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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1895. — SA BLANCHE AND DURRANT ON THE CARS The True Weight of the Murdered Girl in March. CHARLETON TESTIFIES. Attorney Dickinson Admits the Morning Ride on Polk Street. DORGAN'S MRS. TESTIMONY. Schoolmates of Blanche Who Saw Her With Durrant in the Afternoon. THE DURRANT CAS TIFYING TH. SED. Yesterday was a day of identification princi- pally, although some important testimony was who obtained from Charleton, the grocer weighed Blanche Lamont. He said she W hed 115 pounds, and no eross-examine- | tion could weaken the effect of his statement. | Blanche Lamont was slim and light and could have been carried up the narrow beliry stairs. Henry Shermo , & conductor on the Lar- cers, told how he had picked up Blanche Lamont and Durrant at Mission and nth streets on the morning of AprilS. He identified Durrant as the man he saw under those circumstances Herman Schlageter, & student at the Cooper College, told how he bad seen Durrant on the car with a young girl. Durrant had afterward told him who the girl was and that she was missing. He told Schlageter that he thought Blanche Lemont was & girl who could be easily on, & reporter, told how Durrant had sdmitted to him thaton the morning of April 3 he rode on the car with Blanche La- mont. The defense at this point admitted sach to be the fact. Minnie Belle Edwards, a classmate of the murdered girl, then told how she had seen Durrant and Blanche Lamont board a Powell- street car at Powell and Clay streets just aiter 3 o'clock on the afternoon of April 3. She 10ld, too, how she had identified Durrant as Blanche’s companion upon that day when she saw him in Captain Lees’ office. Mrs. G. P. Dorgan, who, as Miss Alice Pleas- was also in Blanche’s class, testified to seeing Blanche on the cAr when it reached Powell and California streets. There was a man with her, and she had identified Durrant &s that man. The defense made strenuous efforts to weaken the testimony of the last two wit- nesses, but its efforts were not of much avail. Next Mondsy Miss Lanigan, who was with the then Miss Pleasant at the time she saw the couple on the car, will testify. Mrs. Vogel will also be placed on the stand, and during the week will follow Martin Quinlan, Mrs. Leake and others. If you wish only to | accomplished. in the the foregoing summary rmation. If, however, ire to learn the particulars of this trial you will find subjoined a inct, impartial account of all ers. Under no circumstances will the offensive details be admitted. They are ial to an intelligent understanding of the progress of the case, and will be accorded 10 place in these colum THE SEVENTH DAY. Blanche Lamont Weighed 115 Pounds—The Defense Admits a Point and Combats Another. A good deal of progress was made yester- day in the Durrant trial—more than upon any other day it seemed. Witnesses were calied who saw Blanche Lamont and Theodore Durrant riding to- gether on the streetcars in the morning and in the afternoon of April 3. After lengthy cross-examinations of the witnesses who saw them on the Polk-street car in the morning Attorney Dickinson carelessly remarked: “Oh, the defense admits the morning ride.” The admission came gracefully, of course, but the fact had already been pretty well established. Then as to the afternoon ride on the Powell-street car after school Attorney Dickinson fought it to the end. .Neverthe- Jess, when all had been said, it seemed to have been pretty well proven. At least some very strong contradictory evidence will be needed to throw doubt upon it. More than one reputable witness saw Blanche and Durrant on the Powell-street car, or testify that they did. But what troubled the defense most yes- terday was the first bit of evidence offered —as to the weight of the murdered girl. If she weighed 140 pounds a small man like Durrant could hardly have carried her up all those stairs to the top floor of the belfry. But there came, yesterday morning, a witness who testified, of his own knowl- edge, that the weight of the murdered girl only a few days before the 3d of April was but 1153 pounds. This was William Richard Charleton, a grocer. Blanche used to come to his store as often as once a week to get weighed. BShe was anxious to know whether she was gaining under the influence of California climate. She did gain a little, Mr. Charle- ton said. Once she weighed as muchas 121 pounds. Then she fell off again, and when Mr. Charleton weighed her just prior —about two weeks—to the occasion testi- fied to by the witness the scales marked 118 pounds. ‘Witness remembered these weights very clearly, because he often talked about them to the girls. Maud and Blanche came to his store together. “I Jaughed when I read in the paperthat Dr. Barrett had said Miss Lamont weighed 140 pounds,” declared the witness. And the most persistent questioning by Mr. Dickinson fziled to shake Mr. Charleton in the least. Mr. Dickinson inquired about the scales. Were they accurate? How often were they regulated? How long had they been in use? Where were they pur- chased and to whom were they sold? But the witness answered all the questions quite readily and quite satisfactorily withal, from the standpoint of the attor- neys for the people. The identification evidence began with Conductor Henry Jacob Shermount, a man with quite a phenomenal memory for de- tails. He said Blanche Lamont and Theo- dore Durrant got on his car at the corner of Ninth and Mission streets and rode to Polk and Sutter on the morning of April 3. Mr. Shermount remembered a great deal more than this, but the essential points contained in his rather remarkable mem- ory were fully corroborated by the witness that came next. This was Herman J. Schlageter, a medi- cal student and a classmate of Durrant. He not only saw Durrant and Blanche on | Lamont and Theodore Durrant together the Polk-street car, but a day or two after that the defendant spoke to him about the meeting on the car. “Did you see me on the car with that young lady ?” asked Durrant. And when Schlageter assented Durrant said: “That was Blanche Lamont, the girl who has disappeared from her home.” There was no attempt made to dispute this testimony, and a little later, when it was still further corroborated by 8. W. Horton, the Post reporter, Mr. Dickinson said the defense would admit that point. Another witness came who saw Blanche on the Powell-street car going toward Mar- ket street after the cooking school class had adjourned. This was 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The couple were going in the general direction, at least, of Emmanuel Church. Counsel for the people will argue that she was then on her way to the church. Much will doubtless depend upon the tes- timony of Mrs. Leake, who says she saw them enter the church. She will testify next week. It was Minnie Belle Edwards, a class- mate of Blanche, who saw them on the Powell-street car. She rode on the same car and noticed them when the car reached the turntable at Powell and Market streets. Mr. Dickinson kept her on the rack for fully two hours. But she main- tained her original statement that she had previously made at the preliminary | examination. Mrs. G. P. Dorgan’s name was Alice “To whom did you first give the informa- tion?” “No one.” “How did you come to be subpenaed 7"’ “Haven't the slightest idea. I was greatly surprised.” “Did you ever talk about it to anybody "’ “I think not; not that I remember.” “How came you to remember this exact weight?” “Why. we talked about it at the time. That is Blanche and Maud Lamont and.myself. We noticed that she had fallen off a little. The time before she weighed 118 pounds.” “When did you next remember it?"’ “When I read in the paper that she weighed 140 pounds. I laughed at that, for I knew how much she weighed.” Henry Jacob Shermount said he had been with the Sutter-street Company for five years. “Did you know Blanche Lamont?” asked Mr. Barnes. “Yes, sir.” “Did she ever ride with you?” “Yes, sir; frequently.” “How often?” 2 “Well, 1 should say not less than fifteen times between March 15 and April 3.”” “Where did she usually board the car?” “At Ninth and Mission streets,” “And where did she get off ?” “At Sutter and Polk streets.” ::{;10\‘1 As'u see her on April 3 of this year 2" ot “Where ?” “She got on my car at Ninth and Mission streets, and left it at Sutter and Polk streets.” what time of the day ?”” ‘She got on at 8:42 in the morning, and left the car at 8:52.” “Was a “‘Yes, sir. “Who ?” “The defendant in this case.” “State the circumstances.” “I saw them standing on the corner as the car neared Niuth and Mission, and was sur- prised to see her in company with a- young man; Inever saw her with any young man be. fore that. When the car stopped he took her right arm_and motioned toward the car. She seemed to hesitate for a moment, but they both got on.” “Where did they sit “On the front seat right side.” “Did you notice their actions 2 ody with her 2 f the dummy—on the see Durrant?”’ asked Mr. Barnes, after the pre- liminary questions. “About every day."” 3;;_!)1:1 you seé him on the morning of April “Yes, sir.” «“Where? “Isaw him geton the car at Ninth and Mis- sion streets.” “Was he.alone?” “There was a young lady with him.” ““‘Who was the young lady?” “I aiterward learned she was Blanche Lamont.” “How did you learn that?” “The defendant told me.” “Where did they sit on the car?” “They got on in front, and I think they sat on the front seat to the right.” “Where did you sit?” I was on the right-hand side ot the dummy.” “Where did you get off? ‘I rode to Polk and Sutter streets and there got off.” 5 “Do you know where they got off ?” ““No, sir; I paid no more attention to them.” “Subsequently did you have a conversation with the’ efendant about Blanche Lamont?"” ““Yes, sir.” ‘How long after the 3d of April?” “Three or four days.” “Where?” “It was on the Polk-streetcar on the way home.” “Repeat the conversation, please.” “Durrant asked me if I had seen him get on *‘Do you know this defendant?” “I have seen him before.” ““Where did you first see him?” “He met Miss Lamont on the corner of Clay and Powell and got on the Powell-street car with her.” “What part of the car did they get on?” “Om the east side; on the dummy. She sat next to the closed part of the car and he sat next her. The carwas going toward Market street.” “Did you see where they got off?"" “No, sir; I got inside the car and went to Market street. I did not notice them further.” . Did Miss Lamont have schoolbooks with er?” “Yes, sir. 8he had eome books.” “Were the books loose or strapped ?” “I don’t remember that.” ‘‘What kind of a dress did she wear?” “A black dress.” “The bat?” “Idon’t remember the hat.” “I call your attention to these garments on this form.” Can you identify them?” said Mr. Barnes, drawing out the dressmaker’s model again. “Yes, sir. Those are the garments worn by Blanche Lamont.” “What kind of a nat did the defendant wear?” ““It was a large, soft hat.” “Does this resemble the hat?” (showing the hat Durrant wore.) “Yes, sir. It was that shape and style.”” “Was there anything peculiar in Durrant’s the car with a young lady the other day. I | actions thatcaused you to notice him?” Ly ou read an; t of it?” “glndlyy u‘:‘o ‘words 3;31‘3, the picture?” Barnes then asked that if any part of the reading matter were allowed in the exam- ination it all be submitted. The court seemed disposed to allow it, but the alac- rity with wgich the defense withdrew the question showed that the defense did not care to have the work of the newspaper men go before the jury. “When you went to the prison was it a sub- gecfl?"m.’émm that this detendant was ac- cused of the murder of Blanche Lamont?” con- tinued Dickinson. +1 don’t remember.” «Have you received any instructions from the prosecution as to your testimony?” “No, sir.”” Then Barnes asked: “Do you notice any chani since you saw him in Captain “Yes, sir.” “What is the change?” “His hair is shorter.” Mr. Barnes took “F witness had given al amination. “You say you did not see them on Marke street?” he began. “Yes, sir.” “Where did you see them?” “On the car.” e in the defendant Lees’ office?” the testimony the the preliminary ex- MINNIE BELLA EDWARDS CHARLETo EERMourh:“ THE MAN WHO WEIGHED BLANCHE LAMONT, CONDUCTOR WHO SAW HER ON THE POLK-STREET CAR WITH DURRANT, AND THE NORMAL SCHOOL GIRL WHO SAW BLANCHE AND THE DEFENDANT ON THE POWELL-STREET CAR, AND SOME OF THE JURORS WHO MUST BE JUDGES OF THE EVIDENCE. Pleasant at the preliminary examination. | Though she has since changed her name | Attorney Dickinson found her testimony | about the same, even after a lengthy ex- amination based upon a big diagram of the | locality where she saw Blanche and | Theodore on the Powell-street car—Powell | and California streets. | She was on the sidewalk. She looked | up and saw the couple on the dummy of | the car. Durrant held an open book and | both he and Blanche were reading in it. | Durrant also looked up at that moment | and Mrs. Dorgan saw his face fully. She | thinks she could not be mistaken. Miss | Lannigan, another classmate, was with | her. Miss Lannigan will be called Monday. | At the noon recess one of the spectators | pressed forward and held out a blank bit of pasteboard. | “Tam so and so,”” he said to the elder | Durrant, “‘won’t your son please write his | name for my daughter’s collection ?” “No, thank you,” said the elder Dur- | rant, and those who heard him smiled | with satisfaction at the rebuff to the auto- | graph fiend. | Fak B THE MORNING SESSiON. W itnesses Who Saw Blanche La- mont and the Defendant on the Streetcars. The morning session began with the usugl crowded courtroom. There were not a few women in attendance, and some were in line in the corridor. William Richard Charleton testified that until the last of March he was a partnerin | the grocery-store at Twenty-first and | Flonda streets. | B“Did you know Blanche Lamont?” asked Mr. es. Yes, sir.” “Didyou ever weigh her?’ “Yes, sir; on several occasions.” “What is the date of the last time you | ighed her?” n the 27th or the 28th of March.” How much did she weigh?”’ “We object,” said Mr. Dickinson. “There has been no proper foundation laid—nothing to show the accuracy of the scales.” “That is a proper matter for cross-examina- tion,” said the court. “We submit, your Honor,” said Denprey, “that the jury gets the benefit of the answer in this case, though it may afterward be shown that he is not competent to answer it.” “‘Oh, I think the witness should not be in- terruipled at this staze,” said Judge Murphy; “he is speaking of a matter within his own | knowledge. Ishall allow the questiown.” | “Then to get our objection properly before the court,” said Mr. Deuprey, “we object to the question because there has been no foun- dn;on laid concerning the accuracy of the scales.” *‘The objection is overruled,” said the court. “The witness may answer the Qnemon." “She weighed 1157 pounds.” “Cross-examine him,” said Mr. Barnes. Mr. Dickinson went at it with a will and stuck to it to the very last possible ques- tion. ““On what scales did you do the weighing?” ‘was his first question. he Howe platform scales.” How much does it weigh?” “It weighs 240 pounds.” “Does it stand on the floor?” ‘‘No; we had it on the counter, but moved it for her to the floor.” “Who was present at this time?” “Her sister, Maud Lamont.” “How often did you weigh her?” “About once a week."” “Why 50 often?"’ “To see how much she gained since she came to California.” “How do you fix this date?” “From thé fact that we went out of business on the 30th of that month.” “What time of the day was it?” “1 think it was before 8 o'clock in the morn- “When @id she usually come to be weighed?” | “Friday evenings.” “How long had those scales been in use?” “Twent{ months.” “How often were they regulated ?”” “Once a month regularly.” Then Mr. Dickinson wanted to know | where the scales were purchased, when | they were sold, whether at closed or open | auction, and a whole lot of other things, all of which the witness answered quite read- ily and without an instant he sitation. “Did you ever weigh Maud?” “Yes, sir,” “When last?” “On the last morning I weighed Blanche.” | “Who looked on_the beam of the scales and mfix"ffi‘é the figures?” ‘‘Was anybody else in the store?” “I think my partner was—Mr. Fitzpatrick,” “‘When did you first think of this?” “Why, at the time I weighed her.” ‘‘Yes; he put his left arm on the back of the seat behind her. They chatted very pleasantly. He appeared to be paying attention to her in'a marked way.” “Didshe have schoolbooks with her?” ‘es, sir, They were lying on her lap.” )id they both get off at the same point?” “Yes. At Polk and Sutter streets.” “Cross-examine,” said Mr. Barnes, “Were there any other people in the car then?” asked Attorney Dickinson. “Eighteen or twenty.” “Well, which was i{? Eighteen or twenty?’ “I can’t remember that exactly.” i:\Vere there some schoolgirls on the car?” “How many?” “; can’t remember the exact number.” 10w do you remember this occasion?” Sherode with meoften. I knew her by sight quite well. Thad never before seen her with a gentleman.” ““How many times did she ride with you that Sy “I think it was three times. certain.” Iam not quite | said T had. He then told me her name, and that she had since disappeared. He said he | thought she had been enticed away. She was | 8 very winsome voung lady, he said, but he | thouent she could be led easily.” “Did you ever talk with him again about the | case? |~ “We talked once or twice about it, I think, | atter the matter came out in the papers.” |~ “Did you ever visit him sinca he has been in custody?” | “Yes, sir. Shortly after he was arrested I | called upon him at the jail in company with w0 of my classmates and a CALL reporter.” | " “Did you aiscuss the case with him then?” | “Nojsir; Inad very little to say.” | U;»on_crous-examination,_which was very | brief, witness told Mr. Dickinson that Dur- | rant had not spoken slightingly of Blanche | Lamont. next. He said he had a conversation with Durrant on the night of his arrest, and that Durrant then told him he had accom- | panied Blanche Lamont on the Polk-street car from Ninth and Mission to Polk and MRS. G. P, DORGAN, WHO SAW BLANCHE LAMONT AND DURRANT ON THE POWELL-STREET CAR. “Why do you think s0?” “Because I saw her on the car.” “Where did she sit?” “She usually sat inside near the front.” “Where did you first learn her name ?” “When I saw her picture in the paper after her disappearance.’” In response to many other questions witness described casually the kind of clothes worn by Blanche, the hat worn by Durrant. He said he had gone voluntarily to the City Prison on the 16th of April and | asked to see Durrant. Detective Bowen took him downstairs. Witness went into the room and identified Durrant as the man. He said Blanche always wore the same kind of dress when he saw her. She wore black gloves, he thought. He did not notice whether she had any jewelry. He was questioned closely about many other passengers and occasions in order to test his memory. When_ his cross-examination was con- cluded Herman J, Schlageter, a medical student and classmate oigDnmnt at the C&o}:fier Medical Colleze, was calied to the stand. “How frequently, prior to his arrest, dia you Sutter streets. This was in corroboration of the two previous witnesses. There was no cross-examination, Mr. Dickinson remarking that the defense did not dispute the meeting of Blanche and | Durrant in the morning. Then came the evidence of their meet]i;r:f in the afternoon. Miss Minnie Belle Ed- wards of San Mateo, a classmate of Blanche Lamont, took the stand. *‘Did you see Blang t on April 37" cked “ir. Barnes. el . “Ye . sir.” € Lerel” “at the Normal School, on the east side of i’g:'e'l‘l street, between Sacramento and Clay “At what time of the day aid you see her?” ‘‘Between 2 and 3 o'clock in ‘the afternoon. ‘We attended the ooonn’ class together.” ‘When did it let out?”’ bout five minutes of 3 o’clock.” hat did you do then?" went upstairs and got my hat and walked out with Bianche Lamont.” “Which way did you go?” “We walked toward Clay street, on the east side of Powell.” 'How far did you go?” “We walked er to the corn and Fowellsr 8° i “We object,” said Dickinson, “it is calling for the conelusion of the witness.” “That is a proper question,” said the court, “I will allow it.” “Yes, he acted peculiarly,” said the witness. Mr. Barnes put a question that summar- ized the evidence already given by the wit- | ness, and upon_objection by the defense Judfi: Murphy decided the question should not be answered. Then the cross-examination began. It was not directed toward disputing the evi- dence of the witness, but toward throwing doubt u%t;n the identification of the pris- | oner by Miss Edwards, This took place in Chief Crowley’s office. Detective Anthony went out to the school, and Miss Lanni- gan, Principal Yoder and Miss Pleasant | ”S.'W. Horton, a reporter, took the stand | went with witness and the detective to the Chief's office. Durrant was brought into the Chief’s office, wearing his hat. She identified him very readily, she said. She had previously seen his picture in the Chronicle with his hat off. Mr. Dickinson wanted to know how high Durrant raised his hat when he met them at Clay and Powell streets. And he wanted to know every possible detail con- nected with that meeting. Miss Edwards answered all of Mr. Dickinson’s questions readily and clearly, and the long cross- examination did not shake her main testi- mony in any particular. It was not con- cluded when court adjourned for the noon recess. S THE AFTERNOON SESSION. A Clash Between Lees and Deu- prey—Mrs. Dorgan Saw Blanche With the Defendant. In the afternoon Mr. Dickinson con- tinued his cross-questioning of Miss BEd- wards. He elicited the additional fact that the witness had seen Blanche and Durrant when the car reached the turnta- ble at Powell and Market streets. Mr. Dickinson then called for the read- ing of Miss Edwards’ testimony in the morning when she had said that after she got into the car she did not notice them further. Mr. Dickinson made the most of the point, but when Mr, Barnes resumed the redirect examination aud questioned Miss Edwards more closely on this point the slight discrepancy disappeared, and wit- ness said that after they reached the turn- table she lost track of them. “You say you saw Blanche Lamont and Dur- rant at the terminus of the Powell-street cars u"‘"\\l‘:iki?r‘f"d Powell streets?"” “You did not notice how they got off or v\m\c‘r’l v:nynmey went?” “Did I understand you to say the first time you saw & picture of the man who was accused ©f the murder was in the paper?” ‘Yes, sir. 1 saw it in the Chronicle of the “Of April?” “Yes, sir.” A page of the paper containing the pic- ture was then shown the witness, and she identified it as the one she recognized as being a picture of the defendant. The pic- ture was torn from the center of the page, and it and so much of the reading matter as referred to it were submitted in evi- dence. “I understood you to say when you were in Captain Lees’ office you made a remark to the defendant,” continued Barnes, *Yes, sir.” “Did he reply?” “Yes, gir.” “Whatwas that remark’ “I sald, ‘I identify this man as the one who got on the car with Blanche Lamont,’ and he said, ‘I will have to say I was not.’” “Did you make any further remark?’ “No, sir.” Dickinson cross-examined again. Read- ing from the testimony taken at the pre- liminary examination he asked the wit- ness if she had said then that she took no notice of Durrant and Blanche after she boarded the car and afterward. He called her attention then to her statement just made, in which she said she had seen Dur- rant and Blanche at the Market-street ter- minus, and he asked which statement was correct. Miss Edwards said her statement just made was correct. She was then asked if anything had helped her memory since, and she said no. Several more ques- tions followed as to why the memory of the witness had become more accurate after five months than it had been one month after the occurrence. She could not explain it, however, and Dickinson passed on in his questioning. ;é&l& yrou o&eA&)er& u: vgnn you saw this e o haoat unt which “accompanied “No, sir.” “Then you did not see them on Market street?” “No, sir.” “Let me read s little,” said Dickinson, and the crowd tittered. The bailiff rapped for order ana Dickin- son read where she had said she had taken no notice of Durrant and Blanche Lamont after she had boarded the car. “Did you see them afterward?” Dickinson asked. “Yes, sir.” “Then your testimony given under prelimin- xamination was not correct?” 0, §ir.”” “You were under oath?"” “Yes, sir.” “That's all,” said Dickinson. *‘That’s all,” said Barnes, and both attorneys seemed no more glad than did the witness as she stepped down. She was frightened and Deuprey’s request that she be ordered not to tell any part of her testimony to the other witnesses, and the admonition that followed from the bench, did not help her any. But her testimony was of great value to the prosecution and the defense had done but little to shake it, after all. Mrs. G. P. Dorgan came to corroborate the testimony of Miss Edwards. In May, when she was a witness at the preliminary examination, her name was Miss Alice Pleasant. She was a classmate of Blanche Lamont, Miss Lannigan and Miss Edwards at the Normal School. “You knew Blanche Lamont?” asked Mr. Barnes. % “Yes, sir.” “Were you both members of the cooking class at nl:e Normal School?” s, sir.”” Did you attend the classon the afternoon of April 37 “Yes, sir.” “Did you see Blanche Lamont there?” “Yes, sir.” ““What did you do when the class let out?” “I started home.” “Did you ride or walk?"” “I walked.” “Which way did you go?” “On Powell sireet toward Market. Iwason the east side of the stree ““Was any one with you “Yes, sir; Miss Lannigan.” “When you reached the corner of California and Powell streets did anything occur to attract your attention?” “Yes, sir.! “What was it?" “I noticed Blanche Lamont on the dummy o‘{rth: Powell-street car going toward Market street.” “Whereabout on the dummy did she sit 2"’ “On the eastside of the dummy nearest the “Was she slono 7 o, sir.” 0 you know who her companion was 1 “Theodore Durrant.” “The defendant in this case ?"* “Yes, sir. “Was Mi “Yes, sir. “Did you notice whether Blanche had books wi‘th her ?” Lannigan with you then 7" ‘es, sir; she had. hat were Blanche and her companion i “T:e were both looking at a book when I noticed them.” “Was the book open ?” “Yes, sir.” “‘]\)’ho held‘:hlodbt;ok b s I1 “Durrant he! t. As T looked af looked up and I saw his face.” St b “How was Blanche dressed " “lb:he wore ddnrk c}olhhea.” - “Can you identify these 7"’ showing wit the {arm draped with Blanche umgnvt"a::: ments. *‘Yes, sir, Those are the clothes she wore.” ‘“gxd yiou ever see Blanche alive after that 7" “No, sir.” “Do you see any difference in the a1 of the defendant now ?” . TRATSIDY “He is a little paler.” Then Mr. Dickinson began the cross- examination. He asked: ‘‘Had you ever seen Du day?’ ny rrant before tnat “No, “When did you next see him?” “Monday, April 12, I think it was.” “Where did you see him then?” In the office of the Chiei of Police.” “What was the occurrence of yo there?” b i G ki rv.v;u.g_nken there to see if I could identify “Did you identify him?" “Yes, sir.” pl“&%?idf Jou previously seen his picture in the ‘A think I saw it in the Chronicle.” About at this point Mr. Barnes’ coll: g:\l:ri lthg;onghly '3;'“ xad the .tmo:r- n the room rather stiflin, ordered a recess of ten mimnn.g e The witness remained in her chair. After the Judge had left the bench Cap- tain Lees arose from his seat beside the District Attorney and walked up toward ;he vgtnesu. 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He won’t try it again if you do this. TT PHILABELPHIA SHOE CO STAMPED ON A SH E 0] MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. The obstruction at Third and Market streets, and the tearing down of that building has certainly in- terfered with our business, and on that account we have lowered the price of évery shoe In our house. We have all grades of shoes from the finest to_the cheapest, and on all we have made s reduction, and do not think because we advertise cheap shoes that we do not carry fine ones. But of course on the cheap and medium priced shoes we have esiab- lished a reputation for selling cheaper than any store on the coust, It Las taken years 10_establish that reputation, but good shoes, low prices and courteous treatment of customers will win every time. Give us a trial; examine our shoes and prices, and it they are riot satiatactory do not. buy. 'his week we are selling Ladies’ Dongola Kid But- ton Shoes, with either cloth or kid tops. medium, square or pointed toes and V-shaped patent leather ups, for $1.85. These shoes are Philadeluhia make and are guar- anteed for fit and wear. They are worth $2 50, but we are after ducements. our trade, and we are offering in- ‘e carry them in C, D, E and EE. Anxious parents often complain about the way thelr children wear their shoes, but this week they can secure bargains, for we have Misses’ Fina Dongola Kid Button Shoes, with patent leather tips and spring heels, that we will sell for less money than they were ever offered before on_this coast. The sizes run from 11 to 2, and we will sell them for 81.00 :’:l"hpdr!y 1.‘“.'Tkl‘lelg :hoe;lfi just ll&e fl‘llng for school, neat and tidy, an ‘g00d Call and examine them, o Wign Remember. we have not moved, n'(kmsa 3?7 %rderhwllclua. 'nd for Ne: L s w Illustrated Catalogue. B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Francisco. PHILADELPHIA SHOE (0. 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