The Detroit times., 1909-06-04
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|. RICH IN F|GH7 Il
FREEDOM
Prosecutor Hitchcock stiu
Things in Police Departs
He Reprimands Chief uu5
and Other 0flcials.
Prisoners Examination On NM
Charge Is Resumed in Polieo
Court in Bay City.

BAY CITY. Mich, June tt
cial 1.-THE examination Of RoIo
Rich, charged with the murder of
grandmother, Mrs. Christine Coryo1
was resumed In police court this Al
noon. Chief OF Police Murphy 49,
on the stand.
II Is said that Mr.. Coumans. "a
ney for Rich. has some perth
questions up his sleeve" for Muir
relative to his actions In the q
and especially In regard to his alle1
opening OF Mrs. Coryeon's safe wl1
out notifying the defense. Chief ~
ply has ordered Court Omcer Hf0
to handcuff Rich hereafter when ~
ing him to and from the Jail
| Rich has not had the cuffs on
to today. The order comes throw
Prosecutor Hitchcock, who dooo
want Rich to have the liberties he
had up to this time. Hitchcock ~
been stirring up things In the pot
department. He has called" ~
ply, Craig and Hatch for various q
legged offenses.
The police force is divided In opir
ion on the case. 1t is the general opin'
ion SO far that the peoples case h.
been botched. Witnesses have Co
tradicted each other and doctors d.
agreed. Coroner Kelly has turn1
over the key to the Coryeon home q
the prosecutor and says he has wal
ed his hands Of It all.
1t Is not unlikely that an effort ulI
be made to have Rich discharged e.
police court. If he Is bound ov0G|
Coumans will try hard to have hin
tried In the present term OF the CIR
cult court instead of keeping him q
Jail until September.
Yesterdays session In police cour(
was marked by many stirring II
cidents. Attorney Coumans, counso
for young Rich, who 10 In Jail on tn
charge of numbering his grandmothos
Mrs. Coryeon. charged that the ID
lice are using unfair methods in ~
effort to railroad" his client to prlG
on. Attorney Coumans declared tho
evidence that might prove the inxzc
cence OF young Rich was destroyed
and that the safe In which Mrs. Cor
yeon kept her valuable papers was Tor
chilly opened when he was not pres
ent. He was called in, he said, sew
eral hours after the safe had beer
opened.
Attorney Coumans denounced Coron'
er Kelley because the latter had cut
a piece Of wood from the door betwe0n
the east ana west bedrooms of the
Coryeon home. There were spots on
the wood. Attorney Coumans had ~
quested Coroner Kelley to remove tho
door To be held as an exhibit for the
defense. Coroner Kelley turned the
piece of wood over to DR.. Scrafford
who is bacteriologist and microscop
ist, for examination. The examination
by DR.. Scrafford discloses the fact
that the spots were not blood. Cou.
mans charged that Kelley had be61
unfair in turning over whatever evf
dence he had TO the prosecution. DR.
Kelley insisted he had only been 90
tempting to determine the cause 81
Mrs. Coryeon's death. Coumans asked
him why he had turned the wood, key
and safe over to persons who we're
not authorized by law to receive them
and the physician declared the prose
cutor had a right to them.
Prosecutor Hitchcock and Superin'
tendent of Police Murphy declare that,
after the safe had been opened, they
invited the attorney for the defense
and the newspapermen ito be present
while the papers were examined. The
prosecutor and police chief declare
that not hand touched a paper In
the safe until the attorney for the de-
Tense was there. Assistant Prosecutor
Mccormick. at the police court exam.
ination yesterday afternoon. charged
Attorney Coumans with making .
grand stand" play because the court
room was crowded and there were .
large number OF newspapermen pres.
emit
The safe has been turned over to
Mrs. Rich. appointed special admins
traitor OF the estate by Probate Judge
Francis Mrs. Rich's bond is fixed ae
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