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San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

07 Dec 1952

Page 55

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San Antonio Light

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San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1952

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55

The Hoodoo Ban of Emmanuel Church and the Durrant Case

A 1895 San Francisco murder tale centers on Emmanuel Baptist Church in Bartlett Street. Ted Durrant, a church helper, mysteriously connections to Blanche Lamont’s disappearance, with Minnie Williams and others entangled in rumors and fear of scandal. The piece links church figures to the enigmatic crime and a string of unsettling events.

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Emmanuel A Baptist Bartlett Street San Francisco Leary J. George Gibson William Henry Theodore Durrant Ted Durrant Christian Endeavor Society Emmanuel Church Marian Elora Williams Minnie Blanche Lamont Téd Durrant Minnie Williams Blanche Mission District Bay Christian Endeavor George Noble Emmanuel Baptist Church George King George Schoenstein
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Easter Sunday Murder in a City Church

A church in a midwestern town becomes the scene of a brutal murder when a volunteer discovers a mutilated body in a library room after the Easter preparations. Police investigate the shattered dress and torn apparel near a library card identifying the victim as Blanche Lamont. Reverend Gibson initially resists publicity while an undertaker refuses to remove the body, citing legal restrictions.

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J. George Gibson Frank Sademan Gibson Iovr Herman Nolt
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