Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-11-03
General DlekIn.on.. Argument.

personality OF the young man accused
OF the crime. Durraut was ambitious.
studicus and OF the highest character,
as the speaker contended he is now.
General Dickinson alluded to the con-
tention Of Assistant District Attorney
Peixotto, who said yesterday that
Miss Lamont was the victim OF Dur
rants unbridled passion. He said
there was nothing In the mass OF tes-
timony taken to show that Durrant
was not a moral young man. Dur.
rants whole demeanor, both before
and after his arrest, he said, had been
that OF an innocent man. The de-
PENDANT himself had told Mrs. Noble
on the night that Miss Lamont dis.
appeared that he rode to school with
her that morning. On the day OF his
arrest and when on the stand, he said,
the defendant made the same state
ment. He told the story long before
Conductor Shalmount was found.
Tho fact that Durrant left a book at
Mrs. Mobiles for Miss Lamont on AID.
rl 9th, he said, contained too much
method for a guilty man, and he
therefore considered that us a circum.
stance going to show the innocence
OF the accused.
General Dickinson next made refer
ence to the roll.call, upon which it is
evident the defense intends to base
its case. He said il the correctness
OF the roll-call was admitted, the
prosecutions case fell to the ground.
He said Drs. Cheney and Gray, the
only two persons who ever had the
book In their possession, made no al
%terations, and he challenged the
prosecution to show that anybody else
had. He said the mute testimony of
the book was corroboratcd by all of
the students in the class, who tcsti-
fled on the stand that they did not
answer to Durrant's name.
The statement OF the prosecution
that the students were unwilling WIT
nesses, and perhaps withheld the most
important testimony, WINS ridiculous
rs. he said, Students Chaser and
Graham, the prosecutions two most
important witnesses, we're willing
enough to tell what they knew.
The notes OF the lecture were next
upon. lie showed what
he said were Durrant's notes taken
by himself mt DIR. Cheney's lecture,
and said they had been in his Dick
.inson's) possession since April 18th.
said this fact Ind mn important
bearing on DR.. Graham's statement
the effect that on April Goth Dur
rant told him he had no notes, and
asked to borrow Graham's in order
that he might establish IN abb. The
notes OF Chaser and Durrant, mr.
ranged in parallel columns, were read
the jury to show the dissimilnrity
OF the two. He said further that the
notes plainly showed that when Dur.
rant and Glasier compared papers on
April 10th, Durrant did not copy
from CHASER.
General Dickinson said he made
the assertion with confidence that
when DR.. Graham testified that April
Doth Durrant said he had not the
notes. he made u mistake. Dickinson
did not mean that Dunnigan used
improper influence rs u lei TO
induce him to give testimony, but
said that Graham had become excited
the matter and that he had
become confused. He asked the Jury
IL they did not believe that Graham
would have told Dunnigan the same
day as Durrant, il he had told him on
April 10Th that he had 10 notes. In.
stead Of that he waited until DC.
tober 9th.
Another argument in the statement
the fact that at the time Of the
alleged testimony, Durrant did not
lave the notes, they were in posses.
sion Of his attorneys. lie said that
there was no reason for Durrant to
make such a statement, and asked tho |
jury II they believe ho would have
told Graham no Ind no notes, when |
at that very moment his notes was
in possession OF his attorneys.
Dickinson dwolt Mt length on tho
relations OF the defendant and Blanche |
which, no said, Ind been
perfectly honorable on both sides
throughout. SO far FROM 'rtan mis-
sweetheart or Durrunt her beau, no
said they had only been friends md
no moro to each other than any !
other two mombcrs OF the coDgrcga
lion. lilo had escorted her from the
meetings ut the church u few timca,
had always done so ut tho request
1f her aunt.
Referring to tho testimony Of soy.
eral reporters who testified that on
Tho night OF Durrnnt'snrrest, Ito told
hem ho won't to church between A
and i:3O o'clock on that afternoon OF
Inc murder, Dickinson said tho OK.
planation the defendant made Of tho
apparent discrepancy on tho stand
rensonableand should be believed
)urrnnt testified that hc ment hc loft
at that timn