The record-union., 1898-01-06

man. They also attempted to make ar
rangementS for the funeral of their son
after the execution, but learned to their
dismay that there was a decided. OBJ
lection on the part of the cemetery
officials of this city to permitting Dur
rants body to be inferred, on account
of the publicity which has been given
the case
THE APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-Gevernor
Budd was visited this afternoon by
John II. Dickinson, w. w. Foote, ex-
Judge A. A. Sanderson and Louis Hoef-
Ter, who argued with him for two hours
in behalf of Theodore Durrant. They
did not ask for commutation Of SEN
tence, but pleaded for reprieve, that
he might be tried on the Minnie Will
Jams charge. Much stress was laid
upon the Smyth matter. Especial en-
phasis was given to the alleged unfair
ness of Durrant's trial.
The Governor took the matter under
advisement, and said he would decide
the n,atter tomorrow
When seen tonight the Governor re-
fused to be interviewed as to what his
decision would be. He said, however,
that something positive would have TO
be adduced to induce him to change
his mind, as he had already dog-eared
the evidence in the case with careful
perusal. He takes little stock in the
Smyth affair. He condemns Smyth for
his actions and words, and he diSap-
proves of the elder Durrant's course
in opening up the matter and making
it public, when it could do no possible
good. If such admissions as Smyth's
were to be made the basis of a re-
prieve or commutation, the Governor
thinks, it would put the key to the
penitentiary into the hands of every
man sentenced for a life term. AL
most any talkative juror could bring
about that result.
DURRANT GIVES UP HOPE.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Jan. o.
Theodore D1rrant has entirely given
up hope, and SO has his father, who
came over this evening with the news
that the United States District Courts
We're closed to all further appeals or
applications for writs delaying the ex-
ecution. Both are now convinced that
the younger Durrant will be hanged on
Friday.
When told that Governor Budd had
taken under advisement the applica-
ton made this afternoon by his attor-
neys for a reprieve, Theodore Durrant
sorrowfully remarked that he had little
to hope for from the Governor.
The elder Durrant has finally decided
not to be present at the hanging. He
so notified the Warden tonight, max
ing a humber of requests which Warden
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demned murderer asked that after the
execution the remains of his son be
placed at once in the coffin without an
autopsy or inquest, and that the black
cap he not removed, SO that no one
would be permitted to see his boys
face after death. He also asked that
the rope be burned after the execution,
SO that it could not be cut up and bits
distributed as souvenirs.
The condemned man received spiritual
consolation to-day from Rev. William
Radar, Congregational minister from
San Francisco. Chaplain brahms also
called, and Rev. Father Lagan of San
Rafael, who has frequently visited
Durrant. said farewell to-day.
BREAKS DOWN COMPLETELY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. "a special
to the Cali from San Quentin Prison
says that Theodore Durrant has brok-
en- down completely. When visited by
his parents or other friends he controls
himself and Stimulates calmness, but
when alone with his guards he gives
way TO the most violent hysterical out
breaks, rolling upon the floor of his
cell, screaming and crying. His nerve
seems to have completely forsaken him,
and the opinion is expressed by the
prison officials that the condemned
man, whose attitude of entire self-pos-
session and cool indifference ever since
his arrest has been so remarkable, will
have to be carried to the gallows.