The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-13
DURRANT OWNS Up
That He Was With Miss Lamont
on Day of Murder.
A GROCER TELLS Or HER WEIGHT
Never More Than lei Pounds-A Friend
o. the Prisoner Is "a Damaging
Witness Against Him.


ot the city hau leading 70 the court r33rn
where the trial Is being held. AS tie in
ferest 6eepeus and the relevant testimony
Is gathered In all eyes are on DuTrast.
But the prisoner has 80 far succeeded IN
hafaing all curioul;y he listens 10 all
TIE testimony without exhibiting any feel
ing
Considerable Importance IS hang .atta~n-
% 70 the weight OF Blanche Lzmon; at the
time % her death Tire defense Will lay
stress on the inability OF one man % carry
a heavy body up such a steep fight Of
stairs as leads 70 the oelfry OF Emanuel
chuTch. Hence the prosecution was siated
az the testimony today OF R!chaa1 ChArl-
ton. = grocer, who stated t5at he had
weighed Blanche once Z week for SIX
months 20 see IL she was growing heavier
BY reason OF her residence here. On The
18th or 18th Of March she weighed is
pounds. 4 week later she disappeared
her greatest weight was II pounds.
new witness appeared IN the person
or Henry j. Shaim0unt. a cable car cor
duct0r, who testified that DuFraut and
Miss Lamont had ridden together 20 School
on the morning Of April 5. He had seen
them frequently before tas. but his at
tentton was particularly directed 20 them
on this day by their behavior and tier
evident intimacy. When he described
DGrrant sitting on the dummy with his
arm around the seat behind blanche and
lavtshlng sweet words on the girl Dur
rant and his father from their seats in
the court room smiled broadly. The son
seemed 70 relish the remembrance, while
the father acted as IL he considered the al
far huge joke. Several other witnesses
were introduced to prove that Blanche ard
Durrant went TO school together on the
fatefal morning. Then the defense sdmit-
ted the fact that they we're together. ard
this line or inquiry was abandoned by the
prosecution.
This mornings testimony was good for
the prosecution. and evidence was intro
duced directly connecting ths prisoner
with the murder Of Blanche Lamont The
first witness was Richard Charlton. A
grocer, who testified that he had weighed
Blanche on an average of once a month
during her stay in this city. The last
tins he weighed her was on March y or
p Then she weighed Us pounds. The
greatest weight she attained was ~
pounds. and her average weight Xas rs
pounds. This was considered a triumph
for the prosecution. as showing that such
a light weight could be easily carried or
dragged up 70 the belfry BY Durrant De-
Tense had tried TO show that her weight
was lao pounds.
Henry j. Shalmount. a conductor on the
Suffer street cars. testified that on April
Durrant and Blanche Lamont had got
on his car at the corner OF Mission and
on the top OF the scat back OF Blanche.
and seemed on very familiar terms with
her. The witness WAS an excellent one
for the prosecution, OF the Sam Weber
type. He resisted all the efforts of the
defense TO break down his testimony. He
had all his time schedules so firmly fixed
IN his mind that no cross-eSamInation
could huster him. He said he identified
Blanche by her picture published in the
papers after her disappearance. and had
identified Durrant al the city hall and
again recognized him as the defendant
now In court. Durrant and Miss Lamont
left his car at the corner of Suffer and
Polk. taking transfers to the Polk street
cars. lie said Durrant and Blanche APP
peared to be very jolly together.
Herman ]. SchleCger, a medical student
and classmatc of Durrant. testified that
he knew Durrant Well He had seen him
on the morning of April 5 He noticed
him first at the corner Of Ninth and Mis-
sion streets He was accompanied by
Blanche Lamont, Durrant had previous
~ told him the girl was Blanche Lamont.
He had frequently seen them together, At
the corner Of Webster and suffer streets
witness got off the car to go to tho
medical college. Afterward Durrant asked
witness IL he RENE mbered meeting him
with Blanche on that day. Durrant said
al that time that Blanche had disap-
reared and the defendant ODurranD
feared that she had gone into house or
nl-fame' purFaht naa 10 ~, ~ 10.
biahcae Wa an v,-s. a,,s--e~s
ne haa leu ilS' 49,. -. yaI,,-+a,oo
evidently trying 10 protect his fellow-stu-
dent as faF A. ae i'.,'' .i. 1890
times ID Response :" sts.io.,,ra b,,4
seemed OF m tN,s =. - m v.,e
always Cat1Ne1 A.'l-s. 80 -. -. ,,oorta
sooa ".'n ,,,S
in spite OF h''ilSe4l. W rr,r4o,
Inc next "',i1.ss -. ~ "a frtor-
reporter VINO tsS.''!4 - -. o. ~
viewed b1iLI t.' ~. -, b,-, He ba5 taken
rest lutTaHt toi1 80 -
Defendants counsel 1i'N 80. 1''.5
uceas.ly IN tneI ChaH :, 49, r..
they would a8nht ~ -, -. =, .ho AZ
rant bad been ''Retiiu' Oh '"' N''
appeared ....-4 49,.
Minnie Helia tdNat3s " a '',
ness. she Was "a W
and after School BOARDED t,'' - -. -
tNc corner ~ foNt" aH" 90
Miss Edwards tes'ii's' - 49, 49,. T,....-...
when Blahene s2t on t',e ~ - .,5-
was with hef Went ms.
on side. on the eest So - ~.
Blanche carried s-a9ol 80 g.. 49,
black serge dress -'.sli','s - -, ~
and dress as those caF's7i anu VIZ '.'
that day ~,.- -..s-,
Witness also ceSrFtt'T' i''' '8''t p
ou that day.
The attorneys for me aetriAAe g ''.1'
Edwards long ana severe 90
nation. but she stuck ,o nel 500
or 'he afternoon of ApF4 go. -.