The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-04
Evolves Some Sensations but
Little Useful Evidence
SECRETARY MCCOY FINED
A Lady Reporter Committed for Contempt
OF Court
The Defense Aids thc Prosecution BY Show
ing the Record of the College Roll
Call Unreliable


Associated Press special wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5.--The trial
of Theodore Durrant was replete with
sensations today. Henry ]. Mccoy, gen.
eral secretary of the y. NJ. G. A.. who was
cited for contempt last Monday for tell
ing Juror Truman that if he did not hang
Durrant the people would hang him, was
fined $3.50 with the alternative of five
days in the county Jail. During the
cross-examinaton of a witness summoned
by the defense, the prosecution develop
ed the fact that student at Cooper
Medical college who did not attend the
lecture delivered by DR.. Cheney on the
afternoon of April Sd, was recorded pres
ent ir the roll call booK. This testimony
is of the greatest importance to the prose-
cution from the fact that it shows the
unreliabiity of the roll call book, In
which Durrant was recorded present, on
the afternoon that Blanhce Lamont was
murdered.
The last sensation of the day was an
order made by the court committing
Miss Carrie Cunningham, q newspaper
reporter, to the county jail for refusing
to answer a question. The defense de-
Leak, who said she did not tell Miss
Cunningham that she saw Durrant and
Miss Lamont enter Emanuel Baptist
church on the afternoon of April Sd.
Miss Cunningham testified that Mrs.
Leak did not tell her what she had seen
but when asked to reveal the source of
her information the witness declined to
answer. An order was made committing
the witness to the county jail for Con-
tempt, but on motion of the defense it
was made to go into effect tomorrow
morning when Miss Cunningham will be
given an opportunity to answer the
question.
The defense placed on tho stand today
eight moro students who attended the
lecture delivered by DR.. Cheney on the
afternoon of April Sd to testify as to
whether they had answered to nurrant's S
name at roll call. Eacn witness gave a
negative answer. With the exception Of
six all the members OF the class have now
been asked this question. One OF the
students has died since April Sd aud the
defense has been abe to obtain the at
tendance of the other five in court. The
prosecution limited the cross-examina
ton in each case to ASKING if the wit
ness saw Durrant at the lecture. n ot n
student was found who remembered hav-
ing seen the defendant. The notes of
eaca witness were placed in evidence by
the prosecution. The notes promise to
play an important part in the future
proceedings as the prosecution intends to
com pare them with the notes said to
nave been taken by Durrant at the time.
Attorney Deuprey called the attention
of the court to the fact that Robert n.
Lynch. private secretary TO Rev. j.
George Gibson, was in the court room and
asked 10 have him removed. The court
said Lynch could not be removed unless
he were subpoenaed as witness, when
he would be excluded like all other wit
nesses. A subpoena was at once made
ont for Lynch and he was ordered to
leave the room. Lynch protested that he
knew nothing about the case, bTt the
court insisted upon the order.
IL. S. Field mem ber of q local whoe-
sale jewelry firm. was called to testify
with regard to the grade and quality of
the ring worn by Blanche Lamont, which
is said to have been presented at Pawn