The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
Testimony of DR.. F. w. Ross
Will Be the. Mainstay
of His Alibi.
DEFENSE TO TAKE A NEW TACK.
Ex-Congressman Henley and Judge
Overton TO Testify Against
QuinIan and Clark.

W. Ross, one of the accused students
classmates at Cooper Medical College.
On his testimony, supported by that of
DR.. R. II. Carter, DR.. G. T. Hesser and 9TH
ers of the students, the defendants attor-
neys will depend largely to prove that
Durrant could not have been in front of
the Normal School at seven minutes past 2
o'clock, the time Mrs. Vogel testified he
made his appearance there.
In company with Durrant DR.. Ross took
a walk north on Webster street on either
the Sd or 4th of April. DR.. Ross thinks it
was the Sd, and witnesses will be called to
show that his belief is correct.
DR.. Ross was seen last evening at his
home in San Jose, when he stated that he
remembers walking up Webster street
with Durrant about lis o'clock on the
afternoon on which DIR. Stillman's lecture,
in which "comedones" figured as a SUBJ
topic, was delivered at the college. On that
occasion he thinks he and Durrant walked
as far as Broadway and stopped to
look at the bay. They then returned to
the college and entered the lecture-room
together. He thinks Durrant took seat
about i've rows IN front of him. He does
not remember Durrant leaving the room
during the lecture and says it is more than
probable he would Il have noticed it if he
had, as Durrant, he believes, was in front
OF him and 1t is an unusual thing for a
student to leave during lecture. Before
taking the walk Ross states that Durrant,
several students and himself had lunched
together. He says r. IL. Carter spoke to
them during this walk, but what his re-
mark was he does not remember.
DR.. r. II: Carter will testify that he did
meet DIR. Ross and Durrant while on the
walk in question, but he is unable to recall
any incident by which he can fix the
date. 1t will remain, therefore, for the
defense to determine by others of the stu
dents the date on which the walk was
taken. This it will undertake to do by a
reference to the notes taken by number
of the students on Dr. Stillman's lecture
1t was once thought DR.. Stillman did not
lecture April 3, but the notes of G. T.
Hesser, f. W. Harris, G. A. B. Hall and
others, which are dated April 3, show that
he did.
DR.. Stillman lectured Wednesday and
Thursday of each week. The notes OF
these students are dated for that week
April and f. Thus the fact that DR.. Still.
man lectured on the eventful day is estab-
llshed but the defense will go further into
the notes of the students and undertake to
show by at least some OF them that Dur
rants walk with DR.. Ross took place
April 8.
LII. hOSS mas stated tndC the Walk OC-
Cured on the day on which "comedones"
formed a sub-text in DR.. Stillman's lecture
The notes of DIR. G.. f. Hesser on Still
mans lectures are dated April and 4
and they show that in both lectures
''comedones" were touched upon by the
lecturer. This having been shown, the
defense will endeavor to call to the mind
of DR.. Ross some incident by which he
can fix it definitely as on the first occasion
that ',comedones" were discoursed upon
as the day on which he strolled to Broad
way with the accused.
DR.. Ross, it will therefore be seen, will
be one of the strongest wit nesses the de-
tense will have.
With It's accumulation of evidence of this
nature, Durrant's attorneys expect to
prove beyond doubt that Mrs. VogeI was
mistaken in her identification of their
client as the man she saw in front of the
Normal School, his whereabouts having
been accounted for up to 2:30 o'clock, but
beyond that point they have no witness
Emmanuel Church. They have only the
testimony he will himself give to account
for the Intervening time. >.
Mrs. Monnier will be called to testify to
seeing him as he entered the church alone
and she will be expected to fix the day by
the receipt dated April 3, which she holds
for money paid to a society to which she
the same day she met the young man in
front OF the church.
When the trial is resumed this morning
Robert w. MARYLAND, the expert whose
testimony was being taken when court ad-
iourned Friday, will again take his place
on the witness-stand to continuing testi-
tying in relation to the sunburners of
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
1t is by Mr.. Martland's testimony that
the defense expects TO show that Durrant
must have been affected by escaping gas if
he performed the work he claims to have
done. This is pointfto establish which
the defense must rely upon the testimony
OF the defendant chiefly, but witnesses will
be called to testify to conversations had
with him in which he mentioned having
such work to do, and also that he had per-
formed 1t. Among the latter will be G. A.
Dukes, Cooper College classmate of Dur
rants and a co-worker in the Endeavor
Society, who will testify that Durrant told
him in the first days of April that he had
repaired the gasburners of the church.
When Mr.. MARYLAND leaves the stand,
the defense is expected to start on another
tack and begin its efforts to impeach the
testimony of Martin Quinlan and David
Clark. The attack will be made first on the
character of Martin Quinlan, all the dis
colorations of whose past life it is expected
will be brought out in bold relief by Dur
rants attorneys. The chief witnesses who
will testify for the defense concerning Quin-
lan's character will be Judge A. 2. Over
ton, president of the Santa Rosa Savings
Bank, and ex-Congressman Barclay Hen
ley OF this City.
Barclay Henley, when seen last night,
said that all he could testify to would be
to the reputation borne by Quinlan during
the latter's residence in Sonoma County.
That reputation was not of the best. 1t
was bad. And Mr.. Henley anticipated the
questions which would be asked him by
the defense. Mr.. Henley held high repu-
tation as criminal lawyer in the county
which sent him to Congress.
He will say that Martin Quinlan prac-
tised in tie lower courts; that his reputa-
ton is to be expressed by the algebraic
sign of an unknown quantity.
Judge A. P. Overton, president of the
Savings Bank of Santa Rosa has known
Quinlan for years and his testimony will
be on the same lines, if not stronger-due
to financial transactions had with this i'm
portant Durrant witness. He has known
him for twenty-five years.
Several of the witnesses from Tomales
subpenaed to impeach the testimony of
Clark arrived in the City last evening.
They all willingly expressed their views in
regard to the case and stated that they