Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-03
THE DURRAN1 TRIAL.
o,,,lrs Statement Of District AtioT'
neg BtrneS.
CASE AcuNsr TIE PRISONER.
,.,,,, Rel cd Upon by he Prosecution
10 secure Verdict Of Murder
ia the first Drsree.

40 Fr.yciscO. Sept. s.-Tho
...t,Ioloi Theodore Dutrant for tbs
-, Of Blanche Lamont com.
need today. Dis,ric. Attorney
p.,n..i rIivefeI tue opening address.
Hes,ld:
AthsroIn, in toe Trial and before
..,s,ilns with the evidence, IL bo'
,,mss my duty A. a representative OF
49,, psople to make what Is csliel tho
ming statement VI tho case. The
INC abatement should not be 70.
Idol A. an argument UPON the iaCt'.
snguli not have auy weight with
mr. should you consider IL ~ m.t u.
lin, against tho prisoner. 4. 10
.,,,.iv a statement VI what the PEOPLE
u.r,rt 10 pr,ve--a statement VI the
s,itencc winch they intend 10 prescott
An, YOUR confederation, apd upon
vhlch they will conn icnlly rely
oy verdict at your h4uds, which
shall sweep away the oiphis1fles and
,Gs tschulcalitios that have euvslJped
criminal proceedings ia this slate NJ
vi,h garment and shsll declare ihh
inc land we live In IA bletsed no; only
vita tho manifold gifts OF nature and
Of God to man hut is iurthur blessed
win the HARD, clear common sense
that can rise above the t0ftuOus en-
ylfpnmeris that surround the criminal
and punish the crime committed IN
he napuer required and demanded by
I'M laws, 10Th human and divine.
We will show you thai Ia the
month Of September, 1891, Blanche,
Lamont, young girl abJut 20 year, uf
ass came 10 san FfauclsoD from her
home al Dillon, Mont, Ia the hope
tba, the mild climate VI California
might benefit her health. She vent
% reside with her auut anu uncle. Mt.
and Mfs. &. q. Noble, aud from the
llms Of her arrival hero until April .,
The was engaged In attending school,
sho was not society girl In any sense
Of the word. Sue was OF quiet
dip sitlon, home keeping anu re-
nsioul. She never attended parties or
thealtfs or other places OF amusement
except In the company Of her relatives.
We will show that Blanche Lamont
10 her lifetime was well, too well, and
yet not well enough acquainted with
The prisoner Durfant; that he was Ia
In the habit Of accompanying her home
tom church ard prayer meeting; that
hs WA, caller upon her nj her Hunps
house, that upon the only occasion up.
On which she ever went Ruyw hero
With shy young man, ~ far NJ we arc
Ili0fGsu, she visited the park Oue after
noon IN company with Duffant. We
will give Jgu n history OF her life anu
her movements, Va far ~ We are able,
up 10 the tlird u April, 1895, Ia order
that you may form n IuAt appreciation
VI tue character and tho habits
n this unfortunate young Rirl.
We will show you her connection
with the defendant and We will
th1w you tho reason why, when the
murdered body Of Blanche Lamont
VA leund Ia tho dArkeuud beliTy Of
knanutl church anu tue question
,fiarg II m tho Hips Of every resident
q, lhis city on Il Of this county; "Who
Il the murderer" why IL IN that this
state alswefs tbAt lac who was TespOn.
slble i0t the slaughter OF this yOung !
lie l. Willism Henry Theodore |
DlHanl; Dursaui, ones the fflend OF
Blanche Lamont; Dufrant, once In |
ehafge u tho Sunday school library; |
DufAut, once assistant supefininnuent |
Oi tue Emanuel Sluiay scuuo; Dur. |
faut, once the electrician who knew |
The in- aud outs Of tue great buildin |
DufIant, once tho handy mnn anu lnck- l
o'-al.ifades OF tho church; DUrrsnt, the |
prisoner AMI on Trial for his life. We |
VIII show DurrRups cOu octi0n with /
the crime aud shall usm nstTaio by |
hfeiulable ami unRnswsTzbie evidence
lhat 10 ana he alone committed the
murder
We show you these facts, ~ we
,hoW you that DuffRnt met this ~.
ialed XIII on the day Of her dealt ; that
ne accompanied her 10 tho church;
inst ho was seen TO enter tho Chufcl
win her; that no was seen afterwards
In the cuurch alone; that Blanche La.
moul was never seen again by hum ~
eyes from the moment when she en-
tered tue portals OF Etnaruel Baptlat
ehufch with the deftndAni; that IN the
church was found her dssd body, her
clothes, her school boOks-showing
lhai she had never been home, and
lhht sue hau gone straight from her
tcho9l ~ her death; II We ahow you,as
expect, that no opobut
lte prisoner could have Committed
lhls outrageous and horrible orlIns, We
suhl HOOK 10 you NJ citizens Vt the
great slate whose reputation for justice
'ni log enforcement OF the laws we, ~
ls giiicets ale trying to uphold, to
IL der your ye,dict that the pFlsonor
y The bar Is guilty VI murler in the
met degree.