The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-30
PROSECUTORS OFFICE
DOESN'T WARM UP TO PLAN
OF CALLING GRAND JURY
Believes Cases of officials AL
ready Trapped Should Be
Disposed of First
POLLASKY is HEARD FROM
Marcus Says Aldermen Tried To
Hold Him Up On Subway
Deal Years Ago
POLLASKY is HEARD FROM

While public sentiment favors the
calling OF grand jury to probe the
city hall graft scandal, and while a
resolution will be introduced In the
council Tuesday night, asking that
one be called. some doubt is express
ed about the plan owing TO the fact
that the assistant prosecutors do not
think we'll OF il. They do not con-
slider t necessary TO call grand jury
10 get evidence to complete the cases
they now have against the 10 accused
city officials, and believe 1t better
plan 10 proceed with the prosecution
OF those now under arrest before
delving into other lines OF alleged
graft Operative Brennon, who ran
down the 10 officials, believes a grand
| jury Will be necessary eventually TO
clean up all the leads he obtained
when Aid. Gilman and Schreiter told
him OF past graft operations in the
city hall.
The council may adopt the resolu-
tion asking for a grand jury, but II
would be up to the prosecutors Of
fee 10 put its o. X on the request to
the circuit court II is said that a
grand jury would cost the county at
! least $4,000,
Charles L. Wilkins, counsel for An.
drew r. Green, Jr., called at the
prosecutor s Office, Monday afternoon,
and heiG conference with Assistant
Prosecutors Fitzpatrick and Jasnowski,
They would not divulge the develop
ments of the conference. After ii
was over they made personal in
spection OF Seventh-st, which the
Wabash railroad sought to have
closed. and the report gained ground
that Wilkins will act as assistant
counsel i'll the prosecution of the city
officials.
Z. r. Schreiter, Jr., called at the
prosecutor office again, Monday af-
ternoon, with the request that he be
given an order for the $21 which the
police Confiscated from him when he
was arrested He approached AS
sistant Kilpatrick with slap on the
back. addressing him as xii" and
smiling wanly. Mr.. Fitzpatrick re-
ceived him very icily and Schreiter
soon perceived that there was
nothing doing" to use his own
familiar expression. Schreiter did
not get his money.
Schreiter's many activities are
shown by the fact that he has store
In the Woodward Arcade, where the
Schreiter vacuum massage cup is sold.
This is the name he gives TO device
sold TO him by the gross by an east
ern firm A pretty young woman acts
as his demonstrator. When Schreiter
first embarked In the enterprise
few months ago he had ORE of his
assistants in the business arrested
on the charge of Incorporating
some OF the cups. Another enterprise
Scnreiter is interested in is the man
ufacturo and sale OF red-liquor call
ed "Wiii-do," to drink when person
Is intoxicated. Schreiter frequently
had a bottle about his desk in thc
city hall, and frequently extolled its
merits, claiming that II would knock
out lag" in five minutes. Schreiter
is also interested in the manufacture
and sale of a patent automatic lock
ing device for automobiles He fire.
Quently said that there are a dozen
things which he could take up and
llOicg a..
Since the aldermen and Schreiter
were arrested numerous tips" have
come to Mayor Thompson. Marcus
Pollasky, promoter, who sought TO
get franchise from the council sew
eral years ago for subway, tele-
phoned the mayor from Chicago, Mon
day afternoon, that he would be will.
ing to come to Detroit and tell a
grand jury how certain aldermen tried
to hold him up for money when he
sought the franchise He did not
have any funds to bribe the aldermen
He said that one alderman would not
attend a meeting of the committee so
that quorum might be obtained to
discuss the subway project unless he
was raid by Pollasky TO attend. Mr..
Pollasky gave the names OF other al
dermen. His information was jotted
down Oy the mayor and may prove a
valuable lead in case a grand Jury in
yestigates, as the aldermen he named
are stii in the council.
Mayor Thompson and A. II. Green
have received letters from Gov. Os-
born in which the governor praises
their work In running down the graf
ters aid thanks them for accomplish.
ing son ething of benefit To the entire