The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-04
DURRANT GREW PALE
When Jeweler Oppenheimer
Told OF Miss Lannon'S Ring.
THE MURDERER TRIED TO SELL
Another strand For the Rope TO Hang
the Girl slayer-Iiow Oppenhei-
mer sized Him Up.

San Francisco. May 3-The unexpected
happened In the Durrant examination to-
day. new witness was produced and
his testimony put another hard knot In
the rope that binds Durrant This was
Adolph oppenheimer. secondhand dealer
IN jewelry and valuabes on Dupont
street. He reads the newspa pers. and In
them he found picture of the rings that
Blanche Lamont wore. Surely he had
seen one OF these rings somewhere. lie
thought IL over and remembered that
early In April a young man In dark
blue overcoat had come 10 his store and
offered the ring for sale. lie looked at
the pictures OF Durrant in the papers
eS; there were the same thick iips and
the same thin mustache that he. had no.
uced on the man who had offered the
ring for sale.
Mr.. Oppenheimer talked the matter over
with his wife. They concluded that the
matter might rest for few DAYS untl1
things developed a little Then there was
another family consultation aud Mrs
Oppenheimer suggested that II the mars
was really guilty perhaps her husband
had better speak out. Mr. OppenheiYner
told the policeman on the beat but that
oflclal does not appear 20 have paid much
attention. At least so far as results show
A. Mr.. Oppenheimer heard nothing from
the city hall ne concluded he would ga
there himself That was yesterday
me examination was nearly concluded
Two or three formal witnesses rerua4r,esg
70 DO examined when che dealer IN fepeIrv
arrived Al me hall during the noon recess.
He saw Capt Lees ard was shown tie
rings worn by Blanche Lamont. He posi-
lively identified the diamond ring as +be
one that had been offered him for sale
Then he saw the defendant as he was
brought from the prison 20 The Courf
room. No doubt about r.: that was the
man who wanted 20 sell the ring He
was put on the stand. and when ne ewora
that me diamond ring had heen Offered
bin for sale BY man in a dark blue
oveCcoat. that looked Ike the defendant
an irresistible wave q inarticulate sound
swept through the room.
u was the same vheB>Cen. Dio4x3ys~y,-,
asked Mr.. oppeuh elmer how ha rad sized
up the man who had offered h4rn the
ring. The dealer remarked that ne bad
puH him up for "a man Who lives OF the
earnings % a woman" and the cofsr.
room laughed IN chorus-aIt but Duran.
wao neither smiled TOR hudged. tsat ga >
like q stone image.
Mr.. Cppenheis1er made > sturdy v-t.
ocSs-oue not reagy 20 swear too ra1r-b
hlt sfeadfaEt and uavarVfn< IN ais AZ
tr1nation q What ne kues TIE only
place where the slightest breach WIS r--
erred was when the cross-egs mining e.-,.sg,-
-. brought cut the fact that such rings
~ Blanche Lamont wore are chean AZ
fairs. turned o4it BY the busAel In a fa~-
tory. There are perhaps thousands 81
SIMILAR make IA use On this line p~oha-
bly, his testimony may be ATTACKED nv
the defense later, on the ground VA.
such things are easily confused and ha~f
70 distinguish. Yet the witness IS rarat-
tlve In his Identification o this particular
ring