| Show TRE THE testimony for the prosecution Pro protest gresi sa sin a francisco 1 ran cisco sept 11 the durrant case has come out of tile the field of mathematical calculations the lines angles and distances of emmanuel church have beer been deeply impressed impi essed upon the minds and memories of the jury and now the prosecution has bas plunged boldly into the body of its testimony mrs mra C cf noble aunt of tile mm dei ed girl wag wa the most im witness today lines linea of were visible on ler her face as she sat in the witness chair and told of the tragic end of her sisters child mrs noble was apparently affected although she did not give way to her feelings piece after piece of the clottin clot clothing bin of the murdered girl mrs noble nobl identified the outer garments the hat the alones and the shoes all found I 1 in n the rafters odthe of the church chirch by the officers mho ho had preceded pie ceded her on the stand bhe was positive easto as to two of the rings ring which tile the dead girl had bad worn on the morning in g that she last saw her alive and identified the third as precisely similar to another which had bad bren been worn on the finger of blanche lamont the district attorney las has proved the death of blanche lamont and has established that tbt tho the body found in the belfry of emanuel church was her corpse and that the clothing hidden in the i of the edifice was worn by the gill on the clay she ehe disappeared disappear el theu the prosecution is now gutlin in iu evidence c connecting the prisoner with ith th the dime the witnesses for the people will he be called in chronological order the intention being bein to form form a chain the links of which will be testimony sh otting the movements of the murdered red girl and the defendant en the fateful 3rd ard of april the district attorney tried by vainous VAl locis pretexts to ascertain certain ai the weight of blanche lamont lament at the time of her death the object being to show that she was wag not too heavy to he be carried by one man up into the church belfry all questions looking for tins this information were 0 objected to by the defense as aa hearsay heary beary y at ard overruled finally however low when maud lamont lament sister of the murdered mr girl was wag on the stand the fact was elicited that last september blanche was weighed a and 11 d her weight found to be pounds her sibber said laid that she had gained about seen benen pound this was a point fur the prosecution the autopsy surgeon had tes tea idled on cross examination that although tile the corpse had not beet been we weighed lie he considered the then eight to lo ie b e about pounds the prosecution cution will now show that when the surgeon viewed tile the corpe the girl had been dead ten daysja chati etith ui th mortification mortification akion the corpse nad had become bec e swillen c w ien fo bo as to appear heavies beav icon than aa actually acm the case ca M T the he defense fought the introduction ot of this evidence hard haid but it was allowed loed al by the court the first witness v today was mrs noble aunt of blanche lamont on choss examination she ehe denied that the she had bad said to Dar durrant rant when her niece faist came here from montana now theodore I 1 v nish ish you would male make it as aa pleasant and agreeable as aou ou can call for these girls ot of nune mine the isit witness ness said the only occasion when ben durrant had taker taken blanche out alone was in the afternoon then they had been to the pal paik k and had remained away so long that durrant voluntarily apologized bolog apolo al although thouA the witness had bad not dot been anxious at their absence alter blanche dig disappeared appeared the witness continued durrant came to my houe bouse with ith dr vogel to consult about her absence lie Ile turned to me cia and said blanche was wag such a good girl she believed every oue one eue elbe was as good as ber herself gelf and I 1 iu that way w ay she might hae been carried off 11 maud lamont told about dur rants attentions to her and her sister corroborating her aunts testimony on oil that point maud positively identified the ring wilh a chip diamond as hers she said she had bad exchanged aed with blanche each wearing tile the others ling this was one of tile the rings returned to mrs noble wrapped up in a newspaper on tho the edge of which was printed the names of george king the church organist and prof Sc hernstein an elderly music teacher this illi same sEame ring was wis positively identified entiCed id at tile the ine nie examination by A secondhand second hand band dealer named oppenheim as one offered to hina him for sale by durrant after blanche disappeared the witness identified the clothing found in the belfry a s worn by her sister on the morning of her disappearance |
