Evening journal., 1895-10-04
A DAY OF SENSATIONS.
Unexpected Developments In
the Durant Case.
MORE STUDENTS GIVE TESTIMONY.

secretary Mccoy Of the Y. M. q. A. Fined
seBo For Threatening a Juror and a
Young Newspaper Woman Ordered Co
Jan For Refusing to Answer Question.
SAY FRANCIsoO, Oct 4.--The trial Of
Theodore Durant was replotc with sensa-
tions Thursday. Henry J. Mccoy, gen-
oral secretary of the Young Mons Chris
tian association, who was cited for con
tempt last Monday for telling Juror Tru.
man that If he did not hang Durant the
people would hang him. was fined $780,
with the alternative OF five days in tho
county Jail.
During the cross examination OF a wit
moss summoned by the defense the prose-
cutlon developed the fact that a student
at Cooper Medical college who did not at
tend the lecture delivered by Dr. Cheney
on the afternoon of April 3 was recorded
present in the roll call book.
This testimony Is Of the greatest inn
portance to the prosecution from the fact
that it shows the unroliabllity of the roll
call book in which Durnnt was recorded
present on the afternoon that Blanche La
mont was murdered.
Miss Cunningham wouldn's Tell.
The last sensation OF the day was an or
der made by the court committing Miss
Carrie Cunningham, a newspaper repoi t.
or, to the county Jail for refusing to an
swer a question. The defense desired to
impeach the testimony Of Mrs. Leako,
who said she did not tell Miss Cunning
ham that she saw Durant and Miss La
mont enter Emanuel Baptist church on
the afternoon Of April g. Miss Cunning
ham testified that Mrs. Leako did not tell
her what she had seen, but when asked
to reveal tho source Of her information
the witness declined 10 answer.
An order was made committing the
witness to the county fail for contempt,
but on motion of the defense IL was made
10 20 into effect today, when Miss Gun
ningham would be given another chance
to answer the question.
The defense placed on the stand eight
more students who attended the lecture
delivered by DIR. Cheney ON the afternoon
Of April 3 20 testify as to whether they
had answered to Durant's nRmo at roll
call. Each witness gave a negative an
swer.
With the exception of six all of the
members Of the class have now been asked
this question. Ono of the students has
died since April 3, and the prosecution
has been unable TO obtain the attendance
Of the other five in court. The prosecu-
tion limited the cross examination in each
case to asking if the witness saw Durant
at the lecture Not student was found
who remembered having seen the defend
ant The notes of each witness were
placed in evidence by the prosecution.
Tho notes promise to play an important
part in the future proceedings as the pros
eoution intends to compare them with
the notes said to have been taken by Du-
rant at the time
Rev. Mr.. Gibson's Secretary Removed.
Attorney Duprey called the attention
of the court to the fact that Robert n
Lynch, private secretary TO Rev. J. George
Gibson, was IN the courtroom and asked
to have him removed The court said
Lynch could not be removed unless he
were subppnned as witness. when he
would be excluded, like all other witnesses.
subpoena was at once made out for
Lynch, and he was ordered to leave the
room. Lynch protested that he knew
nothing about the case, but the court in
sisted upon the order.
f. s. Field, a member of local whole
sale iewelry firm, was called to testify
with regard 60 the grade and quality Of
the ring worn by Blanche Lamont which
Is said to have been presented at Pawn.
broker Oppenheims shop. Ho said the
ring was Of common kind, but when
asked by the prosecution to compare it
with a similar ring introduced by the de-
fense an objection was sustained
The defense endeavOred 10 show by r.
A. Ross, a student at Cooper Medical col
lege, that ON che afternoon that Blanche
Lamont was murdered he and Durant
took a walk from the college TO the vicini-
ty OF tho Golden Gate Ross remembered
that he and Durant had taken such a
walk, but said he could not fix the date.