The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-26
NEW MOVETOAIDD
MRS. FORBES TRIES TO FIX THE
GRIMES ON HER DEAD HUSBAND.

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he Committed Suicide. and Is said to Have
Confessed That re killed sIrs- LanEreit,
blanche Lamont. and Minnie VSniinns-snn
FrancIsco,s Cbier or Poiics Bays Its . Vars.
For WORTH, Tex, Nov. 25.-Mrs. Forbes or
Blanther, widow OF the suicide who 10 alleged to
have left u confession saying that he
the Emanuel Church murders In San Francisco,
said to-day: Its all clear to me. Arthur
Forbes murdered the three women, Mrs. Lang
felt. Blanche Lamont. and Minnie Williams. L
am convinced that the man who was once my hus-
band, and who proved to DO such q monster, did
1t all Tho evidence I possess regarding Forbcs's
connection with the California case would be
enough to convict him in any court in the land
and to free Durrant. I remember now that he
used to read every newspaper thathc could find.
and was especially anxious regarding the San
Francisco newspapers whenever he could find
one. Then I did not understand 1t, but 1t has all
been cleared up to me since.
"Wo discussed the notorious San Francisco
murders, and my husband and myself several
times talked Of Theodore Durrant. Ho said no
had been introduced TO Minnie Williams and
Blacho Lamont by Durrant. I noticed the UNI
usual interest he displayed in the matter at the
time, and since the appearance of his confession
1t is clear to me that he was constantly on tho
watch.
Il was but n girl when I met him In Kentucky,
where 1 was at school. He was many years my
senior. but his courtly manners military bear
ing and excellent conduct captured me. He was
highly educated and was q most pleasing writer.
After 1 left the kentucky school 1 returned to
my Texarkana homo. My relations were such
that I found 1t moro congenial to go to Little
Rock and accepted q place in a dry goods store.
There I again met Arthur Forbes and we were
| married. He won my affections. made me An
unhappy woman ard caused me many rogrets.
We sI afta lsSs he Se ,So * T nsr to tho sn T SIsitss Fair hn6:
places. met his relatives and found they were
Fssarn Rs aR % Satt'ttl tn KsPeerlP. 'G aasr M AtSf d G&r
where we. taught school. There he made life
With my life. The scar on my forehead, and
The tale Of how the man tried to Tiil me-. He
shot at me three times. the first bullet making
the last piouFhineits way into my scalp. He told
b peli tns iSa i%. IL W went a tS RsnpsIl but IN 4 ! SGpldn Of
last year. and l LETT him In December.
II now have two trunks In San Francisco
which were secured by the officers in their in;
frequently talked to me OF Durrant. with whom,
he said, he had been intimate. He was a civil
AmerIca in 1890. He was in the Austrian army
and was made q Lieutenant.
When my husband came back from San
pistol. and his anxiety to see San Francisco
papers, as say. was conspicuous"
Mrs. Forbes telegraphed TO Durrant as fol-
lows: keep courage. | believe you are an in
nocent man, and will furnish San Francisco
officials with my evidence" A telegram was
received hero to-day for her asking IL A.
J.. Tubbs, one Of Durrant's attorneys, had
been in this city. and adding that Tubbs was
missing from San Francisco. Ward, billiard &
Ward. tho Meridian lawyers to whom the sui.
cidc's alleged confession was handed, have com.
pared the Handwriting with letters written by
Forbes or Blanthcr before his arrest. and to-day
they gave out q statement that they are fully
convinced that tho confession is not a counter
felt.
SAN. FRANCISCO. NOV. 25:-No credcnce what
ever is placed in Mrs. Forbes or Blanther's
story here, as Blantbcr was In Atlanta when
the Emanuel Church murders were committed.
1t is thought here that both the alleged comics.
sion and the statement of Mrs. Forbes were do.
vcloped by Tubbs. n young lawyer for
D%urrant. who disappeared from here several
weeks ago. The whole scheme is to throw doubt
on Durrants guilt in order to secure another
stay OF execution. Chief OF Police Lees, who
made an elaborate investigation of Blanther's
career, says he has documentary proof of all
Blanther's wanderings from tho time he left
Austria till he committed suicide in Meridian
county. Texas. Blanther was twice in this
city. but not at the time of the murders. He
had no acquaintance with Durrant or tho Emau.
uel Church people.