The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-14
CAFES AT DURRANT
MYSTERIOUS YOUNG WOMAN WHO
ATTENDS THE TRIAL
She Used to Send Durrant Flowers but that
Attracted Too Much Attention and Now
She just Sits and DevOurs the Prisoner
with Her Eyes-Detectives Can't Make
Her-Out Prosecution Finds Another
Dangerous VitRess-SteGmer Belcic
FlOatcd-Moxley Will Case-Freight
Rates-Coast News.


San Francisco, Sept. 13.-The prose-
cution in the trial of Theodore Durrant
has thus far examined twenty-three
witnesses and has occupied two weeks
! in its work. These are less than half
the number TO be examined in its direct
case and the most important are yet
go be placed on the stand. Ii is said
that the next four witnesses will take
Durrant and his alleged victim up to
and into the church where the girl met
her death. The examination viii prob
ably take ali next week.
Ever since the case in the superior
court began a girl of prepossessing ap-
pearance has haunted the court room.
For time she brought every morning
a bunch of flowers which she sent TO the
prisoner by a deputy Sheriff. This ac-
ton attracted so much attention, how
ever, that she discontinued it. During
the proceedings she sits with her eyes
rivited on Durrant'S face. The prison.
er gives her no attention but the police
believe that they are at least acquain-
tances Durrant is said to have writ
ten long note in court, the missiye
being delivered to the unknown by the
prisoners father after court adjourned.
The young woman lives in Oakland, but
although detectives have been detailed
to locate her she always manages TO
elude them. She is perfectly aware that
she is being watched and seems deter
mined to evade identification.
Among the important witnesses yet
to be examined, the prosecution are pre-
pared to produce Cne who is expected
TO overwhelm the young student and
he 1ae t,Ar Of oil
James Corbett, who has known him for
years, VIII testify that on the afternoon
of the murder she rode to the Mission
house upon the same car with Blanche
Lamont and Durrant. Durrant intro
duced the girl TO the old lady, and few
moments later he and Blanche walked
toward the church. Mrs. Corbett left
the city rather than give testimony but
finally was compelled to return.
BELGIC IS AFLOAT.
The Occidental and Oriental COM
pany received a telegram today from
Yokohama saying that the steamer Bel
gic, which went ashore in the fog last
Sunday morning, was safely foated of,
apparently without damage. Never
theless, before making the return trip
the Belgic will go upon the dry dock
and see whether it has sustained any
will not cause more than a weeks de-
lay in the return trip.
MRS. MOXLEY WINS.
The contest over the estate Of the
late John Smith Monkey was decided in
the superior court today. The decision
is in favor Of Mrs. Elizabeth Monkey of
Baltimore. Md, the court finding that
she is the lawful widow of the deceased.
Sheis therefore awarded one-half of the
property which Monkey conveyed to
Mrs. Elizabeth w. Harrington, or
Monkey.
The court after finding in favor of
Mrs. Elizabeth Monkey of Baltimore,
held that Monkey had a right to convey
one-half of the community property
and his conveyanceS as to such half
will stand. The other half of the es-
tate will go 10 the widow, who also OBJ
tains a judgment for costs. The estate
is valued at SO, 900.
FREIGHT REDUCTION.
The California railroad commission |
adopted Commissioner Stanton's reso- |
luton reducing the general freight
rates on the Southern Pacific on an av-
erage of % per cent. Next Tuesday the |
work of preparing a new freight seed |
ule Will be commenced and the new |