The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-15

bItfG NiSEh ware
san Francisco. April 1.-THE Emanuel
Baptist church, ON Bartlett street be-
tween Twent y-Second and TwaFsgy-thiri.
I'm this city, has boen the scene Of two o.
the most afroct0uS mtfsxfcfS ever conn
mkafei in the state. Yesterday the nantfl-
atezi and murdered body OF Minnie WILL
lsgns was found In tho library OF the esls-
fice Today the dead and nude body Of
Blanche Lamont was found sn the towes
OF the same church. The Same hand. ths
authorities he1ieve. slew both girls and
w III. r. purant. the Young man suspects
Ell of both crimes. Is now in custody.
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams
were members OF the Emanuel Baisttst
church and members of the Sunday school
claSsz. The former was a pupil at tina
Normal school on Powell street. In this
CITY: the latter was a companion In -
family AT Aiame4a. across the bay from
fhsa city. Roth were Il years old. brn-
nexfes, and urtsHy and modest girls. Both
had been the recipients Of attention from
a young meiicxal student named ". n. T.
Dqlrant VINO ~ also the librarian OF the
church and the secretary OF the Young
PEOPLES Society OF THE church.
on April Miss Lamont disappeared-
I,ligsflt search failed 10 reveal any trace
OF her whereabouts, and her aunt, Mrs
Noble with whom she had been living.
was Totally unable to throw any light OH
the affair Miss Lamont came from Dn-
lon. Mont. several months ago having
been sent to san Francisco for her health
and at the same time 70 aftensf the Nor
mai SC hool TO perfect herself az a teach
er The last person seen In her company
was w II. T. DuranG, a young medical
student who. II appears. had been on
friendly terms with the missing girl.
on SATURDAY morning at II o'clock thu
rnltilared body OF Minnie Williams was
found in the library of EMANUEL Baptist
church on Bartlett street The gari han
been assanltesi and her rcsnains were CUT
and hacked the girl having evidently dis%f
from loss OF blood. ON further exasnlla-
t5on il was found that she mad been
. gagged the asssaiiart tearing part OF her
ursterolothing and thrusttng " down her
throat with n sharp stick, artcfly iacefuH-
ing the tongue Two witnesses state that
they saw young man and "a young wo-
man entering the church, the former an
sswerang the description OF purasst. and
the latter that OF Minnie Williams Fol-
lowing this clue the police at once put the
residence of Durunt uIsier surveillance.
Niss Williams lived with friends in Ala
media. who gave her a home until sha
could secure a position She had been n
regular attendant at E,naruea chuTch,
having Formerly lived in that neigtbor-
hood. but on the separation OF her father
and mother had moved 20 A1a1nesis- fEi-
day morning the Morgan family. with
whom she lived. had packed their house
hold goods preparatory 10 movins 10 Ia
.,,na and Miss Williams had removed
her s,e,sSsse@sssioris to the house OF Mrs. Noy,
near the church. Friday evening she was
10 have attended meeting or the Young
Peoples Society OF Emanuel cnsiruh az
left Mrs yoy's house 70 attend the meet
dng taking a iahshkey with her. Shs
never appeared there About the same
time purant left hts, home on Fair oaks
street in the Same vicinlty. Douhh LOT .As
same meeting. Al o'clock bufaiit mex
I,hilfn Perkins and asked him some a'ies-
4ions about a trip to Mount Disenlo wnash
the signal corps. OF whach ne WAS
member was TO make next day. Al s.D
he appeared at Dr. Sogers residence,
where the young peoples meeting wTas IN
s,roe-resss and none was merrier an ho
dpring the remainder OF the evening. At
II o,cbosk he left with a party OF young
people and went home. The next morn
ing Durant arose early ana Went wMn
his comrades OF the signal corrs TO Mount
rtahao ffsy miles away. The two mur-
efers are 50 closely confiected that u -
now necessary 10 go back to fhe iAnons
case -. 60 -, .,a.-
,.rnors received through the mails a
,sar,er containing The snree rings woga
nv her niece taa night she dwaTsFfs1~i.
on tho paper was written the Efafna and
address OF Theodore Duraset. inls, To-
Rgtltar Win Hfss fftt% AahtA NbSHs ftAA~h~@~tt
an intimate fg4snd of Miss I1,srrHnt, hssd
t,een heard t0 say that she knSsw Blanche
ts.ss 4,aan, rusfrssereu, fslft had refused To
sell ss*lsw she knew and how. fr-d the DO
4k,ss a, suspect that tfs same fusAn ssho
t,ad killed Ma4s Williams aTad Sian aiFs
4,arney1t and that. learning thar Miss
Vtlf8xru. knew of hts fsrEt crime. frs at
tempted further concealusnt by commit
ting A se,ond murder.
Late last usRht the deteativss hssi atee't
decided that Durarse fnsd murdered Miss
yNHiBAFrs and this theory VAS fufNhsT
,strenssfts-gsssd when On making thoT-
otlxh search IL Emanuel csffrch- e1e dssid
and outraged body Of Mass laanouS was
found conresslef in the @tesple- Death
| had been csssIsssd tyy sgTang' NatsofA Tns
l,oiy was iytHg jtEsf inside ths door %
the tower room. rasket. and on tsle noor.
Around tho neck flere were "a few
,s.r4sskss tre marks cY nngeT@ ghat had
f,es,n pressed deep into The tender nesh.
/ The 1rsolifh ~ass osrsn. showing the r~s'ltsr
eeefh. TIE Textures were badly d.siortsd.
t..lr,sy drawn d5Rn ~ one corn@r. ard the
Frsa we're swollen and bhoCd-sanfsf-f. The
mss ueaa the only fesgure cllax retntuesf
a. orlgina1 shape. for tbe cheelcs were
bIoate8. The Esrs . Light brown hAs 9as
sraaaas-i with DIR and hung ioo-siy aioslt
A.,r sslosHdara The body was iu f1ir frws
grassus 90 6ec-ssns-sats Ann. rils osior esra1na-
rtnsf ervrn gls remains haytnE fsachei
me nostrils % che detectives betprs theF
eu.as.sd rhe door When ths oflcsrs
rrsa1hasi ths bad 90 me s.airs rnev farand
the do.Dr icailuE a. Fhs tower rpsfn
Fsekea They aruke o. Che dpur. it H0e
- ARK filey could not ssec. and one -
fhe nflnera MtFrAek a match. - tae hEfrf
atr1-f they Faw tef0re fhean fnu 1eat - a.
o. sas giri foT ~hom -Hey Nere ~strra-
So.
The body xras taken 60 the nHorEie.
ahere tt WAS placs-i on "a HtAo ~ tne ~alie
of Msuuse MHHsaEns. A. son 80 file fAnN~
bans Known ilIlfurEHss crpw4s sur
r,,or.aed the "a lrch and had 80 - ke9t
frtck ~ thr pcitoe Tho chlef of fpsc-
~srrs e9r Rev Dr. G.t@uu. pastor - rn@
cs.srrsh ana taa rrp1re bes-tuns cz1rnxr
-frss he hal saeu aserlEsea 20 me crrfe
and rad l,ssn arrested Then the crrgssis
~rs-zss-g 10 Tfr. gsta.Dn's hsssSe and M az
/ s-sss.nent Erew more intense It siam -ss.a
su-s-sd asi os.aw she ciEy. Ertra pap--r~
were gg1ren 01f. aud no sands - ls-5rsie
/ Hr.cked 20 ne seene froTu all over nns
/ cttv. Tz8. ru-nor % ere arrcex ~as fat~r
lsrFesl and fs fsssaTre knaNn tf@t Dr.
/ filfs4an ard Vhe seztoas - 4he chtsrch hsd
I been merely called Safore the F-8iice 20
/ se5i xa4. Ehsy knew.
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