Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-15
Durrant's Last Plea.

AOEo NofeTuor DuIu, IIuFrHnlS VI
torneys relying chi fly upon the
alleged confession OF a prisoner in
San Quentin named John Rosen-
berg. The alleged confession of the
convict Rosenberg a to the effect
that he had killed Elanch Lamont
ut the instiyation of a stronger, who
paid him 500 for the Job. Before
the attorneys and reporters we're adj
mitted to the executive chamber.
Governor Budd sent for the records
in the case Of John Rosenberg. The
records disclosed that the prisoner
was sent from Santa Clara county
IN Saturday, April 18th, ten days
after Durrant arrived i'll San QUEEN
tin.
In the description of Rosenberg he
Is credited with being give feet
eight inches high, weighs 145
p unds vac :ins marks or LETT upper
arm, small dots at base of left
thumb" This TALES very similarly
with the description Of Durrant.
The Governor then had Private
Secretary Shields call up the Dis
trict Attorney of Santa Clara county
to see 1t Rosenberg pleaded guilty.
This action on the part Of the Gov
Tno would indicate that he sus-
pected u job on the part Of Rcsen-
berg.
1t was LII o'clock before the doors
Of the Governors @iIice opened and
the crowd filed in. Eugene Duprey.
attorney Tor Durrant, opened the pro-
ceedrngs by reading a notice from
the Governor to the effect that to-
day was the lime for the ~rehearing
of the arguments for the pardon of
w. H. T. Durrant. The lawyer then
read a lengthy petition, the chief
substance OF which was that false
and vicious publications in news
papers during the trial had preju.
diced the minds Of the jury trying
the case. Duprey made an eloquent
plea for DurEant. and in reviewing
the cas said tllat the defendant was
not present at the time and places the
witnesses az to his identify stated that
he was.
A letter RAJ read fnOm Attorney
Dickinson, saying that owing to a
pressure Of business in the Fair case
it was impossible for him to be in
Sacramento. The letter went on to
say that Durrant had not had a fair
trial and that the newspapers had
created such a sentiment against the
prisoner that had any Juror voted
not guilty he would have been mob
bed.
Attorney Deuprey declared that if
they had been permitted to proceed
with the Minnie Williams case fist.
the real murderer weuld have been
found. ~You will notice." said
Duprey, that Rev. George Gibson
was very anxious to get away, and
but l will say no more Of that"
Inc attorney next took up tho wit
nesses seriatum, and treated their
testimony exhaustively. Mrs. Vogel,
he said, who claims that she saw
Durrant boarding a Powell street
car with two girls on the day Of the
murder, could not have possibly
identified him. owing to tho distance,
the hour Of the day and the condition
OF her eyes.
Attorney Duprey read from the
testimony Of Mrs. Vogel as set forth
in the transcript on appeal to thu ef-
feet that the witness was over
whelmed when she saw a picture OF
Durrant in the papers. She was
certain that he was the man that
she had seen, and che was 60 af-
fected that she could not sleep.
Duprey argued that all this won't to
show that the woman was very. i'm
pressible and that the newspape
%accOuntah had made a grant ;mn.o.