on the hypothesis
that Durrant and Miss Lamont rode be-
tseen the two points on the Valencia
street car, that being the line to which
their transfers from Powell street would
take them.
The real fight is expected when the
testimony of Mrs. Leake is taken, for
a most rigid test of her eyesight Is OK
pected TO be made by the defence.
PROGRESS OF CASE.
Six days have thus far been consumed
in the taking of testimony for the prose
cutior, and twelve witnesses have been
examined. The State has th.rty-six more
witnesses to introduce. II Will. therefore,
he seen that 81 no better rate of pro-
rress is made than has characterized the
first six days of taking testimony.
eighteen days more will be consumed In
taking the evidence for the people. At
torney Barnes expects. however. to make
much better progress hereafter; at least,
ne hopes 10 do so, as only a Few min
utes. he believes, will be required TO ex-
anime each one of the remaining wit
nesses.
one point in the testimony already
taken, which the defence Will take ad-
vantage of when 1t comes to prove that
Durrant could not have carried the body
OF Miss Lamont up to the belfry. is the
testimony of the witness Charlton, who
testified yesterday to having weighed the
two sisters on the 2Sth or 18th OF Mareh.
Maud Lamont once stated in an inter
view that she and her sister were not
weighed at Charlton's store for month
nrevious TO the murder. Maud stated In
that Interview that at the time Blanche
was weighed last her weight was III
pounds. 1t is expected that the defence
win recall Maud Lamont TO testify on
this point when the proper time comes.