The San Francisco call., 1895-10-18
MORPHEUS CARRIED HIM A PRE-
MONITION OF THE COLIMA
DISASTER.
HAS HAD NUMEROUS VISIONS.
A REPORT THAT DR.. GRAHAM WAS
THREATENED BY DEUPREY
PROVES UNTRUE.

ton in the County Jail, and some very
strange stories might be told concerning
them. Among others which have never
been related is one that is slngularly inter-
estlng, as In it the accused medical stu
dent figures as a seer of some pretenslons.
Durrant does not hold regular seances,
but his slumbers are ofttimes disturbed by
troubled dreams, and after several such
occasions he has foretold events which
subsequently transpired as he had pre-
dicted.
One episode in particular, premonltlon
of which Was carried to Durrant by the
road of dreams, was the Colima disaster.
Three days before the news of the sinking
of the ill-fated vessel appeared in the
newspapers, Theodore Durrant told his
mother she would hear bad news from the
Colima; that he had had warning in his
dreams the night before, and that from the
awful vividness of the vision that appeared
to him he felt certain some calamity would
befall the ship. Durrant had an intimate
friend on the Colima in the person of
Freight Clerk Thomas E. Berry, who was
TO nave been an important witness Tor the
people in the trial for his life, and it is to
this fact he attributes the cause OF the ex-
traordInary presentiment.
The etory of Durrant's singular dream
Is pest told In his own language
lit was three days previous to the day
on which the first news of the accident
came by telegraph" said he, while re-
Iatlng the story few days ago. 81 had
been studying rather hard that day and
had stood at the wicket of the cell con-
siderable time talking to rather an un-
usual number of visitors, some of whom
had tried my patience somewhat. AS
result OF the days experiences was very
tired and when l went to bed fell into an
pose | must have-and l dreamed the
Sheriff came and unlocked my cell door
and ushered in Rev. Mr. Gibson.
Il remember l was astonished at the
visit for DR.. Gibson had not been near me
before, and L fell to wondering what had
prompted the call, as 1 waited for him to
open the conversation.
HE did not speak however, but sat
down on the foot of my bed, with heavy
solemn face, and began unrolling strip of
parchment. When the roll was unwound
he held it up for me to look at, and I
beheld a picture of the Colima as / had so
often seen her, for was acquainted with
the vessel.
The picture showed her foundering-
going down stem first and with pande-
mcnium let loose on board. Some of the
passengers were on their knees praying
Others were jumping overheard into the
sea, while others were cutting away the
lifeboats. [ could not see the crew any,
where. looked for my friend and it
seemed as though | could see through his
stateroom door. He was inside going over
his freight bills at the desk, apparently OBJ
livious of the danger. l know l tried to
yell to him to fly to one of the boats, but
he could not hear me or did not heed, for
the ship disappeared in the sea with him
still at his desk. | remember reading
afterward that poor Tom really never left
his stateroom.
when | again looked from the picture
TO DR.. Gibson he had vanished. Then l
looked again for the picture, but it, too,
had gone, although | could still hear the
awful shrieks of the drowning passengers.
| think it must have been this that wax
ened me, for that is the last l remember
| of the dream. The terrible screams were
still piercing my ears when | regained
consciousness, as usual under such circum-
stances drenched with perspiration
THE next day / told my mother of my
dream and told her she would hear of
some disaster. A few days later nv
prophecy was fulfilled"
Mrs. Durrant corroborates her sons
statement concerning the dream and re-
peats the story in detail as told by him.
Another incident OF Durrant's power of
| divining in his slumbers transpired only
few days ago. A CALL reporter visited
the home of his parents on Fair Oaks
street at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
had to ring several times before Durrant
Sr., who was asleep within. was finally
aroused and answered the bell.
The reporter, Immediately the interview
was at an end, went direct to the County
Jail to see the son, by whom he was ac-
costed upon his arrival there with the
following:
uHal1ot VapJya haox, o,,< - -
haven't you?'
Upon being told such had been the fact
Durrant said Il was lying down a few
minutes ago and fell into doze. 1
dreamed you had been ont to the house
and that you couldn't get in, SO you
knocked down the door,"
Durrant relates several other incidents
in which his dreams have come true.
1t has been reported at various times
during the trial Of Durrant that the prose-
cution, In rebutting the testimony intro
duced by the defense to give the accused a
good character, would call several keepers
of disreputable houses to testify to out
rageous conduct on the part of Durrant at
times when he had visited their places.
District Attorney Barnes stated yester-
day that no such evidence would be intro
duced by the prosecution, even If 1t were
to be had, as he did not believe in charging
any man on the testimony of such char
acters.
Mr.. Barnes has also decided not to call
Harry E. Shook to the stand in rebuttal.
Shook is the Mission-street undertaken
who believed he met Durrant and Blanche
Lamont together on Bartlett street the after
noon OF April 3. Mr.. Barnes will not call
Mr.. Shook. as he feels convinced there has
already been offered sufficient testimony
along the line of evidence that he would
give. The peoples case in rebuttal will be
substantially as published in Wednesdays
CALL.
The latest sensational story to be circu-
lated In connection with the case was one
which. gained some currency yesterday to
the effect that Attorney Deuprey had
| threatened DR.. Gilbert f. Graham with all
sorts OF bodily injury if he should go on
the wltness-stand and testify that Durrant
! told him he had no notes of DIR. Cheney's
lecture, and asked him to take his notes to
Mrs. Durrant and let her copy them. 1t
was said that DR.. Graham had been taken
| violently Ill with nervous prostration as
result of the threat, and that his father
had been sent for, as the sons condition
was considered dangerous.
Dr. Graham was seen last evening and
\ was found to be as well as ever. He
| strongly denounced the authors of such
rumors, and said that Mr.. Deuprey had not
only never uttered a threat toward him