The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
MON0TONY BROKEN.
Unexpected Sensation In the Durrant Case
Yesterday.

Unexpected Sensation In the Durrant Case
Yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IAN unex-
pected sensation developed when the
trial of Theodore Durrant was re-
sumed this morning. Before proceed
ings were begun Judge Murphy said
he had been informed that last Friday
one of the jurors had been approached
on the subject of the trial during the
recess of court. After commenting on
the gravity of the offense, which, he
said, bordered on serious crime, the
court asked Juror I. ]. Truman to take
the stand.
Mr.. Truman said that while he was
riding in a streeu.car last Thursday he
was approached by H. J. Mccoy, gen.
eral secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Union. In speaking of the
trial Mccoy said to the juror: "If you
don't hang Durrant we will hang
you."
The statement of the juror created
sensation in court, not only on ac-
count of the Objectionable remark it.
self, but on account of the local prom
inence of the offender. Mr.. Truman
said McCoy's remarks had no effect on
his mind whatever, and he was conf
dent there was no intent to influence
him.
The court was not inclined to over.
look the indiscretion of Secretary Nc
Coy. He said the prominence OF the
offender made the offense more re-
markable, and ordered Mccoy to ap-
pear in court at IL o'clock next
Wednesday and show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt.
District Attorney Barnes was ordered
to make out papers in the case at once.
Robt. W. MARYLAND, the gas-fitter
whose examination was begun last
Thursday, was called to the stand to
continue his description of the sun
burners In Emanuel church. His tes-
timony was Of q technical nature in
tended to show the likelihood of the
escape OF gas under certain conditions.
just ten weeks have passed since the
trial commenced, and the weary length
OF the case still seems to stretch inter-
minably out. 1t entered today upon
its eleventh week, with the case for
the defense just barely presented.
There is no telling how long it will
last
ANY number of witnesses have been
summoned for the defense, just how
many the attorneys refuse to disclose
How many more they hope to discover
between now and the resting of their
case, they are entirely unable to state.
At the rate they are proceeding it will
take longer than it did for the prose-
cution to present its case. Following
the presentation by the defense, comes
rebuttal, and sur-rebuttal, with wit
nesses on either side whose names are
on chirography, gas,
medical lectures and reputation, jew
elers and carpenters galore and micro
scopists whose whole attention will be |
given to reddish stains on doors and
shoes.
1t is certain that it will take many
many weeks before the fate of Durrant
8 entrusted to the jury, and in those
weeks much that is exceedingly breezy,
not sensational, must crop up.
Meanwhile. the attorneys, detectives
md writers of anonymous letters are
'usy. Another one, presumably a
voman signing, "who knows?" has
Tritten letter to Mayor Sutro to the
fleet that Durrant and two other men
murdered Blanche Lamont in Golden
rate Park, and that Minnie met her
cath at the hands of unknown.