The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-06
Convinced al Last That Further
Appeals Are Useless.
TOMORR0W'S EXECUTION
PREPARATIONS COMPLETED FOR
THE LAWS VINDICATIoN.
The Senior Durrant Will Not Be
Present-Last Requests Will Be
Faithfully observed-Durrant's
Attorney Say They Have Two
More Moves Yet to Be Made.

San Quentin Prison, Cal, Jan. 5.-Theo-
! dore Durrant has entirely given up hope
! and so has his father, who came over
this evening with the news that the dis
! trict and circuit courts were closed to
/ all appeals or applications of writs de-
! laying the execution. Both are now con
WINGED that the younger Durrant VIII be
hanged on Friday. When told that Gov
ernor Budd had taken under advisement
! the application made this afternoon by
his attorneys, John H. Dickinson, W. w.
! Foote. T c. Cogan and A A SandersOn
! for q Communication of sentence to life i'm
prisonment or at least for reDrieve
/ Theodore Durrant sorroWtully remarked
that he had little to hope from the gov
| ernor.
WILL NOT BE PRESENT
The elder Durrant has finally decided
not to be present at the hanging. He so
informed the warden tonight, making q
number OF requests which the warden has
already granted The father asked that
after the execution the remains OF his son
/ be placed at once in the coffin without
autopsy or inquest and that the black
cap be 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 ii
could not be cut up and bits distributed
as souvenirs.
SPIRITUAL AID.
The condemned man received spiritual
consolation today from Rev. William
RAIDER, a Congregational minister from
San Francisco. Chaplain brahms also
called and the. Rev. Father Lagan, of
San Rafael. who has frequently visited
Durrant, said farewell today.
VIOLET MYSTERIES.
San Francisco, an. "a special to the
Call from San Quentin prison says that
Theodore Durrant has broken down COM
pletely. When visited by his parents or
other friends he controls himself and
SiD1l1la faS "a lroraSc lor1t VIII \ with
his guards he gives way to the most
violent Mysteries, 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-Dossession
and cool indifference ever since his arrest,
has been so remarkable, will have to be
carried to the gallOws
TWO MORE MOVES.
Although the attorneys for w. H. T.
Durrant, the condemned murderer of
Blanche Lamont, were considerably dis
concerted by the denial of their applica-
ton Tor a writ of habeaS corpus and per-
mission to appeal therefrom, in the United
States circuit court this morning, they
have yet two more moves by means of
Which they hope to prevent the execution
of their client on Friday next. These are
to appeal to the governor for a reDrieye
and TO apply to the supreme court of the
United States for an appeal from the cir
writ of habeas corpus. Attorney L. P
BOardman, who left here on Saturday
last, is expected TO reach Washington to-
night and will probably make the latter
application tomorrow morning.
While little reliance is being placed
upon the governor. strong pressure is be-
ing brought to bear upon him on behalf
of the condemned murderer. and no stone
is being left unturned in the effort TO gain
executive clemency.
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
Meantime, Warden Hale has already
completed all his arrangements for the
carrying out of the sentence: and so lit
tie faith have Durrant's parents in the
efforts TO save their son that they have
requested Rev. William RAIDER to mount
the ScaffOld with the condemned man.
They also attempted to make arrange
ments for the funeral of their son after
the execution, but learned to their dis
may that there was a decided objection
on the part of the cemetery officials of
this city to permitting Durrant's body to
be inferred, on account of the publicity
which his case has been given