The Detroit times., 1913-11-10

At noon, Saturday. the seventeenth
day of the examination of veniremcn
in the Gilman bribery case, the prose-
cution and defense passed the jury
for cause. Further challenges for
cause may be made Monday; Attor-
ney Mcnamara announced that he
was looking up legal point that may
lead to such q challenge. Several
peremptory challenges may also be
made. The prosecution has the RICH
to four such challenges. the defense
to five.
None OF the attorneys would say.
when court was adjourned, Saturday
noon. that they intended to exercise
q peremptory challenge. Both sides
expressed great satisfaction with the
Jury 40 1t Ii at present constituted.
Seven Of the jurors were obtained
from the SO drawn for the September
term Of the recorders court. TWO
more were secured from the special
venire Of 80, summoned when the Sep
TENDER panel was exhausted. TWO
more we're obtained from the 70 drawn
to supplement the November panel.
for the November panel From the
225 men drawn by the jury commits
sion. 70 were examined for service In
the Gilman case.
It IL Just q month since the case
started, Oct. s. Several days were
consumed In arguing over the legal
ity OF the Jury panel; the rest Of the
time has been spent In trying to get
q Jury. The jurors sitting and those
examined and excused have cost the
people of Detroit, at 50 q day, $7s.
TO date. The expense OF running the
recorders court, including the sal
ary OF Judge Phelan. the clerks and
officers, IL estimated at 500 day.
Already the Gilman trial has cost
nearly $4,000. and the taking OF EVIL
dence has not even begun.
Attorney Kennary resumed the ex-
animation Of the Gilman jury when
the case was continued. Saturday
morning.
He questioned George G. Walsh.
No. 726 Belvidere-ave., insurance
agent, who took the place vacated by
F. Gordon Pickell, challenged, Friday
afternoon. by the defense because he
had an opinion. Mr.. Kennary then
passed to william Dayton. who had
some trouble understanding the ques-
lions asked, but went through the
examination With credit.
william H. Chudieigh, caretaker of
the smallpox hospital, told Mr.. Ken
nary that he was on fve-days' fish,
ing trip at the Flats when the alder
men were arrested.
when I got back to the hospital,
-they told me there was he'll to pay,
said Mr.. Chudleigh. II didn't take
any interest in It."
Mr.. .Chudleigh said he doesn't read
the papers because he works In his
garden before they arrive In the
morning, and 10 too tired to read at
night.
saturdays I go nshing." he said.
"Judge Phelan can testify to that. I
20 to the Flats-Joe Bedore's, and
places on the Canada side. / pay
my license and go where the fish H."
Roy Richardson was examined. and
accepted. At 1887 Mr.. Kennary an
nounced that he passed the jury for
cause.
Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowski ex-
amiHed Mr.. Walsh.
Mr. JasHewski passed the Jury for
cause at 11:51.
Mr.. Mcnamara asked Albert Kern IL
the fact that Eddie" Schreiter II
member of his lodge would cause hin
to give Schreiter's testimony more
weight than that Of anyone else.
mo. SIR replied Mr.. Kern.
Mr.. Mcnamara asked II all chal-
lenges for cause must be made imme-
diately.
II may exercise a challenge on .
point Of law, which ! am looking up
he said. IT would not like to exer-
cisc Il until I am sure
Judge Phelan said that a challenge
for cause can be made at any time
before the jury is sworn.
Fl would like time to look up the
law on this challenge" said Mr.. M
NamarA. "It might expedite matters