Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-09-28
TO PAWN THE RING
Dumant Identified in a Dramatic
Fashion in the Court Room.
BUT He DID NOT FINCH
TIE Prisoner Neither displayed Guilt
Nor FLASHED Back the Glance
OF injured Innocence.


San Francisco, Sept, 23.-The 10th
week of the trial Of Theodore Durrant
commenced today. The prosecution
now has its case substantially before
the jury. Adolph Oppenheim, the brok-
er 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 beIonging to
Blanche Lamont, was recalled for fur
ther cr0ss-eXamination The witness
was questioned at length by the defense
| regarding Durrant's visit to his shop
IN order to ascertain the possibility of
i q mistake III 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 We're strangers. vet
he described them minutely and re-
counted the particulars Of their visits
as il 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 0ppenheim by showing him
number of silver articles and inquir-
ing If he had ever seen them before. In
many cases the paWnbroier replied in
the affirmative and described the per-
sons who had tried to sell or pawn
them. The defense evidently c0nstd-
cred Oppenheim's testimony Of great
Importance and tried hard to break it
down, but without marked success.
". ]. Phillips, the cigar manufacture
er, testified in q positive manner, that
he had seen Durrant coming out Of
Oppenheim's 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 twitch-
ed. He neither betrayed guilt nor
flashed back the glance Of injured in /.
nOeence. The witness was cross-ax- +
amined regarding his business enter
prises and his family history with the I
apparent intent of discrediting his tes-
timony. He said when Durrauts por-
trait was first published he remarked !
that he had seen him in some place.
When Oppenheinl's picture was pub
lished, the scene at the paWnshop .
flashed across his mind and all the de
tails came back to him. Phillips said
he came into the courtroom a week ago
to see if he could Identify DuTant,
which he did without a moments hesi-
tation, The witness said he did not
know Oppenheim and had never bowed
TO him, although he had frequently .
seen the paWnbroker standing in the
door Of his shop as the witness went .
to his office. He had avoided speaking .
10 Oppenheim since DuTant's arrest,
as he wished to prevent any suspicion I
of collusion between them.
Leigh II. irvine, a newspaper man,
said be interviewed Durrant on the .
evening of April IA in the city prison.
Durrants statement was made in the .
presence Of Judge Thompson, who was
then Durrant's attorney. 1t was as to .
his Whereabouts on April 3. Dulrant .
then said he left home about O'clock
on that morning and met Blanche La
mont at Twenty-fiTst and Mission
streets. She invited him to accompany |
her to the college on the day of the
conversation about THE Newcomes" I
took place. He went to the church at
80 and took off his coat and hat and .
went upstairs to fix the gas. He stated .
that he met King in the church and
left it with King. He said nothing
about having seen Miss Lamont in the
afternoon.
Mrs. A B. Perry Of Alameda, who I
was visiting Mrs Crossett ON April g.
corroborated Mrs. Crossett's statement
as to her trip to the Mission on that
afternoon.
Thirty-SeVen witnesses have given !
testimony in nine weeks since the com
meneement of the Durrant trial. Half
a score more will take the stand for
the prosecution the present week. The
district attorney is sanguine he can
day evening. In opening the statement
for Durrant it is semi-ofIlciaIly stated
that Mr.. Deuprey will state that neither
himself nor his colleagues ever enter
tanned the idea of disputing the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Mary VogeI and three
normal girls to the effect that DUrant
Joined Blanche Lamont at Kay ana
Powell streets at o'clock on the after
noon of April 3. He will admit that the
young woman and the medical student
got on the car together and rode in
the direction Of Market street. Upon
arrival at Market and Powell streets
they separated. Miss Lamont going in
one direction, and Durrant in another,
bent upon keeping his enga cement with
Mrs. R0salin Holland.
FEAR THAT THEY WILL BE MOBBED