The evening times., 1895-09-24
Many Mysteries Which Defense
Have Been Keeping Secret.
SEVERAL MORE SURPRISES
Within Day or Two Durrant's At.
torneys WIN Put Their Witnesses
ON the Stand and Endeavor to Prove
the AIfbi Which Has All Along Been
Claimed for the Notorious Prisoner.

San FfanciscoL Sept. 24.-The public
will not be kept in the dark much longer
concerning tta case prepared by Theodore
Durrant's attorneys by which to prove
the young medical, student innocent OF the
Charge of murder.
| District Attorney Barnes said last even
| ing that he would close the case for the
people to-day: At the opening Of court
this morning Detective Anthony will be
placed on the stand to tell the story
of the statement Durrant made to HIM the
night OF his aIsest at Mont Diablo.
John ConRors, an Oakland newspaper
correspondents, will follow to recite the
ststements the accused made to him during
an interview had at Oakland while the
prisoner was being brought to the city.
Other witnesses who VIII be called will be
DR.. FarnlIam. TO describe the customary
practices in vogue at medical colleges with
reference to the manner Of laying out q
body preparatory TO dissecting.
His testimony W Ill Ibecalculated to connect
the defendant with the crime on the
hypothesis that only medical student
would have made use of the block of wood
upon which the head of the murdered girl
rested.
THAT MYSTERIOUS LECTURE.
DR.. Glazier viii be recalled to repeat his
testimony taken at the heprelimiDaryexamina
ton relative to Durrant's having requested
theloan of his notes on DIR. Cheney's lecture,
also the statements that the two students
quizzed on the same subject few days
subsequent to the supposed date of the
murder. tt
DR.. Gilbert F. Graham will be called to
testify to the defendant having also asked
for his notes on the lecture and then q
limited number of Durrant's former class
mates will take the stand 10 tell what
they know concerning the prisoners pres
epce at or absence from the college on
April 3.
All this Mr.. Barnes hopes and. expects to
accomplish to-day before resting his case.
Thus the defense must soon disclose 10
the public that which it i s SO much desired
to know. and that is Just how Messrs.
Dickinson. Deuprey and Thompson pro-
pose to 60 about to clear their client of
the charge against him.
If the district attorney accnmplishes his
puTpose-tnat OF CLOSING Tor the people
the much-desired Information will be
forthcoming tomorrow, for Mr. Deuprey
will then state to the court and to the
jury what the defense will undertake to
prove.
SURPRISE IN STORE.
or all the ruDors and theories of what
the line of defense will be that have been
published, none have been authorized by
the DEFENDANTS attorneys, except that
which has it that surprise is in store.
When questioned yesterday relative to
this common fepert, Nr. Deuprey said:
Yes, 1 thins we will surprise the people
somewhat. although suppose great many
will say: 1 told you So However. guess
wen surprise the knowing ones a little,
too. for Il II the guesses that have been made,
none have come very close TO hitting it,
Mr.. Deuprey was attacked with a spasm
of nirth. and jnduIged in a hearty laugh
when he saw the theory advanced in a
publication yesterday that the sweet Pea
girr' was TO be thrown into the breach TO
save Durrant's neck by testifying that she
1t was who accompanied the accused to
Emanue, Church the afternoon of April 3.
the testimony OF Mrs. Leak and others
who claim to have seen aim with a lady
that day having first been admitted.