The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1895, Page 5

~ BLOOD-STAINED COAT FOUND IN BERKELEY, v > THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1895 i 5 e eeee——————— e ——_S_ cdbbE L. A RN P B R R A A A A A A R L il DB The Garment Supposed to Be Theo Dur- rant’s. STORY OF THE :FINDING Another Witness Appears Against the Suspected Student. SAW HIM NEAR THE CHURCH. 15 O’clock the Night of the Second Murder—A Girl With Him. nst Theodore Durrant are becoming stronger. Sunday three g ladies appeared before the Chief of of the Will man went to Ck Durrant as the man ly almost in 5o’clock on the 9:15 olclc the nig murder. L evening Crowley and identifiec he had seen with a you front of the church at 8 fatal ever And, more important than this, a Berke- ley constable has fc ) whom, Durrant left s shortly after Lamont’s d ance. coat, it is said, was w iup, and when the lady opened the e yester ay t was spotted w cons says he has rmed Chief Crowley of the discove the coa While Durrant has shown no particular ens of breaking down his gay manner ft him and his face has hardened. The man who has been brought forward to make Durrant’s guilt almost certa is James P. Hoagdon, the adjuster of freight claims for the Southern Pacific Company. He is a man of high standing and the po- 1 is evidence one of the most yet found in the case of Minnie Williams. Mr. Hodgdon lives at 109 Bartlett street. Detective Bohen learned a few days ago of ) ad told several people that he 1t in front of Emmanuel 1t ble h with a young woman r. M. Good Friday. Detectiv Hodgdon’s address Detective liscovered witness. e there shortly before as follows: “My name I live at 109 Bartlett aploy of the left my Friday evening, My house is a few doors from Baptist Church. As 1 a young standing near med to me the ke some liber- approached them looked at the id not pay so much at- I noticed she was very re a loose black cape or T'he man answered the description I passed them and wenton T at a store on the next corner. came out the couple had disap- n Mr. Hodgdon had finished his nt Chief Crowley ordered Durrant n so that Hodgdon ald recognize him. ht to the Chief's r. Hodgdon identified him at once. he was confident that Durrant man he had seen, that his face, and general appearance was the xcept that his impression was that nly.n he had seen was a trifle taller » Durrant. C ng is the story of the bloody . Thich will be thoroughly investi- ay afternoon a lady living borhood of Parker street and t way, Berkeley, brcught a black ce Albert coat to the business center vn and asked for a constable. able Brotherton was pointed out he gave him the bundle, ad been left at her house by a the description of Dur- ime of the first vas standing in her vous appearing man d if he conld leave the er for a few day the privilege he took it vrapped it up, left it with off his bac ber, anc or the hills. The man not returning for the parcel after the la of ten days, the woman became Buspic and afternoon, in the of iter, opened the yackage, and, to her utter amazemen ound the front and sleeves covered w stains. Upon close examination found that they were blood s the owner of the coat had attempted to wash out by means of cleaning flui From the places stained th must have been unbuttoned when the blood was splashed on it, as the flap which §s usually bottoned in the style of a coat was covered with stains the entire length. The coat bears the name of Nordwell, a Baosh-street tailor. On the inside of the garment, near the waist, is a patch of Farmer’s satin, so nea zement, d with it was ains, which ut in that it must have been done by a | ailor. 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- e as to whether the spots which appear it are blopd. : Dr. Rowell, when seen late last night by & CaLn representative, was very reticent 1t communicating information relating se discovery of the blood-stained coat. o I 'am unprepared as yet to m tatement whatsoever regarding the ter. There may be truth in the reports and they may be false. Itis 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 soon as anything develops I shall only be too glad to communicate it t6 the press. If I am to make a microscopieal examina- tion of the coat I shall call Dr. Eastman into consultation, for the case isof too great importance to be undertaken alone.” DURRANT ARRAIGNED Damaging Evidence leén at the Police Court Examination. Two-hours before the time set for the préliminary examination of Theodore Dur- rant, charged with the murder of Minnie Willianss, 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 The | | garment | man accused of a heinous crime was about | to have a hearing, "Three times before the trial opened the y»ollrte 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 roomn was packed like a sardine-box. AtA 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 his cell to | the courtroom above. | He was taken into couxt, however, by an- other route, but the disappointment was | not acute enough to s the loungers | home, and all 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- appeared in court, escorted by Cap- | ain Douglass and two officers. He shook ands with his counsel, General Dickinson Jugene Deuprey, who had entered the ew minutes before, and then took a seat directly behind his lawyers and in v to the chair occupied by 1 Prosecuting Attorney Barnes entered, accompanied by his assist- ant, Wakeman, and closely followed by “On the morning of the 12t h of the pres- ent month.” “What was she doing then?” “I left her wrapping the furniture in pa- pers pre; nrawry to our moving.” “Did Mise 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?”’ “T was told she went to the city.” The defense objected to the question, but the court ullowed 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 Miss Williams.”" “Did you hear him say anything partic- unlar while he was there?” “While T 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.” 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 ronounce Theodore Durrant innocent. I ave tried him and found him not guilty—" “Get this woman outof 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. “T will go, but I leave this in_evidence,” handing the letter she had carried in her hand to the clerk. i “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 Citizens of the City and County of San Fran- cisco. To the Public Officials—RESPECTED GEN- TLEMEN: The coming woman, gifted with high spirit- ual powers and for whom tie world has been Waiting, stands here in your midst. She i, by the force of circumstarices, to make herselt 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 Durrant. Therefore I, Lucy Laura Gould Williameon, declare, with the au- thority of God, that these 1aw proceedings must be brought to a close with the reading of this letter. No attempt mustagain be made by ce and identified Durrant as the man | them near Emmanuel Church at \ { | ; [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] man | DURRANT AS HE APPEARED IN COURT, WITH CAPTAIN DOUGLASS AND HIS COUNSEL BESIDE HIM. Conlan, Later Chief Crowley ar-j nd during the forenoon session re- ma n interested observer of the pro- rrant 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 nerv s, and the rema possession which has charact, actions since the day of his arre desert himnow. It was a kind of self-pos- | session that borders closely upon stolid difference. 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 insane woman forced | her way to the witness-stand, and by her | { erratic maneuvers put the crowd on the ‘?ni vive, bringing the attorneys to their eet, 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- | estqhat is manifested by the Sphinx as it | gazes over the sands of Egypt. | | About the table near which the prisoner | | sat was 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 libragy table with its sick- | ening evidence of the awful crime, the | study door with its shattered lock, a bit of | soiled lace, &' 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 San 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- | lett street “I did , sir.” The witness then identified each one separately. “Where did your camera stand when | you took photograph No. 2 of the library "’ | interfered 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 i the floor and north and south walls of the library in the church, and one of the vic- tim, Minnie Williams, after the autopsy. The latter gruesome picture represented the dead girl in a_horizontal position, the | body being nude from the waist up, show- |ing the knife wounds in the breasy and delicate neck, and also the stitches taken 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, )::{otbing further of importance was elic- ited. Mrs. Susan Morgan was next called. Before her examination began General 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 ‘y‘l am a married woman and reside in Alameda, on Pacific avenue,” responded the witness in answer to Prosecuting At- torney Wakeman’s opening interrogatory. it \finere were you refidmfi at the timé of Minnie Williams’ murder? “At 1225 Versailles avenue.’” “Did you know Minnie Williams?" “Yes, sir.” «Did she ever live with you?” “Yes, sir; about one year.” “What was she doing with you?” “Making her home with us.” “When did you see her last?"” “Were you and your wife on friendiy and affectionate terms with her?"” ““We were. She was regarded as one of the family.” “Did you ever meet Durrant at your house 1n Alameda?” “I did not.” “Did you ever meet him ?”’ “Ye: It think it was firstata re- ception given at Dr. Vogel's house by the young peoyle of Emmanuel Baptist Church.” ““Who introduced you to him ?” “Miss Williams.” ness was shown the picture of Miss ms_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 us 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 Proceedings. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.) for witnesses. As she stepged_ upon 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 eourt- 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 about 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 s “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. any person to arrest Theodore Durrant, or to again hold him guilty of murder. I, Lucy Laura Gould Williamson, through the spirit of God-given truth, do_declare Theodore Durrant tobe found innocent through the judgment of God; andIam henceforth responsible for his actions. With greatest respect to all parties, and with justice to the prisoner, Theodore Durrant, I am yours, Lucy LAURA GOULD WILLIAMSON. As the woman was being escorted from the courtroom Chief Crowley came forward to the press table and made the following statemens: “‘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 herthatif 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 my office. The woman is Erobably 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 2"’ was asked. The “witness was in doubt, 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 aftirmed 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 bad given his daugh- ter shortly after Christmas last year. The purse wasmarked people’s exhibit F. “When did you last see your daughter ?” was next asked. “On Friday, the 5th 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 first about five years ago.” “Had you seen Durrant for two or three months prior to the inquest ?”’ “I bad 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?” Z 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. », Sergeant William F. Burke was the first witness called on the reconvening of court at2 p. M. “Did you visit the house where Theodore Durrant resided ?”” asked Attorney Barnes. *1 did, sir; on the Sunday following the murder.” “Did you take any garments from the house?’ “Idid, sir, I took an overcoat, and in the pocket found a bunch of keys and a p;m. The purse contained a car-ticket, e ‘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 -ticket, “the mother of the defendant ias exhibit N had been taken taking out the ocket-book, shook it and the car-ticket ? ell to the floor. Officer Shear noticed it and I gicked 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 arment in evidence to be marked exhibit . The hat was likewise identified and ut in as exhibit I. The witness identi- ged 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 resent month by one George King. He Sid 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 0’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. Isaw 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 blong under the head and one under the table. I also saw a stick of wood under the body, about fifteen inches long.” ‘l‘%vo 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 irl. & “] think,” he said, ““it was the Coroner’s messenger who took the rags from the girl’s throat.” 5 Witness also identitied the broken pieces of the table-knife found on the body. The cloth and knife were offered in evi- dence as exhibits K and L res?ecnvely. 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 N rom 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 napkins were put in as Ecople's_exhibit 0. “‘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?"" “J saw it in the Chief’s office.” “Have you ever seen these,” and the i was handed the portion of an ordi- witnes »*Yes, sir. 1 picked them up on the floor 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.” was 2" “We object,” said Mr, Dickinson. The objection was 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. rhe room 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 you wrapped this lock up in paper?’ asked Attorney Dickinson. #There were three officers ?”’ “Were there any of the Coroner’s officers present ?” “The Coroner’s deputy and messenger were there.” “Could you identify any one else who s in the room at the time?" *‘No, sir; I could not.” Sergeant Burke was recalled by Attorney 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?” Judge Conlan. *‘It is back of the minister’s pulpit, almost pposite the rear entrance to the church.” “Is that the only wash-basin in the church?” continued the court. “All that I know of.” asked 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_charge, and I did not think any- thing about 1t.” “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 make any subsequent examina- tion of the basin and the bloed 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 basin 2" “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 2"’ “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 2"’ “1did.” ‘1t 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 8tir of April?”’ “No, sir, I think not.”’ Maggie Fitzpatrick, a girl about 16 years of age, residing at 133 Twenty-sixth street, was called. y “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! Floral!’” “Wait a moment. Who passed you?" “That man there,” looking toward the defendant. “What did he say to you again?’’ “‘Flora! Flora! Come here.’” “What did g'uu say?” “I did nof say anything, but Louise Struven said, ‘What?’ and 1 said, ‘Don’t speak to him; he only wunts to get us to talk to him.””" “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 lofg black overcoat.” *Did he seem excited when he sooke to you?” ‘ *‘Yes; the way he said it seemed like he asked me to let her examine the pockets ot the.coat.” The defense objected to witness tellin, anything about what Mrs. Durrant said, and Sergeant Burke continued : “I examined the pockets of the coat and, | whom you thought was Durrant came| Berkeley, was agitated.” “How old are you?” asked Attorney Dickinson. ' Kifteen, sir.” “Did you notice which way the man s lock and a small block of wood. | “Did you hear any one say where itl Barnes and questioned as to the location | Attorney Dickinson then took the wit- | 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 spo%(e 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 standin, near Emmanuel Church on Twenty-thir 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 going when you met them ?” asked Attorney Dickinson. I was going honf®, sir.” “Did you notice§what time it was when you reached your house?” “I did not, sir. I was so tired that I dro; ped into a chair and went to sleep.” “What is 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 myseli—"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.” Theold lady was kept on the stand a few minutes longer, and after her dismissal co\;rt :djoumed 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 membersin their affliction, and only once was the name of the pastor men- | tioned, and then it wasin the form of an interrogation. Rev. M. P. Boynton opened the subject by saying: “Ithinkit 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 2 Rev. M. P. Boynton replied, “Of course I | include the pastor. The church as an em- bgdied 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 filled 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- Ten. “If they decide to continue in the church,” said Dr. Bush, ‘it seems to me that the Baptist Association should ap- point an all-day Baptist meeting to fast and pray and show that all the Baptists are in symfmth{y 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.” Rey. Mr. Dietz said that it would be bet- ter to pass a resolution to that effect if the sense of the meeting 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 weowe it to the membersof the Emmanuel Church to stand by them and show the public we are loyal and sympathetic. 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 anmz ministers’ conference of San Francisco and vicinity,do heefby express our deepest sym- pathy. We trust that our?lenvenly Father will guide you a3 & 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 gnpflst ministers’ con- ference of San Francisco and vicinity, April 22, 95. M. P. BOYNTON, C. H. HOBART, L. 8. ABBorT, Committee, There's only one baking powder to ask for when you want the best—Dr. Price’s. HYDRAULIC MINERS, Permits Granted to Work Mines in the American River District. Ata meeting of the California Debris Commission yesterday permits to mine by hydraulic power were granted to Porter Phillips, William and W. J. 8. Bacchi and David Croft of El Dorado County, and Joseph J.and A. A. Hoffman of Placer County. Authorizations to construet im- pounding dams for_hydraulic mining were ranted to James Ward avd William Me- f)onald and William Henning & Co. of Placer County, and William F. Coe, J. C. Day and Jay E. 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