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148 FIFTH AVENUE
THE BRIBERT IN THE CRONLN CASE
OUTLINE OF THE DEFENCE OF JOHN GkAhA"
THE MURDERED MANS PROPERTY

OUTLINE OF THE DEFENCE OF JOHN 'hNA '''
THE MURDERED MANS PROPERTY
Chicago, Dec. 80 (speciaD-A. S. Trude Is Vi 'no M
opinion that the state will be unable 10 maintain l's
charge against John Graham, OF attempting W oi'O.
the Cronin jury. lie is attorney for Graham, anu
contrary TO the usual custom fully outlined ine '"'o'
Of the defence In The Evening Journal
"Whcn the CrOnin trial began said he' IL was
of course, seen TO be very important case Inc
lives OF five men were in jeopardy. Consequently
Juror susceptible Of purchase would be VaiuaDe
commodity Well. this fact was appreciated DS tho
man who subsequently was the first to squcai' oo''
mon, a Hebrew bailin. This man, scentng loiO"ue
in the air, began at once the formation oil jury
trust of which he made himself president secretary
treasurer and board of directors This trust was 10
get man upon whom it could depend on i"e Iurs
and then open negotiations with man who, for some
strange reason, was supposed 10 have vital ioeres'
in the whole affair and to sell this trust juror 10 MN
for a big consideration. With this idea. the room
Bah Of the trust TO work Several men WHO "ere
supposed to have intimate relations with the man
who, as said was in some strange way Thought 10
have a vital interest in the whole affair were ap-
preached With none the of the trust sue
cessful, and he went TO John Graham, VINO was
thought to be on intimate terms with this man. but
they found that wouldn't work either Johh "ra-
ham had nothing 10 do with the case lie Is per
fectIy willing TO waive the formalty of jury ana DC
tried before the Judge alone, so confident l. e Vi o
outcome
Attorney Brown, who has charge Of the case Oh
Frank Woodruff has created sensation by claiming 10
be in possession Of legal point that viii secure
reversal by the supreme Court Of the recent VeruIc
in the Cronin case. This point Is the discovery ol
precedent which will compel the Supreme Court
TO render decision favorable TO Woodruff IN MS peu
ton for release under habeas corpus on the erouu
that he had not been admitted to trial within the
third term Of court after his Imprisonment IN Tue
preceding decision the supreme Court declares tnat
the three branches Of the Criminal Court are As ls
tinct each from the other the County Court i IIu
the Circuit Court. Mr.. Brown has hunted up seNeerdi
decisions in which the Supreme Courts have hea Ihae az
one Court can not OF its own Nolltlon, transfer "
another dstince and Independent court case aneduS
pending before il. Mr. Brown argues that tms Is
precisely what was done by Judge Horton III lhe
beginning of the case. Mr.. Browns alleged discovery
has created some cOmmOOn, but IL l. observed lHd'
hs sangune expectations not shared by thc
attorney OF the other defendants. r.
Theodore T. COnlln, the particular friend OF VI
Cronln filed in the Probate Court an inventory OF Ut.
Cronin's estate Conklin is the administrator 10
collect and his report shows that the only properly
left by the murdered man consists OF library "rth
s3OO and surgical instruments worth 500. lhe
inventory was approved but no final disposition l.
made of the property. which VIII go 10 CuniNh a.
creditor and to DR.. Cronin's brother in Arkansas