The Detroit times., 1911-05-04
CoRoNER's COURT JUalEs
o. KID BY VAN ZILE


question him about the many times
he sat as a juror in the coroners'
court.
How does it happen that you serv.
ed as a Juror so often?" was asked
OF Mr.. Belyea.
1T was a case OF compulsion with
me-" he replied IL was in the habit
OF sitting in the coroners' Office, walt
ing for orders from this ONCE or
some other place to serve papers In
the capacity OF deputy sheriff, and |
was called on by the coroners to sit
on juries. told them that didn't
want to sit, because of expecting to
be called away any minute, but they
insisted that | serve.
II don't like the way The Times
has referred TO me as a sitter II
doesn't sound very nice and / think
they ought to correct that"
But you did sit many times, didn't
you?" was suggested to Mr. Belyea
Yes" he replied, but l was COM
PEELED to do so, as l told you, and
have statements from the coroners'
office TO that effect"
The Times deems 1t fair to Coroner
Rottacker to state the juries drawn III
his cases have been comparatively
free from the "sitters," and that in
the majority OF cases they represent
q higher order than those drawn in
the inquests conducted by predeces-
sors and his present associate This
fact will be noted from the following
cases and Juries for 1911, in which
the names OF the 'sitters" are in bold
type:
Jan. s--Case. Felix Glinski. coroner,
K k0thacr sn,O,si Otto F. Schmidt
ouandt. Ed Alfred, VIM. Wentworth.
No inquest
Jan, 1l-Case. JOS Caruso. coroner
Burgess-turors: David BeIyen, Fred
Lavercomb. Henry Leib, VIM Witt, u.
J. Peters. ]. HOLMAN.
Jan. 12--Case, Frank Bradley; COR
oner, Burgess-turors: Judson DeLau-
Lamb L. A. Pillon. T. J. Brennan. No
Jan. 1s-case. Mrs. Martha Gilbert:
coroner, Burgess-turors: r. E. John
Adams. Richard Toomey. David Belyea.
No inquest.
Jan. sl-Case. Fred wendt; coroner
Rothacher-jurors: VIM. Muhme. Frank
Cornelius Gudenau. Alois Kleefus. No
inquest
Feb. Case, Chester X. Schwendner;
coroner. Burgess--jurors: John Calvin,
Max Allor, VIM. ". Morrison, III. G..
Orr, s. NJ. Dubois. Alex. Shaw.
Feb. lease, Edward Hedrick; cor
oner, Burgess-jurors: Robt Wilson,
Geo. Teagan. Arthur Taub, Frank Nor
wezski Edward Burch, Leo Walinski.
Feb. io@case. Marie Hood. coroner.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: Fred Lavercomb,
David Belyea, Henry Adams, Michael
Carney. r. Z. Johnston, Frank Farrell.
No inquest.
March 5-Case, VIM. Osgood; cor
oner. Burgess-jurors: Samuel Wilson,
Frank Govensky III. G. Orr, y. nj. Du-
bois, Frank Justin, Frank Lavercomb.
March Cease, Esther b. Personke;
coroner, Burgess-jurors: Aug. Funk.
g. NJ Dubois Fred Lavercomb, Frank
Govensky. Frank Justin. III. G. Orr. No
March 10-Case, Edward Schurtzing-
err; coroner. Rothacher-turors; X. a.
Clark A-D.- Potter. Geo. Ghieenski, r.
]. Willis. NJ. A. Willis. nj. q. Wood
ward. No inquest
March 16--Case. Robt. Hoffnaogel;
coroner, Burgess-jurors: Judson De
Iaurier, II: g; Orr, e. A Pillon, I. j.
Brennan, +. Farrell. III. X. Coll.
April i0-Case: Paul Misczenski; cor
oner. Burgess-jurors: VIM. ". Morrf-
son, s. NJ. Dubois, Max Allor, III. G. Orr,
Samuel Wilson, John Patock.
April 21-Case, Emma j. Gibson; cor
oner, Burgess-jurors: Edward Barrett,
Frank Kimbel. Henry ID. Lieb, John
McMannus. VIM. Thorndell. A. II.
Chamberlin.