Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-01-12
THE END OF HIS ROPL.
Theodore Durrant Hanged Today at San Quentin for the Murder
 of Blanche Lamont.
HE MEETS HIS FATE CALMLY.
He Protests His Innocence Till the Fall of the Death Trap and Mamifests a Remarkable
 Degree of Courage.
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 SAN QUENTIN, Cal, January :, -7:3O a. ID. Theodore DurTaut Is ready to be hangsd. He woke this morning at 6:3O o'clock after five hours of apparent restful slumber
 He was not submitred to the humil- iation of putting on hIs convict stripes but donned a new suit of black clothes brought to the prison yesterday by his parents, when the casket in which he will leave San Quentin was also brought by his parents. Durrant said he was ready for the ordeal but his guards noticed that he was fretful. He welcomed the appearance of Deputy Warden Edgar with considerable satisfac- tion. The doomed man had a pro | test and a petition 70 make. The prison authorities had not furnished him with collar and necktie. He demanded both so that his appear
 ance would not be marred during the early hours of the morning. He
 had an objection also to the color of stockings that had been given
 him. They were light and he wishe d
 them black so that when his body descened from the gallOws his stockings might not be an object of unusual attention. Captain Edgar
 immediately furnished the doomed man with collar, necktie and an other pair of stockings. Durraut was satisfied. He ate hearty break fast aud waited for his day of ter TOT to begin. Dr. Lawler visited the condemned cell shOftly after : . o'clock and found Dnrrant in aP- parently perfect physical condition. his pulse being normal. Mentally he was calm and collected. .determin- ed to die without flinchiDg. He de clined any stimulants whatever aud thanked the doctor for his courtesy, wishing hlm a cordial good morning as he departed.
 Warden Hale has refused 10 al low Rev. Edward Davis tc go on the scaffold with Durrant at the request of the doomed man and his pare nts The Rev. Father Logan of San Ra- fael will go 10 the gallows with him.
 Dr. W. II. LawlOr, surgeon Of San Quentin has charge of the medical department of the execution assist ed by Drs. Jones, G. W. Wickinson of San Rafael and Drs. T. F. Morse and F. R. Williams, of San Fran cisco.
 At 9:lO Mir. and Mrs. Durrant left the hotel in a carriage to bid good bye to their son.
 Mrs. Durrant made one final ap- peal to save the life of her son. She begged Warden Hale, in humanitys name, to postpone the execution. Warden Hale, having no discretion in the matter, positively refused her request. As the spectators were about to be admitted through the outer gates of the prison Warden Hale again warned all with fire arms to leave their weapons between the gates. No smoking. talking or dis turbance of any sort was permitted.
 At 9:l5 MT. and Mrs. Durrant eu- tered the prison.
 Warden Hale addressed the crowd a. the gates and was greatly excited
 Attending Amos Lund, the hang man. entered the gates at 9:45 while Durrart was with hls parents and Father Logan.
 Warden Hale issued about POO in- vitations and there was q regular jam around the prison gates all morning of people wanting admis- sion, most of them without tickets.
 While preparations were in pro gresss for the execution the follow; ing telegram was received from Durraut's attorney in Washington:
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-10:05 a. m. application for writ of habeas corpus has been denied by the supreme court"
 At lO:l7 a. m. Nr. and Mrs. Dur rant took their farewell from their son. The parting was pathetic in the extreme.
 To the guest who escorted her Mra. Durrant said: Well it will be over soon and the poor boy will be out of his misery. 1 can't under stand why people will be so cruel and heartless as to deliberately stand and sec a man executed. Be sure if you hear anyone knocking at the gate, for Gods sake run quick, for |: will be a reprieve." Durrant picked out tine middle of the scafold surveyed the audience with a look of stated indifference and then spoke for five minutes. The words cane from his mouth just as if he was an oratlon to an audience. His speech was as follows:
 "TO those who wish me to say something. l would like to say this: That 1 have no animosity against anyone but those who prosecuted me and bounded me to my grave. Innocent as I am, forgive them all. They will receive their just dues from the Holy God above, to whom 1 now go tO receive my justice, which will be the justice given to an innocent boy, who has not stained his hands with the crime that have been laid upon him by the press of ! San Francisco. But I forgive them all, for I do not hold anything against them for it. l do not look upon them now as enemies, but for give them as l expect to be forgiven for anything 1 have done, but the fair lame of California will be for ever blackened with the crime of taking this innocent blood, and whether or not they ever discover { the perpetrators of those crimes, to me little now, for l ap- pear before the whole world an in ( nocent boy to proclaim my inno- ( cence for the last time. To those who have insinuated that 1 was going to spring a sensation of any kind, 1 can only say, there Is no l other than that of which have spoken. They must consider Tor themselves who wish to start up 3 sensation, that l am innocent. l say now, this day, before God, to | whom 1 soon go to meet my dues, l am innocent"
 The trap was sprung, and Durrant was pronounced dead, his neck being broken by the fall.
 Durrant displayed more courage '