VOL. VIII
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1895.
NO 254.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
New Phase Developed in the
Durrani Case.
MOST DIABOLICAL PLOT IF TRUE
Conspirators irere to Hare Implicated
Preacher Gibson One is Conscience-Stricken.
San Francisco, Oct. 28. A strange
etory of an alleged plot in connection
with the trial of Theodore Darrant came
to light today through a letter addressed
to the coroner. The police claim they
have known of the plot for some time,
and that the knowledge of that plot had
been discovered, and led Attorney Deu
prey, for the defense, to abandon the
case and take to his bed, leaving the
closing management of the case to Gen
eral Dickinson, who, it is alleged, did
not know of the plot. Six men are, ac
cording to the story, implicated as those
who were to swear to false statements
prepared for them, it is alleged, by the
defense. The police say the plan was
conceived entirely by Durrant and car
ried out largely under his direction by
the aid of one of his counsel. The plan
was to make such evidence as would
prove as alibi for Durrants and at the
same time implicate Rev. J. George Gib
son in the murder of both Blanche La
mont and Minnie Williams. One of
these alleged witnesses, who by his let
ter to the coroner, confesses his part in
the plot, said he and others were ready
to manufacture an alibi, but when they
were asked to implicate Gibson they
weakened and gaye a bint to the police
which spoiled the whole plan.
A letter dated October 27, and signed
George Reynolds, is as follows ;
"Tonight I will seek rest from all
worldly cares in these waters near the
y urn xiouse. x write mis so you neea
nave no inqaesc or laenuncauon. 1 was
some months ago to be a witness in the
Durrant trial for the murder of Minnie
Williams. I send you a statement pre
pared for me to learn with five other
men named Smythe, Dugan, Stewart,
Taylor and Harrington. I object to
take part in this matter because of the
part of the plan to implicate Preacher
Gibson. I assisted E. M. Thayer, Dur
rant's friend, in fixing up the plan.
Smythe, Dugan and Stewart were to be
witnesses in the Lamont case, and Tay
lor, Harrington and I were to help him
out in the Williams case. I tried to get
statements of the other five to enclose
with this, but they would not give them
up. Smythe was to nay Blanche La
mont was at his house, near Hay wards,
until Friday, April 5th, when she left
for home. The strap with Blanche La
mont's name I marked myself with her
name. I cut off the end of the strap and
sent it to Chief Crowley three months
ago with other matter. Dickinson's ex
planation abont the etrap is clever, bat
very improbable. I should think Dick
inson would be sick, too. Dagan and
Stewart were to say they bad been to
Dr. Anthony's funeral in Oakland on
Friday, April 5th, and when returning
saw Miss Lamont on the ferry-boat,
Dugan knowing her well. The plan was
also to produce a bloody handkerchief
with the initial 'G,' meaning Gibson,
upon it. I littered five other handker
chiefs, and Thayer sent them by messen
ger to Gibson, with a card written by
Smythe, saying, 'From four little infant
class girls.' The bloody handkerchief
was to be offered as having been found
in the lot back of the church on Sunday,
April 14th, but it never was delivered
because we declined to take part in the
plot to implicate Gibson. This is all I
have get to sav. Let Durrant tell the
rest." (Signed),
"George Reynolds."
Accompanying the letter was a lengthy
statement, comprising the purported bo
gus testimony which Reynolds was to
learn before going on the witness stand.
The statement was type-written and
backed in legal form, but was not writ
ten by the writer of the letter, because
in the type-written statement several
corrections had been made with a pen
in handwriting which differed from that
in Reynolds' letter. Coroner Hawkins
said : "I have turned this letter over to
the police for investigation. It looks
like a hoax, but it is possible that Dar
rant or some one connected with the de
fense may have prepared this story as
Reynolds says. The statement which
accompanied the letter shows careful
work, and was no doubt prepared by
some one who bad made a close study of
the case. If Durrant could prove what
is stated in the document, he wonld go
forth a free man."
The substance-of Reynolds' type-written
statement was that he had known
Durrant for ten years ; that he had met
him on the evening of April 12th, the
night Minnie Williams was murdered.
The statement says he met him on How
ard etreet. where they talked some time.
In a friendly scuffle Durrant was unin
tentionally thrown to the ground. Dur
rant said he was sorry he had- dirt
on hiB clothes, as he had got to go to a
party where there would be ladies pres
ent. Durrant then left for Dr. Vogel's
house, and the witness, looking at the
clock, noticed it was 11 :35.
Telephone Decision.
San Francisco Call, Oct. 25.
Two suits were filed in the United
States circuit court on the 23d inst. by
the Western Electric Company of
Chicago, against the Capital Telephone
Company of Sacramento, with which
corporation Frederick Cox, president of
the California Bank of Sacramento, and
W. E. Gerber, alto of the California
bank, are associated as defendants.
One of the suits filed is for the in
fringements of ' patents on switchboard
apparatus and office machinery, which
are held by the Chicago corporation, and
the other on the telephones and manner
of wiring. The patents held by the
regular telephone company and the
Western Electric Company cover every
conceivable part of the sound trans
mitter, thereby making it almost im
possible for a new concern to successfully
operate a telephone circuit.
Now that the Chicago firm has deter
mined that an injunction shall be placed
upon the home company, it will proba
bly put a stop to the subscription for
stock in the latter organization and may
eventually lead to a number of suits
against parties who have been using
these telephones, as the revised statute
under which these suits are being
brought strictly states that not only the
manufacturer but the seller and user are
each personally liable for infringement
by using a patented article without the
consent of the patentee.
It is alleged that Messrs. Cox and
Gerber, not being content with being
the instigators of the Capital Company,
have organized another telephone com
pany throughout 'the state, and as sev
eral other minor companies are organiz
ing the Western Electric Company feels
that it is being imposed upon, and says
that it is going to show beyond a doubt
that these companies cannot legally
exist. -
. Attorney George F. Barton, who rep
resents the Chicago corporation, was in
the city a few days ago and some ad
vanced the opinion that if the petition
of hie client was sustained it would be
almost an impossibility for the Sacra
mento firm to successfully operate a tel
ephone line before the year 1900, as none
of the patents held by them will expire
before that time.
At least $60,000 was subscribed by
business men of Sacramento to the stock
of the new company before it was sus
pected that the question of patent rights
would be raised, and it will be quite a
hardship to many if they are forced to
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NOTICE.
To All Whom it May Concern:
By order of the Common Council of
Dalles City, made on the 7th day of Oc
tober, 1895, and entered on record in the
records of Dalles City on the Sth day of
October, 1895, notice is hereby given,
that the crosswalks on the following
Btieets, in said city, have been declared
dangerous, by said tity council, on eaid
7th day of October, 1895, and the said
council is about to proceed and make
the improvements as hereinafter stated,
and said improvements of all eaid cross
walks, and of each of them, will be made
by said common council, after fourteen
days from the first publication of this
notice, towit: October 9, and the cost of
such improvements and of each of them,
will be charged and levied upon the cor
ner lots, cornering upon the street or
streets, intersected by such crosswalks
and upon all lots oi parts thereof, to the
center of each block cornering upon such
intersection, as by charter provided.
The crosswalks declared dangerous
and about to be improved and built are
as follows, towit:
1. To build a crosswalk, on the west
side of Washington street, across Second
etreet.
2. To build a crosswalk on the north
side of Fourth street, across Court street.
3. To build a crosswalk, on the east
side of Union street, across Fifth street.
4. To build a crosswalk on the south
side of Second street, across Court street.
5. To build a crosswalk on the east
side of Court street, across Seventh
street.
All of said crosswalks will be built and
constructed in accordance with the pro
visions of the charter and ordinances of
Dalles City.
Dated this 8th day of October, 1895.
G. W. PnELPS,
' Recorder of Dalles Citv.
Still Another Call.
All county warrants registered prior to
Jan. 14th, 1892, will he paid if presented
at my office, corner 3d and Washington
streets, The Dalles, Or; Interest ceases
after Sept. 22, 1895.
Wm. Michell,
Countv Treasurer.
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The Wasco Warehouse Co. have on
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and Hay. Are sole agents in The Dalles
for the now celebrated GoMendale roller
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