The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-13

"Then you did not see them on Market
street,"
mo, sir.''
'Let me read little" said Dickinson, and
the crowd Uttered.
The bailiff raped for order and Dickin-
son read where she had said she had taken
no notice of Durrant and Blanche Lamont
after she had boarded the car.
.Did you see them afterward?" Dickinson
asked.
eyes sir"
"Then your testimony given under prelmin-
airy examination was not correct?"
You we're under oath?"
eyes, sir"
'That's ALL" said Dickinson. "That's
ALL" said Barnes, and both attorneys
seemed no more glad than did the witness
as she stepped down. She was frightened
and Deuprey's request that she be ordered
not to tell any part of her testimony to the
other witnesses, and the admonition that
followed from the bench, did not help her
any. But her testimony was of great
value to the prosecution and the defense
h ad done but little to shake it, after all.
Mrs. G. z. Dorgan came to corroborate
the testimony of Miss Edwards. In May,
when she was a witness at the preliminary
examination, her name was Miss Alice
Pleasant. She was a classmate OF Blanche
Lamont, Miss Lannigan and Miss Edwards
at the Normal School.
"You knew Blanche Lamont?" asked Mr..
Barnes.
ayes sir"
''Were you both members of the cooking
class ASA at the the J Normal SCHOOL,"
"Did you attend the class on the afternoon
of April 81"
eyes, SIR"
IBID you see Blanche Lamont there?"
eyes, sir"
'What did you do when the class let out?"
al started home"
tDid you ride or walk?"
al walked"
(Which way did you go?"
''on Powell street toward Market. was on
the east side of the street,
''Was any one with you"
eyes sir; Miss Lannigan."
s'Whep you reached the corner of California
and Powell streets did anything occur to
attract your attention.
Eyes, SIR
"What was it%'
81 noticed Blanche Lamont on the dummy
of the Powell-street car going toward Market
sWhereabout on the dummy did she sit ?"
"On the east side of the dummy nearest the
car
"Was she alone 2"
mo, sir"
.'Do you know who her companion was ?"
Theodore Durrant.'
'The defendant in this case ?'
eyes, SIR.
''Was Miss Lannigan with you then ?"
.'Did you notice whether Blanche had books
with her ?'
ayes, sir; she had.
"what were Blanche and her companion
sThey were both looking at a book when
noticed them"
"Was the book open ?'
'sWho held the book p"
"Durrant held it,. AS I looked at them he
looked up and saw his face
GLOW was Blanche dressed ?''
'tShe wore dark Clothes"
''Can you identity these 2" showing witness
the form draped with Blanche Lamont's gar
ments.
Eyes, sir. Those are the clothes she wore.n
aDid you ever see Blanche alive after that 2"
mo, sir"
of the defendant now?"
"He is a little paler'
Then Mr.. Dickinson began the cross
examination. He asked:
Had you ever seen Durrant before that
day." ''
"w hen did you next see himY~
Monday, April II, think ii was"
"W here did you see him them"
in the office of the Chief of Police"
there?" e'AAs
~ was taken there to see if could identity
apid you identity him2"
papers?" - 'no
~ think saw it in the Chronicle"
About at this point Mr.. Barnes collar
being thoroughly wilted and the atmos-
phere In the room rather sitting, the court
ordered recess of ten minutes.
The witness remained in her chair.
Alter the Judge had left the bench Cap
tain Lees arose from his seat beside tba
District Attorney and walked UP toward
the witness. He had not quite reached
her, however, before Deuprey was on his
feet and called out loudly:
You come out of therel'
NO, WON'T" said Lees. 'The court
But he did come out, and when he