The Detroit times., 1911-11-09

up properly in the prosecuting at
torney's Office.
The saloon question came up for
vigorous discussion, the commissioner
maintaining that II is next 10 impos
sible for police officers TO obtain evi.
dence when they work In uniform.
Whether he will In future issue war
rants in cases where evidence is OBJ
tanned by plain clothes men, Justice
Jeffries did not saw
This much Is certain" said Com
missioner Croul. after the conference,
the saloons are getting away from
us. They are getting holder and
boider. They are Haunting defiance
at us ] have given IL a good trial
and am satisfied uniformed men
cannot get the evidence and for that
reason, am going back to the plain
clothes men. Well get all the eyi
dence we can at any rate"
Are you going TO call a grand
jury 10 investigate the slot machine
situation and make the slot machine
men TALK Prosecutor Shepherd was
asked, Wednesday morning.
II have nothing 10 say about a
grand jury" he replied.
But you limited at a grand jury
session, was suggested
IF did. ! was dreaming. haven't
got word TO say about a grand jury
There is nothing new in the slot ma.
chine situation. | have had no notice
OF any suit against me over the
seizure OF the Pitts machines, that is
have not been served with any pa
pers."
Is 1t true that the slot machine
men. fighting among themselves, are
giving you tips relative TO one an
other?"
Now. can not talk about that,
was the reply. You can say that the
slot machine men are fighting among
themselves
The plan OF storing slot machines
during troublous times for the nickel
grabbers, was in great vogue during
the Randolph trial, says Attorney
Louis McClear, who represented JUS
tlce Edwin s. Randolph in the lat
ter's trial
When Henry Jacobs and John Mar
quette testified that they had gone
out OF the business, on account OF
Randolph's activities, they both swore
that all OF their machines in Wayne
county had been brought into Detroit
and stored in Marquette's warehouse.
A few days later. after the raid on
Wyandotte machines by Constable
Wood and Justice Randolph, William
Tinney. Marquettes man, was sent to
Inkster. Dearborn and Wayne. and
pulled numerous slot machines out
of the saloons in those places, and
stored them in the office of a dentist
in Wayne, until the storm would
blow over"
Eugene r. Mistersky, attorney for
w. X. Pitts, I'm the contemplated suit
against Prosecutor Shepherd. said
Wednesday afternoon, that the suit
would be filed Thursday morning, and
was in the nature of a friendly action
to test the rights and powers OF the
prosecutor in relation TO seizure OF
machines.
The upshot OF our conference. the
details OF which were Of a conflden-
tial nature, and which | cannot talk
about, was this" said Mr. Mistersky;
Prosecutor Shepherd wanted a defn-
lite decision as TO whether he had a
right TO break into a storehouse and
seize machines not In actual opera
ton. He believes that he has that
right.
The suit. which is brought for SO 900
damages Is purely in the nature Of a
friendly action 10 determine that
question If we win, the machines or
their cash equivalent will be returned
~ Mr. Dittc Rua Ioca 7 auppoaa tho
machines will be broken up, as is the
usual course with seized slot ma
chimes"
II might be added, that II Prosecutor
Shepherd wins, 1t will mean series
of raids against warehouses all over
the city and county.