Show INTIMIDATING JURY Will be Hung If They Hang Durrant An Unexpected Sensation at the Dur rant Trial Further Attempts to Build up Durrants Alibi Witnesses Wit-nesses Called to Impeach the Pawnbroker How Durrant Tried to Manufacture Testimony i Sun Francisco Oct 1After gatherIng gather-Ing up a few ragged ends of testimony left over from last week tIme defense In the Durrani case this morning begun be-gun the building of an iilllil for thn young medical student from April 4th to April 12th Inclusive The purpose of tho alibi U to Impeach the tcsllmony of pawnbroker Oppenhelm nnd W J Phillip who lesllllcd that on April 12th Durrant tried to pawn Blanche Lnmonts ring at OppcnhelmH stoic During the course of the tcsllmony which covered Durranis movements on Apill 4th and 5lh a struggle WUH precipitated by District Attorney Barnes who again challenged the reliability reli-ability of a rollcull book nt Cooper college The argument ended In a victory vic-tory for the defense so far as the question before the court wan concerned con-cerned UP Judge Murphy sustained an objection to a question propounded by himself to the witness and cut off discussion dis-cussion The trial begun this morning with a sensation which was quite as unexpected unex-pected to the prosecution as to the defense Juror I J Truman Informed the court that last Thursday during the noon recess of the court he was approached by H J McCoy general secretary of the Young Mens Christian Chris-tian association who endeavored to tan engage him In conversation on the subject sub-ject of the trial I you hang Durrant said McCoy to the juror we will hang you The court said the offense bordered strongly on a crime and cited McCoy to appear In court at noon on October 3rd and show cause why ho should not be punished for contempt n W Mankind the electrician who testified last week with regard to the construction of tho sunburnprs In Emmanuel church was the llrst wit u < of the ness called The testimony was tll 1 sumo nature as that given last week Hand was IntendejUto how the HablHts f I ot the e3clOrIllu rcQolllcn v < UUlnl UAJACIHHGOPPEN1IEII The assault on pawnbroker Oppcn helms testimony then began The de fense called to the stand four witnesses wit-nesses by whom It was proposed to test the accuracy of the pawnbrokers memory S Ma tin Cuilis William Cathcarl P J Neumann and Leonard Everett n rbcu of the National guard alI time ilrnal corps to which Durrant be longed testified that they had taken various articles of Jewelry to Oppen helmn store and attempted to pawn them They described the manner In which they were dressed at the time The descriptions In many Instances did not correspond with the descrip tions given by Oppenheim when he was asked to tell how the men who tried to pawn the articles were dressed Each of tho four witnesses said ho had subscribed money to assist In the de fense of Durrant Ie I The next stop was to Impeach the testimony of David Clark the witness who assisted attorney Qulnlnn to fix the date upon which he saw Durrani and Blanche La mo tit walking Durrnt toward Emmanuel church John Patten Pat rick Mulvancy all At L Murphy said Murlhy BalI that Clarks reputation for truth and Integrity wan bad On crossexamina ton Mulvaney and Murphy said they were prejudiced against Clark from the fact that they had had business dill cullleH with his father The District AUorney asked that the orney mu testimony IIP stricken out but the motion was de nied by the court DURRANTS ALIBI Tho building of Durranis alibi in contradiction ot the charge made by pawnbroker Oppenhelm was begun with tho testimony of Dr A W Hal halt a lecturer at Cooper medical col lege Asked It Durrant was present at the lecture given on the morning of April 4lh the doctor referred to the callbook and said calbook that the defendant was recorded as present On cross examination tho doctor said he hud no personal knowledge of Durranis ab sence or presence The defense tried to offset Ibis by asking If he could give the name of any one of the fiftyone students In the class who attended the lecture on Urn morning In question Th doctor recalled the names of a dozen students and said he believed he could remember more If ho were given time to think the mailer over The prosecution next attacked the rellabtllly of tho rollcall Before the District Atnlnnv h1 hnr1 uj CUVllVU the point of the subject however Judge Murphy took a hand In the examination ex-amination He asked the witness whether In hIs experience as an Instructor In-structor at the college he had known of Instances where students had answered an-swered at rollcall for other students who were not present o fenso at once interposed an v and the court was placed In thv l ° ent of having to rule on its estlon The Judge said that wK < might permit the question to be iinswereit If It should como from a proper source < lie would sustain tho objection for the present Then District Attorney Barnes asked time same quesllon and the defense In terposed another objection Attorney Dickinson argued that while It was possible to call Into court every stu dent who nllended the lecture and ask each one It he answered at rollcall for Iollcal Durrani It would he unfair to cast suspicion on the particular rollcall In question by any practice or custom that might have obtained at another time Tho court said that It believed the question proper and the evidence Bought competent but for tho sake of safety sustained tho objection With Durranis whereabouts on the morning of April 4th accounted for r the defense attempted to show whero I i the dpfendanl wns the next day George A Merrill an Instructor at the Lick school of mechanical arts Ill that Durrani culled upon him at 11 oclock on the forenoon of April 5th Asked If Durrani made known the object ob-ject of his call the witness replied In the affirmative but ho was not permitted per-mitted to tell what Durrant had said THREATENING LETTBRS Before court adjoin ncd attorney nickliiBon culled Iho attention of time court to the large number of threatening threaten-ing letlers that were being received by himself i nnd attorney lemt lucy and asked thnl the jurors bo Instructed to turn such letters over to tho court should they receive any The Judge said he received a great many letters of the sumo kind DAMAGING TO DURRANT Whal the prosecullon believes to bo testimony of the most vital Importance In the Durrant case has at last been obtained from n student In Cooper college col-lege For months the prosecution und the defense have labored to find seine ole among Ibo accused Undents cuss S mails who could give some dellnlle Information In-formation regai ding the lecture which Dr Cheney delivered on the forenoon of April 3111 I was Impossible to find such a Hludent None knew definitely that Durmnt wns there No one could tell t Indicate e anything which might Imlcut thai Durrant was not thieve At last there has been found a student stu-dent who can shed definite light I upon the subject Charles A Dukes the young man who sat next to Durrunt In the lectureroom will take the witness stand and swear that after being unable un-able to tell whether or not Durrant was present at the lecture the accused student stu-dent asked him as a favor to him to say Hint he was there and that ho remembered the fact Dukes tells this now only with tho greatest reluctance He says he drew the only Inference that could reasonably reason-ably be drawn from the request which he could not grant For the sake of his classmate Dukes decided that he would not speak Ho says Durrant wanted him to remember the fatal day and his presence In the lectureroom without any reference to the truth of the facts I could not grant his favor fa-vor said Dukes but I wished to remain re-main silent as I did not want to hurt his case If I could help It PASTOR GIBSON TALKS Now that Rev George M Gibson pastor of Emmanuel church has virtually vir-tually been accused by Attorney Deu prey of committing the murders that have made his church notorious ho has seen lit to break the silence which ho ft sience has maintained ever olnce the discovery discov-ery of the crimes Rev Gibson hns allowed himself to bo Interviewed for publication and tho unit question asked was What do you think of Mr Deuproya I speech as an argument In defense or I1lgument Mr Durrunt < S Well It ts ILm t tU c Vei iIC1 Ir Hudi a recklpss K I In his hand the life ptetrf when he 1m hams helif I toad Ing 01 death of a for kiuirs between the lines ItTS eu5j Gh ULt Die speech was not the one he Intended to deliver I resembles the sermon prepared on Sunday morning after tho preacher discovered Hint fur viriom reasons ho could not use the ono ha hi worked on for weeks Why did you remain sllenl so long Because as a witness I had no right to talk and I was willing to take my share of newspaper criticism Do you think the situation b I changed S Yes I am virtually accused of tho murder My name Is singled out from among all the witnesses and uttered In loud lones to the Jury Mr Deuprey hal declared the light on The Issue now according to him Is between W I T Durrani and myself The speech gives me the right to conclude that Durrani concurs In the accusation He through his attorney accuses me of having somo connection with the mum der of Blanche Lnniont The public must have noticed that I never accused him of such a crime Rev Gibson talked In a sarcastic Rarcastc manner about Deuprey and when asked what he would do If he were ar reslod said Ironically that he would send for Deuprey to defend him Were you surprised at his charge against you Not at all Ills accusation Is In harmony har-mony with all the actions of the de fense from the beginning You surely think I am very simple If you suppose I have beon In Ignorance a S Ignornce of the work going way on In the underground all CAN SMELL A RAT Do you think the defense will spring wi sOle surprises on you That Is a good question but dont care to answer It In public I think I can smell a rat as well as any person I hope the rat for his own sake will wi choose the right moment to come out of the hole When he appears the cat will not have a bell on Its I neck Your handwriting Is going to figure In this case Yes so Mr Dfinrpy save T knows what he Is talking about < Ha la just as SHIP of IR IUr my handwriting UH he was of Dr Cheneys testimony tlstlon What Is your opinion about tho handling of the caseIn case-In these days when analogy does duty for logic It is positively refresh Ing to know of at least two lawyers who are Intelligent enough to think the people do not see any difference be tween a bluff and a fact Dont you think they are working faithfully WIrklng Yes they are piling up excepllonn that nvn ovnollr r thn i oht n o m nuu UU of their case Every technicality lsa S curse thrown In the face of the friend S they profess to defend No witness has done so much against W H T Dur rant as the actions of his attorneys I would rather be hanged than saved by such means as Mr Deuprey and Mr Dickinson are employing What do you think of W H T Dur S rant Whatever peoples opinions are r there are few but think that he dgrx1 1 serves a wealth of sympathy becatfso < lie is unfortunate enough In time hour of trouble to have as his beat friends two men whose fame outshines their wisdom S |