The San Francisco call., 1897-11-26
believes
BLANqHER' s
CONFESSION
Widow of the Suicide
Talks of His Many
Crimes.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
NJ MURDERS.
Thinks Mrs. Langfeldt'S Slayer
Killed Blanche Lamont and
Minnie Williams.
OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THE
CELEBRATED CASE.
Watched for the San Francisco
Papers and Often Mentioned
Theodore Durrant.
Thinks Mrs. Langfeldt'S Slayer
Killed Blanche Lamont and
Minnie Williams.
OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THE
CELEBRATED CASE.
Watched for the San Francisco
Papers and Often Mentioned
Theodore Durrant.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

FORT WORTH, Nov 25.-Mrs. Forbe S.
or I3lanther, the widow of the suicide who
is alleged to have cit a confession say
ing that he committed the Emmanuel
Church murders in San Francisco, said
to-day:
ut is all clear to me. Arthur Forbes
murdered the three women-Mrs. Lang
felt, Blanche Lamont and Minnie Will
iams. | am convinced that The man who
was once my husband, and who proved to
be such monster, did it all. The evil
dence l possess regarding Forbes con-
nection with the California case
would be enough to convict him of
the crime in any court in the land
and to free Durrant. l remember now
that he used to read every newspaper that
he could find. and was especially anxious
regarding San Francisco newspapers
whenever he could find one. Then I d id
not understand it, but II has all been
cleared I'D to me since.
1--WE discussed the notorious San Fran
C SEQ murders, and my husband and my
self several times talked of Theodore
Durrant. He said he had been introd uced
to Minnie Williams and BLANCHE lamont
by Durrant. | noticed the unusual inter
est he displayed in the matter at the time,
and since the appearance of his confession
il is clear to me that he was constantly on
the watch.
II was but girl when l met him in
Kentucky, where l was at school. He
was many wears my senior but his courtly
manners, military bearing and excellent
conduct captured me. He was highly edu-
Gated and was a pleasing writer. After
| left the Kentucky school l returned 10
my Texarkana home. My relations were
such that l found il more congenial TO go
to Little Rock and accepted place in a
dry-goods store. There | again met
Arthur Forbes and we were married. He
won nv affections made me an unhappy
woman and caused me many regrets.
s'In 1898 he took me 10 the World Fair.
We afterward went 10 Europe and visited
London. Liverpool, Vienna and other for
eign places. 1 met his relatives ard found
they were prominent and disiinS Suished
| people. After our return We went to
Kopperl, near Meridian, where we taught
| school There he made life miserable for
me. | finally lost respect for him and II
| was mere accident that | escaped with my
| life. A scar on my forehead and a
bullet which yet remains in my head
tell the tale of how the man tried to kill
me. He shot at me three times the first
bullet making a flesh wound in the front
part of my head and the last plowing
its way into my scalp. He told me the
shooting was accidental, but | couldn't
believe him. He went TO Kopperl in
August of last year and l left him in
| Decem Der.
| Il now have two trunks in San Fran.
| cisco which were secured by officers in
their investigations of the Durrant case
| My husband frequently talked to me o.
| Durrant with whom, he said, he had beer
intimate He said he was a civil engi-
neer and wrote a great deal. He came to
America in 1890 He was in the Austrian
| armv and was made lieutenant.
"Wnen my husband came back from
| San Francisco he carried always on his
| person pistol and his anxiety 10 see the
| San Francisco papers, as l say, was con
| sp cuous."
Mrs Forbes telegraphed to Durrant as
| follows: "keep courage. L believe you
| are an innocent man and | will furnish
the San francisco officials with my evl.
| dence."
A egram was received here to-day 70
her asking if A. l.. Tubbs one of Dur
rants attorneys, had been in this city,
and adding that Tubbs was missing from
San francisco. Ward, billiard & Ward, the
| NJ eridian lawyers, TO whom the suicides
alleged confession was handed, have COM
pared the handwriting with the letters
written by Forbes or Blanther before his
arrest, and to-day they gave ont state
ment that they are fully convinced that
| the con fession is not counterfeit.