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. No. 6. Honolulu, I., Tuesday, May 7, 1S95. 5 Ctsi
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THE LATEST SENSATION
The Emmanuel Church '
Murders.
"There In a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from 'EmmnnuoTo veins."
In tho long list of mysterious
murdors which have ahockedjS n
Frunoisco, none havo no wrought
upotl tho public mind a tho violent
dontbs of Mnrjuu Williams
mid Blanche Laniont. Scarcely
mirhtl$'pU6 hnh boon UlkPtl'of
since tho disoovory of tho bodios,
and tho triul will probably pies
into tho law-books as ouo of tho
cliriositios of modical and
jurisprudence. For, by tho
very nature of tho circunvrtnncoH
'uttondingfltich revolting crimos,
tho murdoror a pel hii victim must
havo boon alon'o. ' lTonco thiB'wiU
be nnothorof tho many murdors
whero conviction of the murdoror
depends on circumstantial
ovidonco.
Tho crime bo extraordinary
that' it may be woll to cumrnarteo
tho oircii'mst'incog here. Ou. Friday,
April 12th, at four p. mm
Marian Williams, an
old girl, loft tho bousoof Mr.
aud Mrs. C. H. Morgan in Alamo-da
to crossjtho bay of S in
M!bb Williams was employ
od as "holp" in tho Morgan family;
and owing to her youth, her
povorty, hor dolicilto honlth, and
her louolinoss in tho world, wus'a
piolegee of tho Morgan .family, as
well ns their "help." Tno Morgana
woio about to leave "for Ta-coma,
so Marian Williams had
determined to board w.th a Mrs.
Voy in Ban Francisco dining thoir
ubseuco. She reached Mrs. Voy's
house that nftornoon, And
hor that "sho was going to
uttend a social entertainment of
tho Christian Endeavor Society, n
club made up of tho young peoplo
of Emraunuol Baptist Church, San
Franciseo, "This ontoituinmont
was to take ptaco at tho houso oT
Dr. Vogol, ono of tho church
mombeis, Muriau Williams loft
ILkSmsU&to Voy about &Q.
o'clock to go to Dr. Vogol's, Sho
nover reached tliovo.
Th'o.'fMlpwing mtirn)iiR, 4turr
day.J .A)rfl a8thf. baiAe ' ia'dies
ontored'Emmnnuol Baptist Church
tp dooorato it for Eastor. 3?hoy
found' irt a small room loading oft"'
tho library tho dead body pf a
young girl Xt wis clothed, but.
thoolothfng au dis'irrultgt d TJio
nook boro imrrkfl of u slronglei'rf
hiiildaj'Jljoro was a atati '(found In
tho forehead; t)oro wore soyoral
stub wounds ovor tho heart; while
ou the bibdil la'y the "fatal weapon,
u brokou from tho
kitphon in tho baB(.'mon,t of tlte
church. Tljo Jadioa gayo tho
Gibson, wag sont for: tho coroner
and tho polico woro notifiod; aud
tho body was identified ns that of
Marinn Williams.
Tho polico took possoajflon of
began
On
Alio following day! EasW Su ndny,
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i 1 M 4 lit. ii. n i
April Mth, found in thoi
'lofty bolltoworof thooJiu'roh
othorAload body of
young girl. The body was
juulo, and ovidontly had boon
doad for days. It was p'obn
as tho body of Iilnnoho
Lamont.'a young girl who had
boon mivsing sinco tlio afternoon
of "Wednesday! April 3d. Sho
vcLb a frifaild of Marian Williams,
and acquainted with mombors of
Emmanuel Baptist' Church ,
At this point, suspicion foil
upon pnn W. 11. Thoodoro Dur-
rantj ulso'n jnomberof Emmanuol
Church, its librarian, nnd
of its .
Tho pfollco claimed that Durrant
was tho last porson keen with both
tho dead girls. Ddrraut had always
bomo a good charactor. Ho
was a student at Cooper Medical
Collogo, and a nipmbor of tho
Stato militia. On Saturday, ApriJ
13th , he left tho city at uovon A m. ,
with a militia pignitl corps, to
ostablish holiographio signal communication
between Mt. Diablo,
on tho Contra Cjsta sido of tho
bay, nnd Telegraph Hill, in Siri
Francisco. Tho polico folldwcd
,him noros3 thQ bay, and on Sun-1
day aftorno n ho was arrested
and brought to this city.
not surprised at his- .arrest, nor
woro Ins. comrades, for on Sunday
morning tho'aignal corps on
Hill had flashod across to'
Mt. Diablo, thirty miles away,
tho messogo: "The police are after
Bugler Durrant for the murder of
Marian Williams." Durrant had
tho sympathy of his comrades,
who did not want to pdvo him np
16 tho pdfioe,lbut ho submitted to
'arrest. Ho was taken to tho San
JTrunoisco cily prison undor a
hoavy guard.
Whon tho inquost boan, a
mass of testimony was introduced
by1 tho polico, which sdomod to
riolnt toward' Duirant. Tho testimony
showed that ho had talkod
much of the disappoaranco of
Blanoho Lamont, and iusinuutod
that sho hud lied. It was 'shown
by tho testimony of throo
who wero with hor that ho
had mot hor outsido tho Normal
'School rit thrco o'clock on Anril
3d, nnd had got on a south-bound
car with hor; they wero lust soon
on tho cornor of Powell and Market,
on thoir way toward tho
Mission, whoro tho fatal church
is situatod. It was shown that
lip had proniisod to got horn book
from tho church library in whioh
Bho wob intorostod, and it is sup
posed that sho wcut with him for,
that purpose Horo tho olmin of
ovidenco ?s woak, As yet, no ono
has boon found who saw thorn
onto'r tho 6huroh.' .But Mis3
Ltmont novo'r got any furthor
than tho ohurolt, for her school-book's
woro found concoalod in
tho rafters, as woll as all of hor
clothing, which had boon hiddon
avflyJayarip.uafed.iH,k.cl)Pifapt
tho big building. Tho links of
tho ohain again bogin with tho
evidbpep ofGdorgoR.v King, .tho
ohuvohorganilt Jvlip'toatifios tnU
lute ia tlio nftornoon of Wednes
fcT '!'. April 3d, . -Y" lin .onterod Vr,Z3' tho
jchnrch; wllon ho' 'by
seeing Durjapt ip Ju BhirtBloovos.
'oojng from tjio jiolfry' tower,
paloSnd, cxlwuated; on infll'iryt
Ddrrant told King that ho had
boon Ikfng tho gWpipe's in the
piling, wliwero out of order:
that tho heat and tho dor of. gal
hod modehini ill; bo.1jggel Kinft
to go toan'ldjaoent 'apothebary's
and 'get 'Hiih a restorative, whioh
tin orRanist did, , loavini? him
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ono in tho church for a ti'mo, '
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On Sunday, whon'tlio polico
'covorcd tho bndyjof Blanch Lamont,
thoy" found tho door loading
to tho bobry locked, nnd tho knob
brokop off. Thp janitor, a?. A.
Sadoman, testifies that tho Inst
timo ho wcnfc.upjihto tho bolfry
)yap about amionth ago, whon.lho
knob was. on tho door. Another
circumstance which" tho. polico
bring up against Durrant is that
6n Saturday, April 13th, a
was rocoivod through tlie
mail by Mrs. Noble, aunt of audio
Lamont; in jt woro threo rings
bolonging to tho dead girl, rtwhip
veorawIod upon tho margin of tho
papor wore two names, "Goo. It.
King" nid "M. Sohwoinfurth' in
a hand-writing Jwhioh tho polico
claim is similar. to Durrants; thoy
also claim that thnsjo two namps
(tho second bing that of Mistf
Lamont's music .teacher') woro
placed there to divqrt suspicion
from Durrant? Altogether, tho
.testimony points to thovfaot that
tho Jast human .being spon with
vniiuichq Limottt was Thoodore
i)urrant,
" Concerning the caSo -of Marian
Willi tniB, tho 'teStimony 'Sh6ws
that' Durrant Ibft -his" dionso at
about 7:45 on Friday ovbning)
April l'2th. Ho was apparontly
on his way to tho Vogol
wHeto' ho had t6ld
Marinn Williams ho had something
to say tq hor. ' Ho hnd
."boon soon by F. A. Sudeman, tho
church janitor, and P. S.
Chauollo, a 'railroad doteotiVo,'
lbitering around tho lorries that
afternoon tho police claim, .waiting
for Marian Williams. Whon
carolossly asked by Sadoman
"what ho was doing thoro," ho
ropliod ithot ho was ' Watching to
Bee 'if' thoro was any jcIow to'tho
disappoaranco of Blanoho
Lamont." Durrnnt, after leaving
his.homo on Friduy avoning, mot
a friend, ono Dr. Porkins, about
oight Volook. . Ho loft him on
his way to tho Vogol
Tho' testimony differs as
to. tho hour of Durrunt's arrival,
No ono puts it onrlior than half-i
pastnino. Tho placo whero bo
left Dr. Porkins was oight blocks
distant from Dr.
fiftooh walk. "Durrnnt
fails to aooount for his hour and
a half. Ho arrived at Dr. Vogol'j
about half-past nino, porspiring
and with his hair dishovolod. TIo
askod f6r pormissioi; to wash .his
hands and arrange his liair, whioh
was givou him.
At about eight o'clook, on
FiHday ovotiing, April 12th a tall,
slondor man, wearing ,a 'long,
black Qvorcoat and a slouoh hat
(whioh w'as whnt Durrant wpro
on -that night), accompanied by
u short, slondor girl, with a oapo
aud ii turban tint (which articles
of attiro Marian Williams woro
on that night), wont into tlio yard
of Emmanuel Church, wqlked to
tho sido door, .which thojnan unlocked
with lPyi nnd ,tbp.n both
ontoroil. vl)nrrnnt and other
porsons had koys to tho ohuroh .
Sovoral 'witnoss,os testify to
seeing tho ouplo ontor .tho
church. It is supposed that
Marian Williams had brought
somo flowers ovor from Aln-
!RQda,tq bo uod ,for. thp Eastor..
docorations; that sho brought
thorn to tho church on tho ohanco
of fiudiug it opon, or of Ending
somo ono thoro to admit hor. 'Sho.
found ono thoro. Sho ontorod tho
ohuroh. Sho did uotnpppar a$
the1 Vogol entortainmont. Sho
was never, aguin soon alivo,.
At tho Vogol houso, tho
Christian Endeavor Sqoioty hold
its mootipg, nnd owing to 'tho
absonco of Thoodoro Durrant, its
soorotary, elootod a sooretary jtyo
Aem, Wh'on ho arrived, tho mooting
wns Jioarly ovor, and tho
About 11;15
tho partyfbroko up, and Durrant
walked up street with Elmor Wolf
aud Miss Lord. Ho bado , thorn.
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knear Emmanuol
.Ohuroh, saying ho was going
homo. Elmor Wolf says that ho
thon wont to a stable aud ordered
"his horso to bo roody to ride to
his ranch, somodistancp from tho
oity, On bis return, whon, ho
passod Emmanuol Church, lip
saw Durrant in front of tho
church. Durrant loft tho ojrty
tho nest, morning, as wo have
said, tovjoin hjs signal corps.
During his nb3qnco, tho polico
soarohod his room, thoy found
,ip tho pocket qC tho black over-
ooat hp wpro on Friday night a
,pu,rjta' .bolonging to . Marian
Williams, t was identified, by
C.H. Morgan tlioromployor, who
sworo that it wad hors. Ho
idontified.it, among other things,
by' a ear-ticket
which ho had givon hor as a
cui'tp. Durrant accounts for tho
prosonco pf this purse in his
nockot by Haying that ho picked
it up on tho qtropt.
'Ono of tRb features of.' this case
winch has most unpleasantly im
pressed tho 'public tlib
freedom 'with which" Etnmanliel
'Ohurah has boja used. From
tho tostimony'1lt1nppoar3 that a
"humborof persons' liave' had koys
to tiio churdh, and huvo had access
to it both by day and night.
Not only tho pastor, but tho janitor,
tho jnnitor's son, tho organist,
Durrnut, and b'lhbrs havo had
koys to tho. bujlding. and havo
boon in tho habit of using it
Whon a building whioh is
intondod for tho worship t)f God
is used by young men and young
woman at hours''' whon no ono
olso is thorb, it can shook
tho community. It is thorofore
not without Warrant that n curious
communication in tho shape
of n petition haTUooff pcfHfcT6 tho
board of supervisors' of San
Thero was a orusado by
tho churches not long ago against
tho and roar ontrancos
of tho liquor-saloons of this city,
which rosultcd in an ordinance
forbidding such ontrancos, prohibiting
priva'to rpihlUwu saloons,
and limiting ttiP'hs'sunncP of
liquor lioonso to porsons indprsod
by twolvo citizons. It is
able, thorofore, that this petition
was inspirod by tho liquor-deal-
ors. It roads as follows:
" Wo, tho undorsignod, residents,
citizens, 'and tux-payers of
tho Oity and County of San Fran
cisco engaged in a roputnblo a,nd
honorable vocation, do
.poctfully ropresoht ns follovy:
"In viowof tho heinous qrimos
committed in a olrqrou in this
city within tho past fow days, wo
as good and order-loving oitizons,
ttrould suggost to your ;hoporqblo
body that it is about timo to call
a halt in tlio dobasomont of
ohuroh edifiqos.
"Tho romody is, in our mind,
that fin ordinance bo passed clos
ing mid forbidding all sido , and
entrances to all ohuroh buildings
in this city aud county, and
to. have no partitions separate
rooms, or
in tiny such church building, and
no porson but thp authorized
janitor of said phuroh to
havo any koy to any door or
ontrancotQ tho said church, front,
rear, or sido entrance, nud ho,
the said trustoo or authorized
porson, i, bo under tho supervision
of tho police authorities at
all timos, who nio , onjoinod to(
kppp potiods of - t'ho:ftct of tho
opening and closing of said
ohuroh.es, and for what purpose,
"Aud tlijit the proaohing of tho
gospol in tho City and County of
Sim Francisco bo made a licqmtod
vocation, and no minister or
pronohcr rpooivo a lioonso unless
lie has a goqd nn.d sufljplent
chnraQtor, or olso tho signatures
of twolvo good qHlQust'tti;cpaypr8
and proportyMwiiorstPftiiat effect.
"Thisiiotitliii is nd'tVonooiyod
An a spirit ofUilaltp9, but with tho
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highost and lofuost and honor-1
ubjo objoct of Baving tho young
girls of San Francisco from murderers
and tho dobasomont of
churohes as housos of
And for a favorablo considorati6n
of this potition your petitioner will
ovor pray j etc. BodeutBiuesi." i
Whothor it is not tr.uo that tho
" potitioti was not oonooiyodin a
spirit of inalico," it js certainly
trno that tho ocourroneos at
Emmanuel Church furnish somo
justification for this documotlt.
If it isllio rovongo of tho
thoy. havo had ample
irovongj. A move sti'ug'ng
casra 'was' novor penned.
As wo writo, tho inquest is
still in progross, nnd Theodore-Durrant
stands arraignod bofo
tho bar of public opinion. It cad
not bo questioned that many
peoplo boliovo him to bo guilty
But wo do nut belipvo in trial
by nowBpapor. Thorofo.ro wo
leavo this strange and awful caso,
mproly giving the fuels as far ns
thoy havo boon loarnod
But whatever may bo tho late
of ThoodorP Durrant, th'ero is
only Ou j fitting ond foi theodoro
Durrant's church. It should dio.
For years tho shadows of ayil
havo brooded over this
congrogttion. Oaeofits pastor
becamo insano, and committed
suioido; another pastor, ,lsaao M.
Kalloch, was tho murdorer of
Cbarlosdo Young". 'Under thq
present pastorato, two young girls
havo boon foully dono to detuj
Thoro is no further field fof
Emmanuol Baptist Church as n,
temple of t,ho Mist High. Nol
congregation could sit in tho
sanctuary without tho pealing
notes of tho crcan rocnllintr tho
groans of Marian Williams, as shci
yielded up. her frail Iifo undor hor
murdoror's. cruol hands. A stop
on the bolfry stair would ranko'l
them think whh. a shudder of tho
murderer panting up tho towor
with his bloody burdon. And
wjion tho Christmas bolls rung
out, it would not bo " Poaco ana
good.will to men" that thoy
would ring it would ba .tho
requiom of poor Blancho Lamontj
ovor whoso fair young bodyT
bloody and Btark, far Up in tho
bplfry towpr tho great bolls
moaned as thoy totlod hor funeral.
hymn. S. F. Arynaut.
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