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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and mag-gots had begun to appear. These manifestations are not generally pres-ent until after the second week of decomposition. I think the death ofBlanche Lamont was caused by asphyxiation due to strangulation. Mr. Peixotto—What, in your judgment, was the means used for thestrangulation? Mr. Deuprey—We object to that, no proper foundation having beenlaid for the question. The Court—The objection is overruled. Mr. Deuprey—Exception. A. I think the means used were hands. Mr. Peixotto—Upon what do you base that conclusion? A. On the finger-nail incisions on the throat, and the absence of thesigns of any such means as hanging or constriction by cord. CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. DEUPREY. The witness was interrogated about his experience with cases ofstrangulation; the difference between strangulation and asphyxiation.He testified that he had had a good many cases at the morgue beforethe occurrence of this case. After I finished the autopsy I returned all the organs to the cadaver.
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ffi-Wjp EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH. The body of Blanche Lamont was discovered on the top landing of the belfry, and that of Minnie Williams in the little library room. THE DURRANT CASE. 5 I did not preserve either the heart or the lungs, or anything else, forfurther inspection. The lungs were perfectly healthy except for thecongested state and engorgement of blood. There was nothing abnormalin the aorta or vessels running from the heart except congestion of thepulmonary vessels and the vessels running from the lungs to the heart.Nothing connected with the heart or its valves that would enlighten meas to the cause of death. There were no signs of disease in the liver.The gall bladder was normal. The spleen was somewhat softened,otherwise normal. This may have been due to passive congestion; thatis the gravitation would cause passive congestion, causing it to soften,and it might result from decomposition. I next examined the kidneysand returned to body; they were not abnormal; they were per

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