The herald., 1895-09-09
VULGAR, DEPRAVED DURRAN1
The Woman at Last Discovered
Who Claims to
HAVE SEEN HIM NAKED
The Mysterious and Necessary Witness
for the Prosecution Located
From hrs. naud Calender Of This City Was
Gotten the Clue That Led to Finding
the Kissing Person

according 10 the laSJ reports IN the
Durrant case a highly important witness
for tho prosecution has been located
through q lady residing in this city.
This witness is none other tnan the
young woman whom. 1t is claimed, Dur
rant enticed into Emanuel church and
left in the library for short time and
when he returned it was in an entirely
nude condition. The prosecution has
been endeavoring ever since the occur
renee was reported to find the young
girl, but beyond learning that she was a
mem Der of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety and had belonged to the same
church as Durrant. have failed to discover
her identity. Inc special reason for de-
string to locate the girl was because th Q
claim of Durrant's friends as to his pur-
ity and exemplary conduct could BIZ
shown to be false.
1t was stated that the woman who gave
the information was Mrs. Maui CaIlen-
der. The lady resides with her husband
at al North Bunker Hill avenue, and
was called upon by Herald repr esenta-
tive Lass night. Mrs. Calender claims
she does not know any thing about til 9
desired witness, and that tho report that
she gave the name to people here is un-
true.
From what was admitted by the lady's
husband, it is very possible that the
identity of the missing witness was
learned through her, even though she is
unacquainted with the girls name.
Mrs. Calender knows the person who
claims to be acquainted with the m issing
woman, and this person Is her aunt, Miss
Ida Clayton, school teacher in San
Francisco.
About two months ago Mrs. Calender
visited her father at San Luis Obspo.
where she met ner grandm other. who had
just come from San Francisco. During
discussion of the Durrant case Mrs. Clay
ton told Mrs. Calender that her daugh-
ter, Miss Ida Clayton, knew the name Of
the young woman who had gone into the
church with Durrant. and that this
woman had told Mrs. Clayton that If
there was any likelihood Of his being
cleared she would make known her iden-
tity to the pc lice and go upon the stand
for the prosecution. Mrs. Clayton failed
to tell the name of this woman to her
granddaughter, but stated that she was
very intimate fri end OF Miss Clayton and
attended church on Eddy street. I'm
less it was absolutely necessary to convict
Durrant, the unknown would never
on the subject bv either of the ladies'
and Mrs. Calender did not learn the
name of the woman.
= Mrs. Calender could not b, interviewed
last night but her husband gave the fore
going facts to the reporter. Mr.. Callen-
der said that after his wife returned to this
city she had mentioned the conversation
to her iandlady and the latter had COM
inundated the facts to her husband and
tn rou gh the Iatterathe facts got out Mr.
Calender said most positively that his
wife knew absolutely nothing more than
has already been stated and the state
ment as to he- being acquainted with the
identity of the missing witness was en-
tIrely ia Sc.
Mr.. Alf Z. Mckenzie is the detective
who has been investigating the matter
and ho also was visiteu by the reporter.
Mr.. Mckenzie refused to reveal the
name of the missing woman but said
that it had been learned through Mrs.
Calender. The latter had, he stated, told
certain agents OF his that she knew WHO
the woman was and alter several CONVEX
sations revealed it. Captain Lees WI S
communicated with and he told the Local
officer to go ahead with the work and do
all that he could. The name of the
woman was given 10 the officials at San
Francisco and Mr.. Mckenzie expects to
hear from them very soon.
Even if the statement of Mr.. Calender
that his wife is unacqualnted with the
name is true, it does not prove that the
name was not indirectly learned through
her.
The reason for this is that Mrs. Callen-
der put the authorities in communication
with her aunt and Miss Clayton, whom
they did not in all probability know be-
fore. and from the latter was learned the
identity of the missing witness.