New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-27
DURRANT,S SIDE PRESENTED.
ATTEMPTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI FOR THE
ALLEGED MURDERER.
THE DEFENCE SUCCEEDS IN HAVING THE MEDI-
CAR. COLLEGE RoI!CAIL. ADMITTED-EF-
FORTS TO CONNECT THE REV. MR.

GIBSON WITH THE CRIME.
San Francisco Sept 2s-The defence In the Dur
rant case to-day took up the important question
Of rollcall at the lecture In the cooper Medea
coIIeye on the afternoon OF the murder. II Is
on this that Durrant mainly relies Tor MS ahol'
This lecture began at $3.50 and continued unu 4'lo
II was a few minutes after when Miss Lamont
left the school from which, In the company OF d
Young man supposed to be Durrant she went 10
Emmanuel Church She entered the church about
five minutes after the adjournment or 'he iec'ule
and the rollcal was made at the close Oh the
lecture In view Of these facts. 1t is vital TOT
the defence to show the presence Of Durrant at the
college at that time. It produced two witnesses Oh
this mint to-day one OF these was DR.. William r.
Cheney who delivered the lecture He testiied
as 10 the subject which was Infants Food' anu
oid ,he rule 70 call the roll was followed at It's
close He had made an investigation TO verify
the rollcau as TO Durrant's presence. but the re-
sult Of this was not admitted. An nenectual ei-
fort was made get into evidence an opinion lro'
the Doctor as TO whether or not Durrant was pres
ent at the lecture. but this the prosecutor p'o
vented. He did say however that III MS opi'.o"
the rollca generally correctly Aep'' "
denied that there was such confusion IN MS CLASS
as TO interfere with proper calling OF the io'''
roll he said. was carefully guarded. as it was ma
,r,at IN arriving at the standing OF students
Frank p GRAY who called the roll at the co'ese'
Identified the rol.call OF April as shown III NE
hook as one he had transferred from recoi' mo
-. ,h t,noa of the lecture The original entry hai
hsen made on a leaf dated March 81 lhree Vi '0
days later. Gray at the suggestion OF " NV"
coped the roll on the page dated April ""'
.,roved the original record which made In lead
pencil. A.. ,o,rod,c-
A vigorous fight was made asaihs, Tue ,. -.
,,on of the rolcal. but It was admitted Inc
nrosecutiou tried to dlscredit the roicali ps s'o
that frequently students answered ior ed'" 80,
The settlement OF this question or the 'h'i w
y, testimony went over until tomorrow lpe ~"
mission or rejection OF this testimony WI" H'
the case largely. as the prosecution re'es y" -
show that the custom OF the college was u''ia'
70 Trustworthy roca and that another ~, s.u't,' IN
might have answered for Durrant Inc 'ad Hou, ~ 10
tlmated that such testimony woulu pe n"o 7, wa =
impeach the trustworthiness OF the r3m, in ths
hdiwrn that there were sevenyfour students III mns m
class 10 which DR.. Cheney iectureu' anu W "
"gr h dafnnce put on three detectives to testify 10
matters about the door TO the tower Hi 1"hnrcb The
Rev Mr. Glbson's study In Emmanuel Shurcr,, S, to
sSoo Win a bloodstain on the sole. belonging 70 ~
Gibson which was found in his study ths & o' ,rs wa
after the finding OF Minnie Williams % %pouS, " ix
nroduced and identified as having oeeh aiio's '
The door leading TO the church tower with marhs TN
sunnosed TO have been made with cnlsti, va, va,
shown in court. The blade OF tne ch,se, i ne r ~
completely fit the marks IN r the bsf thew had not
been made with Jimmy. The marks .,,,a were sart =
az might have been made win ma an sSse One OF
tbsse marks had been vanished. which nalea.ei A., !
that 1t was made before the ihas murSsrs made With
MANNER Ths hammer and chisel; Whlch IL ,n Is
thought were used In the making & OF ms TOM Mr.
Ghson's toolbox always kept open IN ms ~ na'5 b
closed study The object OF tnel, for connec-
ing itg Mr. Gibson. at least by innuendo' with the
crime. u,ood that /, would have
defence tS,day yans y Ths
s,res three weeks more OF the trhil