Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-24
|iELEGRAPHIC.
TRIAL OF DURRANT'
:, Win ILLNESSES Of The Pr'''cu'
lion Nov Heard.
.,,.o,y OF THE PAWN BROKER
,,..,, se,us IN Csur, when Dur
s'' r,,, /, Idsuilnsd by Another
Witness.

s,s FRANCISCO, sept ,: ss,-lno
sN ,,t II the tidal OF Theodore
n'n . . sommencsd lodsy. The pros.
rsIl.n me sS lnry. It's main witnesses ~,
N''S ..n heard, aud all that the NV
~, a,'' .,,orusy will now Try 70 20 Il. -
a'' '"N.,.p,Ip,s this evidence a.
% zen with eorroborative tcs'i-
nspy. ,,, ~. broker, who
nN 10, Durrsnl had, about the
Wv, ,s,,. At Is,, April, tried to pawn
'l.s ~I,b a ehippOd diamond 'den.''
S,i By opPsnneim as one b .lnh ,ar ,,,r.
ssnehe Lamont, was rsc sI,D ~ 80.
~, sfoss.exAminalion' Ihs W VIZ ~
.a.' oa,stloned ut length " 'ne &c
~, REGARDING Dlffnnvs vist 70 nis
tp' n,d,r 10 ASCERTAIN the p0.,l'
hsn mistake IN Identification. no
es" ~. memory, he was questioned
ms,n,ng other peTsons VINO hau
.L his pawn.shop on tao DAY our
,n - CHARGED with having tried 70
IN is. TIng. Oppenhelm said opIy
w .,s., ref,ons had called. Both
Wy. .,,snsrfg, vet be described them
'n,nu,sly, AMI Iecountsd the pnruouihis
afihelr visits ss u they had oeouiieu
,s,'sriay, Oppepheim was Hskeu re-
S.,sing other specific days, snswefing
,-,niIv. In tue minds OF some spec
49, IN the court room hs was 100
80 a rllnesF, remembering events
sso'r.clal days monthss5aok with ex.
tfaofdlnafy ylvidneis. -
Counsel for the defenss tried 10 CON
m,e Oppenheim by showing him a
namb.f ofsllver articles, and inqulr
,uglf be had ever aoen them before
Ia many chses tho pawn.bfoker re-.
plled ia the affirmative, and described
iss psf,ons who had tried to sell OF
avn them. Toe deisuse evidentiy
rn,Ilef,d Oppenheim's testimony Of
strat Importance, and tried hard TO
bieak 10 down, but without married
success.
". J. Phillips, cigar manufac-
lufer, mlldle-Aged man OF good AZ
p,,fAnce aud addresr, testified In n
ndsluye manner that he had seen
Duran, coming out Of Oppenheim's
tore ia the early part OF last April.
He had no doubt VI tho identity VI
Dlrani.
A sensational tceho followed, when
lhe district attorney requested the Wit
nslt TO step down and Indicate tho
nan he saw coming out OF tho
taupshop. Phillips fose, walked
from the stand 10 within three feet OF
ihs prisoner, aud with pointed finger
lnd steady gaze, said In positive tones:
nThat IL the young man."
Dunnt did not finch under the
tfltaL he returned gaze with gaze,
and moi q muscle OF his passive face
iWllchti. He neither betrayed guilt
nor flashed back a glance OF injured
innocence.
The witness was cTost-axamined re-
gafdlng his business enterprises and
hli family history, with the apparent
latent Of dlsctediIing hia testimony.
lie tald whsn DurrAnts portrait was
ntslpubllihed be remarked that he
bad teen him some place. When
Oppenhslm's picture was published,
lhs scene ut the pawn.shop
aAshed actoes his mind, ana
MI tho details came back to
lin. Phillips said he came into the
eoatioom week ago to see II he
could Identity Durrant, which no did
Without momSnts hesitation. The
ullntss said he did not know Open.
helm, aud had never bowed 10 him, al
though BIO had frequently suen the
llSh.bioker standing Ia tho door o.
hli shop ~ tic witness went 10 his
ONCE. He had avoided speaking to
Oplenheim since DuETAnps arrest, M
~ Hi,hed 10 prevent any suspicion Of
e'lllslon between them. Phillips said
e.Ali nothing TO Durranl rs the lat.
Nle't Tho shop, nor did the prisoner
,isaE, but DurraBt made q peculiar
ngllon with his lips, which no had
never seen a man make before. Tho
N1neis had noticed Durrant make the
tame Up movement when I've camo 10
s'sil week ago TO look Mt him.
Lelgh IL. Irvine, n newspaper man,
'hd he interviewed Durrant on the
evening Of April lith In the city pris u .
uaHanPs statement wsB made In tue
l.ssnee Of Judge Thompson, who was
suth pa rants attorney. 1t was as to
ne shtieabonts on Ami ard. Dur.
nut Then tald he loft home about = on
.lA1 morning. and met Blanche La
mol, al Twenty-iirst anu MisSion
Ms'h She Invited him TO accompany
~ 70 The collage. lie went to thr
Vuuieh al $3.50, und took of hls cost
aul nal, anu went up stairs to ok the
gh' He stated that he met King In
.us church aud left II with King. He
'hl nothing about having seen Miss
Asmont In the afternoon.
am. a. II. Perry, OF Alameda, who
A waiting Mrs. CTossolt ON April
~ eofioboiAled Mrs. Crosseit as to
~ ulp 70 tho Misslon on that after.
soop' Mrs. Cfossett LETT the Haighi
vvt.l cat Ut Market street to no cut to