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AID IAIN A GOOD 110358810X
Gave Bis Testimony Cecily and With no
vacuole—Only Once Did He “astute
Did Not flinch When Asked if lle Killer
Blanche Manuel.
Seer Fasscrsco. Ont. ic.—Theodore Du
rant, assistant superintendent of Emanue
Sundriy school. was placed on the stem
for the purpose of convincing the jury se
lected to try him that he did not murde.
Blanche Lamont in the bclfry of tho
ehurch on Ap ll 3. ,
With the e coolness that has oharac
terlsed his conduct since his arrest he the
hind the principal allegations that have
been made against him by the more im
portant witnesses for the prosecution. Hit
answers were always brief and to the
point, and many Were interpreted to meat
that he had studied his partwcll beforr
taking the stand.
Only once during the course of the di
rect examination did he show any nerv
oneness or hesltnncy. When Attorney
Dickinson asked him if he took notes at
Dr. Cheney’s lecture on the afternoon oi
April 8 he crest his eyes toward the floor,
and for a moment he was silent. He ro
plied that he had taken notes, but that
they Wer brief.
The hesitancy of the prisoner may be
understood when it is explained that Gil
bert F. Graham, one of Durant's most in
timate friends, will testify that Durant
asked to borrow his notes of the lecture.
When the request was made, it is alleged,
Durant explained that he only flooded the
notes to establish a good alibi.
Graham refused the request. Taken al
together. Durant's direct testimony prob
ably had a tendency to strengthen his
case. His demeanor while on the stand
was certainly intended to impress the
jury with the opinion that he was telling.-
the truth. Questions that would ordinari-
ly cause a visible impression on a guilty
man were answered by Durant with the
Even when Attorney
Duproy asked him if on the lid of April
or at any other time he ruurdcrod or par-
ticipated in tho murdering of Blanche
Lamont the prisoner coolly replied in the
negative.
A Significant Incident.
A significant fcrrturo of the testimony
was the fact that while Durant was tell
ing of several incidents that took place at
a prayer meeting held on the evening or
April 3 Mrs. Noble. Blanche Imnront‘e
aunt, shook her head several times. as if
to indicate that the statements by tho pris~
oner of what he had positive knowledge
were not correct. Durant did not look at
Mrs. Noble while he was testifying.
The examination of Durant was begun
with questions relative to his age and his
early life in this city. Coating down til
the day upon which Blanche Lamont was
murdered. the prisoner was risked to re
into his movements from the limo he left
his homo in the looming until he rotuuml
at night.
Ho said he ntct Miss [mount on her
way to school arid rodo with her on a
street car until he reached Cooper Medical
college. Ho said he remained at. the Grill
logo until it) o'clock, when he and another
student narucd Ross Went for a walk.
When hc returned an hour later. he wont
to the library, where he was engaged in
his studies until noon. ’l‘hcu he wont. to
luncheon with a student namcd .lliggiu:
and returned at l o'clock.
After luncheon Durant remained in tho
library unfil ilziill u'r‘lnr‘k, when he at-
toudcd Dr. (fircticy's locturc. Ho said he
was proscut at the roll call at tho close of
tho locturo and answered to his name.
At. the close of the lecture liut'unt said
be boarded a street- car atrrl rode to Ernuli-
ucl church for tho ptll‘puso of repairing
the sunburnors. He denied that he was
accompanied by Blanche Lamont or any-
body t‘li'ltl. l'pou outcring the church he
said he left his mm and wet in tho libra-
ry, obtained the uommary tools and us-
condorl to tho gallery. A blackboard was
provided, and Durant drew a rudc sketch
of the church and its tail spiro to flirts-
trato the manner in which he made tho
repairs. llc said to make the repairs it
was ricer-usury for him to lie at, full length
on a plank. in this position he inhaled
so much gas that it made him ill. To llius‘
trato tho rurumor in which the gas occup-
od, Durant took a humor and descended
to the jury inn: and explained the con-
struction of the burner to the jury. After
repairing the burner Durant said that ho
descended to the auditorium, whore he
found (-loorgo King playiugeoa the organ.
King remarked that Durant lookod
pale. Durant replied that King would be
in the same condition if hohnd boon near.
ly overcome by rsscapiuggae. At llurant's
request King bruurht some bromo sclzor,
which the prisonor drank. The medicine
made hlru fool hotter, and at. ll o‘clock
Durant left the church in cotupnuy with
King. Ho wont out of his way two blocks
to converse with King. after which they
separated, but Durrmt. Wont home to din.
tier.
Ills Tells With King.
Durant said he felt ill and ate hut lit-
tle. In the evening he svout to prayer
urcotlng at hirimrrucl church. liosuw Mrs.
Noble and asked Mr if liimwho was (llllll'
ing to prayer rncotlrrg. Mrs. Noble replied
that she did not believe her niece Would
be present. Ho related a mtrubor of other
minor incidents in (tiliillr‘ttfltrll with his
conversation with Mrs. Noble, who ovi-
dently tlfd not. lurioreo hln statrtuouts,
front the fact that she siroolc lwr bond raw»
oral tlnrre. At the rhino of tho sorviccs
Durant said his wont honw ftilll retired.
Durant dmdod that on the afternoon of
April it he was at the corner of Powell
and Clay streets. testified to by Mrs. Vogel.
lie also rionicd the statement of three
schoolgirls, who testified that Durant and
Blanche inunont boarded in Powell street
car of. Clay street and rode toward Market.
He said he did not. rlrio on a west botrud
Valencia street car with Blanche Lamont,
as testified to by hire. (irrrssct. He said he
was never in Oppcnhclm's prnvuehop.
"Did you on April it, in Him Francisco
or elsewhere," asked Attorney Duproy,
"inflict any violence upon Blanche La-
mont, or did you kill or participate In kill-
ing hori'“
Durant replied that. he did not. and the
direct examination was at an d.
The crossoxnmlnntlon, wh ch lasted
only an hour before court took a recess.
was confined to qtrestlons relative to the
life of Durant prior to April ll.
'l‘he fie-rosette linking.
Loam. Oct. lit-ma special dispatch
received here from Berlin says that Pro
felt)! hordes. the specialist who is la
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explosion occurred in the Merchants
Opera House. where the "Devil‘s Auc~
tlon” company ware preparing to play. A
force of stage workmen were ensured in
readjustlng the scenery and otherwise get.
ting the stage in shape, and Harry Cole
ridge, master of transportation and man-
ager of the calcium lights company, was
testing a cylinder. There arose some
d‘oubt as to whether or not it contained
h act gal. and a bystander suggested that
he try it with a match.
He struck the match and touched it to
the cylinder. and the explosion ‘at once
followed, wrecking the scenery and tearing
out two windows til) feet distant. The
noise was heard for many blocks in every
directionfand in a few moments hundreds
of people had congregated. The curiosity
and horror of the crowd wore fed from
minute to minute by blackened and in
jured moa running frantically on the
awnings. '
The stage presented a scene of devasta-
tion. over which hung a cloud of smoke.
Scenery lay around in disordered confu-
sion, much of it totally wrecked; In the
left part of the stage there wnsa hole, into
which Arthur Sutherland had been blown.
When the smoke and gas cleared away.
Harry Coleridge was found lying in a pool
of blood. He was disomboweied and one
of his legs blown entirely off. The follow-
ing is a list of the killed and injured:
Harry Coleridge, killed; Walter Moore,
property man. “Devil's Auction" compa-
ny, hand badly cut and otherwise injured;
Arthur Sutherland, local stagcmnnager,
out in face and bruised; Budd Disables,
blown through property room anti badly
hurt; unknown riearo, seriously injured;
Alcus Manse], seriously hurt; Charles
Ball, colored, face injured and bruised
otherwise; Roy Avery, hand hurt and
bruised about face and body; two little
girls, inembers of “Devil's Auction” com-
pany, more or less bruised.
THE INDIANA-’8’ leAL.
The New Battleship Will Have a Speed
Test Next Week.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. i0.—-—’l'ho brittle
ship ludlnuu will start from Cratups’ ship-
yard for her official trial trip over the
measured course off the Massachusetts
coast at? o'clock Saturday morning. As
her syrocd will probably not exceed 12
knots nu:hour on the trip around it is
probable that the ship will not arrive in
Boston harbor until Monday night or
Tuesday nudging. if the corniitions of
wind and title are satisfactory, the official
trial will probably be condo on Wednesday.
The contract culls fora speed of 15 knots
an irour for four hours. For each quarter
knot in excess of this a bonus of $26,000 ,
is allowed. When the indiana was given
her bullders‘ trial off the Delaware capes
13 months ago, she was eitslly spesded up
to 16%; knots an hour, and coins of those
on board at the tfrne predicted that with
a clean bottom. specially prepared coal
and the depth of water which prevails
over thc oiliciul corrrso she would average
iti', knots an hour and earn a syitted pre~
mium of $50,000.
Captain llohlcy 1). Evans, recently com-
mander of the cruiser New York, who is to
corumuud tho new battleship, has been at
Crurnps' yard for several days-familiariz-
ing himself with tho (luluiis of the ship.
He will be on board during the trial trip.
A PRIEST’S BLUNDER.‘
“'ouldn't Let \‘efcrans Wear 0. A. B.
llarlgcs In "is (Illurch.
llmrmn‘, (lot. lo..~i)urim: a funeral of.
an army wit-ran at Port Huron ls‘uthcr
Spai'th. tho (‘uthulu- [ll‘lt‘al who niiiclntcd.
forbade lllr‘ pailbr-arcr's ioeritcr luschurch
whilc \Vt‘ill‘lllg (i. A. ll. badges. on the
ground that rl-gulia of any sucrviy not up
proved liv tho church is not permitted to
be \voru in the churches. ’l'bo incident
t'rcutrd it great. tll‘lll of ft-rilrlgut i‘orl llu-
rou.
llishup Folcy “out soon horn and asked
ulmut the mattcr. 'ilo said that no rule
prevails-d which Would prohibit tho \vcar-
tug of iirarrd Army budgrs in the church,
and timt the Port Huron priest hud rom-
mlltcd an cgn-gious blunder if he exclud-
ed the puliln-urvrs as stutcd.
Presented With a Fountain.
Grocer il.\l:lii)lt.’l‘ti.\', blues, (in. 10.—
'l‘humagnlilvvut drinking fountain prc<
sorricd to this town today by l‘oiorroi \l'il-
final in. Drown of New York, who has re
country lllfllhltlll at this plat-o, is about
15 foot. high and is surmounted by a life
sizc lirultzu figure of a uowsboy soiling
tho New York Daily Nowe, of which (Solos
nel Brown is Inert proprietor. 'l‘homnlu
shuttle of polished Quincy granite and
tho remainder of Dolomite granite.
fotrntulu is located in n sruall park which
has been given in perpetuity to the town
by (Ioloucl Drown.
Monument to (insurrection: Veterans.
ll'lit'dili-Isl‘lm. Va, not. lil.—h‘rrrty-orro
members of tho ltiightcouth (Soarroctlcut
voiuutcors (indicated the monument which
is being orortr-d in the National ccrnotory
here by tho surviving ruombors of that
compauyiu moruory of their ill'Ml com-
l'tttlcd. Mayor lurpton welcomed the vot-
orunu in a happy spur-ch. 'i‘ho oration
of the day was madr- by Judge ii. 'i‘orronro
of tho suprcrrm court of (lotun-r'tirul. All
of tho speculum \vcro r'oruwrvatlvo.
Illa of Ills I'hllrirrn Horned to "0th.
'i'u'rctzu, that... (lot. lit—A lire, uttcndcd
with terrible results. occurred at Snider,
a station on tho (Tunutllml Pacific railway,
ill) miles north of this town. A houeo no-
cuplod by ’i'hnmn-r Lindsay, his wife and
if children was rlr'stmyctl, and six of the
children \vvru lilil‘lll‘ll to rlcuth. Llrulsoy
himself was badly burned and was almost
suffocated by slurrko in attempting to save
the children.
Tried Murder and Then Suicide.
Brirrnrroron, \‘t.. Uct. ill-«Edward
Kclnptr-r, 211 years old, of Pmttsburg, N.
Y., a clerk criiployed by tho Strong Hurd~
waroccmpnuy of Hilarity, attempted to
murder fill-or Laura .ioimuuoti, a young
lady whosohmuo is at to North Chum-
plain street, and afterward t‘oitltuitlcd
suicide. The crrirsc is not known.
New Play by lleiasro Produced.
Wasmso'ros. not. low—Tho first pro-
duction of "The Heart. of Maryland" by
David Bclrrsoo, the author of "The Wife,”
“Charity Ball" and “The Girl I Left
Behind Mo.” was given at Allen’s Grnird
Opera llouse and was enthusiastically
pronounced in BliCl’lWfi.
Killed In flight of Her Family.
Jackson. Minot, Oct. io.~fllre. lino
thesrnc, wife of Mr. F. D. Hathearne. a
farmer living near iiforristoii, was assassi-
nated in the prosscee of her family by be.
ing shot through is window with a double
tenet shotgun. Thompson Weds, antigen, mg. of
alumna”... J has been ”noted. , ‘
The l
Memorandums: e...
liliedrCsne'e, Incompatibility.
no em nor coarser rite case.
The Anthea-eel of "The Quick or the
Dead" Greer Tired of the Hero of Her
Book and Pore-tees Bins For Music and
Art In Paris.
NEW YORK, Oct. :0.-—Mr. W. G. Max-
well of’the law firm of Cheater. Maxwrell
er Philip, 120 Broadway. is authority for
the statement that a decree of divorce on
‘ the ground of incompatibility has been
‘ granted Mrs. Amelie Rives Chanler. It
‘ is stated that there was no opposition to
the decree. and that nothing in the plead-
ings or the proceedings reflected on either
of the parties. Mr. Maxwell positively
declines to give any further information.
This ends the romance of a girl who
not more than ten years ago almost stupe~
j fled the literary world bya book that
‘ was. to say the least. daring in its incep-
tion. hold in its working out and portions.
ly close to impropriety. That book was
. “The Quick or the Dead?"ond her ex-
husband, Jack Cnanler, was its here. it
created a tremendous sensation, especiab
AMELXE RH‘ES.
ly as it soon became known that the au-
thor was a young and supposedly unso-
phisticated girl living sornowhere in Vir-
ginia. That such a being could write
such a book seemed doubtful, and a dis-
cussion arose that waxed rather warm
and extended from New York to San
Francisco.
While her nanro was on all lips Amelie
Rives appeared in New York. It was true
that she was young: that she was fair to
look upon; that she was fascinating. Her
face, while not beautiful, was yet of such
contour and so expressive as to please and
attract. She soon became a light in the
literary world, and, enrulatlng Mme. De
t-lt-acl. had a salon. She delighted in what
Wilde would call “the dim shadows of
Gothic things;" had her rooms semidark-
cued. scented with incense and dainty
perfumes and indulged in various aesthetic
tastes.
Married Her Hero.
This lasted for sortie time, and Gotham
waited for her next literary production,
when she did the unexpected—married
Jack Chaulor. \l’hcrcupon half the world
pronounced her delightfully rmnnntic and
the other woefully prosaic. liut she did
[10h mind romrucnt and si’i‘il‘ght happiness
with hcr hero. Chanicr. who is a fine.
unruly fellow of about 33, a man of travel
and wealthy, took his wrfc abroad, and
for a time nothing was heard of the cou-
pic.
| Mr. and Mrs. (Tlmulcr lruvciod about
Europe. iic rcturncd to furthcr a schema
for sending picked American art students
‘ abroad for study. She did not r'otuo back
until last January. After a short stay in
New York she went down to her father's
house, where her husband joined her.
Then she traveled in scorch of health
; through the far west. Mr. Ciiaulcr was
. in New York this summcr, and two
i trumths ago wont to Ninth Carolina.
' where he has undertaken some extensive
enterprises.
lie is a hum of great force of character,
I ariospiser of fillers, nervous, highly strung.
; bout upon accomplishing in the world.
'lio has many friends and admirers, and
those who know him well know the strain
of high and honorable idealism that runs
through his character. If there is any.
thing in the theory that a successful mar-
riage rests upon a union of balancing
temperaments, the causes of this divorce
are easy to see.
At the last report Mrs. .Uhanlor was at
, her father's homo, loading the life of her
‘ girlhood in the housionnd in thosurrouud-
lugs she has so often so Wolf described in
her stories. She has no children. Mr.
Chanlcr has an income of perhaps 830,000
a your.
Edgar Balms Married Again.
Loxuox, ()ct. ill—Edgar Salton. the
well known Amcrirnn author, writes timt
ho was nmrricd yesterday at the English
Ernbussychuroh in Paris to Miss Elsie
Welsh Smith.
Sim is a granddaughter of John Walsh
of l’hllrulviphiu, forrucrly l'ultcd Hiatus
tuirristcr to London. ,
Edgar Nuitusiu tironuihurof some of
the urost oroticuovcls pubilsbedlu the
English language. ills exotrso for writing
, I
snosu sstrtrs.
inch books was tlrnt he tried cleaner he.
lies, and nobody would buy it. in one of
his novels he went out of is way to rid-
icule good Women for their creriullty in
imagining their husbands to be true.
Mr. Suites, who is a short, stocklly
built men, has figured in a number of
club incidents in New York city, the one
best remembered being an encounter be»
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