Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-17
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IHE DURRAN1 TRIAL
,n,,,,., VII, SlE the Defendant and
Blanche Lamont
nssrurn ON THE FATAL DA''


r,,sasco, Sept. ie.-rhis was
20 .r,ae day Of the ninth weeA .,
@Sp.p, Of TOsodOr. Duran, for the the
he nls :, blanche lamont inc
suI.. ,,,on estimates that 1t wiz &c
F''ee.a,n',Os, laws Of actual court seA-
a'li' n' ant n its direct testimony.
f' a. Ant witness Today was M'ss
Tns IT, IN. who had been n fellow
way :, R'speho Lamont a. the NOT
Iopa 'oSsol. She testified that on 'ns
s'l ''",' Q, April STD, when school 100.
a,,m,.,ed at O'Clock, she rev ,ne
80 o.u,.n kilcs Pleasant, now MIS-
sbool W.T. Thry noticed Bianche la.
Dlf.s.' .omnspy with n man whum
n0ni ~ l,,ssd a. the defendant IN mo
she lu.n n..Iop. when sho noticed them
pis.stn,,, Lamont was smiling up NJ
hi,l ~ xno was Carrying her bookr.
Dunhu a.d tho dress and IA, worn
sac ,Ssn Lamont, and also DuI.
,9r,j, appeafauce and asuIs' p,wsi.
~ No Lamont bonfusn Iowo"
~ s s.r. going toward Market '"ss, ..
~. ~ ,ns al passed over the MI, ,ne
~ Wv couli s,ill zee the pair ia ahi-
mssss a'Nes..oxaminaiion tho Attorney
~ s.,,nse tried to shake tho wit
loi wv Ssntin cation OF the deiendaui,
bes .,..t Ia chow that from her posi-
NV ".ssanly had q partial view OF tue
,,,s. al Miss Lamonpe companion.
l,'V ",,n,,s. however, persisted thst
ans n,nli pe no mistsks about her
1sniine,llon Of the prisoner. ssaI1
49,, she saw the man disilnclly, anu
,nsi there could DO no deuut that ne
80 Dutfant. She admitted that Nh.
ns,sr seen the prisoner boioro,and
~ nSt,s, him fgain until alter his
~, Then she identified him In the
sales Of the chief Of police.
A. A. stevens, n gflpman on TIE
pnasll ,lfrst line was then called by
m. ufo,ecution 10 show that tins foWell
~, car. going south all stop ut Calf
100. ,ttest. The testimony IL impOi-
mi a, n shows that Mfr. Dorgan and
Miss Lanigan could have hai 1lme !,
i,te ! CAREFUL look nj Miss Lamont and
her escort wnils they were ON the car.
they were nj the crossing whom tue
car stopped, aud their glanoes were
no, necessarily hasiy.
Nif,, Mary VOgsl, a new aud impof.
tant witness, toll Ia a straightforward
manner how sho sat In her parlor on
Inc altcrnoon Of April 3td, anu noticed
a man waiting outside the Normal
school. Asked who the man was, sho
plIpted her fingcr toward Durrant,nId
dramatically exclaimed, "rhere he IT,"
Tue court was dissatisfied with this
Identification, 90 the witness lsft the
sanJ, walked down toward where
Dsnsnt sat, and touched tho prisoner
"a The shoulder, amid great excitement
10 the court room, exclaiming; "rhis
IA ,hs man; this u Dufrani."
Conllnuing, she said that Durrant
walkrd W and down IN front OF the
,casol fof over lbrst-quarlers OF an
hour. She was 30 impressed with hrs
conduct that she procured pair OF
utsia glAsies 10 observe him more
clearly. when school was dismissed
the ,au two girls emerge from the
quilting. She said that Dutrant &C.
csmpanled them, ana the three board
I'd Powell street car, one going iuHiin
aud The other with DuTrant taking
itAl on tho Dummy. That evening
ihs told her husband about the Pc.
culln conduct OF tho young man.
When DurfanI was arrested sho rscog-
nlIed him from his portraits In the
hswtpapeS. she explained her long
and careful watch, stating that shn
suspected from Dufranps actions that
hs MAS burglar. A DAY or two bu.
iois there had been burglsry In the
nelghbofhoOd, and ~ shv had $500 iu
TIE house sue thought II adviBaDin ~
keep q careful watch. The witness
,ald abe was ~ years old. hal sxcelient
syesighi, and had never wora glasses
10 hsf life.
After crots-etamlnntion lasting for
lhfee hours Mfs. Vogol departed, her
Isslimony uniinpaifeu.
Tue defense was evidently much
worried over Mrs. Vogei's testimony.
hhe was very positive In her iden.ih.
Gallon, and stood up remarkably well
under cftsi-exnmluation