The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-26
DURRANT AVIS DEFENSE.
ms Co,-. LINES 1T IN HIS
OPENIN

IL. WIZ, ne Movements of the
-. foing TO the Church,
81 ling with Blanche La
Claim That He Wore
Light THsers 10 BE DfsProven.
The pa AbrOISer 10 BE shown to
IA. NJ, ken as TO the Identity OF
he ~ Who offered Him Rings.
San phcisco, Sept. 25.-Attorney Du-
rev othe counsel for the defense in
te Dnhnt case, made his opening state
emf lis morning He said he would
low hat on the morning of April Dur
mt lit his home for that of George King
r ne purpose of making arrangements
Dc latter to help him fix the gas ap-
raus in Emmanuel church in the after
,oH He met Blanche Lamont on Twen-
-ftt and Mission street. She was wait
x br car to take her to the high
.hdl. and invited him to take a ride
itHher. He left her at the high school,
nGlpntinued on his way to the Cooper
Iedl College, where he remained until
abotS:3O O'Clock or later. Itowould be
snow by the college records and other
visAat Durrant had attended the lee
tdrRlhich would take him up to about 3
o'eG that ne left the college at $3.50.
tool car and reached Emmanuel church
At t. Witnesses would be introduced
D bve this and that when he reached
aeehurch he went into the library
30. left his coat and hat
he and went up stairs to fix the
ur burners, where he was overcome by
a, Everything that occurred in the
hitch subsequently,, as stated by King.
id be admitted. 1t would be shown
M Durrant saw King home from church
ml then proceeded to his own home.
IRE he ate mis- supper and after a short
in retired.
le defense will further show that the
cbsed wore an entirely black suit on
NJ day, and this will disproye the testi-
{ hit pair of trousers. Mrs. Leaks tes-
tIny would also be proved to be value
lsas her sight Is defective.
4 to the witness Oppenheim, it would
h hown that he was visited by a young
nd who wore blue overcoat as Oppen-
feh had described and who offered rings
OBale similar to those of the murdered
I'D but that the pawnbroker was entire
mistaken as TO his visitor being the de-
ehant. In the course of his statement,
dl Duprey announced that Durrant
old take the stand.
he outline of the defense con tanned no
eEation and nothing new except for the
u point that some woman would be In
ffuced who would say she saw the de-
etant enter Emmanuel church alone on
hlaIternoon or the murder When Dur
at did leave the college he took the
stet cars for Emmanuel church and APP
pitched Bartlett street, on which the
ci3ch is situated, from a southerly direc-
It'd which is opposite to that which the
wAesses have testified that they saw him
a1oach it. He was seen to go into the
ctfch alone by a woman and entered II
p vrn fg hu1f hon Lot
thin the time when Mrs. Leak says she
sal him enter it. Durrant told two per-
SOY that evening that he had been over
core by gas, and he was apparently i'll
W I'm he reached home. He did not again
go put of the house that night, except
to scort his mother to a car.
lie defense will claim that the writing
'nlhe package containing Miss Lamont's
ldIs was that Of Rev. j. G. Gibson or
Emanuel church. and not that of Dur
raj In connection with the offer of the
rpl for sale to the pawnbroker, the de-
fee contends that the man who tried 10
Settle ring wore an overcoat, and that
Dfant did not wear an oVercoat in the
daime between April and TO- This the
onthe package on the rings sent 10
Mi Noble would be traced to Rev. Glib
sohnd the Identification of a woman who
Wdd TESTIFY that she saw Durrant en-
teH the church alone on the after
nod Of the. murder, are strong points
in j the defense. That of his
aiBeu presence al the lecture at the time
hdwas said to be IN front of the normal
scbOl is not taken seriously, as the pros
edion says it can easily be broken down.
Nm Matilda Durrant, the defendants
D--aer, testified that when Ginson and
Oter detectives entered her residence they
mAe a close inspection Of the defendants
sizes, but did not take them for evil
ddce as they did his clothing. Mrs. Dur
mt also testified athat her son had not
pirn an overcoat in the daytime between
Atril 3 to 10, and that his trousers on
\ bril- were dark. She gave a sketch of
IT sons life, in which she said that he
hA been connected with Sunday schools
frFm the time the family arrived in this
eff until his arrest.
hrs. Leak was recalled and denied that
ne. had ever had anything the matter
nth her eyesight.
1t is believed the defense will seek to
apYe a previous good character for him.
(which case the prosecution is prepared
NJ attack him with damaging evidence