The Detroit times., 1909-07-22
CURR|E CASES IN
TANGLE IN COURT
Tired Lawyers Dispute Weakly as To
Which Particular Action Is
On Trial.

With Police Justice Jeffries and AS
sisJant Prosecutor Aldrich trying their
best 10 proceed with due decorum. and
inject real seriousness into the case
and with Attorneys Allan H. Frazer
Edwin Henderson and Seward L. MeI
riam striving just as earnestly 10
make the proceedings appear to be q
huge joke, the numerous criminal
cases growing out OF the Cameron
Currie az Co. failure are grinding
along before Justice Jeffries, in a
weary fashion well suited to weathe.
conditions.
Wednesday afternoon the court IS
taking evidence in the case in which
Cameron Currie, Louis II. Case and
Michael j. Bourke are charged with
Conspiring To defraud the public out oi
a very large sum OF money. The eX.
act sum isn't material. Nothing Is
material apparently, in the Currie
cases, according To the droswy OBJ
jections and quips raised by the de-
Tending attorneys at every turn. So
immaterial is everything. that 1t took
Judge, prosecutor and the defending
attorneys several minutes OF real
brain work, Wednesday morning. 10
find out what case they were trying
There had been a session, Tuesday
afternoon And SO deeply interesting
was that session tina, not one OF the
attorneys was quite sure, "Wednesday
morning. what had been done. The
Judge wasn't positive, either
What really happened Tuesday was
that there was partial hearing OF thu
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cling $3.50 from Harvey Miller. Books
and accounts were read by witnesses.
and that case was adjourned for one
week
Then the examination began OF Cam
cron Currie and Louis II. Case on the
charge of conspiring TO defraud Mrs.
Amy G.. T. Gray by accepting her
check for some stock. on rue day of
the failure. and never delivering the
stock.
Just what happened in that case
was what the court and the lawyers
had an awful time settling, Wednes
day
Prosecuting Attorney Aldrich was
questioning Cashier Ernest Kraetke,
of the defunct Arm, Wednesday morn
ing, when Attorney Frazer objected 10
question as immaterial TO the case
on trial
Say. do you know what case we're
trying" asked AldriCh OF Frazer,
quietly:
Yep, but don't think you do" said
Frazer with yawn.
We're trying Currie, Case and
Bourkc Oh a conspiracy charge" said
Aldrich.
mo, we're not We're irving Cur
RE and Case on some charge or ota-
err" said Frazer.
Hold on. here. wnat are we try
!ng?" interjected Justice Jeffries. MIR.
Prosecutor, you say we are trying
Currie. Case and Bou:ke. | thought
we were trying Currie and Case. the
case that was left unfinished, Tues
day"
But that case was adjourned for
week" said Aldrich.
1T wasn't any such thing" said
Attorney Henderson. getting into the
game. You were going to put ia
some other testimony"
We'll. I'd like ID have IL adjourned
for a week. thought that had al
ready been DONE" said Aldrich.
There was a long and stormy SEES.
sion, after which Justice Jeffries al.
journed that case until July q, when
1t will come up with the embeZzle-
ment case against Louis Case. Then,
with the same witness on the stand,
the judge announced: Now We will
try Currie, Case and Bourke."
And they did, but nobody could tell
the difference. 1t was just figures.
and clerks who were asked how tee
business was run, and who didn't
know much about II, and then Attor-
ney Frazer would turn TO Prosecutor
Aldrich and ask, sarcastically, Say,
have you got any case here at all?''
I'm going to show that directly. .
Aldrich would reply with spirit, much
as one might dictate letters to a
stenographer.
And that, at present, is the status
of the prosecutions growing out Of the
long grand jury session over the Cur
RE failure.
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