The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-25
CRANKS DIDN'T SHOW UP
Still The Durrant Investigation Goes
Quietly On.
NO STARTLING NEWS YET
The Accused Passes a Peaceful
Night and 10 Refreshed Thereby
DIR. Gibson Testifies-One
New Witness.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-lt may be
that the Emanuel Baptist church murders
the killing of Miss Blanche Lamont on
April and of Miss Marian Williams on
April 13-may 60 down as unsolved mys-
teries in the criminal annals of San Fran
cisco. The police have gathered much
evidence, all circumstantial, but the witt
nesses for the state, under the fire OF
cross-examination, have not held so
firmly TO their statements-theyw wavered
in the matter of Identification when
pinned down.
The result of the second days prelim-
mary examination led Chief of Police
Crowley to remark that it was rather dis
appointing. Certain il is that Durrant,
the medical student, accused of the MUIR
der of Marian Williams, has not yet lost
his assurance or nerve. His demeanor is
so peculiar, so enigmatical, that the con-
clusion forces itself upon the observer
that he is either a most consummate
monster or a most cruelty wronged man.
IL is said he is anxious to make his de-
Tense in the police court, relying upon the
weakness of the case against him so far
and his alleged ability to prove an alibi,
but his lawyers are too cautious to permit
him to have his way.
The police have abandoned their search
for additional evidence, and say they have
the net woven good and strong about Dur
rant. or course, the public, or at at least
large part of it, is skeptical. but as the
police still have some % witnesses and
perhaps more, evidence of which the peo-
pie have not been apprised, it is possible
that the police may be right and will suc-
ceed in presenting a case strong enough
to warrant holding the accused for trial.
Durrant passed quiet night, and when
he entered Judge Conlan's room this
morning he appeared refreshed and was
as self-composed as ever. He conversed
with his attorneys earnestly for some time
before court opened.
Mrs. Amelia voy, with whom Miss
Williams was to have stopped before go
ing to Tacoma. testified that Miss Will
Jams had come to her house on the after
noon of the murder and had left about
o'clock alone. Mrs. Voy was not allowed
to tell where Miss Williams was going.
Mrs. Voy identified the clothes worn by
the dead girl when she left the house and
which were found on the murdered
girl.
Adolph Hobs of Oakland testified that
he met Durrant at the ferry on the after
noon of the 18th. Hobs says that Durrant
was in the company of a young lady
smaller than himself. He did not see the
lady's face.
Miss Florence Voy corroborated her
mothers testimony. Half dozen witt
nesses for the prosecution failed to re-
spond to their names.
DIR. Gibson was the next witness called.
He answered the questions put to him in
a loud, clear voice. DR.. Gibson said that
he had seen Durrant on Good Friday night
at the Christian Endeavor meeting held
at DIR. Vogel's home. He thought Durrant
came to the meeting about $3.50 o'clock,
after the conclusion of the business meet
ing. Durrant remained until the party
broke up. Witness had seen Durrant
alone in the library of the church on
March IL. Witness was at the church on
the morning that the body of Miss Will
liams was found. He heard a noise in the
church. but did not investigate. He had
known Miss Williams and saw her for the
last time to his certain knowledge March
2, in the Sunday school room, when she
told him she was going away and bid him
good bye.
The prosecution reported that they had
discovered new witness in Denis
Welsh, an Alameda policeman, who was
introduced during the afternoon. Welsh
says that he saw Durrant and Miss Will
liams together in Alameda on several oc-
casions about two weeks prior to the dis
covery of the young lady's body in the
church.