The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20

at school the next day, as he had to
start for Mount Diablo. He asked me to
answer his name" said the witness, land 1
promised him that would"
Odd you answer his name? A-No, sir
He was marked absent.
Q.-Was he ever marked present when he was
absent2 Al understand that on a Friday or
Monday two weeks ago he was marked pres
ent when he was absent. I don't know OF any
other occasion, but there may have been
other times, as the same thing has been done
for other boys.
Frances NJ. Willis, 2O09 Howard street.
was asked if she knew c. Ii. Morgan of
Alameda. Her answer was decided "No."
Q.-Where were you on the afternoon of
Thursday, April IL? A.-To the best OF my rec
objection l was at my home.
Q.-When were you in Alameda last? Al
was there on Monday, April 8, and was there
again last Tuesday.
Q.-DO you know Theodore Durrant? A
Slightly.
Odd you meet him in Alameda on Mon
day, April 81 Al went over on the 2 o clock
boat, and on the train / saw Mr. Durrant He
spoke 10 me, and our conversation lasted until
left the train. He told me he had taken an
afternoon OF from college 10 attend TO some
private business.
Q.-Do you know what that private business
was? Al do not, but as he is pretty good
electrician, thought it might have been that
Kind OF work he was attending to. We talked
also about mutual friend and of the reception
given 10 DR.. Gibson. Durrant said the new
pastor was an able man and that the young
people liked him very much.
In answer to aquestion the witness said
she did not know Miss Williams and
only knew of Miss Lamont. ''Mr. Durrant
inquired very kindly about my fathers
health and that finished our conversation,
concluded the witness.
Q'-Where did Mr.. Durrant get on the train?
A.-At the Psrk-street station.
@ ID
testified that the death of Miss Williams
resulted from asphyxiation caused by the
insertion OF some rags into the throat He
also found lacerated wounds on the wrist,
three wounds on the breast, two
wounds on the forehead a little less
than an inch in length. They were super
hclal wounds and not serious. They
were made before death. OF the wounds
on the breast one pierced the heart, the
second was superficial and the third pierced
the chest and did not touch the heart.
These were all made after death. The one
that pierced the heart would have been in
stantiy fatal had Miss Williams been alive
at the time. The wounds on the wrists
would have been fatal if they had not been
attended TO in time. This cutting was done
while the girl was alive.
W. ii. Theodore Durrant was the next
witness called. The prisoner stood up, but
- etiN a." - 4SS VI MS attorney refused 10 De
sworn. The point was not pressed.
Deputy Coroner J. L. Mccormick next
told all about the finding of the girls
BODY, he described the position in which
she lay, the blood-stains on the floor, and
identified the clothing of the deceased. He
SAID there was evidence of a struggle.
Halrpins from Miss Williams hair were
strewn around her bodice was torn open,
ana a gas-let was broken. The blood on
the wall was in big clots, and looked as
though 1t had been thrown there
l.. Mac Innis went to the scene of the
murder with Deputy Mccormick, and his
testimony was practically the same.
Charles }. Noble, 209 Twenty-first street.
was called, but when it was found that he
Is a witness in the Lamont case he was ex-
cused. That closed the taking of testi-
mony ana the case was given to the Jury.
The Coroner has set Thursday next at 9
A. M. as the time on which the inquest on
the remains of Blanche Lamont viii begin.
The Jurors on the case are NJ. Estenbach.
2O5 Battery street; ]. H. Newbauer. 800
Front; 5. E. Newlein, 416 Front; v. ].
Fell, 400 Front; Joseph Sullivan, 3OS
Front; II. NJ. Fortescue. 300 Front: H.
Mohr, 21S Front; /. Harten, 216 Front; A.
Birdsey, 129 California; A. Florence. l16
Front; Charles Dillon. 1O4 Front