New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03
DURRANT,S COUNSEL HOPEFUL
r,,rv EXPECT TO SECURE A NEW TRIAL
THE JURY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN lNf''' f''N ''D
ny PUBLIC oPINI0N-A TALK WITH



THE PRISONER IL JAIL
San Francisco Nov. Am an interview last even even,
Inc a, sanceito General Dickinson one OF Dufran'
counsel said that his client was still n long VIZ
from the gallows "a new trial VIII be asNeu ~.
and the case II necessary. will be Appeared 10 'ie
Supreme Court" said he . ,,aro.
rI had expected that the jury would dsasio.
and was surprised at the verdict. lie sun o
IN his clients innocence. and was OF the op,io.'
.h, tho h,rv had been Influenced by public op"io''
o,d the action of the newspapers in taking u io
granted and declaring that Durrant was s, SUI
Durrants mother rallied somewhat from ' ~
after she reached home last evening anu " =
rounded by sympathzlns friends her eSes
stm red with weeping. and she listened WIN pa
,horc ooperness to every word which might De co"-
strued az hopeful that fell from the lips oi ~,
would-be comforters. Her attitude ana eHpre'''oI
were those OF a child exhausted with weep'hs' an
ro,sf,I for one kind word. The reaction from Ia
strain Of the trial and the surprise OF us teI','o
climax had begun to make Itself manifest. iee'
40 we'll "a can be expected under the cHcui"
stances" she said trying 20 smile 'Ohe cah"o'
be cheerful under such terrible dow pu' '
for the best The truth must come QUIZ On !
know it must My friends are very Klnd' ana arc
doing all they can TO cheer IRE up You must ca
cuse me from saying anything more. Inc i,o'"e'
confidence in her sons innocence is as hrIn TO-
day as when suspicion was hrs' cast Va '',1.
II IS evident that nothing less than cOn.e''0
from his own lips will ever shake that iailh'
When seen last night at his home shorty ai'er
the verdict had been rendered, Eugene ~ A"P'e''
Durrant's leading counsel said:
am certainly surprised at the verdict Oh M n,e
jury because 5n l a@a eat man So far as
am concerned OF course, have not Deen u i,.e
tie of the details Of what has occurred tnat couI
nossib,v have affected the jury. IT seems 10 me,
tho fhouTh 'ss Of the defendant the main
factor which helped to convict num- liey i. ~ "
their minds long before anybody began 10 tdih.
think the action OF the newspapers IN thls GtlE
and seeing the articles when were pm the
dav by day avoided airy necessity TOT actlDn Oh INC
part Of the jury All these stories Whlch nv ooed
printed have had their effect ne mas g,itv man
ana they have treated him such; 1hey haVe 10y
given hin Vim fh c5me G gh think the appeal
viii result In our favor the jury seenleu s 'G ave
oG n men sn o Sf proo by
evidence. II the jury had any reasona9e 70 d tbe
they should have resolved that doubt In favor Of
the defendant This seems TO naVf nge ,psiv sorry
and that Is the poor little woman ms n0,nea enc
bore up bravey and is deserving OF al! syhpa'hI,
When first ushered into his new quarters IN the
county fail Durrant showed signs of breaking
down. In the courtroom ne had had need to sum-
mon all his nerve TO control his feelings when his
mother chung so p!teously to him and wept 80 DIX
tery and it was thought at one time that ne "ou'u
give way. but when he returned to the Jan ne was
Ike adamant so far losing self-control was con-
cerned But he did not like his quarters. He
took his first supper prison fare when II was
handed into him at the time other prisoners were
fed but did not eat with any relish. When seen by
a reporter he seemed somewhat nervous his face
looked slightly pinched and drawn. and he was per-
haps a shade paer than usual but otherwise he
was the same person he has appeared all along. lie
said:
What Go I think OF the verdict? General Dickn-
son has instructed me not to express an opinion
How DO feel? How do you suppose Fellow wou!d
feel In my position? All broke up OF course. ild
expect Il? We'll IN way did, and in a way ala
not. not very greatly surprised, tnihk,
though It was strange that the jury should come IN
so In that was very much surprised Ina, Lhat
slip OF paper Dutton read from was too Wen toueu
to have been done IN the hurry they appear to have
been IT, Il looked to have been in his pocket
some time. You can't tell me that the jury arrived
at any such conclusion in the length OF time they
were In the jury-room. You depend upon 1t
there was some dirty work somewhere
In the evening Durrants father called at the jail to
see his son. ard after some little delay per-
mitted to with him for half an hour in the
Office OF the jail. He somewhat more cOmmunl-
catve than the convicted man. and spoke bitterly of
the jury saying he would never believe that they
arrived at such n verdict without Interior In
Guence having been exerted on them