Identifier: reportoftrialofw00durr (find matches)
Title: Report of the trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant, indicted for the murder of Blanche Lamont, before the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco : including a full history of the case after defendant's conviction ... : also including a complete synopsis of the evidence in possession of the authorities in the case for the murder of Minnie Williams, for which Durrant was never tried, but which developed into an even stronger case than the one upon which he was convicted : illustrated from numerous photographs in the possession of the Police Department of San Francisco
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Durrant, William Henry Theodore, 1871-1898 Peixotto, Edgar D
Subjects: Durrant, William Henry Theodore, 1871-1898 Lamont, Blanche, d. 1895 Williams, Minnie Flora, d. 1895 Trials (Murder) Murder
Publisher: Detroit : Collector Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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hegallery to the upper landing in the belfry. E. L. Gibson, a witness on behalf of the prosecution, was called,sworn, examined by Mr. Barnes, and testified as follows: I am one of the detective officers of the city and county of SanFrancisco, and was such on the 13th and 14th days of April, when Iwas sent to Emanuel Baptist church on Bartlett street, between 22ndand 23rd streets, in this city, for the purpose of making a search of thechurch and premises, which I did on the evening of the 13th, between10 and 12 oclock. I searched all except the belfry. I could not get inthere, as there was no handle upon the door and I had no key. The lockwas mutilated. I mean the belfry door which is on the gallery floor ofthe church and opens toward the easterly end of the church, and throughwhich you enter to pass up into the belfry tower. Shortly after 9 oclock,on the morning of April 14th Police Officer Reihl and Mr. Sademan, thejanitor of the church, and myself broke the door open and entered the
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TOP LANDING OF BELFRY WHERE THE BODY OF BLANCHE LAMONT WAS DISCOVERED. Officer Gibson revealed top and looking around saw the body in one corner. Clothing was found about the rafters here and in other portions of Church. THE DURRANT CASE. 9 belfry; the key that the janitor had for the belfry door would not openit; it would not unlock the door; thereupon we broke open the door.I started and went up the stairs nearly to the top landing. I lookedaround and saw the body lying on the top landing in the southeasterlycorner of the belfry. The head was directly in the corner and the feetwere towards the north. The body was nude. The feet were close to-gether, the hands arranged across the body—folded across the breast.The head lay a little to the left, as if it had dropped slightly over. Theface was up. There were two small blocks to hold the head in position. 1 can recognize those blocks; and the blocks which are now shown tome are the blocks. I recognize them because I marked them with my

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