Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-09-27
d 4 y icfS Sept. 23.-The 10th
f4ea< 50 hi of Theodore Durrant
c11| = "a today. The prosecution
Si5 Is case substantially before

VIZ E<0c{<13#FSept. zS.-Ine loth
Qqea1 50 - hi of Theodore Durrant
ct11 today. The prosecution
11} Is case substantially before
II1 "a Adolph Oppenheim, the brok-
Eer who stated that Durrant had, about |
the middle of April last tried to pawn |
a ring with a Clipped diamond, identi- !
fed by Oppenheim as one belonging to
Blanche Lamont, was recalled for fur
Their cross-examination. The witness
was questioned at length by the defense
regarding Durrants visit to his shop,
in order to ascertain the possibility Of
a mistake in Identification. To test his
memory, he was questioned concerning
other persons who had visited his
pawnshop on the day Durrant is charg
ed with having tried to sell the ring.
| Oppenheim said only two other persons
| had called. Both were strangers, yet
| he described them infinitely and re-
| counted the particulars of their visits
as If they had occurred yesterday.
Oppenheim was asked regarding other
specific days, answering promptly. In
the minds of the spectators of the
courtroom he was too good a witness,
| remembering events on special days
months back with extraordinary vivid
ness. The counsel for the defense tried
to confuse Oppenheim by showing him
number of silver articles and inquir-
ing If he had ever seen them before. In
many cases the pawnbroker replied in
the affirmative and described the per-
sons who had tried to sell or pawn
them. The defense evidently consid-
cred Oppenheim's testimony of great
Importance and tried hard to break it
| Il I,,fx NTH aYlya
w. ]. Phillips, the cigar manufacture
err, testified in positive manner, that
he had seen Durrant coming out of
Oppenheims store in the early part
of last April He had no doubt of the
identity of Durrant.
A sensational scene followed when
the district attorney requested the wit
ness to step down and indicate the
man he saw coming out of the pawn
shop. Phillips rose, walked from the
stand to within three feet of the pris-
oner and with pointed finger and steady
, gaze said in positive tones: "That is
, the young man"
Durrant did not finch under the or
deal. He returned the gaze and not a
muscle of his impassioned face witch
= ed. He neither betrayed guilt MOI
flashed back the glance of injured in.
nocence. The witness was cross-eX
amined regarding his business enter
: prises and his family history with the
apparent intent of discrediting his ties
1 timony. He said when Durrants por
o trait was first published he remarked
J. that he had seen him in some place.
When Oppenheims picture was pub
: lished, the scene at the pawnshol
= flashed across his mind and all the de
| 70 hoolr RI him Phil1inc Oh,
IL he came into the courtroom week ag
t. to see If he could identify Durrant
n which he did without a moments hest
N tation. The witness said he did no
,. know Oppenheim and had never bowe
;" to him, although he had frequentl
seen the pawnbroker standing in tn
door of his shop as the witness wen
% to his office. He had avoided speakin
to Oppenheim since Durrant's arres
in as he wished to prevent any suspicio
of collision between them.
ne Leigh H. Irvine, a newspaper MAJ
in said he interviewed Durrant on tn
e. evening of April IA in the city prison
u Durrant's statement was made in til
IS IS presence of Judge Thompson, who wa
an then Durrants attorney. 1t was as I
n. his whereabouts on April 3. Duran
IS then said he left home about o'cloc
es on that morning and met Blanche LII
go mont at Twenty-first and Missio
e. streets. She invited him to accompan
OIL her to the college on the day of II
mp conversation about 1.-THE Newcomes
he took place. He went to the church
al 4:3O and took off his coat and hat ar
nd went upstairs to fix the gas. He state
be that he met King in the church an
Inn left 1t with King. He said nothir
on about having seen Miss Lamont in IL
'r afternoon.
of Mrs. A. B. Perry of Alameda, wi
he was visiting Mrs. Crossett on April
as corroborated Mrs Crossett's statemel
re- as to her trip to the Mission on tn
as afternoon.
lat Thirty-seven witnesses have Civ,
oH testimony in nine weeks since the cor
NO mencement of the Durrant trial. Ha
FOR a score more will take the stand f
the prosecution the present week. It
district attorney is sanguine he CO
Nm put in his case not later than Wedne
day evening, In opening the stateme
INC for Durrant 1t is semi-officially stat
that Mr.. Deuprey will state that Meth
the himself nor his colleagues ever ente
'i4;y tanned the idea of disputing the tes
40 mony of Mrs. Mary Vogel and thr
m, normal girls to the effect that Durra
JoAheu oidhShe hdihoul at Kay al
hes Powell streets at o'clock on the afte
to- noon of April 3. He will admit that t
the young woman and the medical studa
OF got on the car together and rode
tSa the direction of Market street. Up,
an arrival at Market and Powell stree
they separated, Miss Lamont going
ry. one direction, and Durrant in anoth,
bent upon keeping his engagement wi
Mrs. Rosalin Holland.
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GARlBALDlANS IN THEIR RED SHIR'
They Lead the Procession Reviewed