The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1895. 9 SEARCHING FOR THE MURDERER'S GARMENTS, Detectives Again Busy| in Emmanuel Church. CHARGED WITH MURDER. | The Coroner’s Jury Finds a Verdict Against Dur- rant. HIS MOTHER'S INFORMATION. The Afflicted Woman Thinks She A. Dukes of North Temescal and a student at the Cooper Medical College was called to ) tell what he knew about the movements of Theodore Durrant. On Friday the 12th inst, he met and spoke to him at the ferries. Their talk lasted about five minutes and it was all about their school work and Durrant’s trip to Mount Diablo with the signal corps. Durrant told the witness that he was waiting for some of his com- rades who were to go with him on the Diablo trip. C. W. Dodge of 825 Fourteenth street, Qakland, also met Durrant at the ferries at 3 p. M. on the 12th inst. The witness said: He wanted to know if we had been to the hospital, and I answered ‘Yes.” He then asked if we were going to college next day. I again said ¢ and then he wanted to know if we would m on the roll. I made no ud then he suid he was waiting for e boys of the signal service corps m he was going to Mount Diablo the do_you mean by getting his name —Why. to have one of the he would be eally absent. A1 think he Has Strong Proof of Her Son’s Innocence. vellers in the Mission still pa: tained church on. Bar with a mirth r people upon w horm the tall steeple falls wou growing high where the On the subje is d e led. never cross think that i he b the p : evening the arks to a newspaper man n construed as a re- ty of members of Then som some one else of short du; and just murde; MURDER IS CHARGED. The Coroner’s Jury Accuses Durrant of Killing Miss Williams. . Alamed fornia, found d manuel Bapt il 13 in the Em- h, Bartlett street, 3 e further find, d, that the mur- lore Dur- hemanski, Louis Markus gout thirty minutes and oner Hawkigs into cons: iry finally brought in the above v Durrant was not there to 1t Toward the end of the case Coror dict. read. Hawkins called him as a witnes e of Eugene Deuprey ed to be sworh. As soon as the as given to the jury Durrant was ved by Sergeant Burke toa hack and n to the City Prison. Coroner, jurors and witnesses w. omptly at 9A. M., but the attor: soner were not in attendance, Dr. Ha < did not like to proceed. waiting twenty-five minutes Deupre i appearance, and five minutes la t was brought in by Sergeant and Detective Gibson. The first witness was Dr. A. T. Vogel. He w ecalled to te: 1 regard to the He said, ready for the p He was present ata on the 12th inst. He He was not amember of Christian En wae present at ting. He brought Miss Lord d left with the rest shortly after here he lives? A.—T think i the ranch, but his -third street. ite him to the party? A.—T ted him, but I don't remember. né who attends the chureh is welcome to to our meetings. Have you ever seen & bed in the church? ir; 1 have not. There is & lounge in study. see Wolfe when_ he arrived in Miss Lord did. ir; he was not. ame as usual. y with as he excited? A.—No, emed to me to be just the Elmer A. Wolfe was recalled and was | asked by the Coroner to give a detailed ac- | count of all his movements on that event- ful Friday night. He said: Tattended the social at Dr. Vogel’s house. I ent there in company with Miss Lord and my stepsister, Miss Taber, at the door and all eniered together, getting there about 20 minutes past We all left about 11:3 P. M. There were five in our party, but Durrant up with us after we had walked a We walked np Howard street to Twenty- nd at the corner we separated, three of iy going down the street and Durrant, nd myself going up. At the corner th and Capp streets there was break in the party. y-fourth an down Cayp then went to my room on Twenty-third street. I changed my ciothes. Q.— Why did you change your clothes? A.—I was dressed Just the same &s I am now. It is my best suit, and I did not care about riding in it. Besides the suit I put on is the one I gen- erally wear at the ranch,and the one I have on 1 keep in the city. After changing my clothes I went to my brother’s stable 1o get my horse, but when I got there I suddenly rememberes that I had left my horse at the blacksmith’s &l on the corner of Fifteenth avenue and uno road. At that time I did not know rse cars stopped running at 10:45 P. M., o Iran to Bartlett and along that sireet to Twenty-third, and then to Howard. Finding the horse cars gone I took the Howard-street cable cars, transferred to the horse cars, rode Miss Lord and I turned the ho to the end of the line, walked to Fifteenth ave- nue and San Bruno road, got my horse and rode 1o the ranch, arriving about 1:30 A. M. Beturday. Q—Wh 7. id_you run down Bartleti to ird, when you could have saved a y going down Twenty-fourth? don’t know why I did it. I suppose it was be- cause I hove aiways been in the Rabit of (aking the cars atthe corner of Twenty-third and How- ard. Tdid it unthinkingly, just the same as when I went to my brother's stable to get the clergyman Durant went on | 11left Miss Lord at her home and | resent when he Yes, sir. 1t was either on i inst., or the following Monday. ed present at Dr. Hirschielder's e City snd County Hospital, when pbsent. The clinic lasted from 0 4. . < he presenton the 12th inst. Q. A1 don’t know. 1paid noattention. I know ab- solutely nothing about the killing of Miss | Williams. Charles A. Dukes, recalled, said that ant told them he could not be present removed from the tabernacles of the city, basing his petition on the double murder in the Baptist Emmanuel Church, came up for hearing before the Judiciary Commit- te;] of the Supervisors at the City Hall yes- terday. The language of the petition was in part as follows: In view of the heinous crimes committed in & church in this city within the past few days, we, as good and ordgr-loving citizens, would | suggest to your honorable body that it is about "1“‘1;‘! to call a halt in the debasement of church edifices. | * The remedy is, in our mind, that an_ ordi- | nance be passed closing and forbidding all side and rear entrances to all church buildings in this city and county and to have no partitions, separate rooms or bedrooms or bed lounges in any such church building, and no person but thé authorized sex ton or ?anitor of said church to have any key to any door or entrance to the said church, front, rear or side entrance, and he, the said trustee or authorized person to be under the supervision of thedmliee authorities at all times, who are enjoined to_ keep notices | of the fact of the opening and closing of said | churches and for what purpose. |* And that the pren(‘hYng of the gospel in the city and county of San Francisco be made a | licensed vocation, and no minister or preacher | receive a license unless he has a good and suf- | ficient character or else the signature of twelve | good citizens, taxpayers and property-owners, | 1o that effect. | . It was declared that the petition was not \ inspired by malice owing to the passage of | the ordinance some time ago against the | side-door entrances to saloons. ‘ Robert Briese and his attorney, J. Stieg- | litz, appeared before the committee and urged that action in accordance with the | prayer of the petition be taken. They se- | riously reiterated the language of the peti- | tion and then Chairman Diamond lectured | the petitioners in a fatherly way. “I had looked upon the petition as hay- ng no serious basis,” he said, “and am | surprised to find it seriously supported. It | is ridiculous to think that because the law f R JS BARRETT SEETCHES AT THE INQUEST. ‘‘He asked me to is name,” said the witness, “‘and I -d him that T wounld.” ? A No, sir. bsent marked present when he was —1 understand that on a Friday or w0 Wweeks ago he was marked pres- was ab I don't know of_any n, but - may have be other o as t r times, as the same t T boys. s M. Willis, 2008 Howard street. was a if she kuew C. H. Morgan of eda. Her answer was a decided “No.” the afternoon of ¥ ameda last? A.—I ay, April 8, and I was there w Theodore Durrant? A.— meet him in meda on Mon- —I went over on the 2 o’clock nIsa Durrant. He ation lasted until he had taken an to attend tosome ou know what that private business I do not, but as he is a pretty good zht have been that f work h .v§ to. We talked bout & mutual friend and of the reception 10 Dr. Gibson. Durrant said the new was en able man and that the young him very much. estion the witness said did not_know Miss Williams and Miss Lamont. ery kindly about my father's 1 and that finished our conversation,” led the witness. -street station. arrett, the autopsy physician, hat the death of Miss Williams om asphyxiation caused by the of some rags into the throat. He acerated wounds on the wrist, ids on the Dresst, two the forehead a little less They were super- serious. ey re death. Of the wounds e pierced the heart, the perficial and the third pierced d did not touch the heart. : were all made after death. The one heart would have been in- 1 had Miss Williams been alive The wounds on the wrists we ont the { The This cutting was done 1 was alive. re Durrant was the next he prisoner stood up, but his attorney refused to be € point was not pressed. ter J. L. McCormick next it the finding of the girl's scribed the position in which ains on the floor, and g of the deceased. He v of a struggle. 1 Miss Willizns’ hair were 1d, her bodice was torn open, et was broken. The blood on was in big clots, and looked as it had been thrown there. w on the sworn the w thou L. Innis went to the scene of the murder with Deputy McCormick, and his testimony was practically the same. Charles J. Noble, 209 Twenty-first street, as called, but when it was found that he | 18 a witness in the Lamont case he was ex- | cused. That closed the taking of testi- | mony and the case was given to the jury. { The Coroner has set Tiursdny next at 9 A. M. asthe time on which the inguest on | the remains of Blanche Lamont will begin. The jurors on the case are M. Estenbach, 205 Battery street; J. H. Newbauer, 320 Front; S. E. Newlein, 416 Front; V. J. Fell, 404 Front; Joseph Sullivan, 308 Front;” H. M. Fortescue, 300 Front; H. Mohr, 218 Front; L. Harten, 216 Front; A. Birdsey, 129 Oalifornia; A, Florence, 116 Front; Charles Dillon, 104 Front. THOUGHT IT A JOKE. The Petition to Close Side Entrances to Churches Denounced. The petition of Robert Briese, the saloon- horse. This ended the Wolfeepisode and Charles keeper, who wanted all side entrances to churches closed and lounges and the like ng has been done | —To the best o my rec- | “Mr. Durrant | re did Mr. Durrent get on the train? | 1 if they had not been | | and logical reasons ilarly applied to any institution that has been recognized as a great moral teacher by the whole ¢ ed world.” Mr. Briese here explained that he was a a saloon-keeper, doing business at 211 Grant avenue. He said that there were no ide entrances to his place, which was con- ducted upon a respectable basis. Attor- ney Stieglitz urged that all churches be only allowed one entrance, like the old | Quaker meeting-houses. The petitioners looked rather disconsolate as they left the | committee-room, and Supervisor Taylor | moved to have the petition consigned to | the wastebasket, while the following rec- ommendation was made to the Board of | Supervisors: | Your committee was surprised to find that | the petitioner by himself, Briese, and his attor- | ney, J. Stieglitz, appeared before your commit- | tee and expressed the same views as set forth in the petition. The petitioner is a saloon- keeper, and is evidently of the impression that saloons from & moral standpoint are equal to churcnes in inculeating lessons of morality. | That such a feeling should be entertained by | any of our citizens is somewhat astonishing, | and can only be accounted for in that either the applicant in his youth was deprived of | those teachings which inculcate morality or that in his intercourse with the world since that time his feelings have become depraved and he is much in need of reformation as to his opinions in regard to morality and the means by which the same can be inculcated. | The members of the committee were | quite indignant at what Supervisor Taylor | declared to be a ‘‘cheeky joke” on the part | of the petitioners. WOLFE’'SMOVEMENTS His Sworn Statement Concern- ing Them Seems Some- what Improbable. There are several peculiarities noticeable | in the statements of Elmer A. Wolfe as to | his movements after the party at Dr. Vogel’s house on the fatal Friday night, and some discrepancies of fact which at this time are particularly interesting. The | statement sworn to by him at the inguest yesterday is practically as follows: ! “Ileft Dr. Vogel’s house at 11:30 o’clock and, with five or six others, walked up Howard street to Twenty-fourth. There | Durrant, Miss Lord and I turned and walked along Twenty-fourth to the corner of Capp, where ‘we parted, Durrant going nonIg Twenty - fourth and Miss | Lord and I turning down Capp street. |T leit her at her home, 846 Capp street, a few doors below Twenty-fourth. Then I went down Capp street to Twenty- third and along that street to my room at | No. 630. I changed my clothes and went | to the stable at_the corner of Twenty- | fourth street and Orange alley for m horse. As I reached the stable I recol- lected that I had left my horse at the dairy depot, corner of Fifteenth avenue and the San Bruno road. I turned and knowing I was late ran to catch a Howard-street car. | I went to Bartlett street, then ran down | that street to Twenty-third and along that | to Howard. Icaughtthe Howard-streetcar expecting to transfer to the horsecar out | the San %}runo road. [Irode to the end of | the cable line at Twenty-fourth street and Potrero avenue, where I found that the | last horsecar had gone. I walked to the | dairy depot and taking my horse rode to | the ranch,which I reached at 1:30 o’clock.”” In some particulars Wolfe's story is cor- roborated. ~Miss Lord remembers leaving Mr. Durrant at the corner of Twenty- fourth and C!I’Er!"ee“’ at a quarter to 12 o’clock. Mr. Taber, Wolfe's stepfather, heard him enter the fxo_ule at 630 Twenty- third street and leave it again. He says Elmer was in_the structure between ten and fifteen minutes. Miss Lord says that she chatted with Durrant before eavi:s hiw for nearly five minutes. They talke about his sister in Germany and he gave her his sister’s letter to take home for her mother to read. There are only four outbound Howard- street cars which pass Twenty-third street after midnight and only six which pass that thamu&hhre after 11:45 p. w., the hour that Wolfe says he saw Durrant at the corner of Twenty-fourth and Capp streets. Their times for passing the cor- ner of Twenty-third and Howard streets | Emmanuel Church at8an Francisco,was in are 11:54%4 p. M., 12w, 12:0514 A, M., 12:11 A. M., 12:1614 A, M. and 12:22 AU M. As the last outbound car passes the cor- ner of Twenty-fourth and Howard streets at 22 minutes past 12 o'clock, Wolfe had just thirty-seven minutes in which to accomplish all that he said he did after seeing Durrant at 11:45 o’clock. According to his story he walked home with Miss Lord and saw her safe inside, then walked one block to Twenty-third street, two and a half blocks to his home and two blocks to the stable on Twenty- fourth street,a total of six and a half blocks walked, and he did not hurry, be- cause he was under the impression that his horse was in the Twenty-fourth-street stable. From the stable he ran half a block to Bartlett, one block to Twenty-third and three blocks to Howard street, a total run of four and a half blocks. Miss Lord’s story of the five-minute chat with Durrant and Mr, Taber's testi- mony that Wolfe was in the house chang- ing his clothes for fifteen minutes elimin- ate twenty minutes from the thirty-seven he had after seeing Durrant before the last car passed. The net result is seven blocks walked leisurely and four blocks run in seventeen minutes. ) Car Dispatcher C. H. Randall, who is in charge at the Tenth-street carhouse, says that if Wolfe boarded a Howard-street | car bound out at the corner of Twenty- third street, he would have inevitably been | noticed by the gripman or the conductor. It is very seldom that any one boards an out-bound car at that point, for the run | from there to the end of the line is a very short one, occupying only six minutes. The crews of the last six carson the night of the murder and the hours that theypassed Twenty-third street were: Grip- man C. Himnenberg and Conductor W. H. Bray, 11:54.30 . M:; Gripman O. W. Jen- senand Conductor C. O. Downing, 12 3. ; Gripman J. M. Chase and Conductor E. R. Lillis, 12:05.30 A, M.; Gripman T. W. Reed and Conductor M, Pinther, 1AM Gripman L. M. Say and Conductor W. Bradley, 12:16.30 A. M., and Gripman E. Goodrich and Conductor B. Meyers 12:22 AL M. All these gripmen and conductors are positive that no one answering Wolfe's description boarded their cars at the point mentioned on the night of the murder. THE FUNERAL. Blanche Lamont’s Remains Interred at Dillon, Montana. ANACONDA, MoxT., April 19.—A special to the Standard from Dillon, Mont., says: The remains of Miss Blanche Lamont arrived here this morning from San Fran- cisco on the northbound passenger train. Miss Maude Lamont, a sister of the de- ceased, accompanied the remains. The casket was taken in charge by a delegation from the Masonic Lodge, who conveyed it to the St. James Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were held at10:30 A. M. Rev. 8. D. Hooker, the pastor of the church, conducted the services and Rev. W. Hayes of the Presbyterian Church de- livered an elogquent sermon. . All the other ministers of the city were present. It seemed as if all the people of the two cities and the surrounding country were present to do honor to the memory of the departed young lady. The edifice could hoid but a small portion of the | mourners. There were floral offerings in ! profusion, the most conspicuous_amopng | them being those of the Dillon Masonic | ; Company E, Montana National and a beautiful wreath from the a of the Emmanuel Baptist Church | of San ancisco. The remains were in- terred in Mountain View Cemetery with the rites of the Episcopal church. DURRANT’S GUILT. Miss Lamont’s Uncle Has No Doubt on the Subject--An Accomplice. PORTLAND, Or., April 19.—Rey. Hugh Lamont, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Vancouver, Wash., and an uncle | of Blanche Lamont, the girl murdered in the city this evening on the way home from Olympia, where he has been visiting | his brother, who is also a minister. | Lamont has watched the case very closely | throughout and in speaking of it to-| night said: “1 am under the impression Mr, | hypnotized those girls. e to console him. General John H. Dickin- son, Durrant’s leading attorney, called at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and spent an hour in close conversation. Shortly after 4 o’clock Mrs. Durrant and a young la:f friend called and were warmly welcomed. Durrant, his mother and the young lady were all in good spirits. They chatted as merrily as if Durrant was only in a hos- pitai suffering from some slight complaint instead of being in a secure cell charged with murder. Mrs. Durrant stayed about an hour with her son and cheered him up greatly. Dur- rant, notwithstanding his nightmares, seems to have no trouble in getting to sleep easily. He lay down at 10 o’clock lllist evening and immediately went to sleep. IS IT HIS HAIR? Dr. Samuels Wants a Speci- men From Durrant’s Head for Comparison. Dr. Samuels, to whom the police gave the hair taken from Blanche Lamont's waist for examination, is patiently waiting for the police to give him a lock from Durrant’s head. He wants to compare it with that found on the waist. Dr. Samuels made another microscopi- cal examination of the hair yesterday, which, it will be remembered, was taken from the right sleeve and the bodice of the garment. There were eight black horse-hairs about seven inches long, several hairs from the dead girl’s head and ten short hairs. The short hairs were apparently dark brown, but when held between the eyeand a strong light they were yellow "brown or tawny. The microscopist says the police have searched Durrant’s head for stray hairs and have found none. For some reason unknown to him they refuse to clip the suspect’s head. SHE IS CONFIDENT. Mrs. Durrant Says Evidence for Her Son Has Been Found. Mrs. Durrant, the prisoner’'s mother, bears up well under the strain and ap- peared more hopeful last night thanshe had been at any time since the arrest of her son. “I have received good news to-day,” she said. clear Theodore. It is in the hands of his attorney, and, of course, I do not feel at liberty to give it out at this time. No, there is no truth in the report that a young man and woman have come forward declaring that the; | were the couple seen entering the churc! by Mr. Hills.” AS TO HYPNOTISM. Experts Say It Played No Part in the Double Tragedy. The question has been asked how Dur- | rant could induce Miss Minnie Williams, who according to the sworn testimony at the inquest had but scant confidence in him, to enter with him at night the Em- manuel Church. A theory that he hypnotized her has | been advanced to cover this point, but it seems untenable. Dr. A. Abrams of 431 Geary street, who is connected with the Cooper Institute, has searched deeply into the science of hypnotic suggestion and writien several treatises on the subject. He says: “The theory that Durrant or any other | man hypnotized the girl, or either of them, to make them willing to enter the church is particularly weak. The suc- cessful hypnotism of a subject depends not so much on the_hypnotiseur as upon the person subjected to_his influence. - It | the result of a concentrated mental effort | to receive a suggestion on the part of the | subject. Hence the use of the term hyp- | notic suggestion in medical practice in preference to hypnotism. “Under the circumstances it is cally impossible that Durrant should have For any one to easily hypnotize a person it is necessary that such person had been the object of by the same hypnotiseur. No one even from the facts so far brought out that Dur- rant is guilty of the murder of Blanche, but | in the case of Minnie Williams. I believe he had an accomplice. He used | every effort to destroy all evidence of the murder of Blanche, and in the secretion of | her clothing, while in Miss Williams’ case | he mangled the body, and, I believe, | trusted to an accomplice to destroy the | evidence. Minnie Williams undoubtedly had knowledge of the murder of Blanche, and Durrant, knowing this, determined to get her out of the way. Rlanche visited my family while I waslocated at Missoula, Mont., two years ago last summer. She | was a_very wmdependent, self-poised and ambitious girl, and was always perfect in her deportment.” STORY OF A PURSE. It Was Lost by Miss Gertrude Taber, Elmer Wolfe’s Half-Sister. A sensatiopal story has been circulated about a purse supposed to have been dropped by Elmer A. Wolfe on the San Bruno road. An attempt was made to show that Wolfe was connected with the murder of Minnie Williams. The fact is | that three weeks ago to-day Miss Gertrude Taber, half-sister of Elmer Wolfe, while on her way from Guadaloupe Dairy to this city | lost her purse, which contained about $4 | and some cards on which were addresses. This purse was found by a man who spent the money and then made known his dis- covery to an acquaintance. The police have given the matter only enough con- sideration to ascertain that it has no bear- ing on the murder cases. The man who found Miss Taber’s purse and gave it to the chief engineer of the Chronicle has been taken into custody (placed on small book) under suspicion of having robbed a hatstore on Fourth or Third street. HE SAW LIGHT. Richard Stanton Passed the Church Last Friday Night at 10:30. Richard Stanton, who lives in one of the houses adjoining the church, says that he passed the building at 10:30 o’clock last Friday night and saw a light in the build- ing. At that hour, it will be remembered, Durrant was at Dr. Vogel’s. Stanton fur- ther says that on the same night a woman, whose name he does not know, saw a light in the belfry. Stanton sazs that peogle passed in and out of that church at all hours of the night ;nd dthe fact was notorious in the neighbor- ood. § DURRANT’S CALLERS. | alter such repeated experiences can be hyp- | notized against his or her will, even under the most favorable conditions, and that | those girls should have been hypnotized | while walking along the street is prepos- terous. In this connection it might be asked why, if Durrant had the girls under hyp- notic influence, were the murders neces- sary? Post-Mortem Wounds. Several physicians yesterday examined the blood on the walls and floor of the room in which Minnie Williams was mur- dered and decided that the fiend wielded his knife after her life was extinct. Among these physicians were Coroner Hawkins and ex-Coroner Hughes. Pressecution. To the Editor of the Call—Str: In the name of fair play Ibeg leave to protest against the action and attitude of the press of this city toward Theodore Durrant, ac- cused of having murdered Miss Lamont and Miss Williams. Americans—at least the remnant of them that is left—believe and constantly assert that a love of fair play is a national char- acteristic, and I think it is in the long run not untrue—of the remnant. But the fierce, vindictive, unrelenting attacks of the newspapers on the accused, in advance tional boast. A Durrant is unduly emphasized, and the few shreds of evidence that might make in | his favor—even his virtues of sobriety and | apparent fortitude—are brushed aside or wrested to his undoing. It is quite true that many circumstances point strongly to his guilt, but so far as the facts have been made public there are several essential links lacking in the case of the prosecu- { tion. Until these are supplied the case of the people on circumstantial evidence is incomplete and a conviction would not be warranted. It is unnecessary to recall here the not infrequent cases where inno- cent men have been enmeshed in a net of apparently incriminating circumstances and convicted by the clamor of the crowd and hanged. Let Durrant be vprosecuted by the ma- chinery and the officers of the law with all ossible vigor, and if found guilty let him ge hanged and damned without benelit of ‘clergy, but if he has a defense, let it be heaxdy. and not drowned by this sinister cry for his blood. I have not the remotest interest in Durrant or his case, but I have in the fairness and dignity of the Eress and the people of thiscity. As it is, the pnfi?rs are giving the accused no show for his life; they are pre-empting and saturating the minds of the men wno must determine the question of his guilt by rousm§ their pas- sions with dramatic presentation of facts and rumors and opinions, with_ensnarin, analysis and cunning theories in suppo: of the assumption of his guilt, such as the average juror will be unable to resist, and which will bar a fair and impartial trial. Another danger attending such journalism is that it may overleap itself and defeat the conviction® of a guilty man. On an After They Leave Him He Goes to Sleep Without Any Difficulty. Durrant spent a quiet afterroon and evening in jail yesterday, though he re- ceived a large number of friends who came ground it is to be_deprecated, and I thin] a new word should be coined to designate and reprobate it. and I venture to suggest “pressecution”’ as fitting and expressive. ours sincerely, April 17, 1895. Tip for the Detectives. 7o the Call—DEAR SIR: I venture this brief “‘New evidence has been found | | which will undoubtedly is not so much a power in an individual as | racti- | former repeated and successive hypnotisms | | of his trial and conviction by established | | procedure, go far to give the lie to the na- | Every circumstance of suspicion against | Jess ex | | Rodney"H. Marchant, George Stewart and | net duet by Masters Kallender and Worth, | T suggestion or analysis: That Durrant killed Ware, the drug clerk: that Blanche Lamont ‘was with him at that lonely hour; that Blanche made a confidant of Miss Williams and that Durrant thought by geuing rid of the two he ‘would smother all evidence to his crime. . B. ELDER. ‘West Side, Santa Clara County, April 18, 1895. SIR KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, They Conclude Their Session With the Installation of the New Officers. All business of the Grand Commandery | of Knights Templar was concluded yester- | day afternoon with the installation of the | newly elected and appointed officers, as follows: Grand commander, Sir Edward Spaulding Lippitt of Petaluma; deputy grand com- mander, Sir Trowbridge Hyer Ward of Los Angeles; grand generalissimo, Sir George Dick- son Metcalf of Oakland; grand eaptain-gen- eral, Sir Robert Morris Powers of San Die; grand prelate, Sir Charles Stone of Marysvil grand senior warden, Sir Robert Hard Blossom of Red Bluff; grand junior warden, Sir John Garwood of Stockton; grand treasurer, Sir Franklin Henry Day of San Francisco; grand | recmde{, Sir* Thomas Hubbard Casswell; rand standard bearer, Sir Frederick Marvin | Miller of Fresno; grand sword bearer, Sir| George Butterfield' McKee of San Jose; grand | warder, Sir Florin Leslie Jones of Pasadena; | émud organist, Sir Samuel Davis Mayer of San | TAnCisco; fimngi captain of the guards, Sir | James Oglesby of San Francisco. & | The standing committees appointed are | as follows: | Committee on Jurisprudence—Sir William | Caldwell Belcher, Sir Niles Searls, Sir William Abrabam Davies. Commiitee on Finance and Accounts—Sir Joseph Miiller Litchfield, Sir William Frank Pierce, Sir Franklin Dalton. Cemmittee on Correspondence—Sir William | Abraham Davies, Sir Josepher Wheeler Cook, | Sir Allen Bosley Lemmon. | n Thursday evening Golden Gate Com- | mandery No. 16, Knights Templar, con- ierred the order of the Red Cross. Last| evening California Commandery No. 1| conferred the order of the Temple. | GRACE AND MUSOLE. A Novel Entertainment by a Ladies' | Physical Culture Class. | An entertainment was given last night | at the Young Men’s Christian Association | Hall by the ladies’ class in physical cul- ture connected withj the gymnasium of the association. The stage was given a | novel effect with colored lights, in which the young ladies, as they gave exhibitions, | looked quite beautiful. | Six young women, dressed in dark blue bloomers and loose white blouses, swung | Indian clubs gracefully in time and music. | They were: Mrs. C. M. Shaffer, Miss Lucy Brace, Miss C. E. Stubbs, Miss Lake Ham- blen, Miss Lizzie Roach and Miss Alzalie Morris. Another pleasing exhibition was_the Delsarte exercise by Miss Vida White, Miss | Grace Clarke, Mrs. A. Winters and the | Misses A. and N. and M. E. Boardman. | The young men’s class gave a very cred- | itable exhibition in ladder-pyramid work. The performers were Henr§ Currie, E. Sl)achcr, Archie Hettrich, L. Jennings, W. Murray, Charles Barney, Fred L. Shaw, Ernest Schenck. In addition to this part of the pro- gramme there was a reading by Miss Grace Clarke,a whistlin C. E.Stubus, | a vocal solo by M. meron, a read- ing from Lytton by Miss Vida White, club- swinging by Miss Amanda Schenck, a cor- and a vocal trio by Messrs. Rosenberg, | Hulz and Anderson. The Mandolin Club, | with Lucien Mojica as leader, played two | overtures that were apprecis | The St. George Lighthouse. | An order has been received by the local | ¢, Lighthouse Board trom the department at Washington to increase the time of the silent interval between the fog-signal blasts at the | station on St. George reef. Thislighthouseand | fog-signal station is on a lonely rock thirteen miles from the mainland, off Crescent Cili’ Del Norte County, Cal. Itisin the line of all vessels running on the northern coast. For- | merly during foggy weather the blast on the | fog whistle was five seconds in duration, fol- | lowed by a silent interval of thirty-five see- | onds. The silent interval has been increasod to seventy-five seconds, the object being tosave water. The latier is a very scarce commodity on the rock, the supply coming entirely from rain, and the enforced economy is & matter of great importance to the lighthouse people. —————— Arraigned for Murder. Charles Inman, alias Charles S. Rice, was ar- raigned in Judge Wallace’s court yesterday for the murder of Ida Zimmerman, alias Cora In- man. His plea was not guilty. | Inman and the woman were employed in a variety dive, at Geary street and Grant avenue. On the nightof tue crime, several weeks ago, she went to her room on Broadway, near Stockton street. Inman, who had been drink- ing heavily, followed her there,and shortly afterward she was found with her throat cut by & razor. Inman told some of the people | he Xm!d killed his wife and he was promptly ar- | rested. ! s 7 AN KNOWLEDGE - | Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly use£ The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with | penditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the neefs of physical being, will attest | | the value to health of the pure liquid | laxative principles embraced in the | remedy, Syrup of Figs. | Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly | beneficial pro{erties of a perfect lax- ative; effectually cleansing the system dispelling colds, headaches and fevers | :nse permanently curing constipation, | It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical | profession because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from | ¢ every objectionable substance. | Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druge | gists in 50¢ nnf&l bottles, but it is mane | ufactured by the California Fig Syrup | Co.only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, | and being well informed, you will noi | accept any substitute if offerec | | GOAL AN ALPENA MIRACLE. MRS. JAS. M. TODD OF LONG RAPIDS DISCARDS HER CRUTCHES. In an Interview With a Reporter She Reviews Her Experience and Tells the Real Cause of the Miracle. From the Argus, Alpena, Mich. We have long known Mrs. James M. Todd of Long Rapids, Alpens County, Mich. She has been & sad cripple. Many of her friends know the story of her recovery; for the benefit of those who do not, we publish it trrda* Eight years ago she_was taken with nervous prostration and in a few months with museu- lar and inflammatory rheumatism. It affected her heart, then her head. Her feet'became sa swollen she could wear nothing on them; her hands were drawn ell out of shape. Her eyes were swollen shut more than half: the time, her knee joints terribly swollen and for eigh- tecn moriths she had to be held up to be dressed. Onme limb became entirely hel less, and the skin was so dry and_cracked Rt 1 would bleed. During these eight years she had been treated by a score of physicians, and had also spent much time at Ann Arbor under best medical advice. All said her trouble was | broughton by hard work and that medicine would not cure, and that rest was the only thing which would ease her. After going to live with ber daughter she became entirely helpless and could not even raise her arms to cover herself at night. The interesting part of the story follows in her own words: b: ““I was urged to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and at last did so. In three days after I commenced taking Pink Pills I could sit up and dress myself, and after usin; them six weeks I went home and commenc: working. I continued taking the pills, until now I begin to forget my crutches, and can go upand down steps withiout aid. Iam truly s living wonder, walking out ot doors without assistance. “Now, if T can say anything to induce those who have suffered as I have, to try Pink Pills, 1shall gladly do so. If other like sufferers will try Pink Pilis according to directions they will have reason to thank God for creating men who are able to conquer that terrible disease, | theumatism. Ihave in my own neighborhs recommended Pink Pills for the after effects o 1a grippe, and weak women with impure blood, and with good results.” Mrs, Todd is very strong in her faith in the curative powers of Pink Pills, and says they have brought & poor, heipless cripple Back to her own milking, churning, washing, sewin, knitting, and in fact about all of her househol duties, thanks to Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all the ele- ments necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered neryes. They are for sale by all drnggists, or may be had by meil from Dr. Williams' Medicine” Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 50 cents per box, or six boxes for 2 50. 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