The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 17, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FiIANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895. THE DOUBLE MURDER place and under circumstances that he does not liscl a to disel to him. ] tantial and v_strong in is eyidence that shou!d ined and fortified. I think it the officers should look carefully if there is not some one else who id a hand in the cases. Asto the bed ]ec{v mentioned in the papers iis morning 1 do not attach much im- rortance to that. Hearing about the mur- ders ]:\ll day no wonder he was disturbed in bis sleep, n Curtin of the Curtin agency said: I have not formed any theory about these crimes, but am confident from what I have 1 and from conversations 1 have had 1 officers that Durrant is the Ity . What can have been his motive? FPossibly the Williams girl knew more than Le wanted her to know about the disap- ance of the Lamont girl and he con- 1ded it would be well to have her out of e way; and, as tothe Lamont girl: Y. recollect that it had been charged Durrant may have been the one who k Ware, the druggist. You must also recol- lect that there was a woman who f in that case and who never was i Now, for the sake of argument, suppe Blanche Lamont was that wom would 3 interest in ke der his control? Why was he constantl with her on her way to and from schox and other places? I e was that o missin, woman and he was the man who killed | ned to talk would to silence her? ong case against Dur- e to be much stronger to convince a ju jurors will say ‘We bave known of so many cases where cir- cumstantial evidence has proved at fault that we cannot co Still T cannot reach any other conclusiotat this time but that he is guilty. There is one fea- ture about this matter and that is the con- duct of Rev. Gibson toward the police at first and his anxiety to hush up the Ware and she thre this direction at present. While it would | be very gratifying from a scientific stand- | point to learn if Durrant’s head betrays ;the‘ possession of such passions ascom- | bativeness, secretiveness, love for women, | brutal ferocity or, gentleness, timidity and | tender heartedness, science must take a | back seat for the time being. In the ab- sence of actual contact the phrenologists o | Mmay study the outline of the young pris- | oner’s dome of thought, which is here | produced from a disgram of his head | taken by Cohl Bros., hatters at 226 Kearny | street. For years young Durrant has pur- chased his hats at this store and special | care is taken to make his headgear con- | form to the lines of the skull. | peculiar contrivances | While no man’s head perfect in shape | there is one peculiarity noticed in the out lines of Durrant’s. It is the deep depres- | Durrant’s Skull. remarkable fullness on the opposite side. The forehead of the man is deceptive, as it is less full in reality than it appears to be. Durrant wears a No. 7, and he usually buys a soft hat as it is difficult to get a stiff hat | to sit easily upon his head. His “shape’” was taken by one of those | used by hatters. | sion in the left side over the temple and a watter.” Lucas of the Lucas agency said: | DURRANT’S RELIGION. | , both of | Pt | ere was | red that | He Went to Church to ‘“There is no doubt in my mind that Durrant g ther committed the At firstI th T man with hi amin other. At 10 o’clock yesterday morning the doors of the undertaking establishment were thrown open and those who wished were permitted to view the casket and look upon the dead face of N Williams. Near the head of Miss Williams stood a fioral pillow on which was worked in purple chenille the name “Marion.” This | was an offering from the ladies of the Cali- | fornia Casket Company, with whom Miss Williams at one time worked. There were | a number of handsome bouquets, one bear- ing the card of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Mer- | cerau, and another that of Mrs. C. Breck- | ensaye. During the afternoon and evening the | parlors were crowded and it is estimated that from noon to 4 o’clock between 4000 and 5000 persons of all classes passed in silence around the caskets. The mortal remains of Miss Lamont will be placed ou the eastbound train that leaves this morning and they will be de- livered to the bereaved mother. Maud | Lamont, sister of the unfortunate girl, will accompany the body. The funeral of Miss Williams will take Elace this afternoon from the First Baptist Church on Eddy street. WENT TO STOCKTON. He Was There the Day After Blanche Lamont Dis~ appeared. STOCKTON, CAr., April 16—W. H. T, Durrant, the medical student who is now | under arrest in San Francisco for the mur- | der of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Wil- liams in the Emmanuel Baptist Church, was a constant attendant at the lectures | delivered by Dr. Hersholt of the Stockton State Asylum staff before the students of | the Cooper Medical College. | If Durrant is the murderer of the two | young girls who were found dead in the | study and beliry in the church in the Mis- ion of San Francisco he attended the | lecture the day after he sent Blanche La- mont to meet her Makerand thereafter attended three lectures, one of which was | on the day before Minnie Williams met | | her death in the study of the same edifice. “Durrant was & very mediocre man as far as he showed up in his studies,” said Hersholt, “and barely passed his last ex- tions. In’ some of these held in November, 1893, he failed and was obliged inches d that the stairs narrow and winding, but now I e man would have no difficalty anche Lamont's body to the 1 believe that while Durrant ry calm now he will in a few wn and tell all about it.” HIS DUAL ROLE. How His Erratic Personality Was Judged by the Mis- . sion People. At first I suppo s s to days break do was not the person he would 1in the pale of Emmanuel eve him to be. In the Sunday- r-meeting he was exem- way from the scene of his piety wother role. While out with cter of k conversation when spe: pages ng im- jent by his and the glib- ) could recount the s gleaned from the publi- ace of the 1ds ac ifered some- nwholesome. ) the s of people there was mit to his apparently attracted n he met. While hang- buxom Blanche L was crossing the bay Vi the detective, a physician, n, a Sabbath-school worker, 1gh all he was an uncanny young d morally state: no LIKE DURRANT’S HAIR What Was Fo:d in the Gar- ments of Murdered Min- nie Williams. Possibly one of the strongest links in the chain of evidence that seems to be gradu- ally drawing around Durrant is the finding | of several strands of hair on the clothing | last worsi by Minnie Williams correspond- ing closely with that of the prisoner. Yesterday morning Dr. E. H. Samuels, ions he drank to intox- and was noted for the immoral | cially ladies. One night while running prove His Professional Prospects. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 16.—William P. | Merriam, a young man employed in the tinning department of the fruit packing establishment of J. H. Flickinger, was an | intimate acquaintance of Theodore Dur- | rant, the accused murderer of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont. | Merriam struck up an intimate acquaint- anceship with Durrant while employed during the holiday season at the Golden Rule Bazaar in San Francisco. When en last night by a reporter he said: Yes, I knew Durrant well. In fact, we have been chums for the last year. I first became acquainted with him when em- ployed at the Golden Rule Bazaar. he had a weakness for women, and if any | one would arrange a meeting with girls he was always sure to be on hand. I cannot believe he is guilty, for he w s courteous and polite to every one, | around the streets we made the acquaint- | ance of a couple of girls, and I proposed that we go to the Grotto, where we could get something to eat and_drink, but Dur- rant said he would not do so, for he re- ected all girls, and said if any one was to take a sister of his to such 2 place he would shoot her. “I can hardly believe that Theodore would be guilty of such an atrocious crime, for he often talked to me of the time when he should become a doctor. He -often spoke of fitting himself as a specialistand I think mind was so turned in that direction that he became insane. In passing e possessed | along the street he would point out girls | I ring and say that if Le had halfa could cure them. *‘Lintend to go to San Francisco Satur- and if he hasn't confessed by that time I will ca e him. The last time { I saw Durrant was in January and he told me that during the present year he would graduate. He never seemed to be very re- { ligious, and hLe oiten told me he simply went to Sunday-school to become well acquainted, for one engaging in medicine would have to look to the churches for the | largest share of his patients.” i Merriam has been employed at Flickin- | ger's since_the 1st of February andfwhen i seen last night seemed to feel badly over | the fact that his chum had been accused of such a crime. TIDINGS FLASHED. to Durrant to Prevent | i —_— | The Heliographic Message Sent | | ! Trouble. | Captain Abbott Hanks of the Signal Corps is a strong believer in the innocence of Durrant. He said: “None of us will Young | Al-| though Durrant was never much of a sport, | at the request of Chief Crowley, made a | believe that Durrant killed the two girl: microscopical examination of the garments | We all know him so well that we feel sus of the dead girl, and found a considerable | he was not the kind of a man to commit quantity of short, stubby hair, tawny in | such a terrible deed. Durrant’s statement appearance and bearing a striking resem- | that a heliographic message was sent from blance to that of Durrant’s. our station on Telegraph Hill to the one on *'On the sleeve of the dress as well as on | Mount Diablo, where xht: was, is true. the bosom,” said Dr. E. H. Samuels, “I | merely stated that Durrant was to be found a considerable guant of horse | arrested. We went into no details, as we hair, several strands resembling closely the | had to hurry up with our work, as the sun hair of the dead girl and a lot of tawny | did not stay out long. We sent the mes- hair that looked asif it had been torn out | sage not to let Durrant have a chance to forcibly. escape, but to prevent possible trouble in The roots were plainly discernible, which | case Durrant should be arrested before he shows that the girl in her struggle for life | returned to this eity. If some unknown clung almost savagely to anything that | officers should approach that body of t| came n her reach. The hair is slightly red, though sonally I do not think this'a point against Durrant, for the simple reason that qui a number of people have handled the cloth- ing since the murdered girl was found. (he police, however, think this one of the strongest proofs of guilt yet brought to light and will make it a feature of the | twelve young men, who were all armed, and attempt to take one of the number away from the rest there would bave been trouble. To notify Lieutenant Boardman | so that he would understand the matter to | some extent wasthe purpose of sending | the message. |+ TO: THE: GRAVE. case when the preliminary hearing takes | place. DURRANT’S SKULL. A Hatter’s “Shape” Shows That the Prisoner’s Head Is Very Uneven. Since the arrest of Durrant for the hor- rible crimes that are laid at his door a number of phrenologists and those inter- ested in the science of craniology have ex- pressed a desire to lay hands upon the young man’s head and discover, if pos- sible, if there are any bumps or forma- tions of the skull that would indicate the possession of abnormal passion. The science of the human mind as connected with the supposed organs of thought and on in the brain, maintained by the ancient philosopher Gall, who supposed each faculty or propensity to have a par- ticular organ nn«{ thus be manifested i the form of the skull, has attracted the attention of thousands of learned men in modern times. They never lose an oppor- tunity of examining the eraniums of noted and notorious people for the purpose of advancing the cause of the science. It goes withont saying that the police will not permit any of these scientifié and curi- ous gentiemen to examine young Dur- rant’s head until after they are through with him. There is too much’ danger of some pre- tend‘ed hrenologist putting into the young man’s hands the means of defeating the ends of justice to permit investigation in | The Bodies of the Murdered Girls Prepared for Inter- ment. The victims of the church tragedy, Blanche Lamont and Minnie E. Williams, were on Monday evening removed from the Morgue to the parlors of the Golden Gate Undertaking Company, on Mission street, near Twenty-first, where they were prepared, one for the grave in this city and the other for shipment. That of Miss Lamont was in such an advanced state of decomposition that nothing could be done but inject it with a fluid that for 4 time will stay further decay. That of Miss Williams was treated in such a manner as to make the face look as natural as possi- ble. The great ugly gash on the forehead, between her eyes, was covered and pamted the color of flesh. Each body was then placed in a hand- some satin-lined casket covered with white brocaded velvet. On each side were heavy silvered bars and on each was a silver plate with name and age and date of death. The caskets were alike. The first victim of the'dual tragedy, Blanche, was placed in ber narrow bed and her features, distorted beyond recognition, were concealed from view with a_piece of tulle, the coffin-lid was screwed down and hermetically sealed. The second victim, Minnie Williams, was laid in the casket with her face turned a little to the left. Her dark hair had been arranged by tender hands. Z 1 The caskets were then placed in the center of the parlors, one in front of the | | to take them over in June of last year. | These pavers I now have and dug them up | yesterday out of a bundle in the garret. think some of the characteristics in Dur- rant’s penmanship, as shown in the ex- amination papers, will fit very closely with some of the same things which crop out in the writing discovered on the package in which Blanche Lamont’s rings were sent ! back to her auat. “I have the examination papers of Dur- rant which I have had to pass upon and I think they will proye of considerable im- gormncu to the police in 8an Francisco in determining whether the package sent to the aunt of Blanche Lamont was addressed by young Durrant. There are a number of features about his penmanship which point to his handwriting as being that oF the man who wrote on the package that cov- sred the dead girl’s rings. There are cer- tain methods he has which seem to show | examination papers which lam showing you wrote the address on the parcel which | covered the girl's jewels. hese mur- ders and the state of mind which would lead a man to commit them have been the subject of consid- erable thought and comment among the members of our staff here. Dr. Sanderson noted a coincidence on picking up this ex- amination paper that is peculiar, while it has no bearing whatever upon the case, The paper begins with the words ‘Red | Blood.’ 'In the examination papers may be { noticed a number of characteristics which | appear in the handwriting on the package as reproduced in the San Francisco papers. For instance, the upper line of the letter ‘p’in physiology in the examination paper is ike the same line of the ‘p’in the package addressed by the man who sent Blanche Lamont’s rings disguise his handwriting. The ‘R’ in ‘red | blood,” the opening words in the examina- | tion paper, also shows the same character- | cs as the two capital ‘R’s’ on the pack- | age.” THE BARBERS' UNION. After Members Who Interfere With the Employment Secretary—The Benefit Ball. At the weekly meeting of the Barbers’ | Union held last evening a commitiee of | three was appointed toinvestigate the con- duct of se 1 members of the association who advertise to secure situnations for barbers in opposition to the duties of the employment secretary. It appeared to be | the sense of the meeting that if these men did not discontinue the practice they | should be arreste | and prosecuted for car- |rying on the business of employment agents without a license. | _The proposition of the proprietors of the tuss House barber-shop and baths to issue 200 tickets at 25 cents each, the proceeds to be donated to the valley road as a contri- bution, not from the owners of the shop | but from the Barbers’ Union, was brought | up before the meeting and a request made | that the barbers attempt to sell some | tickets. This led to an animated discus- sion, after which the matter was dropped without taking any action. A committee, consisting of Messrs.q | Hetch, Goldman and Lynch, was received and the spokesman asked the union to | send delegates on Saturday to a meeting | to be held in the evening ‘in Metropolitan Temple to discuss with delegates from other organizations the advisa ility of a Mayday celebration, such as is held in the | East. President Kleitsch promised to send | delegates. After some talk about the ball to be given to-morrow night for the benefit of that the same man who_made out these | to her aunt, and who, of course, tried to | How the Eight United Super- visors Use Their Au- thority. JANITOR DUGAN MUST GO. Prosecuting Attorneys In Police Courts to Feel the Ax. the The dismissal of Ambrose Watson from the position of clerk in the Police Court over which Judge Conlan presides was a theme which was much discussed about the new City Hall yesterday. Watson isa competent person. He performed the duties of the office to the satisfaction of his superiors, but he was objectionable to the so-called solid eight of the Board of Super- visors. Besides Supervisor Morgenstern, who voted with this municipal phalanx, wanted the position for his son whom he brought in from the country the other day, The solid eight does not propose to limit itself to the appointment of Morgenstern’s son and the others who have been selected for positions under the new supervisorial oligarchy. It is understood that M. M. Dugan, the chief janitor, has been booked for dismissal. He is not a favorite with the eight, because he was appointed through the influence of the power that ig now in the minority. John T. Dare and A. C. Wakeman, who are prosecuting at- torneys in the Police Courts, are also on the schedule for dismissal. They are per- sona non grata to the solid eight. Wake- man, it is said, will be succeeded by P. J. Mogan. There are other removals contemplated and the City Hall force is naturally much concerned as to the outcome. WHEELMEN T0 COMPETE, Arrangements Made for the Bicycle Races at San Jose Friday. The Handicaps Are Announced—A Delegation From This City Will Attend. Handicapper Smyth has announced the handicaps for the bicycle races at San Jose | next Friday, as follows One_mile, handicap, class B—W. J, Edwards, serateh; E. C. Bald, seratch; Otto Ziegler Jr., C. R. Couiter, 15 yards . Burke, 15} Oscar_Osen, 1 4 C. 8. Wells, 35; C. Castieman, 3 W. A Terrill, 45; J. E. G. A. Nissen, 60; C. L. Davis, | 65; H. C. 'Smith, 70; R. Cushing, 75; T. S. Hell, 80; T. Delmas, 80; A. Jarman, 130; J. C. Emith, 130; A. W. Schwall, 150. One mile hanaicap, class A—A. N. Jones, scratch; F. M. Byrne, scratch F. Frazier, scratch; H. F. Terrill, scratch; A. Reed, 20 yards 25 E. Foster, o . Ulbricht, emmon, Gosbey, '75; B. E. aver, 75; G. Naylet, T. N. Coleman, 100} g A Wy P. Metealf, 100 100; s T. C. H. Bergans, 100; R 8. Collins, 100; C. C. Peppin, 100¢ P. H. Beatty, 100; E. J. Scott, 00; R. W Mo Xe. T 100; R Walter, 150; P. R. &1 Kell, 1505 A. H. Agnew, 150; J. J. 150 C. M. Bmith, 150; Hol F. Smith, 160; W. T. Blakely, 160 | Black, 160; F. C. 8mith, 160; T."Cy Two-mile Chinese handica scratch ; Lee Fong, 150 yards; Jim Wong, 250; Low How, 400; Chow Quong, 400; Tom Bo, 450. The handicaps for Saturday's events will not be published until that day, as the re- sult of Friday's races may change the han- dicapper’s ideas as to the abilities of the riders. A large number of wheelmen from this city will ride down to San Jose Friday morning to view the races, and the various clubs will be well represented. The racers now at the track there are all reported to be in excellent condition, and, as tandem pacemaking will be allowed, the track rec- ords fos the various distances are in dan- er. gChief Consul Melrose of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen, leaves for Los Angeles to-night, to attend to some business there, and, incidentally, the fiesta. The San Francisco Young Men’s Chris- tian Association Cycling Club’s five-mile road race, postponed last Saturday on ac- count of rain, will be run to-morrow after- noon, at 3 o’clock, from San Mateo to San Carlos. The course is now in good condi- tion, and a fine race will result. .. Mummies and Onions. In view of the fact that Egypt was once the center of civilization and learning, whence science radiated to every corner of the globe, vestiges of Egyptian lore being found even in this hemisphere, it is some- what painful to think that the ogly item which the land of the Pharaohs now con- tributes to the world is onions, which are being shipped in huge quantities to the United é’tates. And to make matters worse, we are informed that the popular “baell,” as the Egyptian onion is called, owes its fine flavor as well as its size to the fact that the fields in which it is grown are fertilized with the powdered mummies of the sages who flourished on the banks of the Nile three and four thousand years ago.—New York Tribune. | the union in B'nai B'rith Hall an adjourn- ment was had. ———— Venetian Women. Venetian women are rarely pretty, often charming, generally handsome. And all of them, without exception, walk splendidly, not taking little mincing feminine steps, but with a fine grave stride, due partly to the fact that they are accustomed to wear heelless slippers, which oblige them to plant the feet firmly, and the whole faot at once, without the chance of tripping on toes our pounding on heels, as women who wear tight boots are able, and apt, to do; they walk with much the same action as if they were barefooted, and justas well. And they use the whole body in walking, not with the undulatory motion of Spanish women, but with & movement of the whole back and shoulders’ in the exact swing of the stride. Venetian woman do, however, remind one in many ways of Spanish | women in_their way of doing the hair, of weanng the mantilla, for %nsumce——the Moorish element, that is, coming out in both, so that in Venice, for instance, one finds, quite as a matter of course, anfAn- tico Caffe dei Mori, a cigarette is still known as a spagnoletto, and the dialect touches Spanish at all points.—Harper’s Magazine. —_—e She Took the Oath. _Among the many slaves upon the planta- tion of a distinguished Southerner durin; the late war was a blind and decrepit olfi woman known as Aunt Idy. Aunt Idy, for some reason best known to heruls;, thought to better her condition by taking the oath of allegiance. 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