The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-17
Gilman JURY
GRIND BREAKS
LOCAL RECORDS
Has Already Consumed FL Days
and Will Probably Last An
4 other Week
NONE YET ACCEPTED
FROM LATEST VENIRE
Opinion on Case Renders Most
of Those Summoned lneligi-
BILE for Service

All records OF the recorders court
for length OF time taken in securing
q jury were broken, Saturday. when
court adjourned afQer 81 days spent
In the actual examination Of venire-
men summoned to serve IN the Gin
mar trial. It took 81 days to secure
q jury In the Ascher case. in 1908.
and this, SO court attaches say, has
been the record. This finishes the
fourth week OF the Gilman case. and
the jury has still to be secured In
fact, II has not even arrived At the
peremptory challenge stage. and It
may be another week before both
prosecution and defense are satisfied.
or the special venire OF Is, sum-
moned Saturday. only six names re-
manned In the box when court ad-
j0urned. OF the six, Alexander Ham
ilror Sibley IL an attorney and can
plead exemption on that ground. OIL
yer Mullin has been excused temper
arily. because Of HIS wife's illness,
and William ]. Turner IL 80 deaf that
I. IL not likely that he will be 40
cepted.
II IL highly probable that next week
Judge Phelan will order the 80 whose
names are still on the jury list to be
called - . special venire. The jury
will then have to prepare
another list. ~ the 400 listed In Sep
tember, Will have been exhausted.
OF the rs tAlesmen summoned, Sat
urday. ~ showed up and were exam
ined as to their qualifications. Eigh.
teen OF these were excused on various
grounds, leaving 26 available for ser
vice.
Judge Phelan excused John Nay
lon, who sat with him as an arbitra-
tor between the n. u. r. and its oper-
atfyes: Robert X. STANDARD. A. Fl.
Finn. William HI. Wendt. and Rich
ard f. Reaume, before the others were
called. Prosecutor Shepherd declined
to question Mr.. Reaume, having some
doubt ~ to the regularity OF the pro-
ceeding. 90 Judge Phelan asked him
II he had IN opinion, and he had. One
man was excused because his sight
IL bad; one because he 10 retired
police ofFlceP; three because they have
served % jurors within the past three
years; two because they are not citi-
|xers; three because their addresses
were incorrect In The Jury list: two
because they cannot read English,
and one because he had expressed an
opinion.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor Jasnow.
ski took up the examination. In an at
tempt to MI the vacant seat on the
0ffnnxn jury.
Charles Schmfttdiei. No. 22o Myrtle
st.. WA excused because II was found
that he does not live In the ward In
which the Jury commissions had him
placed: william X. Van Sychle, No.
IS Winder-st.; Frank Sturm. No. e63
Baldw1n-Ave., and Oliver J. McQuis-
ten. No 40 Pallister-Ave-, because
they have opinions. Leighton Heath
was excused because his wife 10 sick.
He lives at No. 472 Butternut-st.
Henry Barber, No. 41s Artillery.
ave-, has no opinion. he said. He
does general work In James Warren's
hardware store. Reading pushes Mr..
Barber: his daughter reads the pa
pers to him. and he has great dim
Guilty making out script. Judge Phel-
an tested him with q letter. He
make out the judges name.
He read the epistle with difnculty.
and could make no sense out Of Il. He
was excused.
The court ordered that an oflicer be
seut- for Robert R TAnnahill, vice
president Of the J. L. Hudson Co.. who
was on the list Of Is veniremen.
He knew that he was to be served.
and ne has gone to the football game"
said Judge Phelan. IF ne wants 70
be excused, he must come to this
court"
George Bradbeer. No. so Lincoln
ave-, had an opinion. Joseph r. Kro-
lik. No. 975 Sheridan-ave.; Henry J.
Dakin, No. 266 Seminole-ave.: Mat.
thew Redmond. No. f54 Sycamore-st.;;
A. B. Cunningham, No. 264 Joseph Cam
pau-ave.: George w. Sykes. No. -26
Henry p. Hoffend. No.
500 Twenty-fourth-st.: Joseph Lucier,
No. s25 Baidwin-ave.: John l.. Wall.
No. 1896 Fifteenth-st. Edward J.