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BLOOD-STAINED COST FOUND IN BERKELEY.
The Garment Supposed!
to Be Theo Dur
rant's.
STORY OF THE 'FINDING
Another Witness Appears
Against the Suspected
Student.
SAW HIM NEAK THE CHURCH.
It Was S:ls O'clock the Night of the
Second Murder— A Girl
With Him.
The links in the chain of circumstantial
evidence against Theodore Durrant are
j becoming stronger. Sunday three
young ladies appeared before the Chief of
Police ami identified Durrant as the man
seen by them near Emmanuel Church at
B:16 o'clock the nijrht of the Williams
murder. Last evening a man went to Chief
Crowley and identified Durrant as the man
he had seen with a young lady aim
front of the church at 8:15 o'clock on the
fatal evening.
And, more important than this, a Berke
ley constable has found a lady with whom,
he says, Durrant left a coat shortly after
Blanche Lament's disappearance. The
coat, it is said, was wrapped up, and when
the lady opened the bundle yester ay she
found that the garment was spotted with
blood. The constable says he has in
formed Chief Crowley of the discovery of
the coat.
While Durrant has shown no particular
Signs of breaking down his gay manner
has left him and his face has hardened.
The man who has been brought forward
to make Durrant's guilt almost certain is
James ±\ Hoagdon, the adjuster of freight
claims for the Southern Pacific Company.
He is a man of high standing and the po
lice consider his evidence one of the most
valuable points yet found in the case of
Minnie Williams.
Mr. Hodgdon lives at 109 Bartlett street.
Petective Bohen learned a few days ago of
a man who had told several people that he
had seen Durrant in front of Emmanuel
Baptist Church with a young woman
about >:!"> r. K. Good Friday. Detective
Bohen obtained Hodgdon's address yester
day and last evening Detective Seymour
I on the newly discovered witness.
ion accompanied Detective Seymour
c office of Chief Crowley, arriving
there shortly before 3 o'clock.
His statement is as follows: "My name
tea Hodgdon. I live at 109 Bartlett
street and I am in the employ of the
lern Pacific Company, t left my
house about 8:15 o'clock Friday evening,
April 12. My house is a few doors from
the Emmanuel Baptist Church. As I
left the house I saw a young man
and a young lady standing near
the church. They were near the church,
about 200 feet from Twenty-third street.
When I first saw them it seemed to mo the
yotmg man was trying to take somo liber
ties with the girl. *As I approached them
they became quiet, but I looked at the ,
man clot-ely. but did not pay so much at- {
-.tention to the girl. I noticed she was very '
email and wore a loose black cape or '
shawl. The man answered the description
of Durfant. I passed them and went on
a cigar at a store on the next corner.
When I came out the couple had disap
peared."
When Mr. Hodgdon had finished his
statement Chief Crowley ordered Durrant
brought out of the prisoii so that Hodgdon
jiiight see if he could recognize him.
When Durrant was brought to the Chief's
room Mr. Hodgdon identified him at once.
He said he was confident that Durrant
was the man he had seen, that his face,
hat and general appearance was the
•' same, except that his impression was that
. .the man he had seen was a trifle taller
than Durrant.
Following is the story of the bloody
coat, which will be thoroughly investi
gated to-day:
Late yesterday afternoon a lady living
In the neighborhood of Parker street and
Dwight way, Berkeley, brought a black
Prince Albert coat to the business center
of the town and asked for a constable.
Constable Brotherton was pointed out
to her, and she gave him the bundle, say
ing that it had been left at her house' by'a
man answering the description of Dur
fant one day about the time of the first
murder. She said she was standing in her
front yard when a nervous appearing man
stepped up and asked if he could leave the
coat he had on with her for a few days.
Not denying him the privilege he took it
off his back, wrapped it up, left it with
her, and then started for the hills.
The man not returning for the parcel after
the lapse of ten days, the woman became
suspicious, and yesterday afternoon, in the
. presence of her daughter, opened the
package, and, to her utter amazement,
■ found the front and sleeves covered with
Etains. Upon close examination it was
found that they were blood stains, which
the owner of the coat had attempted to
wash out by means of cleaning fluid.
From the places stained the garment
ftiust have been unbuttoned when the
blood was splashed on it, as the flap which
is usually bottoned in the style of a coat
yras covered with stains the entire length.
The coat bears the name of >'ordwell, a
Bosh-street tailor.
On the inside of the garment, near the
vaist, is a patch of Farmer's satin, so neatly
i tnit in that it must have been done by a
tailor. Near the back pocket there is an
other similar patch.
The coat was taken to Dr. Rowell im
mediately after being placed into the hands
of Deputy Constable Murray, and he will
make an examination of it to-day to deter
mine as to whether the spots which appear
en it are blood.
Dr. Rowell, when seen late last night by
a Call representative, was very reticent
alxnit communicating information relating
to the discovery of the blood-stained coat.
He said: 'I 'am unprepared as yet to
make any statement whatsoever regarding
tht matter. There may be truth in
the reports and they may be false. It is
not through any desire on my part to keep
the matter from the public, but owing to
the position in which I have been placed.it
would be impolitic for me to make
any statement bearing on the case. As
Boon as anything develops I shall only be
too glad to communicate it to the press.
if I am to make a microscopical examina
tion of the coat I shall call Dr. Eastman
into consultation, for the case is of too
great importance to be undertaken alone."
DURRANT ARRAIGNED
Damaging Evidence Given
• .;. at the Police Court
Examination.
►
Two hours before the time set for the
preliminary examination of Theodore Dur
rant, charged with the murder of Minnie
Williams, Judge Conlan's court was
crowded to suffocation, and a restless,
' motley crowd surged through the corridor
without, vainly trying to gain an entrance
to the precincts of a police court where a
man accused of a heinous crime was about
to have a hearing.
Three times before the trial opened the
police cleared the place of loungers, thus
making respiration possible, but the places
of those expelled were quickly filled by
others, and throughout the examination
the room was packed like a sardine-box.
At the McAllister entrance to the City
Prison 500 or 600 people had gathered be
fore half-past 10, and waited patiently in
the vain hope of catching a glimpse of the
accused man, as he passed from hia cell to
the courtroom above.
He was taken into court, however, by an
other route, but the disappointment was
not acute enough to send the loungers
home, and al! day they remained about
the entrance, with occasional futile efforts
to run the gantlet of the police in the
corridor leading to the courtroom.
It was two minutes after 11 when Dur
rant appeared in court, escorted by Cap
tain Douglass and two officers. He shook
hand? with his counsel. Genera] Dickinson
and Eugene Deuprey, who had entered the
room a few minutes before, and then took
a seat directly behind his lawyers and in
close proximity to the chair occupied by
Captain Douglass.
Shortly after Prosecuting Attorney
Barnes entered, accompanied by his assist
ant, Wakeman, and closely followed by
DURRANT AS HE APPEARED IN COURT, WITH CAPTAIN DOUGLASS AND HIS COUNSEL BESIDE HIM.
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Judge Conlan. Later Chief Crowley ar
rived, and during the forenoon session re
mained an interested observer of the pro
c ceding:-.
Durrant looked pale and somewhat hag
gard as he feebly shook hands with his
attorneys, and dropped into the chair
placed for him by Captain Douglass. There
was not, however, the slightest indication
of nervousness, and the remarkable self
possession which has characterized all his
actions since the day of his arrest did not
I desert him now. It was a kind of self-pos
session that borders closely upon stolid
I indifference. Not once during the day did
he relax his rigid attitude to catch" the
answer of a low-voiced witness. Not once
did he speak to his attorneys unless first
; spoken to. When an insanewoman forced
her way to the witness-stand, and by her
erratic maneuvers put the crowd on the
gui vive, bringing the attorneys to their
feet, and unnerving for the moment the
Judge himself. Durrant sat calm and un
concerned, without so much as a flitting
expression of interest, gazing blankly at
the black-robed figure on the witness
stand, with about the same degree of inter
est that is manifested by the Sphinx as it
gazes over the sands of Egypt.
About the table near which tha prisoner
satwps scattered a heterogenous collec
tion of gruesome things to be used in evi
dence, gathered from that blood-stained
sanctuary where two young lives went
out into the darkness by the hand of an
unspeakable monster.
There was the library table with its sick
ening evidence of the awful crime, the
study door with its shattered lock, a bit of
soiled lace, a purse found in the possession
of the accused and the pieces of an ordi
nary table knife, mute witnesses all of one
of the most atrocious crimes ever recorded
in the criminal annals of any country. ,
At seven minutes after eleven the bailiff
yelled for order and Judge Conlan called
the case.
Both sides answered ready and District
! Attorney Barnes opened for the people.
Stewart Merrill was the first witness
called. His examination was conducted
by Attorney Barnes.
"Where do you reside?" was the first
question asked.
"In Ban Francisco, at 613 Clay street."
"What is your business?"
"Photographer."
"Did you take these pictures," (exhibit
ing two or three photographs of the in
terior of the blood-stained edifice on Bart
leti s-treet).
"I did; yes, sir."
The witness then identified each one
separately.
"Whrn did your camera stand when
I you took photograph No. 2 of the library?"
into rfered General Dickinson.
"Three or four feet outside the room
from the threshold of the door. It may
have been three and a half feet. '
Among the exhibits were photographs of
thefloor and north and south walls of the
library in the church, and one of the vic
tim, Minnie Williams, after the aiitopsy.
The latter prut-some picture represented
the dead girl in a horizontal position, the.
body beinc nude from the waist np show
ing the knife wounds in the breast and
delicate neck, and also the stitches taicen
from the breast down the entire length of
the abdomen after the autopsy.
""Where was that picture taken?" asked
Mr. Barnes.
"In the receiving vault at Laurel Hill
Cemetery on the morning of April 18.
Nothing further of importance was elic
ited.
Mrs. Susan Morgan was next called.
Before her examination began ( ieneral
Dickinson asked that she be instructed by
the court to answer all questions only so
far as she could within her own knowledge
and not to give any information from hear-
say.
"I am a married woman and reside in
Alamtda, on Pacific avenue," responded
the witness in answer to Prosecuting At
torney Wakeman's opening interrogatory.
"Where were you residing at the time" of
Minnie Williams' murder?"
•'At 1225 Versailles avenue."
"Did you know Minnie Williams?"
"Yes.sir."
"Did she ever live with yon?"
"Yos. sir; about one year."
"What was she doing with you?"
"Making her home with up."
"When did you see her last?"
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"On the morning of the 12th of the pres
ent month."
"What was she doing then ?"
"I left her wrapping the furniture in pa
pers preparatory to our moving."
"Did Miss Williams go with you to re
side at the place where you moved to from
Versailles avenue?"
"She did not."
"Do you know where she went?"
"I was told she went to the city."
The defense objected to the question, but
the court allowed the witness' answer to
stand.
"Are you acquainted with the defend
ant, Theodore Durrant?"
"I saw him at my home in Alameda. He
called to see Miss Williams."
"When was that?"
"Last summer."
"Was that on Versailles avenue?"
"No. We were then living at 2124 Ala
meda avenue."
'What was Durrant doing while he was
at your house?"
"He was there about half an hour. Part
of that time was spent in waiting for Misa
Williams."
"Did yon hear him say anything partic
ular while he was there?
"While I was in the room they talked on
commonplace topics."
"Did you see Durrant on the 11th of the
present month ?"
"I did not."
Witness was shown the picture taken of
Miss Williams after death, but she was un
able to identify it.
Clark H. Morgan followed his wife to the
stand. His examination was conducted
by Attorney Barnes.
"How long did Miss Williams make her
home with you?"
"About ten months."
"Were yon and your wife on friendly
and affectionate terms with her?"
"We were. She was regarded as one of
the family.''
"Did you ever meet Durrant at your
house in Alameda?"
"I did not."
"Did you ever meet him?"
"Yes, sir. It think it was first at a re
ception given at Dr. Vogel's house by the
young people of Emmanuel Baptist
Church."
"Who introduced you to him?"
"Miss Williams."
Witness was shown the picture of Miss
Williams after death, but could not iden
tify it. Neither could he identify the
purse supposed to have been that of Miss
Williams, though he recognized the car
ticket found therein as being- one he had
given her four days before her death.
A. E. Williams was the next witness
called. The bailiff shouted his name, and
while the father of the murdered girl was
slowly making his way to the stand the
courtroom was thrown "into a state of in
tense excitement by the frantic efforts of a
neatly attired woman of about 30 years of
age as she pushed her way through the
dense crowd in an endeavor to reach the
chair close beside Judge Conlan, set apart
Miss Williamson Interrupts the Court
Proceeding's.
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for witnesses. As she stepped iipon the
stand the clerk arose to administer the
oath, under the impression that the in
truder was a bona fide witness, and this
impression seemed general in the court
room. it being taken for granted that a
mistake had been made in calling the
name.
As she commenced to speak, however, it
was evident that her purpose in appearing
was prompted by something more potent
than a dry subpena.
Her face flushed and the muscles abont
the hard little mouth twitched convul
sively. The suppressed hum of many
voices died away as she waved her hand
for silence and everybody leaned forward
in an attitude of expectant excitement.
"I appear here in the judgment of God
and not in the judgment of mankind," she
began, but her voice being drowned in the
only partly suppressed murmur of excite
ment and curiosity which her strange and
unlooKed-for appearance had created, she
repeated her initial announcement. This
time she said: "My name is Lucy Laura
Gould Williamson and I am here in the
judgment of God and not in the judgment
of mankind."
"Who are you?" asked Judge Conlan.
Again Miss Williamson started to tell in
whose judgment she had come, and by this
time the court began to realize that the
woman was the victim of a mania of some
sort and he ordered the bailiff to escort the
woman down from the witness-stand and
out of the courtroom.
Lucy Laura Gould Williamson insisted
on having her say, however, and, as she
waved an envelope over her head, she
continued, speaking rapidly and half co
herently :
"I am here in judgment for God and I
pronounce Theodore Durrant innocent. I
have tried him and found him not
guilty—"
"Get this woman out of here," thundered
the court.
"I say I am here with Christ's wisdom,"
proceeded Miss Williamson, undaunted,
"and I pronounce him not guilty. Beware
how you prosecute this man," she almost
shouted, as a burly officer stepped to her
side and made a motion as though to take
her arm.
"Do not touch me," she said. "I will
go, but I leave this in evidence," handing
the letter she had carried in her hand to
the clerk.
"I will go," she again said to the officer,
as the latter made a motion to hasten her
exit. "I'll go, but do not shove me. I
leave the judgment of God with you."
The letter which she left with "the clerk
of the court reads as follows:
To the Citizen* of the City and County of San Fran
ci*co. To the Public Officials— Respected Gen
tlemen:
The coming woman, gifted with high spirit
ual powers and for whom tile world has been
waiting, stands here in your midst. She is,
by the force of circumstances, to make hergelf
known; first, in the Police Court of San Fran
cisco, for she has come to judge the hearts of
men and women through tne wisdom given
by Jesus Cnrist.
No man in the city and county of San Fran
cisco is worthy to sit in judgment during the
trial of Theodore Currant. Therefore I, Lucy
Laura Gould Williamson, declare, with the au
thority of God, that these law proceedings
must be brought to a close with the reading of
this letter. No attempt must again be made by
any person to arrest Theodore Durrant, or to
again hold him guilty of murder. I, Lucy
Laura Gould Williamson, through the spirit of
(Jod-given truth, do declare Theodore Durrant
to be found innocent through, the judgment
of God: and lam henceforth responsible for
his actions.
With greatest respect to all parties, and Trith
justice to the prisoner, Theodore I)urrant. I am
yours, Lucy Laura Ooi'ld Williamson.
As the woman was being escorted from
the courtroom Chief Crowley came forward
to the press table and made the following
statement:
"About 10 o'clock this morning," said
the Chief, "this woman came to my office
and said that she had important evidence
to submit.
"I told her that if her evidence was for the
prosecution she could make a state
ment to me. She answered that it was for
the defense. Then I told her that she had
better see Dicknison or Deuprey, attorneys
for the defense. She expressed her , inten
tion of so doing and went on in a rambling
way about being empowered by Jesus
Christ to try the prisoner Durrant by an
occult process of her own. She had done
this and found him innocent. This fact
she desired to communicate to the proper
authorities, hence her call at ray office.
The woman is probably insane, but I had
no idea that she would appear at the
hearing."
When the excitement incident to the
Williamson scene had spent itself 'order
was resumed and the hearing was con
tinued.
A. E. Williams was then sworn.
After the preliminary questions witness
was shown the photograph taken of his
murdered daughter after the autopsy.
"Do you recognize that face ?" was nsked.
The witness was in doub*, and Mr.
Barnes started to describe the circum
stances under which the photograph was
taken.
An objection was interposed by the de
fense, but the court allowed the question
accompanied by the explanation owing to
the peculiar character of the picture.
The witness then made a closer study of
the face, and affirmed positively that he
could identify it as that of his dead daugh
ter Minnie.
The pocket-book was then offered in evi
dence, and was positively identified by the
witness as the one he had given his daugh
ter shortly after Christmas last year.
The purse was marked peoplu'sexhibit F.
"When did you last see your daughter?"
was next as-ked.
"On Friday, the sth of April."
"You did not see her on Good Friday?"
"No, sir."
"Were you acquainted with Durrant be
fore your daughter's death?"
"I met him'lirst about rive years ago."
"Had you seen Durrant for two or three
months prior to the inquest?"
"I hud not."
Frank A. Young, a baker, 1315 Park
street, Alameda, was next called. He had
known Minnie Williams three years prior
to her death. He was shown the celluloid
| tablet found in Miss Williams' purse con
taining an address, and asked if he had ever
seen it before.
"I saw it on Thursday afternoon prior to
Good Friday."
"Under what circumstances did you see
that tablet?"
"I wrote the address on it at her request
on the Thursday afternoon in question."
He also identified the purse.
A recess was then taken until 2 p. m.
Sergeant William F. Burke was the first
witness called on the reconvening of court
at 2 p. m.
"Did you visit the house where Theodore
Durrant resided?" asked Attorney Barnes.
"I did, sir; on the Sunday following the
murder."
"Did you take any garments from the
house?"
"I did, sir. I took an overcoat, and in
the pocket found a bunch of keys and a
purse. The purse contained a car-ticket,
etc."
Witness was shown the purse and identi
fied the same. Likewise the car-ticket.
"At the time I took the coat," witness
continued, concerning the identity of the
car-ticket, "the mother of the defendant
asked me to let her examine the pockets
ot the coat."
The defense objected to witness telling
anything about what Mrs. Durrant said,
and Sergeant Burke continued:
"I examined the pockets of the coat and,
taking out the pocket-book, shook it and
the car-ticket fell to the floor. Officer
Shear noticed it and I picked it up and ex
amined it. Afterward I made an examina
tion of the outside compartment in the
pocket-book."
Witness examined the overcoat taken
from the defendant's house and, identify
ing the same, the prosecution offered the
farment in evidence to be marked exhibit
[. The hat was likewise identified and
Eut in as exhibit I. The witness identi
ed the bunch of keys as being the same
found in Durrant's clothing, with the ex
ception of one key, which he said had
since been placed on the ring. The keys,
without the one in question, were put in
as exhibit J.
The thirteenth key being removed from
the bunch was shown witness and he said
it had been given to him on the 13th of the
present month by one George King. He
did not know where the key was from.
"Now, sergeant, did you visit the church
on the afternoon of April 13?" continued
Attorney Barnes. "Did you see the body,
and what were the circumstances leading
up to the discovery of the body?"
"I did, sir. Between the hours of 1 and
2 o'clock I went to the church with Officer
Lewis. There I found the Coroner and his
messenger and Officers Feeney and Reed.
I saw the body lying on the floor. I saw
the wounds on the throat and on the
wrists. I also saw the Coroner take from
the mouth a piece of cloth. There was a
pool of blood under tne head and one
under the table. I also saw a stick of
wood under the body, about fifteen inches
long."
Two soiled strips of linen cloth were
shown the witness, and he identified them
as being the same or similar to those which
he saw taken from the throat of the dead
girl.
"I think," he said, "it was the Coroner's
messenger who took the rags from the
girl's throat."
Witness also identified the broken pieces
of the table-knife found on the body.
The cloth and knife were offered in evi
dence a? exhibits X and L respectively.
The stick found under the body of the dead
girl was likewise identified and put in
as exhibit M. Another stick of about the
same length and size was pronounced by
witness to be the same he had seen Officer
Reed take from the table in the library.
That was marked as exhibit N.
A number of partly rusted silver-plated
caseknives, the same as that which was
found broken on the dead body of Minnie
Williams, taken from the kitchen of the
Emmanuel Baptist Church, together with
a table from the library, were examined
and identified by witness. He showed also
where and how the second stick spoken of
as exhibit N had been taken from the
table. It was glued on the frame and
served as a side support to the drawer.
This stick was taken from the table to
show its similarity to that used by the
murderer in crowding the piece of cloth
down the dead girl's throat. It was ap
parent both came from the same table.
The caseknives and two paper napkina
were put in as people's, exhibit O.
"Sergeant, what was the condition of the
library door when you arrived there?"
asked "Attorney Barnes.
"The lock was broken off."
"Did you ever see the lock?"
"I saw it in the Chief's office."
"Have you ever seen these," and the
witness was handed the portion of an ordi
nary brass lock and a small block of wood.
»"Ves, sir. I picked them up on the ttoor
of the library and I saw them subsequently
in the Chief's office."
"Do you know where the balance of the
lock is?"
"1 do not."
"Did you hear any one say where it
was?"
"We object," said Mr. Dickinson.
The objection wps sustained and Mr.
Barnes asked :
"Do you know how the other part of
that lock could have been lost?"
"Any one could have taken it. l'heroom
and church were open to the general pub
lic at the time and any one might have
picked it up and carried it away out of
curiosity."
"Who were present at the time yon
wrnpped this lock up in paper?" asked
Attorney Dickinson.
"There were three officers?'
"Were there »ny of the Coroner's officers
present?"
"The Coroner's deputy and messenger
were there."
'•Could you identify any one else who
was in the room at the time?"
"No, sir; I could not."
Sergeant Burke was recalled by Attorney
Barnes and questioned as to the location
of the wash-basin in the back part of the
church.
"Did you examine that washroom?"
"1 did, sir. My attention was called to
it by Sergeant Reynolds. I found blood
stains on it and on the walls."
"Where is that wash-basin?" asked
Judge Conlan.
"It is back of the minister's pulpit, almost
opposite the rear entrance to the church."
"Is that the only wash-basin in the
church?" continued the court.
"All that I know of."
Attorney Dickinson then took the wit
ness in hand.
"What was the position of those blood
stains?"
"On the walls, above the basin, and on
the basin itself."
"Did you take any precaution for pre
serving those stains as evidence?"
"No, sir, I did not. Sergeant Reynolds
was in chargo, and I did not think any
thing about it."
"Was there any examination made to
ascertain definitely as to whether those
stains were of blood or from something
else?"
"Not by me, sir."
"Did you muke any subsequent examina
tion of the basin and the blood stains you
s peak about?"
"No, sir."
"Did you examine the towel hanging
upon the wall near the basin?"
"I did not."
"Did you notice a soapdish, a tooth
brush or anything of that kind near the
bai-in?"
"I did not."
Miss Frances Willis of 2009 Howard street
was next called.
"Do you know Theodore Durrant?" was
asked after the usual preliminary.
"I am slightly acquainted with him.
"Have you seen him recently?"
"I saw him on the Alameda train at
Park street on April 8. I rode with him to
the Grand-street station."
"Did you converse with him on that
day?"
"ldid."
"It is the same Theodore Durrant that is
here in the room now?"
"Yes, sir."
"There can be no doubt about its being
the same man and that he was on the train
with you on the Bth- of April?"
"No, sir, I think not."
Maggie Fitzpatrick, a girl about 16 years
of age, residing at 133 Twenty-sixth street,
was called.
"Where were you on Friday night, the
12th, between 9 and 9:15?"
"I was near the corner of Twenty-second
and Mission streets."
"Who were you with?"
"With Miss Emma Struven and Miss
Louise Struven."
"Who did you see there?"
"When he passed us he said, 'Flora!
Flora!'"
"Wait a moment. Who passed you?"
"That man there," looking towaTd the
defendant.
"What did he say to you again?"
" 'Flora ! Flora 1 Come here.' "
"What did you say?"
"I did not say anything, but Louise
Struven said, 'What?' and I said, 'Don't
speak to him : he only wants to get us to
talk to him.' 1 '
"Did you recognize his face?"
"I did not get a close look at it, but I
am positive it was that man."
"How was he dressed?"
"He had on a dark hat and lortg black
overcoat."
"Did he seem excited when he snoke to
you?"
•'Yes; the way he said it seemed like he
was agitated."
"How old are you?" asked Attorney
Dickinson.
".Fifteen, sir."
"Did you notice which way the man
whom you thought was Durraut came
from when he addressed you and your
companions?"
"I did not. sir."
"Did you notice which way he went?"
"Yes, sir; he went down Mission street."
"You say you did not get a good iooK at
the man's face?"
"I did not get a close look at his face, but
I think I can recognize the man Durrant
as the one who spoke to us."
Louise Struven, one of the girls with
Maggie Fitzpatrick, was sworn, and while
identifying the hat and coat worn by Dur
rant and testifying to the height of the
man who accosted them she was unable to
pick Durrant out from among those seated
at the lawyer's desk facing her.
Mrs. Mary M. McCoy, of the corner of
Seventeenth and Mission streets, was
sworn and testified that on the night of
April 12, as she was going down Twenty
third street, between 7 and 8 o'clock, she
saw a young man and woman standing
near Emmanuel Church on Twenty-third
street. The girl seemed to be coaxing for
something and moving her hands. "Just
as I passed them," she continued, "I heard
the man say, 'You are a coward.' I said
to myself 'them do be lovers ' " But
the defendant's counsel objected to what
she said to herself, and Mrs. McCoy was
requested to confine her statements to what
she saw and heard.
"Did you hear anything else?"
"No, sir; not after I heard him say that
she was a coward."
"Where were you goinp when you met
them ?" asked Attorney Dickinson.
"I was going horrft, sir."
"Did you noticelwhat time it was when
you reached your nouse?"
"I did not, sir. I was so tired that I
dropped into a chair and went to sleep."
"\Vhatis your business, Mrs. McCoy?"
"I keep a laundry, sir, and I was tired
that night and walked slow."
''Did you see the faces of the two young
persons* by the church?"
"No, sir. It was too dark for my eye
sight. I noticed, though, that the man
had a soft hat and long dark overcoat on,
and the girl was dressed in dark."
"You are sure you did not hear anything
else, madam?"
"Yes, sir: I am sure nothing else was
said that I could understand. As I told
you, the girl seemed to be coaxing for
something. I thought to myself — " and she
managed to get it all out before the attor
neys could check her — "that they were
lovers, and that she was afraid to go home,
don't you know."
The old lady was kept on the stand a few
minutes longer, and after her dismissal
court adjourned until this morning at 10:30
o'clock.
PASSED RESOLUTION
Baptist Ministers Express Sym-
pathy for Emmanuel Con-
gregation.
The misfortune which has befallen
Emmanuel Church was the topic discussed
at the meeting of the Baptist Association,
held at the Y. M. C. A. building yesterday
morning. Sympathy was expressed for
the church members in their affliction, and
only once was the name of the pastor men
tioned, and then it was in the form of an
interrogation.
Rev. M. P. Boynton opened the subject
by saying: "I think it eminently fitting
that we, as members of the Baptist denom
ination, express our sympathy for Baptist
Emmanuel Church congregation. They are
not to blame for what has happened. The
church is of our denomination, and it
would be a comfort to its members if they
could feel that the ministers were in sym
pathy with them."
At this point Rev. I. S. Abbott asked,
"You include the pastor?"
Rev. M. P. Boynton replied, "Of course I
include the pastor. The church as an em
bodied organization requires our sympa
thy."
Rev. A. L. Dietz hastened to explain that
the ministers had no sympathy with the
crime nor with the manner in which the
church had been desecrated, but that min
isterially they were rilled with sympathy
for the church members in their affliction.
Dr. Bush drew attention to the fact that
a week had passed since the tragedy, and
it only seemed fitting that the Baptist min
isters of San Francisco should express
some feeling in the matter of the Emman
uel church members, and should signify
their intention of standing by their breth
ren.
"If they decide to continue in the
church," said Dr. Bush, "it seems tome
that the Baptist Association should ap
point an all-day Baptist meeting to fast
and pray ami show that all the Baptists
are in sympathy with the congregation in
their trouble. It seems a duty to show
that we are loyal to these brethren. If they
decide to worship in a fresh place we must
stand by them."
Rev. Mr. Dietz said that it would be bet
ter to pass a resolution to that effect if the
sense of the meetim; was one of sympathy.
Silence followed this suggestion. Then
Rev. Mr. Boynton said, "Brethren, I do
not want to push this matter into forcing
a discussion, but it seems to me that we
owe to ourselves as members of the Bap
tist Ministers' Association just as much as
we owe it to the members of the Emmanuel
Church to stand by them and show the
public we are loyal and sympathetic. I
move that a committee be appointed to
frame resolutions."
This motion was seconded and carried
apathetically. Rev. Mr. Boynton and Rev.
Dr. Abbott were appointed. The following
resolutions were read and unanimously
passed:
To the Emmanuel Baptist Church— Dear Breth
ren : In this dark hour of your distress, we, the
Baptist ministers' conference of San Francisco
and vicinity, do heerby express our deepest sym
pathy. We trust that bur Heavenly Father will
Kuide you as a church into a bright and happy
future. We also desire to render any assistance
In our power when you resume existence as a
church. Brethren, our prayers are with you.
Done on behalf of the Baptist ministers' con
ference of San Francisco and vicinity, April 22,
1895. M. I\ Boynton,
C. H. HOBART,
I. 8. Abbott,
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