The Detroit times., 1912-08-14

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+ Schreiter fears violence.
D. Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowskl
says there ls strong likelihood Of
other officials being involved In
the graft scandal.
Arraigned in police court before
IJustice Jeffries, Tuesday morning, the
mime aldermen arrested for the first
|jtiine last Friday, and who are &C
cused OF agreeing TO accept bride,
|had pleas OF not guilty entered IN
|their cases. the examinations being
set for Tuesday, Aug. 20.
N All the defendants waived the read
ling of the warrants, and all but two
stood mute. the court entering the
| plea of not guilty. Aid. Watson and
ELLIS pleaded not guilty. Several OF
| the defendants asked for an immedi-
hate examination. but the court denied
| the request, giving the prosecutors
office ample time to prepare the cases.
This matter disposed Of, Assistant
ITO dismiss the charges OF conspiracy
against the other nine aldermen
|.those re-arrested last Friday.
f"As you have no warrants for them
|they fall OF their own accord" said
|Justice Jeffries. There is nothing
.hgainst them now"
Most OF the defendepts In the lat
her case were in court but not all OF
|khem. They were not even asked TO
|step up 10 the Judges desk as the
cases were disposed OF.
LAS the investigation proceeds the
|complevion OF the evidence changes
land the chances are SO great OF other
Ianen being involved that We don't
Icare at this time TO ask for the war.
.tants charging conspiracy said Mr..
|basnowski to the court.
Warrants charging all of the l8
Ihldermen with conspiracy to obtain a
|bribe will be asked for later, accord
Itng to Mr.. Jasnowski. Thus there VIII
| be two charges against each OF the
|accused aldermen, the first batch be-
Hing charged with accepting q bride
land conspiracy t. obtain bride, and
Ithe Others being charged with agree
|hng TO accept a bride and conspiracy
ito obtain a bride.
"Mr. Schrelter Is now an attache
| .of the prosecutors Office said Prose
|tutor Shepherd to The Times. With
mis- assistance the investigation Will
|ko deep into other channels and is
{aikely to lead 10 more arrests, how
soon, | cannot say In warrants
|tharging conspiracy to obtain bride
I'VE must set up some of our informa-
Ifion and we did not want TO do that
bat this time. II might have resulted
I'm disclosing too much OF our infor-
1lmation. That is the reason the war
| rants were not asked for at this
|kime."
The next step in the proceedings
I:before Justice Jeffries was the case
lof E. r. Schreiter Jr No warrant
Twas issued for him, and the case
Icame before the court OH the remand
jentered last week Schreiter was
ioriginally remanded July 30, for one
lweek. Last week he was again re-
XImanded for a week, and the court
Thursday morning, raised the question
Xlof his right to make another remand
lin Schreiter's case. The law was con
Ilsulted. and il was found that the po
dice cannot hold a prisoner in jail lot
lrnore than 10 days without getting
lwarrant issued for him, but person
lean be released on bail. as III the
lease of Schreiter, and held lndennite
lily on a remand. The court ASKED
/lSchreiter IL he were willing 10 con
sent TO another remand, and on oeint
Uniformed that Schreiter was wiling
1.-The court made the order. There IL
nothing 10 prevent Schreiters case
from being remanded each week as Il
comes up in court. his bond lot 90
900 continuing In force.
Schreiter had a conference lastlhl
half-hour with Prosecutor ShepherC
in the county building before he came
TO court, accompanied by Shepherd
Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowsh an'
County Detective Coffin. They ar
lived in the municipal court buildint
at Q o'clock. and the corridor was
swarming with aldermen and thel
friends. There was commotloi
among the aldermen as Schreiter
walking at Shepherds side, entered
Entering the corridor, Shepherd walk
ed hurriedly into court, while Schrei
ter Jagged behind As lie did so, Ald
skrzycki. OF the Seventh ward, en-
countered him.
"Dirty DOG" Cries skrzyekl.
"Oh. you dirty dog exclaimed
Skrzycki. shaking his INST In Schret
er's face. What did you mean BY
putting my name on that Doodle lis
when you knew you were doini
Wrong? You never said a word TO M
about the matter, When you take
nahs honor you should also take hi'
Re at the same time. IL was dirty
seSreIter grew pale and his eye!