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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895. e o R e e TWO SENSATIONS IN THE DURRANT TRIAL, Mrs. Crossett Saw the Prisoner on Valen- cia Street. SHE ENEW HIM WELL. Mrs. Vogel Saw Him Waiting in Front of the Normal School. WATCHED HIM FOR AN HOUR.| Two Important Links That Are Thought to Complete the Chaln of Evidence. THE DURRANT TRIAL IN A MINUTE-TWO SENSATIONS. There were two surprises in the Durrant trial yesterday. They came in the shape of two new witnesses, Mrs. Mary Vogel ana Mrs. Elizabeth L. Crossett, both of whom saw the prisoner on the afternoon of April 3 on his way to Emmanual Church with Blanche La- mont. The first witness of the day was Miss May Lennigan, who corroborated the testimony of Mrs. Dorgan. She and Mrs. Dorgan (then Miss Pleasant) were returning from school on that Normal School, on the afternoon of April 3,and she saw a man pacing back and forth between the schoolhouse and the corner. Mrs. Vogel is a nervous woman. She had $300 in cash in the house. She wondered that & man should be walking back and forth so long directiy opposite her house. Sometimes he stood still at the corner and turned his face toward the win- dow at which she sat, with her sewing on ber lap. Mrs. Vogel left the window long enough to get a pair of opera-glasses. She was curious about this man. She could observe him better, see his face clearer, with the opera-glasses. For a full hour she watched him. Then two girls came out of school. The man walked toward them. He raised his hat. The three got on the Powell-street car | going toward Market street—surely it must have heen the same car on which the two scheoleirls saw Blanche and Durrant sit- | ting, and on which Miss Edwards rode. “Who was that man?” asked the District Attorney. “Theodore Durrant,” came the answer, unhesitatingly. How can such testimony be explained away? But even supposing that it cannot | be explained away, still the corner of Pow- ell and Market streets is a long way from Bartlett street. Mrs. Leak will say she saw them enter the church. But she saw them from across the street. She might have been mistaken. Who shall say posi- | tively that when they left Powell and Mar- | ket streets they went toward the church? | Here was a hiatus in the chain of evi- | dence. Not a serious one, the prosecution MRS, MARY VOGEL, WHO CONFIRMED THE IDENTIFICATION OF DURRANT AT POWELL AND SACRAMENTO STREETS. ketched in court by a * Call” artist.] fatal afternoon and saw Blanche and Durrant sitting on the dummy of the Powell-street car going toward Market sireet. Mrs. Vogel, who lives directly opposite the Normal School, testified thiat she saw Durrant waiting on the corner for fully an hour; looked at him through an opers-glass and ob- served him closely, for she was airaid of burg- lars, having & sum of money in the house; saw two girls come out of the school, and saw Durrant accost them; saw Durrant and one of thegirls get on the dummy of the car, while the other girl got inside the car. Gripman Stevens testified that it is the in- variable custom for all Powell-street cars to stop after crossing California street, and wait for the conductor'ssignal before descending the nill. Stewart Merrill, a photographer, identified photographs he had taken of a Powell-street car crossing California street. Mrs. Crossett testified that she knew the pris- oner very well, and had known both him snd his family for several years. On the afternoon of April 3 she sat in a Valencia- street car going toward tne Mission. Oppo- site her sat Theodore Durrant busily en- gaged in talking with a schoolgirl of the same general appearance, from Mrs. Crossett’s description, as Blanche Lamont. The prisoner was plainly interested to a very great extent by this testimony, which is considered as completing the chain of cir- cumstantial evidence ageinst him. The trial goes on this morning. NorE T0 THE READER.—If you wish only to know what was actualiy accomplished in the Durrant case yesterday the foregoing summary will give you that information. If, however, it 18 your desire to learn the particulars of this interesting trial you will find subjoined a clesr, succinct, impartial accountof all im- portantmatters. Under no citcumstances will the offensive details be admitted. They are not essential to an intelligent understanding of the progress of the case, and will be accorded Do pliace in these columns. —_——— EIGHTH DAY OF THE TRIAL. | Two Sensatlons That Aroused Even Durrant to a Keen Interest in the Proceedings. Surely the coils tighten about Theodore Durrant. He met the pretty schoolgirl in the morning of the day she met death. He rode on the Larkin-street car with her from Ninth and Mission streets to Polk and Sut- ter. He had his arm around her as they sat on the dummy, and he held her school- books. 8o much was proved last week—and frankly admitted by the defense. ‘Were the prisoner and the schoolgirl seen together again that day? Did they go together to the church where a cruel fate waited for the unsuspecting maiden? All along the defense has denied this. They have had an alibi ready to contro- vert the evidence of the three schoolgirls who said they saw him get on the Powell- street car after the cooking class on the afternoon of that fatal day. Moreover, these three schoolgirls might have been mistaken in their identity of Durrant. They had never seen him be- fore. True, they were intelligent wit- nesses, and very positive, under the most searching examination. Still, there was a good point for arguing in the fact that Mrs. Dorgan, Miss Lannigan and Miss Ed- wards only saw the young man who rode away with Blanche for a moment, and had never seen him before that. But how shall Mrs. Mary Vogel’s testi- mony be argued away? She wasat her front window, which looks out upon the | maintained, but there was a missing link; no one could deny that. But ask the | question again—Who saw them on their | way to the church? | Mrs. Crossett. he answer came with a terrible force vesterday. Even Durrant was touched by its force, and showed it in his face. He did not blanch. That was too much to expect, but he was terribly interested. He breathed more heavily, his brows knit, his | smile was gone. How intently he watched that elderly lady who sat in the witness- chair and told of meeting him, in company with a slightly built girl, at about half | past 3 o’clock or later, on the afternoon of | April 3. i “Where?"” asked the District Attorney. | The answer was not lost by a soul in the | courtroom. | “Ina Valencia-street car going to the | Mission.” | Could she have been mistaken? Could it | not have been some other man of the same size and dressed as Durrant was that | afternoon? | No; there was no mistake. She sat | opposite the couple in the car, and she | knew Durrant well, knew his mother and his father, was for years a friend of the family and saw Theodore trequently, several times a month. . Nor could the genius of Mr. Deuprey, who now for the first time took a hand in the cross-examination, shatter the force of this testimony in the slighest. People shook their heads and made ominous comments when they looked at the set face of Theodore Durrant yester- | day afternoon. | These were sensations enough for one | day—by far the most important day since | the trial began. It will be a herculean task to explain away the evidence of these two ladies. One saw him for an hour, | observed his face closely through an opera- glass. The other knows him well, and sat opposite him in the streetcar. Both witnesses came as surprises to the defense. Until within a day or two ago | not even the District Attorney knew of the existence of Mrs. Crossett. They have been the two sensations of the trial thus far, and they have been the first witnesses who have succeeded in deeply interesting Theodore Durrant. It was a dramatic scene that occurred in the morning when Mrs. Vogel first came to the stand. “Madam,” said the District Attorney, | “can you point out which of these gentle- | men here (waving his hand toward the | table occupied by the prisoner and his counsel) is the defendant in this case?” “That small gentleman,” came the answer unhesitatingly, though Durrant at the time was leaning over, in conversation with Judge Thompson, so that his face was only partly visible. ¥ Then at the suggestion of the Judge Mrs. Vogel walked down from the witness chair and again pointed at Durrant, this time | almost face to face. The prisoner, con- scious that the eyes of his twelve judges were upon him, returned the gaze of the woman without flinching, only his face showed that he was, at last, terribly in- terested in the drama that was taking place about him. There were other witnesses during the day, but they were merely corroborative | witnesses. The first was Miss May Lannigan, who repeated the testimony she gave at the preliminary examination. She saw Durrant and Blanche Lamont on' the Powell-street car as she was walkinz home with Miss Pleasant. And Mr. Dickinson, at his best, as a cross-questioner, failed to shake the testimony. After Miss Lannigan came Gripman Stevens. He knew nothing of the events of April 3, but he told what the custom was and is concerning the manner in which the Powell-street cars going toward Market street cross the intersecting Cali- fornia-street car tracks. They always stop after crossing in order to catch theé cable for a safe descent of the hill. Only under the repeated protests of At- torneys Dickinson and Deuprey was the testimony admitted. It went to show that Miss Lannigan and Mrs. Dorgan were cor- rect when they said they had time enough to see Blanche Lamont and Durrant on the dumwny of the Powell-street car, because the car had gone very slowly or had stopped. Also a photographer, Stewart Merrill, who made negatives of a Powell-street car crossing California street from the point where the schoolgirls stood, came to the witness chair and identified prints made from his negatives and explained under what conditions they were taken. If Mr. Barnes continues the introduc- tion of his evidence in its chronological order, Mrs. Leak will probably take the stand this morning. —_———— THE MORNING SESSION. Mrs. Vogel’'s Complete Identifica- tion of the Man Who Hung About the Normal School. The third week of the hearing of evi- dence in the Durrant trial opened to a larger house than ever, which is saying a great deal. The sweet-peas girl was ab- sent. Mr. Barnes announced, as soon as court had been convened, that since ad- journment on Thursday the mother of Mrs. Dorgan had died. For this reason the District Attorney asked that Mrs. Dorgan’s cross-examination, which was not concluded Thursday, should be per- mitted to go over for a few days until the young lady had recovered sufficiently to be in court. There was no objection to this, so the next witness was called—Miss May Lanni- gan. She is one of the Normal School girls who saw Blanche and Durranton the Powell-street car on the afternoon of April 3. She was with Mrs. Dorgan, then Alice Pleasant, at the time, and told substan- tially the same story as related by the pre- vious witness. They wer2 on their way home from the Normal School at about 3 o’clock or five minutes after. They left the school, be- tween Sacramento and Clay streets, and walked along the east side of Powell street. As they were crossing California street Miss Pleasant drew her attention to the Powell-street car then passing. She looked up and there sat Rlanche Lamont and a young man on the dummy of the car next to the closed portion of the car. “Who was that young man?’ asked Mr. Barnes. ‘Theodore Durrant.” “Where were you at the time you saw them?" “We were crossing Californta street. I was between the south track and the curbstone.” “What were the couple doing, if anything?” “Durrant held an open book and both of them were looking in it.”” Witness then identified the hat and the outer garments worn by Blanche Lamont on that day. She said Durrant wore dark clothes. AR i In his cross-examination Mr. Dickinson led the witness over about the same ground already covered by his cross- examination of Mrs. Dorgan. “How do you fix the time?” he asked. “By the time that school let out.” “Did school let out at the usual time?” “It was about three minutes late.” “You walked along slowly, chatting with Miss Pleasant?” “We didn’t walk slow—neither slow nor fast.”” ““Was there auything in the young man’s ap- pearance that attracted your attention?” “His hair was long.” thing else?” “‘His mustache was very slight.” “Is it unusual to sce & man with a small mustache?”’ *It is unusual to see & man with hair cut the way his was.” “When you went to the Chief’s office to iden- tify Durrant you knew it was Durrant whom the oflicers were bringing in for you to see?” “Yes, sir. “What did the detectives say to yon?’ “I was told to say nothing if I could not identify him, and if I could I was to say so.” “You recognized him?"" “1did.” “Have you read any of the testimony in this case?"” “Yes, sir.” “Whose testimony?"” «“Nearly everybody's.” “Did vou read Mrs. Dorgan’s testimony on you know the court had excluded all the witnesses from the courtroom?” “We object to that,” sald Mr. Barnes. “Oh, I shall let her answer,” said the court. “Yes, sir,” said the witness, with the same frankness and readiness that marked all her testimony. “Did any one suggest Mrs. Dorgan’s testimony 2 “No, sir.” to you that you read C. A. Stevens, the Powell-Street Car Gripman. [Sketched by a “‘Call” artist.] “Have you seen any of the detectives since Thursday?”’ “Yes, sir; I met one in the hall.” Did you have a conversation with him about the case?” *‘He asked me if 1 remembered my testimony. 1 told him I did.” 'Was that all that was said?” Yes, sir.” How do you identify the dress?”’ “It was black,and had a piece across the shoulders just like this.” The next witness was C. A. Stevens, a gripman on the Powell-street line. He has been a gripman since 1839, and has run on the Powell-street branch a whole year. “‘How many trips do you make in one day?” asked the District Attorney. “Eighteen and a half.” “On the mr toward Market“street describe what you do in crossing the tracks at Califor- nia street. Dickinson—We object to this. He is only 5oing to tell what is the custom, not what was one at this particular time. The court—Well, I'l] allow the prosecution to show the general custom. “‘We stop when we get to the top of the hill,” said the witness. “Describe how you cross the tracks.” Dickinson—We object. This does not show what was done on April 3. The court—The objection is overruled. You {:..;: the benefit of an exception. I think this oper. ‘“‘Before we come to the California-street tracks we let go the rope. After we have crossed the tracks we have to stop and catch :‘I:e rope again for the descent,” said the wit- 8. ’Pen youstop for the rope when do you go dowrl again?” “Upon signal from the conductor.” “‘Do you always wait for the signal from the conductor?” “al l‘lnfis." “W. 0 you stop to catch the rope before going own S seaaia “Because that is the rule.” Dickinson—We object to the rule. Tl!e court—Let that be stricken out. “Tell us the physical fact. Never mind what the rules are,” said Mr. Barnes. “Well, the fact is that we must catch the rope again in order to hold the car in going downhill.” The defense was not slow to see the cogency of this testimony, which in effect went a long way toward "corroborating the testimony of Mrs. Dorgan and Miss Lan- nigan by showing that the car was sta- tionary, or nearly so, when they saw Dur- rant and Blanche on the dummy. Both Dickinson and Deuprey objected fo almost every question put by the District Attor- ney, and at the conclusion of them all Mr. Dickinson moved to strikeout all the testi- mony. The motion was promptly overruled by the court and then Dickinson asked : Do you know of that rule ever having been broken?”” “No, sir; I never broke it.” “Do you not know what was done on the car that passed that corner at a little after 3 o’clock on the afternoon of April 3?” I do not.” ‘:{)g you know Conductor West 2" «I do” “Did you ever talk with him about this case?” “I think not.” *‘Call Mrs. Mary Vogel,” said the Dis- trict Attorney, and there came into court a middle-aged German woman whose tes- timony was the sensation of the morning session, and seemed to knock the very last peg from under the defense’'s theory that the identification of Durrant by the school girls is incomplete or might be mistaken. “Where do you reside, Mrs. Vogel?"” was the first question of Mr. Barnes. At 919 Powell street.” “Is that near the Normal School ?"” “Right across the street; on the westside.” time, as having been present when she told about Durrant. “Did you see any other man on the street that afternoon?” asked Dickinson. hr‘)‘o\se'x;y few. It was quiet in the neighbor- ‘‘Please answer the question. Did you see any other men?” ‘“‘“Maybe one or two.” “Which was it, one or two?” “I don’t know.” “Suppose it was one. Do you know how he ‘was dressed 7"’ “No,1didn’t remember him.” “What kind of whiskers he wore?" “No, sir; I didn’t notice.” ““And yet you noticed this one man so closely that you cen tell what kind of clothes he wore and identify him now?"” “Yes, sir; he was there so Iongfl’ “But why did you watch him?"” “I had money in the house. There was $300 lalnd I was afraid to have so much money in the ouse.” *80, then, you were watching all the men on the street?” “No, sir; I only watched this man, because he staid so long on the corner. I did not like it the way he hung around.” At this point the noon recess was taken. Lo THE AFTERNOON SESSION. How Mrs. Vogel Fixed the Date. Mrs. Crossett Saw Durrant and Blanche. In the afternoon Mr. Dickinson con- tinued his cross-examination of Mrs. Vogel. He asked all about Mrs. Schmidt. He wanted to know the business of Mrs. Schmidt’s husband, and whether Mrs. Schmidt was a large or a small woman. Then he asked about the number of steps in front of Mrs. Vogel’s residence. She couldn’t answer the latter question, and when Dickinson insisted upon the | exact number Judge Murphy remarked that the question had been asked often enough. “But I have been up there since this morn- ing’s session,” said Dickinson, ‘‘and I want to k{mw just the exact location of Mrs. Vogel's place.” MISS MAY LANNIGAN, WHO SAW BLANCHE i i ———— e LAMONT AND DURRANT ON THE POWELL - STREET CAR. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] “Do you remember the 3d of April last?” “Yes, sir; 1 do.” “Mrs. Vogel, can you tell which of these gen- tlemen here is the defendant?” Durrant’s face was nearly hidden. He was leaning over and talking earnestly with Judge Thompson. pointed him out at once. chair and walked down till within a few feet of Durrant, who had now turned his face toward her, and was meeting her gaze unflinchingly. She pointed her finger at the mild-faced little man and said: “That is the man.” On the 3d of April.” Where ?” On the corner opposite to my house.” “When did you first see him there ?” At 7 minutes past 2 in the afternoon.” “What was he doing there? Describe his actions ?” “I was at the window. I had justgone to the window. He was standing on the corner and facing me. He stood there for several minutes. Then he walked up to the schcol door and back again to the corner. Them he stood under the porch facing me. He stood there a long time. Again he walked to the school. He walked up and down several times. He stood in the one place facing me for over o quarter of an hour ata time. He remained there so long I thought it was very strange.” “How long did he remain in that vicinity ?” “Until 3 or aiter, when he went away with two schoolgirls,” *“Did you see him meet the schoolgirls 2 “Yes, sfr.” “How did he approach them ?”” ‘He walked up to them and raised his hat.” “Where did he go then?" “They all got on the Powell-street car?"” “Did they get inside the car?”’ “No, sir; one of the girls got inside the car. The man and the other girl got on the dummy. He sat beside her.” As damaging as this testimony seemed to be against the prisoner, the cross-ex- amination of Mr. Dickinson, which was very searching, seemed to make it all the worse. 1t was his questioning that brought out the fact that Mrs. Vogel got her opera- | glasses to see Durrant the better. witness: “I looked through the opermghu because I ‘wanted to see him very closely.” “I'moveto strike out the Yu!wr part,” said Dickinson. The court—That part may be stricken out as not responsive. “Do you read the papers?” What p aia q?” at papers did you read?” “1 read Tig CALLY “Don’t you read all the papers?”’ ““No.' sir; Idomy own wmge.nd have not the Dia you read about this casein the papers?”’ “No, sir; my husband wouldn’t let me. When I saw the picture of Durrant in the papers—" "AVé)enl:_vu thlt?; out fourteen days after the 3d. My hus- band showed me the picture. It trouhl%d me s0 I could eat no sapper. 1 knew he was the man I had been watching that afternoon.” “You are very nervous?’ “I suppose so. This has been worrying me {ggsvg' months. Icould not sleep for it some- 3 id you read about the case since then?” ‘No, sir; my husband burned the papers. He said it was notgood for me toread aboutit.” “‘Did you tell anybody about your recogniz- ing Durrant?"” *1 told Mrs. Nutting.” “Where does she live?’ At 923 Powell street.” “Did you ever tell anybody else?” “Yes, sir; Mrs. Schmidt.” Where does she live?”’ pstairs in the same house with my hus- ba ‘? and ml:&’«; “Was an: resent ld Mrs. schmidfl'y y p when you told M: ‘Witness hesitated some time before an- swering this question. She was afraid that 1f she named anybody else thev might also have to come and testify. Finally, upon inquiry by the court, she laid aside her scruples and named Mrs. McKane, who wasa nurse for Mrs. Schmidt at the Said the But Mrs. Vogel | Then, at the | court’s suggestion, she left the witness- | “Well, she has already said she didn’t know the number of steps,” said the court. Then the cross-questioner went over a long line of details, finally arriving at the clothes worn by Durrant that day. “He worea dark coat, and the pants were much lighter,” said the Wwitness. “What kind of a hat?” Do, black Bat. It was a large rimmed, soft at.” Do you wear glasses when you read 7" “No, sir.” 0 you wear them when you sew?"” ‘I néver wear them.” ou ever worn glasses?” , sit; never.” “\What i$ your age, madame 2’ «It will be 44 at the end of this year."” “How Jong have you lived in S8an Francisco? “Since 1873."" tinuousiy since then ?” ‘Every day.” “How many people were on the dummy when these Young people got on ?” “‘On the side nearest me there were three or four people.” Then Mr. Dickinson went into the minute details of the meeting between Durrant and the two school girls. His questions were exceedingly tiresome to the aundience, but the witness answered them readily and never once contradicted her- self. He wanted her to describe the two school girls, but she said she did not notice them closely. She was not interested in them. She could see the Powell-street car clear up to California street, couldn’t she, from the window? Witness said she could not. And why couldn't she see? Witness didn’t know why. Then he asked how Durrant’s necktie was arranged, and made the most out of the point when Mrs, Vogel said she didn’t notice it. “How came yocu to be a witness here, madam ?” asked the inquisitor. “I don’t know."” “Who subpenaed you " +Mr. Seymour.” “When?” “On the 21st of last month.” “‘When next did you see Durrant?” “Icame to the court with Mr. Seymour and Mrs. Schmidt. Some gentlemen came in,and I jumped up right away and said, “That is the man walked in front ot my house that day! “Did you remain in court then?” +Yes, sir; all that morning. “And heard the testimon “No, sir; there was no testimony; only the jurors being examined.” *“How do you fix the date?” “By a postal eard I received that day.” *“Do you know where that postal card is now " Mr. Barnes passec a postal card to Mr. Dickinson and witness said: “No, sir.” “Whom did you give it to?” +To Mr. Seymour.” “Is that the card?” hending witness the card given him by Mr. Barnes. “That is the card.” Mr. Dickinson read the postal card. It was dated as hnva been mailed on the evening of the 2d of April and sent out for distribution on the foliowing morning. It was addressed to 732 Natoma street to “‘Advertiser” and referred to an advertise- ment concerning vacant rooms at that vroperty on Natoma street, which is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Vogel. Mr. Dickinson offered the postal card as an exhibit for the defense. Then he started out to elicit further information concern- ingit. But all he elicited only strength- ened the evidence already given by Mrs. Vo‘sel. hy had she saved the postal card ? She had not saved it; only laid it down on the shelf and afterward {onnd it there, Her husband brought the postal card home in the evening. Her husband’s name isg!elchior Vogel and he is employed by the Guide Publish- ing Company. “Who owns the propert N il A o th nx?d I}’e' 'ty on Natoma street? “Do you own it or does he?” “What he got is mine and what I got is came the frank answer in the half German tongue. "S“‘l‘ancel" thundered the court at the laughter which greeted Mrs. Vogel's remark. “Tn whose name is the title to the property?” insisted Mr. Dickinson. Barnes—We object to that on the ground that it isimmaterial. Dickinson—We have a right to show allabout this postal card. ‘The court—I don’t think the ownership of the property can have any bearing on the case. The objection is sustained. “Where were you born?” asked Dickinson. “We object—"" “In New York,” came the answer before Mr. es had time to get in the objection. ““Well, it is answered,” said the court, and then he intimated that he would not permit any further examination on those lines. Mr. Dickinson asked for the initials of Mrs. Schmidt. Witness could not give the initials. Then she was asked if she knew this, that and the other person. She did not. And at last (for all things mortal must cease) this cross-examination came to an end and Mrs. Vogel was permitted to go. Stewart Merrill, a photographer, who on Saturday and Sunday Jast had been en- gaged by the prosecution to take pictures of the intersection of California and Powell streets, was then called. He identified his work and went on to tell how the pictures bad been taken. The camera had been first placed just north of the little sentry- box on the southeast corner of the cross- ing, and the lens was pointing northwest. Another photograph was then shown the witness, and he identified it as more of his work. In taking this second picture the camera had been placed a little further south. Other pictures were also shown the witness, and after he had identified them all they were admitted in evidence. There was no cross-examination except the ques- tion from Deuprey, “These were taken at the instigation of Captain Lees, were they ?”’ “Yes, sir,”” answered the witness, and he was allowed to leave the stand while the jurors examined the new exhibits. “Call Mrs. Crossett,” then said Mr. Pixotto. who had taken charge of affairs during the temporary absence of Mr. Barnes. At once there wasa murmur in the courtroom which even the rapping of the bailiff’s gavel could not subdue. All eyes were turned to the door, and the buzz of conversation increased as the bended figure of the aged witness appeared. Every one turned to his or her neighbor and started to talk—whether acquainted or not it made no difference-—and it needed the gudge's voice from the bench to restore or- er. Mrs. Crossett was assisted to the stand and sworn. She is small and old; she tes- tified that she was 71, but she showed that her mind was still young, and her testi- mony was given as if she knew exactly what she swore to. Her direct examina- tion was short. After the clerk had an- nounced her name as Elizabeth Lawrence Crossett, Mr. Barnes, who had returned to the room, began with the usual questions as to her name and residence. Then he asked: “lncd you know Durrant, the defendant?” “ @ “For how long' **About four years.” “Did you sée him on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 3, 1895?” “Yes, sir.” “Where did you see him?” “On a Valencia-street car.” “Where were you?” “I was sitting inside the car on the right- hand side as it went out Valencia.” “Where was Durrant?” “On the left-hand side. ::W&s he alone?” He was outside.” No. There was a young lady with him.” “Do you krow how she was dressed?”” “I don't remember.” “To the best of your recollection, how was she dressed 7" “She had on a broad-brimmed light hat with a feather—the feather in front.” “I show you this hat. Do you recognize it?”’ “I don't know."” “Is it like the one the young lady you saw had on?” Deuprey objected to this question. He said the witness had already said she did not recognize the hat, butthe court allowed the question. ‘‘It was like that,” said the witness. “How about these bows and the feathers?” “I hardiy know,” said the witness, after Deu- prey bad objected again. +“Where did you get on the car?” “At Haight and Valencia streets.” “When did you first see Durrant and the young lady on the front?” **Aiter a short distance.” “Where did they leave the car?” “Either at Twenty-first or Twenty-second street.” & “And Valencia?” “Yes, and Valencia.”” “How closely did 2'““ observe the couple on the front of the car?” ““As closely as I could from my side of the ¢ You did observe them?” “Yes, sir. Deuprey at this point asked that Barnes be not allowed to put leading questions to the witness, and. being duly admonished, the District Attorney proceeded: “Where did you say they left the car?”” «At Twenty-first or Twenty-second street.” hich way did they go then?” ‘They went toward Bartlett street.” Did you see them after they alighted from the car?"” “For & short distance.” “Can you give some description of the height and size of the young lady with Durrant?” “She was slim—" T object to this,” said Deuprey. answer the question yes or no.” Barnes put it in another form. “Can you give the size and height of the Bmmg lady whom you saw on the car with urrant? “She must , please proceed.” “She was tall and slim.” “What time of day was it? When you first saw them what time in the afternoon was it?’ ‘“‘About half-past 3, or it might have been a little later.”” “After they left the car on Valencia and Twenty-first or Twenty-second street did you see them?”” *‘No, 1 did notsee them long after. As they steppea down on the pavement I lost sight of them.” “Was there anything about the young lady which attracted your attention?” “‘Yes; the wind blew strongly, and the young lady held her hat in her hand.” “How do you fix this date in your mind?” “I was coming home from a visit to my glnnr‘isdnughmr on Washington and Laurel streets.” “Did you see if any conversation passed be- tween the two?"” “Yes, but I could not hear it.” “k;gw long did this conversation seem to “It continued until they alighted from the o 'All this happened in this City and aiditnot?” T 4 S “Yes, sir.” “Cross-examine,” sald Mr, he settled back in his seat. Mr. Deuprey conducted the cross-exami- nation of Mrs. Crossett and while it was very searching while it lasted it was not very long—not nearly so long as Barnes expected. Some very pointed queries were put to her, but she came out of it all practically unscathed and her testimony stands very little shaken by Deuprey’s questions. “When did you leave your grandd: house?’ he bey!ln. 5 T dcanenters "fi lillllehlnedrg o'doc“'h “‘And when did you see the man yo Durrant on the Valencia-street (:’m"?1 a?b::: half past 37" From Washt ‘‘From Washington and Laurel stre did you reach Haight and Market?" oata how, The question confused the witness for moment, but she finally told how she hn; e ——————————— Barnes and ness of discharg BEFORE awno AFTER CUPIDENR sf -, The reason suffe ro ot d restores by $1.00a box, six by mail. Send for ¥R Address DAVOL MEDICINE €O., P, 0. Box X8 ©an Franofars Cal, a1 b diseases of the :anenuve ol l"finl 1n the Back, Semin, tnoss It stops &1 the horrors of Tmpotency, Kkidneysand the urinary orga’ n gmall weak organs, ferars are not cured by Doctors I8 becu e S Prostatitia. CUPIDENIE I the only known re \use ninety per cent are troubled with 8is. A written guarantes given and money return for $5.00, EE NEW TO-DAY. e CAN CURE ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER. A Noted Physician Offers to Prove This to All Sufferers in San Fran- cisco on Thursday. The majority of sufferers from Asthma and kindred complaints, after trying doctors and numberless remedies advertised as positive cures without avail, have come to the conclu- sion that thereis no cure for this most dis- tressing disease, and these same persons will be the more in doubt and skeptical when they learn through the columns cf the press that Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann, the recognized au- thority, who has treated more cases of these diseases than any living doctor, has achieved success by perfecting a remedy which not only gives immediate relief in the worst cases but has positively cured thousands of sufferers who were considered incurable. These were just s skeptical as some of our readers now are. Dr. Schiffmann’s remedy no doubt pos- sesses the merit which is claimed for it or he would not authorize this paper to announce that he is not orly willing to give free to each person suffering from Asthma, Hay Fever, Phthisis or Bronchitis in this city one free liberal trial box of his cure, but urgently re- quests all sufferers to call at William J. Bryan's drugstore, under Grand Hotel, from 8 A. . till 6 P. M. Thursday, Sept. 19, and Teceive a pack- age absolutely free of charge, knowing that in making the claim he does for his cure a strong doubt may arise in the minds of many, and that a personal test, as he offers to all, will be more convineing, and prove its merjts, than the publishing of thousands of testimonials from persons who have been permanently cured by the use of his Asthma Cure. “Dr, Schiffmann’s Asthma Cure,” as it is called, has been sold by druggists of this city ever since it was first introduced, although many persons may never have heard of it,and it is with a view to zeaching these that he makes this offer. Thisis certainly a most generousand fair offer, and all who are suffering from any of the above complaints should remember the date and place where the distribution will be made, and avail themselves of the same. Per- sons living out of the city who desire to test the efficacy of this most wonderful remedy will receive a package free by mail by writing to Dr. R. 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