The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
lJE JURORS CHOSEN
,oother Added to the List in
the Durrant Case.
ntuT THE HEDEMARKS SAW
pr.-ecution Is Leaving No Stone
rrturued, and VIII Convict Dur
r.,ui il II Is Possible.

p,,-.cution Is Leaving No Stone
,...tnr.ed. and VIII Convict Dur
RANT if II Is Possible.
SIN Francisco, August 24.-Warren
n,rr,n. a retired merchant, was Sc
.-.l rs the ninth juror at this morn
.,,... session Of the superior court. in
1870 +rigl If Theodore Durrant for the
..,rf.r Of Blanche Lamont Twenty
.,...,thrr venremen We're challenged
s,..n.e and excused. Returns had
I..p made today Oh 1875 new venire-
,.,n The number of responses was
unusually large, and the opposing
.,aI,el have great hopes of securing
.br.a more Jurors from the number.
Absolutely nothing has been left un-
l.ne 10 make the evidence against the
,..p,ed conclusive. Charles L. Hede-
mark and his wife have been visited
main bv the prosecutors. They re-
nalred the remarkable story they re-
lated soon after Durrant's arrest. This
Story. 50 little thought Of at the time,
has gained significant interest in the
last few days, particularly i'll relation
an important statement made by the
rolicc. Captain Lees and associates
have said that they will show beyond
rbp mower If contradiction the move
ments Of Durrant during every hour of
the dav on which Blanche Lamont dis
appeared.
1t is believed that they have wit
ness who saw Durrant near the church
between and T o'clock ON the even
mg Of April 3. The dramatic story
wld by Hedemark and his wife tells
what followed In the shadow of the
church they saw man moving from
place to place. AS the darkness of
night deepened they saw him in the
galleries Of the deserted place, guided
in his terrible work by the light of a
candle. At first the moving light be-
hind the great church window made
them think the church was ON fire, but
closer watching quieted their fears,
and they concluded that some one was
repairing the sanctuary. They had no
suspicion that they were watching the
last grewsOme detail of a horrible
crime
The man whose shadow they saw
was hiding the deadly record of his
crime He was busy among the raf-
tyrs Of the steeple, gazing now and
again down upon the body of the girl
whose life he had taken. Subsequent
events gave an intense interest to the
part which Hedemark and his wife
played
That is one reason why they have
again told their story to the prosecu-
ton. Every detail was repeated. 1t
was shortly before 7 O'Clock that Mrs.
Hedemark called her husbands atten
ton to the light in the church win
dow. She is able now to recall the
incident for several reasons. April 3
was her sisters birthday, and Mrs.
Hedemark had paid her visit on that
day. She had returned to her home
somewhat late, and was sitting with
her husband in the dining room when
her attention was drawn to Emanuel
church. The Hedemarks live directly
opposite the Emanuel church. Be-
tween their home and the Bartlett
street church there is no obstruction.
Mrs. Hedemark saw the moving light
II the church at dusk. She thought 1t
strange, and watching it for a mo-
ment, called her husband to the win
dow. Together they traced the shad-
oWS on the church windows. The man
was IN the gallery of the church. Now
and again he would stop and the light
would flicker. He moved slowly from
That part Of the gallery into which the
door opened toward the belfry. When
he had made slowly the journey ending
Ill the foot of the tower, the light dis
appeared. Mrs. Hedemark waited a
lew moments and then left the win
dow. She and her husband had
watched the shadow of a murderer, but
Ihey thought they looked at the ref1ec
'lon Of some workman in the silent
church.
Whether or not Hedemark and his
VIE viii he summoned by the prosecu.
non remains to be seen. While their
"SHmony possesses a singularly dra-
matte interest, it tells nothing of the
Hheuty Of the murderer. Whatever
other witnesses might tell Hedemark
could say nothing on that score. They
o'a not even see the light in the belfry.
Judge Murphy announced at COM
Hfncement of morning session that he
|oald not be able to try Dick McDon'
@Ll again for perjury in connection
win the Pacific bank failure. After
NE Durrant case is disposed of, Judge
murphy will take vacation, so Dick
VIII nave to be tried in some Other
court.