The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-26

he might have helper that evening
to fix the gas In the church. He acct
dentally met Blanche Lamont, whom
| he told he was on his way to King 5
house and asked her to accompany
him. She said that she did not have
time to accompany him before school,
and requested Durrant to accompany
her to school. He acquiesced in this
and accompanied her as far as Suffer
street and Octavia, while the defendant
went on to Webster street to the Med
ical college. We will show you these
facts and what Durrant did, from his
arrival there until the noon hour, when
he walked to Broadway and to a bluff
overlooking the bay We will show
you his return to the college a t 1:30 and
what was done from then until $50.
That he went to Dr. Cheney's lecture
and we will produce his notes different
from any other students and show he
is marked present. DR.. Cheney will
tell you that he was present. We will
show you that after this lecture he
took the Suffer street cars to Polk to
Mission and Ninth, out Mission and
then to the church and alone did he
walk into the church.
Visit to the Church.
1--WE will show that he arrived at
the church at 4:55 and not before; that
he entered by the door on the south
side; that he went into the library in
regard to book and a card he
wanted. He removed his coat, neatly
folded it, and took out his watch so
that it would not drop out while he
was fixing the gas jets. He then went
up to the ceiling by a ladder and fixed
tla c,1,,, 49,
when the gas filters turned on the
seventy-two gas jets much gas es-
capped. Through lack of ventilation
this gas remained in the atmosphere
near the ceiling, and when Durranr
went to the ceiling he inhaled the gas
which made him sick, as testified by
George r. King. You are asked to
believe that this man accused of the
murder went directly down to secure
witness to his crime. We will show
that Durrant was on the platform w.
ing down, and when King returned
went down to the kitchen to take the
settler. We will show that upon the
request of King, Durrant helped King
to carry a cabinet organ down stairs
into the Sunday school room. Then
Durrant and King left the church to-
gether, Durrant putting on his coat at
the door. 1t being Kings dinner time,
Durrant walked with him short dis
lance. Then Durrant returned home.
meeting: a lady on the way to whom he
told that the gas had made him sick.
After dinner he went to the church to
an evening entertainment.
A Simple Story.
This will be the simple story Of the
defendant. He will be corroborated by
those who know him well, and who
will give reasons why these statements
are correct. We viii then turn our at
tention to some evidence found in that
church. We will show that the marks
upon the belfry door are the marks Of
chisel and that the chisel was found
In the pastors study in tool box We
Will show you, as long as they have
introduced paper here with letters on
1t as compared with letters found in
Emmanuel church, that they are let
tiers written by Rev. John George Glib
son. If we are to act upon suspicious.
we will show you that there are
others who have been cast into sus-
pieion and worse than the defendant
We will show you that on April Dur
rant wore a dark shit. of clothes of
blue cloth, While the witness Vogel
said he had light trousers We will
show that the eyesight of Mrs. Leake
and Mrs. Crosset is impaired and that
the reputation of witnesses Quinlan.
Oppenheim and Phillips for veracity is
bad. If we can prove what we haze
outlined now, we should have the
spirit of Blanche Lamont to call upon
YOU to realize the truth, and if her
spirit could come before you, we be-
leve it would say: Let the defendant
stand out; let him be free, for he
harmed me not Theodore Durrant is
innocent; we stand for his life; we de-
mand his liberty"
Mrs. Durrant.
After a recess, Mrs. Matilda Durrant,
mother Of the prisoner, took the stand
as the first witness for the defense. She
told about her own birth and marriage
in Toronto, Canada, where Theodore
was born. The family came here in
December, 1879. She detailed the child
hood of the prisoner and his education
at various schools. During vacations
he worked at various occupa tions-he
bad money in the bank She testified
that on the morning of April 5 her son
was dressed in a blue cheviot suit, the
blue trousers Of which she identified.
and the garment was introduced in
evidence. Mrs. Durrant stated that her
son returned home that evening short
~ after o'clock, dressed in the same
blue cheviot suit. He wore no over
coat. She testified that the trousers
We're made to order by a local tailor.
When Theodore left home on the morn
ing of April 8, he kissed his mother
goodbye and saluted her in the same
manner when he returned at night.
The family dined that evening at SIS.
but the witness said Theodore had lit
tie appetite aud did not look we'll. At
o'clock that evening, he took his
mother to a street car, and when she
returned at 11:50 he was in bed and
asleep.
Police Sergeant Reynolds described
the chisel marks on the belfry door
He searched for q tool with witch the
marks might have been made and in
the pastors study found a chisel
which fitted the marks exactly.