Show WANTS TO SAVE DURRANT confession of a who Sul elded la in a te tex its jail houston TI ten x nov 24 joseph joeph E manther Han ther alias forbes committed sut sulk ide in the meridian jail in this coun ly on on march 2 last developments of the past few days ring to light the fact act that BIan Bl anther lher was vas the belt confessed perpetrator of ven iven more startling crimes than was he be murder of mrs airs langfeldt in san francisco for which he be was hunted while Blant Bl anther ber was incarcerated in jie ae meridian jail there was also a fel ow prisoner named bilts who was arrested on some minor charge and re ec spied the cell adjoining that of blaner pitts is a farmer fanner who now lives tear tear iredell in this county and is cnown to have conversed with blan her during his two or three drys days con In ement in a letter to word dillar differ fc word attorneys of meridian under late of november 22 2 mr pitts enclose id a letter from Bl anther which says to ro mr air ritts pitts As this is my I 1 bast t lay on earth I 1 wish to bay that I 1 cn can lot die without telling a truth I 1 mur alered mrs longfeldt langfeldt also blanche biamont and minnie minnic williams I 1 put his in your overcoat pocket and hope rou ron will find it in time to have bare the life t f durrant it may alto aho be of service bervice to kir ur womack in getting his reward noney I 1 want you to have my watch tor or your kindness to me you have n best wishes and I 1 hope your troupes will end but not as mine signed BLA then the letter pitts claims was lost in he lining of his coat and only recently lis discovered covered Bl anther was under guspie suspicion on at one ime of having baring com committed commit lek the murders ut the police of san francisco believe durrant the guilty party the a al edged confession has been bent t to currants Our Dur rants attorneys officials of the bank of meridian n lay the letter compares favorably with BIant bers handwriting |