The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
GIVEN THE
 ASHES OF
 THEIR SON An Urn Now Holds All That Remains
 of Durrant. Body of the Murderer Consigned to a Crema-
 tory Furnace. Viewed for the Last Time by the Stricken Parents at
 Pasadena. CLOSING RITES ENACTED. The Mother Declares She Will Guard Until Death the Dust of Her Offspring.
Viewed for the Last Time by the Stricken Parents at
 Pasadena.
CLOSING RITES ENACTED.
The Mother Declares She Will Guard Until Death the Dust of Her
 Offspring.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.-A handful of ashes-aI that remains of the body of w. H. T. Durrant-were this even ing delivered in an urn to the mother. The corpse of the murderer was ere mated to-day at the Pasadena Crema- tory. All night long the father watch ed by the side of the coffin as 1t reposed at a local undertaker's. At a. m. the funeral Cortege started from Sixth and Broadway for Pasadena. It compris- ed the hearse and a carnage contain ing the parents. The trip to Mountain View Cemetery occupied three hours. When the body arrived the usual num- Der of morbid curiosity seekers were there They got in the way as much as possible. and pushed and jostled each other to get sight of the coffin.
 The cemetery is three miles from Pasadena-right at the base of the snowclad mountains-and it offers an appropriate, silent home for the repose of the dead. At the eastern end the crematorv is located. It is a small one story brick building, F by q feetin size The entrance is at the west end. Just inside is a room F feet square. with cement floor and yellow glass for the solitary window
 The coffin was conveyed into the crem- lhE snapshot camera fiends from the hearse to the little brick building. It was placed on a bier. and the lid was raised. The corpse was beginning to show signs of decomposition. but the face was not swollen or darkeued. Both eyes and mouth were slightly opened. The veins across the temples were prominent. Around the neck was visible the deep, red mark left by the hangman's rope. An abrasion of the left cheek had been caused by the rope. and from it a tiny streak of blood had trickled down over the face and dried.
 First the representatives of the press viewed the body: thel4 every one was excluded, and Mr. and Mrs. Durrant came in and were left alone few mo- ments with the dead. Side by side they stood by the coffin and looked upon the body of their boy. Neither said word. Silently the mother lifted one of the hands and touched it to her lips. Then she smoothed back a lock of hair that had fallen down over the forehead. She manifested some emotion, but not vio- lent.
 Then both mother and father turned away. The body was taken out of the coffin and placed on Sheet-iron tray. It was wrapped in a sheet and soaked with alum water. The table bearing the tray was wheeled to the open door of the retOrt. Head nrSt II was con- signed to the flames, a grinding noise of the moving table indicating the fact to the crowd outside. Just as the body
 passed into the furnace the mother l turned her head and witnessed the last l act.
 Eight minutes from the time the body | was taken into the Crematory the ! mother and father passed out and all l was over. They were immediately driv- l en to the home of Seth Arnold, at Fail | Oaks and Mountain avenue, Pasadena l and there remained until this evening when Mrs Durrant received the ashes | She will keep them. She says she vii ] have no grave to visit or care for, but ] the ashes she can always have with ! her. They are all there is on earth ot ] her son, and 1t will be forever a comfort ! to have them.
 The"temperature of the crematory al l the time the body was consigned to il
 was 2OO0 degrees. At Mrs. Durrant's re ! quest everything that could possibly
 form a relic of the occasion, or give l pleasure to curiosity hunters. was de.
 stroyed in the furnace that heated the
 chamber containing the body. The cof
 fin and outer box were chopped anC broken to pieces and were to the small
 est silver thrown into the flames anC consumed.