The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-14
THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
IN THC DURRdNT CASE EvIDENTLY
IMAGTNART CREATURE.
The Efforts OF Prosecution To Prove That
Durrant and blanche Lamont We're Toe
gether the Afternoon ofthc Murder.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Sept. B.-The
nrosecution I'm the Durrant case has given
up hope of finding the mysterious wo-
man" and no iorger believes there Is
such a person, although new rumors as
TO her identity o: her Whereabouts are
from time 70 time given to the police
I'm each instance. they are run down by
detectives who have thus far proven III
every case that there Is no foundation Tor
the story.
Up 10 the present time rumors of lSo
women by actual count have been IN
vestigated, with the result stated. IL is
this fact that has brought the police
and the District Attorney to the con-
clusion that the mysterious woman Is
myth
When the trial is resumed Monday the
prosccution will put Miss Lanigan on the
stand 10 corroborate the testimony OF
Miss Edwards and Mrs. Dorgan, VINO
testified yesterday TO seeing Durrant anu
blanche Lamont together on fo"eh-
street ear on the way from the Norman
School on the afternoon OF April "a. MISS
Vogel will then he called to testify
To seeing Durrant In front OF the Normal
School on that fatal afternoon, and the
journey across the city will be taken
up.
THE CHAIN DnOKEN.
Thus far the prosecution VIII lave
shown that Durrant and Blanche Lamont
were together on that Journey as far as
the corner of Market and Powell strccts,
but there the chain of circumstanual
evidence is broken. The prosecution has
no witnesses who saw the couple together
between that point .and the corner or
Twentv-nrst and Bartlett streets, where
Martin Quinlan saw them, but taking
Mr. Ouinlaus statement TINT ne saw
the two young people coming from tne
direction OF Valencia street the prosecu-
ton will act on the hypothesis that Dur
rant and Miss Lamont rode between
the two points on the Nalenca-street car
that being the line TO which their trans
fers from Powell would take them.
The real fight is expected when the tes-
timony of Mrs Leak IS taken for a most
rigid testimony OF her eyesight Is expected
10 be made by the defence.
Six days have thus far been consumed
IN taking of testimony for the prose-
cuton and twelve witnesses have been
examined The state has thirty-siN more
witnesses to see II. 1t will therefore be
seen that II no better rate of progress
IS made than has characterized the iirst
six days OF taking testimony. eighteen
days moro Will he consumed in taking
the evidence for the people.
Attornel Barnes expects, however. TO
make much better progress hereafter; at
least he hopes to. as only few minutes
ne believes viii DO required to examine
many OF tho remaining witnesses.
MISS LAMoNIs WEIGHT
one point i'm the testimony already
taken which the defence win take ad-
vantage Of when IL comes to prove that
Durrant could not have carried the body
OF Miss Lamont up to the belfry, is the
testimony of the witness Charlton, who
testified Yesterday to having weighed the
two sisters on the 18th. or 18th of March.
Maud Lamont once stated IN an inter-
view that she and her sister were not
weighed at Charlton's store for a month
previous TO the murder
Maud stated in that interview that the
time Blanche was weighed last. her
weight was l2l pounds. IL is expected
the defence will recall Maud Lamont 10
testify on this point when the proper time
comes