The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-23

BAN FRANCISCO, August 93.--Ihe trial
OF Theodore DuFrant was resumed to.
day after a delay Of nearly a week
caused by the iIInsss Of Judge Murphy,
The prosecution accepted the delay as
an opportunity to take up tho thread OF
Sevoral minor stories cropped by tho
demand to pursao more vitality import
ant clews, Absolutely nothing has
been left undons to make tho evidence
against tho accused conclusive.
Charles l., IIedemark aud hia Wila
were visited again by the prosecutors
aud repeated the remarkable story they
related soon after Durrauts arrest,
This story so little thought OF at the
timo has gained Significance in tho last
ioW days, particularly in relation to an
important statement made by tho
police. Captain Leas and his associates
have said they will show beyond tho
power OF contradiction the movements
OF Durrant during every hour Of the
daY on which Blanche Lamont disap,
p0Rred.
1t is believed that they have wit.
ness who saw Durant enter the church
between @ aud o'clock on the evening
OF April 8. The dramatic story told by
Hedemark and his wife tells what iOI.
lowed, In the shadows OF tho church
they saw man moving from place to
place. As the darkness OF night deep.
Oned they saw him in tho galleries Of
tho deserted place. guided in his terri
BILE work by the light Of candle,
At first the moving light behind tho
great church window made them think
the church was on TIRE, but closer watch
ing Quoted their iears, aud they con.
Cluded that some one was repairing the
sanctuary, They had no suspicion that
they were watching tho last grueiome
detail OF terrible crime.
The man whose shadow they saw was
hiding the deadly record OF his crime
lie was busy among the raiters OF the
steeple, gazing now and then upou tho
body OF the girl whose life he had taken.
Subsequent events gave an intense In.
terest TO the part which Hedemark and
his wife witnessed. That IL one reason
why they have again told their story TO
the prosecution. Every detail was re-
peated now. Shortly before this Mrs.
Hedemark called her husbands attOn-
ton to the light in tho church window.
She is able now to recall the incident for
several reasons. April was her sis.
ter's birthday, and Mrs. HedemNrk had
paid her visit on that day. She had
returned TO her home somewhat late,
and was sitting with her hutbaRd in
the dining room when her attention
was drawn to Emanuel church. The
Hedemark's live directly opposite the
church. Between their home and tho
Bartlett street church there is no oh.
struction. Mrs. HedemArk saw the
moving light IN tho church at dusk.
She thought 1t strange ami watching it
ior moment called her husband to tho
window. Together they traced the
shadows on the church windows
The man was in the gallery oi the
church Now and again no would ap-
pear aud the light would flicker. lie
moved slowly from one part OF tho gal.
lery into which the door into tho main
auditorium opens towards the door OF
the beliry. When he had slowly made
the Journey ending at tho foot Of the
towor, the light suddenly disappeared.
Mrs. HsJemark waited Tor few mo.
ments and then left her station at tho
window. She and her husband had
been watching the shadow OF a muir
dorer but thought that they were look
inE at the reflection OF some workmGn
in the church. Whether or not llede.
mark aud his vito will DO summoned by
the prosecution remains to DO seen.
While their testimony possesses singu.
lar dramatic circumstances, 1t tells
nothing oil tho identity Of tho murderer.
What other witnesses might tell llede.
mark aud his wife could say nothing on
that score. Thny did not even eco the
light in the beIfry.