The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-22
EVIDENCE IN DURANT Case
No Valuable Points Are Gained by
the Defense.
TESTIMONY THAT MELTS AWAY
Various Schemes TO Furnish Important
Evidence Fail Through in Every
Iustauce-Thc Sensation OF the
Day y--Defcnse Closed.

San Francisco. Oct. 2l.--The main
cause for Durant was closed this after
noon, although his attorney asked to be
permitted to put on one more witness
tomorrow Their first witness today
was Charles Lenihan. whom they at
first attempted TO show might have
been mistaken for Durant by Pawn
broker Oppenheim. The idea Of prov
ing this seemed to have been aban-
dcned today and Durant's counsel
sought ~ satisfy themselves for having
placed him on the stand They tried
~ show that he had accepted position
with witness for the prosecution and
that he had originally set the date of
his visit to the pawnbroker between
the Atm ard 10th OF April as Durant's
alleged visit had been. but now said
1t was the 18th of April. Lenihan eX
planned by saying that he had received
the position from an old friend and that
he had thought his visit was between
the fourth and tenth until he investi-
gated and found 1t to be on the thir-
teenth.
on cross examination Lehman Gre
ated sensation by stating that when
he first visited the office of Durant's
counsel he expressed fear that his he
ing witness might harm him, and
the attorneys told him thew would get
had never gone back to ge; the position.
The ring belonging 10 Miss Lamont
which Durant is alleged to have offered
to Oppenhelm and the similar ring Of
fered by Isenihan was shown to the Wit
ness and he had no difficulty in telling
them apart. Lenihan donned both his
own coat and hat and that worn by
,Durant for the benefit Of the jury.
Lenihan denied that he had a NOUS
tache when he visited the Office of Dur
ants counsel. or that he had ever had
one. The witness the defense promises
for tomorrow will testify as to his
nioustache.
Robert n. Lynch. Rev. DR.. Gibson's
private secretary, was called and asked
about conversation in the Emman-
uel church between the defendants
counsel and Mr.. Gibson when the chsel
bout which so much has been hinted
was found in the pastors study. The
substance of this conversation was
ruled out ard will have TO be obtained
from DR.. Gibson. General Dickinson
of Durant's counsel took the stand and
testified that ne had received a strap
anonymously through the mail which
was very much like the one Blanche
Lamont used for her books and which
was found with them hidden In the
church. This strap had the dead girls
name in printed letters which Nv.
Dickinson said Maud Lamont had iden-
titled as having belonged to her sister.
The strap y was offered in evidence.
on referring 10 Maud Iamonts tes-
tirnoay II was found that she had not
identified either the stran or the let
tering as that of the dead girl. District
Attorney Barnes then objected n the in
PRODUCTION of the strap in evidence and
the court took II under advisement.
The Mysterious Chisci
The feature Of the day was the af-
fidavit of Charles II. Clark. the COM
rnero,al traveller, which was taken in
Boston. The defense said when Clark :
name was first mentioned as a witness
that he had seen Blanche Lamont on a
Powell street car on the afternoon of
April with nan who was not Durant.
and that the man left her at Market
streSt. When the affidavit was read to-
day. however, Clark merely stated that
he did not know either Durant or
Blanche Lamont: that he had seen n
young lady, who looked like the news
paper portraits Of Miss Lamont on the
car with an elderly man. and that ne
had since learned that the date was
not April 3.
4. J. Phillips, who testified that he
saw Durant come out Of Oppenheim's 9
pawn shop, was recalled by the defensa
Bilu dSheu aDOuI MS nclel. the LONDON
Harmony, in Victoria. He denied the
lmputation that his house was disrep-
utable. and said members Of parlia-
ment and the present premier were
among his patrons
DR.. George G. Mcdonald testified as
an expert that gas inhalation would
have caused the symptoms alleged to
have been shown by Durant In the
church the afternoon OF the murder
The prosecution will begin it's rebuttal
tomorrow