The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-27

did not stop. l asked him who told him
/ was opposing Peck, and he said he
heard it from my friends. I told him if
he had any evidence to go ahead and
use it, and asked him why he had
not used it at once and what was the
Use of holding it up"
Regarding his relations with Mrs.
Lathrop Duranr said he owed her a
debt Of gratitude, as it was through
her efforts he met the young woman
who is now Mrs. Durant.
The first time Mr.. Durant saw Mrs.
Delkescamp was when he performed
the marriage ceremony between her
and her husband. He knew Delkescamp
because he had been playing ball for a
number of years past. Durant never
saw Mrs. Delkescamp again till she
came to make complaint against her
husband. He (DuraAD never had an y
knowledge that Mrs. Delkescamp was
to visit I4athrop. He denied state
ment made that he had sought to pre-
vent interviews between Mrs Lathrop
and Mrs Delkescamp.
Mr.. Dnrant then told of how he hap
/ pened to become connected with the
Lathrop case. He said that in 1898 his
engagement with a certain young wo-
man had been broken by her family,
and Mrs LAthrop becoming interested
as friend, arranged place Of meet
ing at her home. One night Durant
called at Mrs. Lathrop's and was there
married to the young lady 1t was
though this that he fell under certain
obligations to Mrs. Lathrop.
The first he knew of the trouble be-
! tween Mr.. and Mrs. Lathrop was one
night when Mrs. Lathrop telephoned to
him and he called on her. Lathrop in
the meantime had left the house. The
question of employing counsel to take
the matter into the courts was talked
over and Durant suggested that Mrs.
Lathrop employ Colonel Burpee. Mrs.
Lathrop, however, told him that Mr..
Lathrop had consulted Colonel Burpee
on several occasions, and that she be-
lieved he would be her husbands coun-
sci. Mrs. Lathrop wanted Durant to
take the case, but he told her he could
not because Colonel Burpee objected to
him QDurant) interesting himself in any
case in which he (Burpee) was interest
ed. He suggested that Judge Lowe or
Mr., O'Neill be engaged, and she con-
suited Judge Lowe After Mr. and Mrs.
Lathrop had separated Mrs. Lathrop
lived with Mr.. and Mrs Durant for a
time
Regarding the five hundred dollars
which Mrs. Lathrop gave Durant, he
explained that he had given two hun
dred dollars to Judge Lowe, one hun
dred and seventy dollars to Murphy
and had spent the rest for various
/ things He went into the history Of the
engagement of Murphy to act as detec-
tive in the case for the purpose of se-
curing evidence against Mr.. Lathrop,
and of how Murphy had filed daily re-
ports.
| Mr. Durant frequently saw these re-
ports, because Mrs. Lathrop brought
them home to her On several occa-
sions Murphy claimed to have seen
| Lathrop throw torn letters into the gut
ter, and pieces of what purported to
lbe notes written to Lathrop by various
women, particularly Mrs. Corey, were
brought in and shown to Judge Lowe
and Mrs. Lathrop. 1t was afterward
shown that these letters were fakes,
and had been written at the suggestion
of Murphy, Murphy told how he be-
lieved Lathrop was onto him." and in
Mr.. Durant's presence Judge Lowe and
Mrs. Lathrop had discussed the ques-
ton of droppinb Murphy, as hehad Sc
cured nothing definite against Lathrop.