The Detroit times., 1911-08-11
RANDOLPH INQUIRY
HALTED; Scope
MAY Be W|DENED
Accused Justices Attorney Will Ask
Governor Osborn To Permit Other
County Officials Being Placed
Under the Probe.
Names Of CASTOR and "Milt" Oak.
man Dragged I'M Nothing To
Conceal" Says CASTOR.

Clrcult Court commissioner May
brought the hearing of the defense In
the case against Justice Edwin s.
Randolph. OF Hamtramck, charged
with accepting brides to protect slot
machines. to an abrupt halt, Thursday
afternoon, when Attorney Louis w.
McClear. for Randolph. essayed to In
troduce testimony intended to reflect
on other county officials. Assistant
Prosecutor Aldrich interposed strenu-
our objections to the plan of the de-
tense. arguing that Randolph alone
was under investigation, and that the
testimony should be confined to him.
Attorney McClear intimated that
Aldrich was trying to protect some
one, whereupon the assistant prose
cutor said he had no one to shield,
and that he was ready and willing to
investigate any county official Mr.. Nc
Clear or anybody else might name.
He characterized the move OF the de-
Tense as a ruse TO bekloud the Ran
dolph issue.
Commissioner May said he couldn't
see the purpose of the defense. and
McClear explained that the testimony
he wanted to adduce was calculated
TO show conspiracy on the part OF
county officials, In league with the
crooks and gamblers OF Hamtramck,
to get rid OF Randolph because OF his
interfering with their plans. In view
OF this explanation, the commissioner
adjourned the case for one week, so
that McClear might communicate with
Gov. Osborn for the purpose of get
ting permission to widen the scope or
the inquiry and thus be enabled to
introduce testimony concerning other
officials. Mr.. McClear said he would
communicate with the governor at
once. He says he will prefer charges
against John Marquette, the slot ma
chine man who has testified that he
paid Randolph money as brides.
and the .''Hamtramck crowd" Asked
whether he would make q direct
charge against any county official, he
said that that course would depend on
what testimony was adduced
In the course of the arguments. Nc
Clear told Aldrich that the latter had
hdu CNlntnOC dBhAnbl TIC
group" for two years and had not
used 1t. Aldrich said he knew nothing
about any such testimony.
The "hullabaloo" about the county
officials was raised when McClear at
tempted to get from August Hebert,
former deputy sheriff OF Wayne coun.
ty, testimony rejecting on Sheriff Cas-
ton, Auditor Oakman and Assistant
Prosecutor Lamphere. Before he was
checked, Hebert said that he had been
told CASTOR and Oakman were in Dob
sons hotel when he took a slot machine
from the place; also that Lamphere
had instructed him to raid a certain
place for a slot machine. because the
proprietor had opposed him In an cleo
ton. He further related that on one
occasion, In the spring OF 1909, Sherif
CASTOR had made him return SIS. Sc
curity money, to Ed. Hayes and A. l..
Goldberg, whom he had arrested on a
charge Of auto scorching. Hebert said
he stopped Hayes and Goldberg on
orders from Chief Deputy Stein to
look out for scorchers, and that he
gave Hayes a receipt for the money
The money was to insure the appear
ance OF Hayes and Goldberg in court.
Hebert said. Pittman. who said that
certain county officials had been tip
ping of slot machine raids, and that
money was paid at the rate of 81 per
machine for protection. The last por-
ton of his testimony was stricken out.
the commissioner ruling that 1t had
no bearing on the case under investi-
CATION.
Attorney McClear asked Hebert II
Sheriff CASTOR had told him that II
County Detective Churchill had ad-
vised him to raid slot machines he
would have Churchill discharged; II
CASTOR had told him the slot machine
business was nasty business and
that the witness had better keep out
of Il; II Castor had told him to keep
quiet and get out OF the ONCE when he
informed him about some slot ma
chimes