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points, and nothing was softened or
omitted, but the women sat through it

did not try to disguise his interest in the
examination. Eugene Deuprey is spec
ialist in medical Jurisprudence and would
rather put hard questions to doctor in
the witness stand than follow any other
branch of his profession. Just why he
should try to attack tbs professional
knowledge OF the physician who merely
testified to the conditions he found in the
body brought to him at the morgue was
not apparent. The intellectual duel be-
tween the doctor and the attorney with a
special knowledge of medicine was inter-
esting. but what purpose it served in the
case is mystery as yet. Only one point
was Drought out that would seem to bene-
fit the defcn liant. That was that there
was nothing on which the autopsy physi-
clan could base an opinion as to whether
or not the girl had been treated as was
the other girl whose murdered body was
found in Emanuel church. 1t was only
negative testimony, but it viii furnish
the basis to the defense to argue that the
peoples theory OF the motive OF the mur
der has not been proved. 1t was this
portion OF the evidnece that most affected
Durrant. He took in every word and
whispered to his attornsy, seeming to
suggest questions ana anticipate answers.
He was not excited. He never has shown
signs of as intsnse a feeling as excite
ment from the moment of his arrest, but
for once he dropped the mask OF supreme
indifference he usually affects. May be
it was his familiarity with the pathologi-
cal subject thai aroused his interest, or IL
may be he believed the ina ability of the
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the other crime had been combined with
murder might benefit him. and so at
tached unusual importance to the matter.
All the time his mother sat beside him,
hearing the evidence with the utmost
composure and occasionally talking with
her son about It, Durrant's father was
there, but he took no part in the confabs.
He sat silent, worried, nattentive until
the session was over
The Chain of Evidence
District Attorney Barnes has deter
mined upon the order in which the wit.
nesses who are to testify against Theodore
Durrant for the brutal murder of Blanche
Lar ont shall be summoned to the stand.
First will come Mrs. Charles G.. Noble,
the aunt of Blanche Lamont. Mrs. Noble
will tell of her niece's disappearance. and
will relate a conversation held with Dur
rant on the evening she was first missing.
She will tell how he took Thackeray's
Newcomes to her house for Blanche La
mont the following evening and gave it
to her sister. Mrs. Mobiles testimony
will be lengthy, as she has much to re-
late OF Durrant's friendship sor her niece
his proposal of marriage and the circum-
stances connected with the dead girls
rings that were returned to her through
the mail.
Charles G. Noble will be the second wit
ness. He will tel how Durrant came to
him after the disappearance of Blanche
Lamont and volunteered 70 search the
various houses OF ill-repute for her. He
will state that his offer was refused and
that Durrant then withdrew, after ex-
pressing his sorrow over her disappear
ance.
Mrs. Mary Vogel will next he called.
she will state that she saw Durrant on the
afternoon of April , pass up and down
in front OF the Normal school for nearly
an hour: that when school adjourn ed
she saw Durrant JON young lady and
60 off on car with her.
Miss Edwards, Miss Pleasant and Miss
Lanigan will then tell how they saw
Blanche Lamont join Durrant after school
and get on south bound car with him..
Martin Qninlan will state that he met
Durrant and young girl on Twentysec
ond and Bartlett streets shortly after
O'Clock on the afternoon of April 3. He
will say they saw the girl with Durrant
wore dark wooden oress and large hat
and carried a package of books.
Then Will come one of the most i'm
portant witnesses in the case-Mrs. Caro-
line Leake. Mrs. Leake will tell the court
that she saw Blanche Lamont and Theo-
dote Durrant enter the side gate of the
Emanuel church at 4:10 o'clock on the
afternoon of the Sd of April-the day
Blanche Lamont disappeared. Mrs. Leake
will tell how she saw the couple go into
the church. but how she watched in vain
for them to come out.
1t has not yet been fully decided
whether John E. West, the conductor on
the Powell street line, whose car Banche
Lamont and Durrant are supposed to
have boarded, will be called on to testify
or not. If SO, he will be the ninth wit.
ness.
II it is deemed advisable to call him.
George King will take the stand. King
Will state that while he was practising in
the Sunday school room between and 6
O'Clock on the afternoon of April 3D.,
Durrant entered the room by the back
stairway. He will say the prisoner had
his coat off; that bis hair was dsheveled
and he was very pale; that Durrant said
he had been liking the gas above the
auditorium, and had been overcome by
the fumes, and he asked him to get him
some bromo seltzer.
The Examiner says the prosecution has
witness whose testimony will show
motive for the murders-something has
been lacking heretofore on account of
Duirant's standing in social and reigi-
Gus circles. The name of the witness is
Clarence Wolff. and it is said that he will
swear that on April I'D, one day before
Blanche Lamont was murdered, he and
Theodore Durrant held conversation
which explains the terrible significance
OF the young Students motive for Turing
The unfortunate girl into the sanctuary.
Wolff has told the police and will tell
the jury that on the afternoon of April Cd
he and Durrant held this conversation
which meant so much to the pretty girl.
whom both knew only for few months
Durrant commented upon the beauty of
Blanche. In tone of exultation, and
not of respect he assured Wolff that she
was pure girl and that he intended to
rob her of that virtue which she so
priced. The girl priced her honor more
than her life; that explains the tragedy
OF the following day.
This overwhelming testimony which
Wolff will give has been kept a profound
secret by the prosecution. The defense
and the prosecution have believed that
the young man was a friend of the ac-
Cused and will take the stand onIv to
speak good word for the man whose life
is at stake. Intimations were given that
Elmer Wolff would be dragged INTO the