The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
BUDD TO CONFER
WITH CHIEF LEES
This Week Durrant's Fate
Will Be- Definitely
Decided.
Emmanuel Church Trustees Con.
tinue to Be Worried by
Cranks.
Rev George G BISON NJ ~ Ramain After
Al-Mrs. V g,l Complains.
Tubb's Tactics.

Governor has definitely decided that he
will not allow Durrant personal inter-
view. Any application or statement from
The condemned man will be presented
through his attorneys.
The Governor hopes TO reach decision
in the case not later than Friday. Al
ready he has reviewed the entire case for
the prosecution, and what he hears to-day
will be much in the nature of rebuttal.
| Great pressure is being brought to bear
upon him to allow Mrs. Durrant to make
an appeal in person in behalf OF her son.
Chief Lees called at the hotel last night.
! but failed to see the Governor. The two
will have a conference this morning.
Investigations that are being carried on
! by the police and others tend to throw con-
/ siderable discredIt upon the veracity and
reliability of the "witne ssee, Bryant and
Mrs. Schwartzler, regarding Durrant' S case.
District Attorney Barnes received the
following letter from J. B. Schroeder Jr.
eff Redwood Cisy:
Ihad called to my attent ton this morning
an article in the San Francisco Examiner per-
| tanning TO one Bryant, or as he gave his name
to me while in MY employ, A. f. Duval. He
| did work for me for number OF mon tbs and
/ l finally discharged him because l considered
| him insane, and from subsequent letters sent
to me by him had nv opinion verified, also
| by his acts after his dismissal by me. which, il
yor desire, l Will give you in detail. l send
you this communica ton to repudiate any
claim he may make with reference TO his SAN
| ity, for he undoubtedly was insane.
Detective Ed Gibson, according to in
structions from Chief Lees saw DR.. Dear
! orff
told Gibson that abou. year ago Mrs.
! Schwartzler came to his office and gave
the name OF Miss Winters and asked per-
mission to use his office two hours day
She told him she had patients in San
Jose, Alameda and Sacramento and in
this CITY and wanted a place TO receive
them and tina. she would throw other
! business in his way. She only used his
Office a few days and he found out that
she was a criminal practitioner. de in
tended to tell her to stop coming 10 the
office when he found this out, but she was
only there a few days and did not come
back again. She told him or one occasion
that Durrsnt was Innocent; that she knew
| it. They cnlv locked horns on he su blect
once. He told her he believed DIrrant
gritty and that ne ought to be. nanged.
! She was a woman not O be believed and
was q criminal practitioner anu lie had no
faith in her.
1t seems that ATTORNEY Tubb has ap-
! preached othrrs than Miss Turner, al
+ srm ptinc to force them 10 IN petition
I for the Communication. He i.as been inter
! viewing he d ffereEt witnesses in The case
and is reported as saylns that he viii make
! it warm for ths Witnesses OF the prosecu-
( ton.
Mrs John Martin is adopting a similar
course 10 that pursued bY Attorney Tu BIB,
She has already called upon several of The
witnesses, among them Mrs. Vogel OF 9l912
Powell street.
Mrs. Vogel called upon Chief Lees yes
terday afternoon and made the following
statement:
Mrs. Martin called last Friday afternoon be-
tween The hours OF aud 4 o'clock. She told
me she sew in O concert hall who
looked SO exactly like Durrant tn at she tainted
away, the resemblance was s. close. she
wanted TO know II l had not made some mis-
take. l said that had made no mistake; tn AT
l saw Durrant and inquired into all the par
uculars as to where | was sitting the VIII
dow, what l was sewing and all about the
case She said to me that she did not want an
innocent man hanged and that she would
move heaven and earth TO Tree DuTrant Then
she went away. She returned again in about
q quarter of an hour aiterward and gentle
man came with her They called to see if
! had not mode some mistake In my testimony.
! The man yer! pale and had dark eyes
/ and gray hair. She took two envelopes GU OF
! my box and asked me fol a lead pencil and
/ she wrote down everything said. she did
not show me what she wrote, or read it 10 me,
nor did sign it. tell you this now SO that
! you wi II know all about it.
| The gentleman told me he was in Alas ka
/ during the time of the Durrant case and told
me he was very much interested in it, and
! pointed TO map which had 10 some island
! ii Alaska where he hao been. Then they
went off. On Saturday afternoon they called
| again. ! saw them coming and went down 10
the back yard and Vogel went 10 the door.
! They told my husband that invited them 10
! come; that 1 told them TO come again; that
! the gentleman who was with her wanted to
! find out all the particulars lit was the same
man who had been there before). Ny husband
/ told them was not in and would not be HON
and they went away. / am sure they wanted
to catch mo with something. told them just
exactly the same that l told you and not q
word different. and tell you this before they
do anything about it so you will know what
happened.
Mrs. Martin attracted considerable at
tention by her conduct at the Emmanuel
Baptist Church last Sunday. She occu-
pied seat in the front row and after the
services she interviewed several OF the
mem bers who were present. Among those
she accosted were Mrs. Leek and Miss
Wolf. Upon seeing Officer Robinson in
the church Mrs. Martin hastily departed.
Henceforth officers will be present at ali
the services of the church. 1--WE will have
officers there to keep these cranks from
causing any trouble" said one of the trus-
tees last evening. "If they come to the
church and try TO raise distu rbance they
will be elected quite unceremoniously."
The opinion among the mem bers of the
Emmanuel Church seems TO be that Rev
DIR. Gibson will consent to remain as pas
tor OF the church. While he has said
n othing since the action of the trustees in
eiusing TO accept his resignation, it is
hought that since the return OF Secretary
Lynch ne has become less unwilling 10 re-
main.
In regard to a current rumor that ex-
ceptlon would be made TO the decision in
Inc Lamont case on the score of one Juror
having admitted before being sworn that
he had prejudice, Chisf Lees said last
night that he had nothing to add to the
reports of the trial. In the newspapers of
| August 80, 1895, it would be found that
! this particular talesman had merely stated
that he had an lin preston" but that it
would not affect his Judgment. He was
accordinrly passed as being entirely
eligible within the meaning of the law.
Columbia Theater.
The Columbia Thester ia oIosad th;.