The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-10-19
FINGER OF SUSPICION
Mrs. Noble Was the First to
Point 1t to Durrant.
He APPEARED TOO iNQuIsITlyE
n. want Ut Murdered BIshche Lamont
I.iis ITO" she I anne to suspect
the Medical Student.

san FRANCHISE, Uct. l5. Ever since
iurfaut Mas arrested there has been a
,u!l hunt for the first person who men.
Toned his name In connection with the
a.ul,irs Uf Minnie William ilnmedi.
a,,ly after the horror Of the library
.H .-.t t-7came known his name echoed
.t4 every mention VI IL Ia a few hours
t4r ptl-fs had extra editions, naming
Durfaut by Saturday evening most
people believed that the murderer Was
tuswu Df. Susoi Mas asked Ia give
s4 account u himself, the pastor told
.t 1ls coming. and soings On Friday
,,rn.ue Elmer Wolfe had 10 put on
,t thinking cap. and had-msn. the
.4uIt-E. refreshed his memory. The
ssleellt~s sought 81 know why Darraut
vas ar~us~h. bu, they We're newer
allie T. and the exact Information.
-, II comes out that Mrs. Noble,
s.y auu, II blanche izmont aas the
ls,l g. mention HE naiae la connection
81, iii the tragedies
Me- noble talked freely u the cas-
,A4F When ASKED whether Dar.ani
"a hey, that inrinOra bic "Wednesday
=
-. .-alus .ho said
Ivs " hen | s~nt to prayer meet.
..- .lA evening IL Mas ssfu~-i lrt wt<t,
Naui ani ia, silt that boshihs should
H. SAD Il blanche = stss~Hcr. We did
b. q, sA e. inaAc any UNNECESSARY tass
- ! Ghins that might t-c CLEARED up
.. ga IouF l Nae ~ tfvublri tina,
IS 4.t ma have sss;Io to the church had
r.t L~-n obligated u hand In a
81. '.v "a an entertainment, do nui
...l.qsl.l~E ahvtiier seA, IN ahead Il
uaE54As IL nyt bsi d. Know that br
A.a4sa sat ia the tacA Il the r,.ssn ,iur
.#. psa5cg ulc-lsns aud hss olsnlss e.
10 -.,sc ~ 49, MAS unGsGaL lie s.A.h
.-. ,, ha,c ,~ss.arI. "a bother HlAi,else
~ abs "a tlacg~ lie sAta she wanted
lac NrNv9snos ia, hc had forgot,
tra il a..A ~"uld tatHs u SUNDAY
Iara b. ,sstri tia, he had inc, he, "a,
f.. 50, g. s.n,al that tauruins
~ s-rstv.i siicss.!, all dsr Thur
.ar aaA iuAa, IL nas ~; un,!l sat.
--s, ;ssai ilsc aasuisA l~ranso e. IN.
.,.sas.e tina, No tsEan g. toll uaE
.a.a sr4vnd. fstday morning. .
..l.s stsr > u'r.usA. Dartaa, called
..,.e. lstbstns ptsa' bisn This ScS
as, Maud an.pe4vA tho t~lI lie
a-s-.s 3; br @csv al hOtac aud ca
.sr-,-si So s4spTlac 4, se~ans Maud - "a.
zal ordinarily hasu ts-n at sht u
HH.a MauA todd hstn ihs, Blanche
rs ~ ssss AZ h asnr he aid ;huash hi
H= sht see .tr4 " al cst.sed The ds.sT
aHE as4t
Aun;to. lsltrre ho knon. ,hs,
i-a.s I.o is iussatps VIII sh~sld h'
.s g. sno hex a; this hugT !, ia pact
n.sl uuso and he acted rs,tss'
r..saEr!7
~ .l pm, ,hiak he inc~ su'
'as e h-r vhrrva bsuia. NC wc'v
1.erss"a uuly tina, the FAC, - her dis
as.-.rau.e~ "a ght t~ecasn" know n ENcn
r.usss ,ao doio.-,.ses csssnIncncod g. wuf !
.a $50 rasr aud came sn me tos ih'
rsHnes - hsr frtrads men,sau~s'
..rls name arst puTFAn; Mas al
-';es ;h"asat
"A has appeared during the TRIAL
-s TeTcJ hta s~IsIeoA {" ssais, IN ;h'
a-sg j. Tho tpIln~tag s"ca dtasg's
~rss4ty ou SATURDAY morning Mira,
k..lcr. tho ~,tc Il the undertaken
.f..aA hcru tp tell 'no tina, a t.dy bad
''.u tuuui and tia, II was not
t.anrhc'a
ka"S,ns my trigh,tug anxiety. M
'r..1A4 a, the church feared that
Sc .ajl hear tina; lss-Iy had lsou f"uuf
au1 tat shi think u WA BLANCHE. .
tHs~ hal dispatched Mira k~oler e
to-. mo that IL was tn" body 81 sprn'
-..o oJao. In referring I" blanche
IlasrI~arsnr" aud ,o the fact tina
Iho--Iuto MAS tho las, "n" {" $50 het
Ma kr"l"r remarked that he had gene
u4. - town Like assh his "nndn"
from tina, "Wednesday night pTaye
meeting p1saasl before me. ! T"1n"m
leTrs 1t all. hia seeking III" at tn
PRAYER mr"iins. his strange call tTi
dav morning. what Maud had said
and his dreadful interpretation ct he
aHsenro. \ .ickrnina realization cams
t. mo. and aid tai Mrs. k"l"r:
narrant has killed that girl
That was after noon Saturday
April IL"
When tho detective. were seeking
TINS information. Mira NHu" ~" '"'
slo did not know who first mcntione'
barraut's name All" did not know
that shc herself had SIT the Inaehinet,
# the law in operation against him
Mr. N"lto. who found the body
Mpnui" Williams. said today:
'Durrants name was not montione'
while I was at the church. In TACT.
asked Mr.. Gihs N II he found out "h
dli 1t to let mo know. He did not s"n
IN" word. and the frat mention knew
wa7 in the papers.
Dr Noyol. who was called aud id"i
titled tho body of Minnie Williams
sad
Durrant's name was not msntinh'
at the time the body was found
hoard 1t first In the afternoon. was
presumably. tho first person to tell nv
that day blanche was missing Ina
was the Sunday after the disappear
anrp. when Detective Anthony called
mo. told Theodore On his way I'M
the church. going up the stairs ! ca,
not say now how he acted when 'o'
him. had not connected MN WI
her absence. and was not ON the wa''
To- soc how he behaved.
The case Of the prosecution IN reoo
tai has been carefully gone over