The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

she left the office the entente cordiale had
vanished.
After Mrs. Martin left Chief Lees she
had an interview with Attorney Deuprey
and told him that the Chief had accused
the attorneys for the defense of garbl1ng
the evidence in the case and making
one-sided statement Mrs. Martin then
became suspicious that Captain Lees
documents were not quite Official. captain
Lees referred to alleged misQuotations OF
the evidence said to have made by Dem
prey. These charges were made by the
Attorney-General in his brief before the
Supreme Court.
During the argument of Attorney Deu-
prey before the Governor Friday he de-
voted much attention to the testimony of
Mrs. Vcgel, and commented severely upon
the fact that she could not remember that
there was a telegraph pole in front OF her
house.
The Governor interrupted by asking
Deuprey how long he had lived in his
present house. and Deuprey replied, Five
years." Then the Governor asked him
how many steps there were leading up to
his house. Dsuprey replied that there
we're two flights OF steps-ten on the first
flight and eleven on the second.
In anticipation of the Governors visit
Chief Lees sent Detective Gibson yester
day morning to Deuprey's house to count
the steps, and Gibson reported that there
were three landings, with four steps on
the first. six on the second and fourteen
on the third. The Governor asked Chief
Lees if he would send man TO count the
steps, and the Chief handed him Gibson's S
report.
After reading it the Governor smiled
and SAID: Il knew Deuprey was making a
bluff, for it is not in the nature of the hu-
man mind to remember such details.
have lived in my present house in Stock
ton for twenty-five years, and during all
that time | have not had occasion to in
quile the name of a certain street a block
away from the house. and if asked now
for the name Of the street l could not
tell. Coming down on the train last mig ht
told DeupreS that he had made a good
bluff, but was in the position of a man
who had been called
The Governor received from the Chief a
written account of the life of the convict,
Rosenberg, from the arrival of the ship
Hospodar Oh Novem Der 5, 1895, till his ar
rest and conviction in San Jose for Horse
ste aling.
Chief Lees did not care to express an
opinion regarding the outcome of his con-
ference with the Governor, preferring to
allow the Governor to speak for himse If.
The States legal representatives rely
absolutely upon the recorus of the court
as making a case that cannot be shattered.
tial evidence against Durrant is com plete
and that they have traced him from the
time he met Blanche Lamont in front of
the Normal School on Powell street until
ne came, pale and dishe veled, from the
belfry where his victim lay.
In this ch ain of evidence strangely there
are thirteen cardinal links, all of which. it
is claimed. are corroborated by several wit
nesses and each OF which is properly fitted
to all the others. These points are set
forth in the Attorney Generals brief sub
stantialiy in the following order:
First-Mrs. Mary Vogel of 919 Powell
street saw Durrant opposite the Normal
School about 2 o'clock on April 3. He
waited nervously for about forty
the Marketbound Poweil-street car with
them. She thought he acted strangely
and, having heard of rob5eries, viewed
him with her opera-glasses.
Second-Miss Minnie Bell Edwards, a
Normal School student, swore that she
and Blanche Lamont were joined by de-
fendant at the time and place sworn to
by Mrs. VogeL Her evidence is corrobo-
rated by that of two other students, Alice
Pleasant and Mary Lanigan, who saw
Ddrrant and Miss Lamont sitting together
on the dummy of Powell-street car.
Third-Mrs. Elizabeth D. Crossett posi-
lively swore that she saw defendant and a
tall young lady on a Valencia-street car
the afternoon of the girls disappearance
between $3.50 and o'clock. They left the
car at Twenty-first street. Witness knew
Durrant well.
Fourth-Attorney Martin QuinIan, who
knew Durrsnt well, swore that he saw
him going toward the church of the trag-
edy with tall girl between 4: 10 and 4:20
on the afternoon of April 3.
Fifth-Mrs. Caroline Leake saw Durrant
onG roll -irl ha ri hotu
and 4:30 NJ. She knew Durrant we'll
ard noticed the couple closely, because
she was expecting her daughter to return
home. She saw them from an upper win
dow of 124 Bartlett street.
Sixth-Organist George King swore that
he arrived at the church about p NJ. on
April 3. After he had played few min
utes Durrant appeared from the belfry,
wnere the girls body was afterward found.
He was pale. chad his coat and hat off
and his hair was disheveled." He said
he had been fixing the gas burner and had
been overcome with gas.
Seventh-Janitor Frank Sademan swore
that the gasburners were in good order.
Eighth-Mrs. Durrant swore that her
son did not look being well and did not
eat very heartily.
Nin:h-Pawnbroker Adolph Oppenheim
of 405 Dupont street swore that Durrant
tried to pawn ring with him. 1t was
peculiar one, and was afterward identified
as Blanche Lamont's. He tried to pawn
it between April and 10.
Tenth-Cigar- Phillips of San
Rafael swore that he saw a man answer
ing Durrant's description standing in
front of Oppenheim' place at the time in
question.
Eleventh-On April 13 Mrs. Noble re.
ceived the dead girPs rings, wrapped in
newspaper and addressed in a hand that
the jury decided was that of Durrant.
Twelfth-Blanche Lamont's body was
placed on blocks in the manner in vogue
a Cooper's Medical College, which Dur
rant attended. The blocks were the same
as those used there.
Thirteenth-There were seven nail
prints on Blanche Lamont's neck, show
ing that she had been choked to DEATH
The position of the prints showed her
stranger 10 be left handed man. Dur
rant is left handed.