Show CROSS examination cool bat he makes som bad breski in LOUM san oct 10 under the rigid cro examination 0 district attorney barnes today theodore durrant S number of answers that ire regarded ag dc cidely incriminating annc enuch as they appear to be n direct con met with well established facts lie vya n explanation of clue regarding a laments eald to have been received by him that was so palpably a falsehood abat everybody the court room laughed aloud the stifling atmosphere of tho overcrowded court room came to Dur rescue and he was enabled to recover iron hie conf during a chort recess that followed when he abuin came to the stand he had hi old time bell assurance at hie command end remained calm during the biot trying or dea without a tremor durrant handled blanche Laro onta torn clothing which wae found hidden away in the little crevice 0 alio belfre and denied I 1 that be secreted the garment even the gruesome model bearing the caiet and skirt worn by blanche when ehe wae murdered did not affect him although it stood within three feet ol 01 where he wae sitting but the prosecution wag nevertie well satisfied with the davs work lor it had accomplished what had never been done before durrant for a moment had lost hie wonderful self possession and hud been caught iu number of barefaced wheela US the maze in which durrant boet loet hie bearing end disclosed the fart that he waa perjuring was in telling about the afternoon he spent at the ferries wailing to if lamont would not appear before the body of the young woman was discovered durrant eaid he obtained a clue to the effect that afternoon she would crow alie baa to oakland district attorney bar nes asked him where he obtained the cu rant aid that e he wae standing at the corner of and montgomery streets man whom ho had never seen before and never teen since approached pro ached him and asked him if hia I 1 wa not durrant alio prisoner replied in the affirmative the stranger then asked Durrant if in view of the fact that hie name had been unpleasantly connected with the disappearance of the girl he would not like 0 o find her durrant replied abat be would be even tu obtain a 0 the 2 watched watch the ferries alien thin afternoon eaid the stranger she will try to cross the dav that is my advice when questioned by the district attorney durrant eald that although he was greatly interested in landing mies lament bo did not ask the stranger his name his residence or for any additional other than that which as volunteered he went to luncheon and from there to the ferric where be remained until 6 with i out having caught a glimpse of the missing girl while be was baiting rai ting however he saw three medical student and an old schoolmate to one of the men he said be was waiting to see if he could not find miss lament to two others he raid that he was waiting for several members of the signal corpe who were coming over from oakland tim fourth man fled that he dili rant A schoolgirl description answered that of linnie williams who was murdered that night and ride away toward the mission on howard street car when durrant was asked it be told two of the students that he wag waiting for some members of the bigna corps at first he replied that he die not in a moment he remembered that 01 former occasion he admitted the conversation and then ho replied in the armatine arma tive district attorney barnes asked dur ant why be abandoned hie search at J to make preparations to go to bunt Dia bloon a pleasure trip it he ae deeply interested in the disappearance pe arance of mass lamont durrant replied abat he had made prep to go on the trip and did not think it wag net estuary to remain at the tarriee any longer mr barnea asked him if he told anybody of the duo given lim by the stranger they could continue the search durrant eald that ha had bad no opportunity to tell any ot aliee friends when questioned closely durrant admitted that he attended meet ing of the young peoples society the evening where he saw several ot mies laments intimate friends among other f thomas vogel whom durrant had mid moment before was more interested in the disappearance of the young woman than anybody else except mrs hohle her aunt durrant admitted that be had a pravate conversation with vogel but did pot think to tell him about alie clue be bad obtained 18 after the short recess during which durrant recovered bis composure a surprise wae sprung on him in the hope that it might disconcert bim alter asking durrach it be had ever made a written statement of his whereabouts on the day blanche lament wae murdered and receiving n affirmative reply district attorney asked the following quest ionIa it not a fact that you sent a written statement of your to your and wrote on the envelope to bo opened if I 1 am con and to be returned it I 1 am ac quIt the excitement caused by the question we intense in the hum ot voices answer was lost and the stenographer as asked to read the rei 1 never sent an to nay at bearing euch an inscription gelil lie durrant was questioned at regarding the communication and the significant inscription on the envelope but he denied abat be ever sent euch a u arl n t wae next shown the various garments worn by blanche lamont and asked it lie had secreted them in ie the farr where colba col bl i identified the pewee 0 worn by MIM labount the once the day ot her death but he did not hide theca in the church A TEST durrance Dur rante strong were tested av a number of questions relative gotlie last attroe he aw miss lamont the climax was reached when district at barncs with his voice pitched than usual advanced to in a higher key where durrant was titling and asked did you ever on blanche lamont after the morning of the day upon which the was murdered living or durrant replied that lie did not living or dead thundered the district attorney advancing a tep newee although every eye in the court room durrant ho remained centered was upon as cool asit be hid the mot quntion ue I 1 again replied that be dd not durrant wag asked to explain hie to herbert chlaRA ter that Lani ont who hail then been unee ing bajt a few day had probably been enticed into houe of ill repute the district attorney lim what there wae fn aliw mannar or character that induced him to make the remark durrant eaid he knew nothing misa lamont but he had heard detective anthoy eay that ehe bad probably been led maray |