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DURRANT’S FIGHT
FOR LIBERTY. !
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THE TRIAD PROMISES TO BE A
MOST INTERESTING ONE. j
SCENES OF THE TRAGEDY WILL IIE
REPRODUCED IX MINIATURE.
Even Go To the Extent of Represent
Ing the Victim By a Dull.
By Southern Associated Press.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. The skele¬
ton of the defence In the great Dur¬
rant trial Is beginning to be visible.
Whether they have the sensational
evldence that they have hinted will
Clear Durrant completely or not they
will try the police department. There
Will be a whole lot In the trial about
the blindness of the police and their
fatuousness in ignoring every clew
that did not coincide with their pre
Conceived idea that Durrant was the
guilty man. By disputing every pro
position of the prosecution, and assum
ing all the time that the .z’ police are
turning everything against * , the prison- .
they will raise a cloud of content
tion and surmise that with the evl
dence they will produce of Durrant’s
previous good character and the alibi
Witnesses, they hope will raise the rea¬
sonable doubt in the Jury’s mind that
will deter them from bringing In a
verdict of guilty.
Now it If certain that the trial Will
be a very long one. If such minor
witnesses as the detective, who mere
ly found the body, and the physician,
who only conducted the autopsy, are
to be cross-examined for half a day,
toow long will the attorneys for Dur
rant keep the witnesses who actually
give testimony against Durrant on the
stand? Mrs. Leak, who will swear
she saw Durrant go Into the church
that fatal afternoon with Blanche
Lamont; Oppenhelmer, the second
hand dealer In jewelry, who will
swear Durrant tried to sell him one of
the dead girl’s rings; the witnesses to
whom Durrant made statements In
consistent with the present theory of
the defence, and with the facts
the policy will prove will undoubtedly
be kept on the stand for days.
District Attorney Barnes once said
It would take only two weeks to get
In the evidence. If It does not occupy
two months, present Indications count
for nothing. So far the case has been
almost exclusively one of models,
maps, charts, plans and diagrams.
The witnesses testify, pointer in
hand, etnd every spot they mention
they indicate either on the elaborate
model of the tower or on the diagrams.
To make the thing perfect the pros¬
ecution will produce a doll that will
represent the dead girl In the tower
model. It Is as pretty a doll as ever
delighted a baby, but it will play &
gruesome part In this trial. It is one
of those pretty French dolls, with mov¬
able llmbB and head, tumbled hair,
and eyes that close. It will be laid In
the corner of the miniature belfry with
its arms folded across the breast, and
hair turned slightly to one side and
kept In position by two tiny blocks
of wood. Then the jury will know
more vividly than words can tell them
Just what was the state of things In
Emanuel Church when Detective Gib
son broke down the belfry door and
found the murdered girl.
Durrant takes the liveliest sort of
interest In the model of the church
with which he was so familiar. He i
turned to Detective Harry Morse and
whispered suggestions and comments
all the time that Policeman Russell :
wsb pointing out the distances and
particular points in his model. In the
Interval, between the disappearance of
Blanche Lamont and the finding of
her body In the belfry the tongue of
Theodore Durrant was busy. He may
have cause to regret it. To some peo¬
ple he declared that he could not ac¬
count for the mysterious disappear¬
ance of the girl. With tears tu his
eyes, he said, she had been a pure girl,
and he could not reason In his own
mind a theory of her absence. To
others, In several Instances to newz
paper reporters, he said that he felt
confident that the girl had gone as
tray; that she would be found down
town. To her uncle he offered his
services to search ln the shadows of
.» -
the city for — the _ missing
girl. To the
janitor of Emanuel Church, who
eaught him at the ferry the day Min- '
nle Williams was murdered he said
that he had noticed that Blanche thl* La- I
mont was to Koine ft* awav Z and d that he ln « I
*
tended tended to intercept t her.
Row will Durrant reconcile these
attitudes? is the query of the prose
cution. It Is one of the questions the
student will not answer but It Is one
Sf. the jury 1 ™ which Is trying him, will Sf**" say i :
that his life shall not be forfeited to
the State.
When the trial was resumed this
morning, C. G. Noble, uncle of the
murdered girl, was recalled, and com¬
pleted his evidence respecting the iden¬
tification of the body. A. B. Rihl,
police officer, was the next witness.
He entered the church with Detective
Gibson and assisted the latter ln
breaking in the door leading Into the
belfry-. Gibson discovered the body of
Miss Lamont, and called his attention
to it. Witnesses saw blood stains on
the floor of the third landing below
where the body was found, and on
examination he had found that
blood had dropped from above. He
taw foot prints on the dust of the
’
steps of the stairway. i
The testimony in Durrant case today i
was mainly given over to incidents con- |
nected with the discovery of Blanche La- I
mont’s body in the church toweir. Patrol- i
Rihl testified that he discovered foot
in the dust on the landing on the
leading to the top flour of the tower
where the body lay. He thought the foot
prints were those of the murderer, but
they were obliterated by 'the morgue at¬
taches, who entered the tower to get the
body. Rihl also told of blood stains on the
floor of the belfry made by blood which
dripped from the third landing wheTe the
murderer rested with his victim and left
the body for about a day. There weTe
also marks in the dust on the stairs made
by the trailing skirts of the dead girl
while the murderer was carrying the body
up to the third landing.
The defence was particular In bringing
out these points, apparently to fortify its
theory that the body of the murdered girl
was carried a long distance, and that a
man of Durrant’s physique would have
been unable to carry It. The prosecu
tion has evidence to show that Durrant
could easily have carried the body to the
spot where it was found.
The olher testimony today was as to
the r i moval of the ^^y from the tower
,
murdered girl's clothing secreted by the
murderer afterwards on the top floor.
Chas. C. Noble, uncle of Blanche Lamont,
while testifying to the removal of the re¬
Tnalns - was moved to tears.
J™® Monday ca being * e , Admission ov day, ® r tiU and Tuesday legal
a
holiday. The defence today gave an idea
of the Ion# fight it will make by the an
nouncement that it will put sixty witness
es on the stand.
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WILL TAKE IT IN HAND.
United StnfcH AVI11 Act Independently
In Cheng Tu Riot Mntter.
By Southern Associated Press,
Washington, D. C., Sept. The
United States Government has decided
t0 enter forthwith upon an Independ
ent investigation of the Cheng Tu
riots, with the co-operation of a Chl
nese representative. As at first ar¬
ranged, the Inquiry was to have been
made In co-operation with England,
hut there has been a change of plan
within the past few days, occasioned
partly by the fact that the British
consul at Chung King, who Is to con
duct the Investigation on behalf of his
Government, and to whom, with the
concurrence of an American mlsslon
ary member, It was at first proposed to
j entrust the preliminary Investigation
! of the facts, has been detained at his
post, and It Is Bald will not be able to
begin the Inquiry for a month or more.
There are also understood to be other
reasons why the State Department has
decided upon an independent investiga¬
tion, such as France has already made,
and such as England will make later.
The department Is not yet pepared to
make these public.
China is expected to lend he” support
to tlie American inquiry to the extent
of supplying an escort, to the persons
who will conduct it. but who have not
jet been designated, and will probablj
furnish an official who will co-operate
with the American investigation ns in
the Ku Cheng investigation. Th * inves¬
tigation is expected to be made by some
official now on the Chinese ecast. It
will probably take a month to reach
Cheng Tu, which is the capital of the
interior province of Szechuan, and lies
some 100 miles from the nearest ocean
port.
THE KU CHENG MASSACRE.
Twenty-three of the Participants
Have Ileen Convicted.
London, Sept. 6.—A dispatch to the
Pall Mall Gazette, from Hong Kong,
says the leader of the Ku Cheng mas
sacre has been captured by the author
ities. The total number of persons
thus far arrested for participation In
the outrages at Ku Cheng is ISO of
whom 23 have been convicted,
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THE S. A. M., R. H.
PIuu of Rehabilitation Unanimously
Approved.
By Southern Associated Press.
Baltimore, Sept. 6.—The plan for the
rehabilitation of the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery railroad has been unani¬
mously approved by the reorganization
committee, and today was promulgated
by Gen. John Gill, chairman of the com¬
mittee.
The plan provides for the raising of $1,-
615,000, which is deemed sufficient to wipe
out lhe indebtedness of the company, ex¬
teml the roa<i from Lyons t0 Savannah,
and provide a considerable amount for
the improvement of the property. A new
corporation has been formed under the
name of the Georgia and Alabama rail
way. This company will Issue first mortg
aKe preference five per cent, gold bonds,
These securities will be redeemable after
? wsue ve yeaFS wlU be at llmlted 105 aml to interest. $1,000,000, The total
and of
this amount $2,210,000 has already been
issued. First mortgage consolidated 5
per cent, gold bonds to the amount of'$6.
tkHl.tXK), of which $3,000,000 has been issued,
and non e-accumuiattve preferred stock
U \ the nmount of **.400,000, will also be
“
.toft, w.,1 * entitled t. 6 per cent,
dividend. Common stock will be issued
to the amount of $5,100,000. Under the
plan 1,000 Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery first mortgage bonds will receive
$S00, Georgia and Alabama first consolidat¬
ed 5’s $750, Georgia and Alabama preferred
stock, and 500 Georgia and Alabama com¬
mon stock.
The Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Co,,
agents for the reorganization committee!
expects to have the new securities ready
for delivery in October.
Quay Returns.
By- Southern Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Sept. 6.—Senator from' Quay re¬
turned to Philadelphia today At.
lantic City, where he had been since the
recent Republican State convention with
State Senators Thomas, of Philadelphia,
and Andrews, of Crawford county. Mr’ tol
Quay will go to his retreat in Florida
morrow for a sojourn.
CLEANINGS FROM
TWO STATES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN GEORGIA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND PROMIS¬
CUOUS HAPPENINGS.
ThingH About Our Neighbors Which
Always Interest.
Georgia.
Monroe is to have a shoe factory,
The stock is all taken, and the com
pany organized. It is called the “Ger¬
man Shoe Company.”
Col. Ed. Callaway, has left the Kim¬
ball house, In Atlanta, and will take
charge of the Hotel Talmage, one of
the biggest hotel companies in Atlanta.
A quiet movement is on foot to build,
a cotton factory in Covington this fall.
A subscription list is being circulated,
and a good start has been made for
raising the money.
In the Superior Court in Savannah
Tuesday, a verdict for the plaintiff for
$2,632 and interest from December,
22, 1888, was rendered, in the case of
Muir, Duckworth & Co., in liquidation
vs. the Central Railway and Banking
Company of Georgia. This was for
fifty-six bales of upland cotton.
Messrs. G. W. Owens and Charlton,
Mackall & Anderson appeared for the
plaintiffs.
Before Judge Lumpkin in the Supe¬
rior Court, Atlanta, Tuesday morning,
argument was begun on the bill filed
by R. M. Clayton, Captain Milledge
and others for the sale of the Confed¬
erate veterans’ home. The bill Is op¬
posed by the Atlanta Realty Improve¬
ment company, represented by Mr.
Moyers. The veterans are represented
by Judge Hillyer; Capt. W. D. Ellis
and Judge Jas. A. Anderson, who
serve, without any fee whatever.
A rumor was afloat in Athens the
other day, to the effect that a company
was being formed with Athens and
outside capital to build at
_. Shoals , alongside . .. the .. plant , - of „ -v, the Star o*
Thread _. . Company „ cotton .. mill .... to cost
a
$250,000. torn ,1 nn n* Mr. -d R. t L. Bloomfield, ,« m who rV ,„
owns Barnett tj Shoals, , was seen in , re
gard . , to this ... rumor „„ and - said . that ...
was the first he had heard of such a
movement. He could only speak for
himself and the Star Thread Com
pany, and so far as they were con
cerned there was nothing in the ru
mor. The company might be in pro
cess of formation, but he knew noth
ing of it.
Dr. St. Jos. B. Graham, quarantine
officer, at Savannah, has received a
letter from his friend, Passed Assis¬
tant Surgeon Will F. Arnold, of the
United States navy, now stationed on
the war ship “Petrel,” at Yokohama,
Japan, saying that he has in his pos
session a very wonderful curiosity in
the shape of a mass of lead made by
two bullets, from opposing Japanese
and Chinese forces, meeting in midair
and becoming soldered together by
the heat of infraction and velocity.
The mass passed off at an angle and
made a slight wound upon the person
of a Chinese soldier, from whom Dr.
Arnold removed it. On his return the
doctor will most likely present the pe¬
culiar relic to the army medical muse¬
um.
Ned Brown, colored, was shot near
Dexter Tuesday morning by Bailiff
John T. Currie of Burch’s district.
Mr. Currie was trying to arrest
Brown. Brown took to the branch,
Mr. Currie following, and was about
to overtake him when Brown turned
like he was going to shoot. Mr. Cur¬
rie did not wait for him to shoot, but
went at It himself. He, however, did
not shoot but one time, the ball tak¬
ing effect In the right side just under
the shoulder and going entirely
through the body. It is thought that
Brown will die. Mr. Currie tried to
arrest him about a week ago, but in
some way Brown got away from him
and shot at him three times. The
warrant against the negro is for as¬
sault and battery on another negro.
Tuesday morning a young lady walk¬
ed Into the Brown house at Macon,
and registered as Miss Johnnie Butler,
Arlington, Ga. The same afternoon a
young man walked Into the same ho
tel, just after the arrival of the South
western train, and asked Mr. Wallace
Sperry if Miss Butler was there. He
was told she was, and he put “W. L.
Collins, Arlington, Ga.,” on the regis
ter. He then asked to see Miss But
ler, and when his card was sent up
she said she would see him. Shortly
afterward he came down and went
away. A little later he came back
with a carriage and a marriage license,
Then Mr. Collins and Miss Butler went
for a ride. When they returned the
young man put on the register "W. L.
Collins and wife.” His confusion and
embarrassment told the tale and those
who noticed him understood. Both
parties are prominent young people
of Arlington.
Dr. C. W. Dabney, who has charge
of the Government exhibit at Atlanta,
has made a novel suggestion ln regard
to having school children attend the
exposition. And the proposition Is
now being discussed by several places
and will probably be received with
favor. Dr. Dabney is especially anx¬
ious for the school children all over
Georgia and the South to be Ut the
exposition, especially In order to see
the Government exhibit. He re
garde that exhibit as being able to
furnish a liberal education to one who
will inspect it carefully and lie is es¬
pecially anxious for all the school chil¬
dren of the State to see it. Bis idea is
for the superintendents of schools to
! select some two or three days during
the exposition and to bring all the
school children to Atlanta on those
days. The teachers could come with
them and as many of their parents as
possible and the railroads would give
special rates. Then arrangements
could be made to house them all to
gether In Atlanta for very low figures
and in this way a great many of the
poorer children would be able to see
the exposition. Not only that,
Dr. Dabney says that on
such days as the school children
visit the exposition he will have a man
at each exhibit In the Government
building to lecture on and explain his
exhibit. He suggests that the effect
upon the schools would not be so bad
under this plan as It would be to have
a few scholars absenting themselves
from week to week during the exposi¬
tion. The proposition Is certainly a
novel one and will be fully discussed
and acted upon within the next few
weeks.
South Carolina.
The people of Greenwood, Ninety
Six and Saluda all give notice of their
Intention to apply to the next Legis¬
lature for new counties. It appears
that Edgefield Is to be absolutely cut
to pieces.
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
foundation work of the big mill at Un¬
ion. The ground is being levelled off,
and a large dam, sixty feet across at
the top, is being built across Task’s
branch, two hundred yards below the
other dam. This will make a large
lake, from which the new mill will get
its water supply.
Brick are being burned with which
to commence the erection of the Edge
field Manufacturing Company’s cotton
mill. The site Is near where the oil
mill now stands. The capital of the
company is $100,000, with the following
officers; Charles H. Fisher, president
and treasurer; D. A. Tompkins, vice
president; R. M. Miller, Jr., secretary.
' tobacco tobacco sales sa J,® s beean begaa on the Pee ®
! > Dee , last week. The first break was at
i Timmonsville where a large .__ quanity
! was sold .. at an average ° of . more than ..
ten . cents. . Then folowed , the .. sales at -
! Florence where 30,000 ’ ___ pounds ___ . were sold
I the first day. Some choice lots sold
1 for $2 50 a pound. The average for
j the whole lot was about 12 1-2 cents.
On Saturday afternoon, during an
electric storm, Mrs. Andrew Deas, of
Bennettsville, was struck by lightning
! and instantly killed. The family were
sitting on the front porch and Mrs.
Deas got U P and went lnt0 a room for
something, and went near a window.
There were scars on her nose and the
side of her face and her shoe was torn
entirely from her foot.
There was a shooting affray in the
market, in Charleston, Tuesday night,
i n which the participants were a col
ored boy named Pat Dority and an
Italian named Golley. It could not
be ascertained what the cause of the
war was, but several shots were ex¬
changed, one of the balls fired grazing
the leg of Dority, The matter will
have its sequel in the courts today.
Mr. Wm. Culp, of Union, went to
his room the other night, and when
he got up-stairs and tried to open the
door someone held the door shut.
Mr. Culp pulled the door open, when
a man came out and passed him. He
thought it was his brother, but when
he hailed him the man ran down-stairs
Before Mr. Culp could get to his room
and get his pistol the man was out
and gone, slamming the door behind
him.
A small child of Ed. Richardson,
colored, who lives on M. S. Haynes
worth plantation two miles from Flor¬
ence, fell into a boiling tub of water
this week and was scalded to death.
The water had been put into the tub
and concentrated lye put in the water
for the purpose of scouring and wash¬
ing clothes. The child was playing
with its grandfather at the time, and
stepped backwards, falling into the
tub. It was pulled out immediately,
but too late to save Its life. It was a
t
horrible affair.
The Columbia State is authority for
the statement that the convention Is
to be composed of 114 Reformers, 40
Conservatives, and 6 Republicans,
Among the Republicans are two W.
J. Whlpper and Robert Smalls—who
were members of the 1868 convention.
All of the negroes are Republicans,
Five of them come from Beaufort and
the other from Georgetown. Accord
Ing to Senator Tillman, the main quea
tions to be discussed are "suffrage, di
vorce, schools, formation of courts,
and the manner of electing judges.”
The police of Charleston Tuesday
morning arrested and carried to the
station a negro named F. Taylor, who
was behaving ln a most extraordinary
manner on the corner of Shepard and
Meeting streets. When he arrived at
the station It was evident that he was
crazy and an emergency permit was
Issued and the crazy man sent to the
hospital. He was back very shortly,
however, as the superintendent stated
that the Insane ward was now crowd¬
ed, and he could not accommodate
him. The man Is accordingly held at
the Central Station until some better
accommodation shows up for him or
he Improves. It is thought his brain
may be only disordered by fever and
that he will regain his reason quickly.
CARDINAL GIBBON
AND HIS TRAVELS,
HE PAINTS A PICTISE OF
THE
AGED POPE.
LEO XIII. A GREAT ADMIRER
op
THE UNITED STATES
Baltimore, Sept. 8.—Cardinal Gib
bc-ns talked to a large congregation
day at the Cathedral to
of impress! ons
made upon him during his recent Eu
ropean trip.
“The first subject which naturally
curs to me,” said His Eminence “re'
Sards my several visits to the Pone
Represent to yourselves a m an i n
86th year, pale and emaciated, with
pallor almost of death «
body is bent upon him. His
more than it was eight or
ten years ago. But his eye is bright
and penetrating; his voice is “
his intellect is strong and
sonorous; remarkably
clear and luminous; his memory is mos t
tenacious. He has also an astonishing
power of physical endurance, which
enables him to hold audiences for sever¬
al consecutive hours, treating or. most
important subjects with cardinals and
foreign representatives as well as with
private individuals, and passing with
ease and elasticity of mind from one
subject to another. He is remarkably
familiar with the public events of the
day.
“The Holy Father naturally rejokes
at the religious progress of the United
States and takes a deep interest In our
political and social institutions, and ad¬
mires onr Republic—where we have au
thority without despotism and liberty
without license, and where our strength
lies in the intelligence and patriotism
of the people. For eighteen years the
Pope has lived within the walls of the
Vatican, except when he takes some
recreation in the Vatican gardens. He
sometimes retires to those gardens, and
resides in the Summer house during
the heated term.”
Comparing the Governments of the
United States and France regarding
their attitudes towards religion, His
Eminence thought the result was in
favor of this country.
“It is sad to observe,” he said, “how
the civil authorities of France and of
some other Catholic nations of Europe
studiously avoid all reference to God,
to His Province and to religion, in their
public and official utterances. But I
am happy to say that the spirit of re¬
ligion is still deeply rooted in the great
mass of the French people.”
The official union of church and State
does not find favor with His Eminence.
•‘This union," he said, “is regulated by
a concordat, and the concordat is usually
interpreted by the civil authorities in
their own favor. If a clergyman exer¬
cises his gospel freedom by criticising
the conduct of the government, he is
liable to “have his salary withdrawn, or
to be fined and imprisoned or be sub¬
jected + o other pains and penalties.
Thank God, we enjoy in this country
the amplesr liberty of worship land free¬
dom of conscience. We have a fair
field and no favor.”
Speaking of the enormously heavy
taxation of the people of Europe for the
support of the great standing armies,
the Cardinal said:
“All the powers, no doubt, are most
anxious for a general disarmament, but
none of them is disposed to take the in¬
itiative.”
“Whatever complaints may be made
about taxation among us the burden is
proportionately light in comparison with
the countries of Europe. We have no
large standing army—unless we consid¬
er as such our grand army of pensioners,
whose claims for their patriotic service
will expire some time in the next cen¬
tury. Happily for us we have no en¬
tangling alliances. We have no formid¬
able or threatening neighbors at our
doors. The day that a monarchy would
be established in close proximity to us
on the American Continent would be
the beginning of our troubles.”
In the towns and villages and country
districts of Europe, the Cardinal said,
he found the people comfortably clothed,
happy and contented. The people of
the agricultural districts are not yet in¬
fected with the fever that burns in the
breasts of our farmers—of hurrying from
the country to the city and hastening to
get rich. This is a serious misfortune
with us.
“Another cause of the contentment
of the people,” he continueed, “lies in
the religious faith which they profess.
In every village and hamlet through
which I passed you can see the
church, occupying a central position
with its cross ascending to the skies.
In that church the people are taught
to be content with their condition of
life. They learn there that ‘the king¬
dom of God is not meat and drink, but
justice, peace and joy in the Holy
Spirit.’
“In making these comparisons be¬
tween our European brethren and our¬
selves, it can not be denied that we
have some evils to be redressed, some
abuses to correct and that there are
some vulnerable spots in our political
and social affairs. But after making
these admissions,” His Eminence con¬
cluded, “we have reason to be proud
of our nation’s past and hopeful of
our nation’s future.”
New York, Sept. 7.—Treasury bal¬
ances: Coin, $88,358,782; currency, $96,-
711.0000.
