The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-11
THE DATE SET
FOR THE HANGING
DurraHt Will Expiate His Crime Be-
fore Noon Friday.
RECEIVES SENTENCE COoLY
Absolutely uheoneersed khsn Ms Doom
Mas Pronounced Death Very
Near.

san Francisco, Nov. lO.-special to the As
torian. .-Judge Bahrs today senteqeed Thee
dofe Durrant. the convicted murderer Of
Blanche Lamont, 10 be hanged next Friday.
Cleanly shayen. with the exception Of
his mustache. which had been allowed
to attain a luxurious growth during his
sojourn In prison; attirsd in his best
Iuit OF clothes. over which ne wore a
faultlessly fitting overcoat. light in color
Durrant made conspicuous figure on
the tral and ferry boat eroute from San
Qentin His reappearance in public wac
signal for the gathering Of crowds,
and the eager press OF the multitude
to see this archmurierer. psrhaps to
speak with him. and hte demonstration
along the iE1e Of his route, showed tina;
the interest Of the people in his affairs
was in no way abated.
At the city hall there were other crowds
that lmpeded the progress OF the party.
They filed the halls and it was with
difficulty that they were beaEen back
by the officers on duty in the corridors
uear the courtroom doors. Durraut was
taken into the reporters room adjoining
Judge Bahr's court and remained there
until the hour for hearing his case ar
rived. which was u O'Clock Meanwhile
the impatieat mob thronged the corri-
dors and hammered reieutlessly at both
doors Of the court room and ante-room.
But Sheriff whalen and his men were
on hand and the rush was successfully
stayed. until no mere could gain ad-
mittance to the courtroom.
Promptly at the appointed hour Judge
Bahr called upon Durrant to stand at the
bar The defendants attorneys. how
ever, interposed an objection to the pro-
ceedrngs upon technical grounds, which
were overTuled.
William Henry Theodore Durrant.
stand up" ordered the court. The young
murderer stood up and then his marvel
os self-cOntrol asserted itself. He looked
infinitely COOL. wonderfully better than
he did in the ante-room He was deadly
pale, but calm and self-possessed. He
faced the judge without fiinching and
listened htently to the judges words.
The defendants attorneys again entered
'echnical objections to the proceedings,
'ut Judge Bahr, after listd1ing patiently
o all they had to say, swept their pro- {
estS aside and pronounced judgment I
lowly and impressively ordering that J
he defendant be hanged On Friday. No {
'ember y, between the hours Of sunrise :
md noon As the words Friday. No
'ember Il" left the judges lips, mur- 6
nur Of horror ran through the room. Il
Two short days to prepare for death. /
afer two years of false hope and en- v
ouragement Women hid their faces. t
While the men craned their necks to see u
low Dur0nt would take It, He expected a
l. and rever fiinchcd. As the date of u
lis doom was pronounced just ths sus- v
dcion of a sneer appeared on the corners
t his mouth.
When all was over and the officials
egafi to clear the courtroom he resumed Z
is seat and chatted unconcernedly with I
is fathe- and some sympathlzlng friends.
'ollowed by an immense throlg or people
e was taken back to San Quentin where
lie execution will take place.