The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-03

mo, sir; he never mentioned it"
"Did anybody ever speak to you about
paying him."
trying to find the girl, and l told her De-
tective Anthony. She said that that was
good, as he was the best one. She said
that he would do more for me if | paid him
than if 1 didn't"
Charles G.. Noble, husband of the former
witness, was next called. He testified that
Blanche Lamont was dead. He had seen
the body at the Morgue and identified it as
that of Blanche Lamont, his niece. The
testimony of this witness was corroDora-
tive of that of his wife. After he had con-
cluded the noon recess was taken.
J. z. West was the first witness called at
the afternoon session. He stated he resided
at Is Auburn street. He is employed on
the Powell-street Railway, and on the Sd
of April was employed on that branch OF
the Market-street Railroad system. His
car left the northern terminus of the route
at $50 P. NJ. Durrant entered his car on
Powell street, near Clay, very close to 3
o'clock, prior to that hour, say 2:59. He
fixed the time by having looked at his
watch, It takes about eight and Ealf
minutes to run from the northern terminus
to Powell street, near Clay, he said. He
left the terminus at $50. Was on time.
Durrant was not accompanied by any one
and sat in the second seat from the corner.
A lady got on at Clay street, near where
Durrant boarded it. She sat alongside OF
defendant and they became engaged in
conversation. He said he could recognize
the hat perfectly we'll The hat was then
shown him. He took it into his hand and,
after very closely inspecting it and view
ing it from different points, said 1t was the
one worn by the lady who sat with Dur
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he looked closely at it at the time and
could not make out what the "bristleS'
were, meaning the aigrettes.
He was attracted particularly by the
lady, as he overheard her say she had some
friends in Butte, Mont. He resided there
and her mention of that place caused him
to look at her to see if he knew her.
Durrant and the lady rode to Market
street, where they got off. Before they got
off he gave two transfers to the lady.
Durrant paid the fares for both, giving
dime in payment.
On cross-examination by Attorney Deu-
prey the following was elected: He had
been employed on the Powell-street line
as conductor ever since it started, with
the exception of about three years.
Thought the Sd of April fell on Wednes-
day. Went to work in the morning and
worked till P. NJ. The number of his car
on that day was Ais. Did not know or
notice any other of the passengers except
the two he had mentioned. There were
two men and two women on the left-hand
side. Did not know how many were on
the right-hapd side when he reached Clay
and Powell streets. The dummy was full
on both sides. Could not tell how many
men or women were on either side of it.
The lady that wore the hat he identified
got on the car at Clay street. He noticed
when she wac sitting down that she had
some books in her hands. Durrant got on
after the car started-while it was in mo-
ton. Another young man with books in
his hand got on and sat in corner; next
to him was Durrant and then the lady who
wore the hat that he had identified. He
was positive about this.
West was then withdrawn to allow Miss
Minnie Belle Edwards of San Mateo TO
take the stand. On the Sd of April, about
o'clock, she was on the corner of Clay
and Powell streets with Blanche Lamont.
Had known the latter only one day. They
had both attended the Normal School that
day. Saw Durrant at that time. Saw Dur
rant bow to Miss Lamont. Witness en-
tered the car, and expected Miss Lamont
and Durrant to follow; but when she
seated herself she looked out and saw Miss
Lamont and Durrant seated on the east
side of the dummy, Miss Lamont nearest
the car. Rode with them to Market street.
Did not notice them any further after she
left the car at Market street. The cooking
class let out a 5 minutes to 3, and witness
Immediately left the school with Miss
Lamont.
Would you know the dress worn by
Miss Lamont at the time?'' was asked by
District Attorney Barnes.
Eyes, sir" answered the witness.
a basque was shown her, which she
identified as that worn by Miss Lamont on
the Sd of April. "When Miss Lamont left
the school," continued the witness, "she
had some books in her hand. Did not
know whether they were tied or loose"
On cross-examination by General Dick
inson on behalf of the defense she said she
had met Miss Lamont on that day at a
quarter to one at the Normal School on
Powell street, between Sacramento and
Clay. Was introduced to Miss Lamont on
that day by one OF the other pupils, named
Miss Kennedy.
Miss Lamont had no hat on when she
came into the cooking-room to attend the
lesson in cooking. Saw Miss Lamont the
day before in the classroom. School closed
five minutes to 3. Saw the tine on the
clock. Left the cooking-room at five
minutes to 3. Went to the dressing
room before leaving the building. Took
the car for the depot at Third and Town
send to take the train for San Mateo.
M1IUeSS WAS bntH Induc W 10 over Tie
testimony relating to the ride on the
Powell-street car from Clay street to Mar
ket. The circumstance of Miss Lamont
and Durrant being together particularly
attracted the witness attention, as it was
against the rules of the school for young
ladies to be accompanied to or from school
by gentlemen. After she learned of Miss
Lamont's disappearance she told some of
her fellow-pupils that she had seen Miss
Lamont with young gentleman, and that
that might account for her being missing.
Detective Anthony and Mr. Marshall. a
reporter of the CALL, called at the school
on the Monday after Easter and took her
to Chief Crowley's office to identity the
man who was on the car with Miss La
mont on the Sd of April.
When Durrant was brought in witness
Immediately recognized him as that man.
Detective Bohen told her to say SO if she
recognized him, and if she did not recog-
nize him to say nothing. After Durrant
had been identified he was asked by the
gentleman at the desk what he had to say.
He answered, "All have to say is that |
was not There were two other young
ladies with the witness. They all recog
nized him, but did not answer till he was
being taken out, as they had misunder-
stood their instructions.
Witness supposed they would bring in
Durrant before she saw him and identified