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Blanche Lamont

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Blanche Lamont Famous memorial

Birth
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Apr 1895 (aged 21–22)
Mission District, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plat A, Block E, Lot 7, Space 11
Memorial ID
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Murder Victim. On April 3, 1895, twenty-one-year-old Blanche Lamont was murdered in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in San Francisco, California. Her body was found eleven days later in the church belfry, during a police search of the structure after the butchered body of Minnie Williams was discovered in the church library. Blanche and Minnie were the victims of a friend and fellow churchgoer, Theodore Durrant, who the press dubbed as the “Demon of the Belfry.” Durrant was tried and found guilty of Blanche's murder and was hanged at San Quentin prison on January 7, 1898.
Murder Victim. On April 3, 1895, twenty-one-year-old Blanche Lamont was murdered in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in San Francisco, California. Her body was found eleven days later in the church belfry, during a police search of the structure after the butchered body of Minnie Williams was discovered in the church library. Blanche and Minnie were the victims of a friend and fellow churchgoer, Theodore Durrant, who the press dubbed as the “Demon of the Belfry.” Durrant was tried and found guilty of Blanche's murder and was hanged at San Quentin prison on January 7, 1898.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Karen Valentine
  • Added: Nov 21, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6944365/blanche-lamont: accessed ), memorial page for Blanche Lamont (1873–3 Apr 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6944365, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.