The San Francisco call., 1895-10-09
Another Week and the Jury
Will Have Decided the Fate
of Durrant.
VARIED PROGRAMME TO-DAY.
The Defense Believes Lenahan and
Other Witnesses Have Been
Tempered With.

longer drawn out, and that THE CALLS
prediction that another week would see
the end of it will be fulfilled.
The defense will close It's direct case
Thursday; then comes rebuttal, which,
according to the Judgment of the attor-
neys for both sides, will occupy about four
days. Allowing two days for argument
the case should go to the jury next Friday
week, which will in all probability be
the case. Thus the anxious public may
conservatiVely expect to know within an
other week the fate of the man accused of
perpetrating the Emmanuel Church hor-
rors.
Tc-day's proceedings of the trial will be
largely devoted to an effort on the part of
Durrants attorneys to instill into the
minds OF the lurymen some hypothetical
lnferences. In the morning young lame
han will continue his testimony. 1t will
be sought to be shown by the defense that
some ulteIior influence has been at work
upon Lenahan to induce him to swear
to different statements than those he made
at the time he first offered his services as
witness to the defendants cause.
At that time Lannehan sent the follow
ing letter to Messrs. Deuprey and Dick
inson:
Messrs. Deuprey and Dickinson, attorneys for
Theodore DurrdRt-GENTLEMEN In this morn
ings Examiner became interested in the tes-
timony OF one Adolph 0ppenheimer. Mr.. OPP
penheimer testifies that Durrant entered his
store between the 4th and 10th of April, and
between 10 and IL o'clock A. NJ. He also testi-
fes that he wore blue overcoat and velvet
| collar attached and had on a slouch hat. He
said he had in his possession small lady's
diamond ring, chip diamond, and encircled by
shield representing star. Mr.. Oppenheimer
| goes on TO say that he (DurranD asked him
| (Oppenheimerl what he would give him for the
| ring, and he informed him that the diamond
/ fOnc I ornd haf n ~
| that the young man Immediately went out in
! the direction of California street. Now the
| statement that want to make is this. On that
| day received what I thought was good tip
| on the races, and had show to make con-
! siderable sum If / won. l accordingly started
out TO make a borrow, because was somewhat
| short OF funds at that particular time. Finally
l determined to pawn ring and l entered
several places without success. at last ar
rived at place on Dupont street on the left
hand side, between Bush and Pine, going to-
ward Pine, this side, namely south side, of
shooting gallery and one door above the gro
Gerry on the corner. When entered 1 think
! Mr.. Oppenheimer, if it is the same man, was
standing by the door l entered and
l had the same conversation that he claims
to have had with Durrant, and received the
same answer. What say l am positive of.
had on q blue overcoat, with velvet collar at
tached. and wore a black Alpine hat l must
have been in there about two or three minutes,
not longer, and left and went in the direction
! OF California street, and thence down Cali
fornia to Kearny, where l afterward met with
succSsS. II IHS ting IN IllS morning paper Is
anything like the ring that Mr.. Oppenheimer
| says was offered to him, then Pll swear that
mine is exactly the same. Further than this
know nothing make this statement of nv
own free will, and only do so because / am
almost positive that Mr.. Oppenheimer is mis-
! taken in the identity of the person who offered
the ring. am the soE of respectable parents,
and if Mr.. Oppenheimer is mistaken and says
! the man looked like man who lived on a
woman Pm sure he'll never identify me.
| only hope that the guilty man, whoever he be,
/ Durrant ANYBODY else will rpppiVQ Snpb q
punishment for the fiendish acts committed
that will never or never has been equaled. 1
do not care to become notorious, and
take this means of making this statement.
make this statement because think it is the
most damaging evidence that has been brought
out in the preliminary examination. If it will
in any way benefit you it is at yonr service.
Hoping the guilty party Will be brought to q
quick and speedy end, remain, yours, etc,
Residence, San Francisco, Cal. G. T. T..
Upon the receipt of the letter Deuprey
and Dickinson inserted personals in the
morning papers, advertising for the author
and requesting an interview. To these ad-
vertisements they received this reply:
Local s. 13, '95.
Mr.. Eugene Deuprey-DEAR SIR: BY an acci-
dent to-day came across that little add of
yours in the personal column of the Examiner.
was interested in some of the adds, and was
surprised when saw my initials therein. AS
l stated before do not wish to gain any noto-
riety in this matter. owing to the fact that
I've got to live in this town, and have respect
able parents who would be shocked to think
that would get myself mixed up in such a
case. However, am positive that Mr.. Hack
heimer, or whatever his name may be. is badly
mistaken when he says that Durrant was the
person that entered his pawnshop. Were
upon oath would readily swear to everything
pertaining to the other letter, such as the
place, the time, who were in the place when
entered the description OF the overcoat and
hat the conversation, length of time within
the direction l took when leaving. While
think this the most damaging piece of evidence
against the defendant, and while would like
to make statement barring notoriety, must
say that l do not feel that / can do that, es-
peeially at the present time. l will, however
pay particular attention to the personal col
umn, and should anything come up whereby
1 can avoid all unpleasant notoriety, then all
well and good Hoping that you will not
think hard of me for taking this position in
the matter, remain, yours, etc., c. T. l..
Durrant's attorneys heard nothing fur
ther from Lenahan until about the time
the trial commenced, when his identity
WAS learned and he was subpenaed as q
witness. When he took the stand yester-
day he admitted the authorship of the let
ters, but in giving his evidence changed
many of the statements contained in
them very materially. The defense has
learned that Lenahan is employed in the
same building in which J. s. Dunnigan
has an office. The latter is the represen-
tative OF the American Press Association
and is believed by the defense to be either
In the employ OF the police or to be curry
ing favor with them, and they will en-
deayor to imply that it was he who was
largely instrumental in causing Lenahan
to change his mind.
One circumstance upon which the de-
fense bases its theory concerning Dunni-
gan's connection with the police and Len
ahan, is the fact that Dunnigan took DIR.
G. F. Graham, whose roommate he is, to
| the nome of Captain Lees at O'clock Sun
day morning to make a statement he had
carried for months, and which he had on
at least one occasion fatty contradicted.
DR.. Graham's case will come in for its
share of attention when Durrant's attor-
neys undertake their contemplated hypo-
thetical reasoning for the benefit of the
| jury, and in this connection number of
witnesses have been called.
| Another feature of to-day's proceedings
will be the introduction of expert medical
| testimony to show the effect of improper
circulation and heart trouble upon the eye
sight. This is intended to combat the tes-
| timony of Mrs. Elizabeth Crosett.
General Dickinson is still confident the
case of the defense will have progressed so
| far by the time court adjourns to-day to
enable the defendant to take the stand to-
morrow as the last witness in his direct