The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-17
Terrible Evidence Given Against
Him by three Women.
The Cro>s-EXamination by the Defense
Fails Utterly Ia shake Their Te~ti-
mony- Durrant and Blanche Lamont
Have Been Traced 10 the Church
Door-1he Proof Absolute.

At last THURSDAY : session. when court
adjourned untl this mor7aE. Hrs. AUce
Dorgan was on the stand undereoing
cross-eNaminatio7 by the defense. Since
then witness mother has died. and as the
funeral took place today her testimony was
deferred. and another school friend ot
Blanche Lamont was placed on the stand
by the prosecution. Miss May LanlgSn.
She testified that she knew Mrs. Dorsau
and Blanche Lamont She had last seen
Blanche on April 5 She left school vi'h
Miss Pleasant. now Mrs. DorEan. a few
minutes after o clock or the afternoon OF
April They walked up Powell street 10
California. TWO blocks she saw Blanche
Lamont on the east side OF the Powell
street dummy. going towards Market.
Blanche was accompanied hy = young
man whom Miss Lauiean identified as
Durrant. She was particularly impressed
by this because the rules of the school
Giscountenance girls going 10 or from
school with young men. She described
DuTrants costume mlnutely OF that Occa-
sion. on crOss-examination the defense
tried 10 show that the identification OF
Durrant was imperfect because witness
could not see all his face as he sat on the
car. Witness said she could see his face
from the nose down. and was positive in
her identification. Then followed nUmer-
Gus questions in the same strain. all put
with the purpose OF getting witness 10 aC-
10 make a positive Identification Of Dur
rant al that time and place Mss Lani-
gan. however. said she recognized him
unmstakably from many characteristics,
particularly his long hair and light mus
tache. Under the questions of the defense
witness told how she had gone to the CITY
prison to see II the prisoner who had Just
been arrested vas the same man she saw
with Blanche. Detectives had told her 10
identify the young man If she recognized
him If not. TO say nothing AT all. purrant
was then brought into the room of the chief
Of police. and witness positively identified
him Through long series Of questions
the defense tried 10 shake witness idend-
fication. hut she was firm in her opinion,
and was A good witness for the proseCu-
tion.
G \. Stevens, a gripman on the Powell
street cable line. knew nothing material,
and was not examined.
Mrs. Mary Nogel. the next witness, was
asked by the district attorney: which
OF these persons present is the defend
anti That Young man sitting there"
unhesitatiugly replied the witness. Judge
Murphy wanted a more positive tdentihCa-
tion Amid great excitement witness left
the stand. walked 10 where Durrant was
sitting. and. touching him on the shoulder.
said. Here he Is. That's the man
purrant was the only man in the court
room who showed no signs Of excitement.
Throughout the scrutiny Of the witness he
sat in perfect apparent calmuess. al
though. now that the case has every day a
more serious aspect he holds no more hui
mcrous conversations with his parents.
Mrs Nogel then told how from her win
dow she watched Theodore purrant walk
ing up and down in front Of the normal
school lie began his waiting at minutes
past two. and remained until the school
came ont at =. She was suspicious Of his
a1r :
him through her opera glasses. When
school WAS out two girls came out. Dur
rant approached them. lifting his nat.
All three bearded Powell street car go
ing toward Market street one girl went
inside the car. and one with Durrant sat
on the dummy She told her husband %
the young mans conduct. She afterRard
recognized the prisoners picture in the
papers when ne was arrested, Mrs. NOEel
was very indignant under cross-examina-
ton considering any doubt cast upon hor
testimony as q personal insult The de
fanse gained nothing hy the cross-eNsrn
nation she WAS positive hevond q doubt
that the prisoner was the man She had
seen going of with 2 girl dressed as was
Blanche Lamont on the last afternoon she
was seen alive
Mrs. NoEal explained her long and care
f,l watch rs stating that she suspected
from purranf's actions that he bur
clar 4 fav or two before there had been
q burglary iu the neighborhaoJ. and she
had 500 IN tho house sire thought u adyis-
abla 10 keen n careful watch The witness
said that she was a. years ola. bad excel
Ienr evesight and had never worn glasses
In her life Af'e- cross-e1a ruiDation last
ing for three hours Airs Nogsl departed.
her testimony Unimpairoi
The defense was evidently mu. worried
over Mrs NoRcrs testimony. SIRE was
very positive in her Identification. and