Show NINE JURORS IN THREE WEEKS Slow Progress Made in the Trial of Durrani San Francisco Aug 10 Monday will be the beginning of the fourth week of the trial of Durrant for the murder of Blanche Lamont and the only progress pro-gress made has been the selection of nine Jurymen to try the case A great deal of Interest centers in the action Judge Murphy will take as to Juror Brown It Is generally believed he will allow the challenge of the District Attorney At-torney and relieve Brown of Jury duty on the ground that the District Attorney Attor-ney did not know of Browns experience experi-ence In the United Staes District Court In the Howell counterfeiting case it Is believed the Jury box will be filled next week evtn should the retirement retire-ment of Brown make the selection of four more talesmen necessary With only four to select from the 200 venire men suinmoned for Monday the prospect pros-pect is good for commencing the actual trial on the fifth week It is said that Durrants hope lies in convincing the Jury of his Innocence and not In an appeal ap-peal on technical points should one be necessary The prospects are that the case will be complicated but Judge Murphys rulings In criminal cases usually usu-ally bear the scrutiny of an appellate court The Sheriff fears that some attempt may be made to harm Durant This Is not due to public sentiment but to tear that some crank may desire to win notoriety by assailing such a prominent promi-nent prisoner Every precaution Is taken to prevent any assault |