The Detroit times., 1913-09-29
STEIN LANDS ON
PROSECUTOR FOR
DELAYING CASES
"Wonder II He Really Wants
Some Of Them Tried"
Says Justice
ASSISTANTS DECLARE
WAIT UNAVOIDABLE
Court Will Decide Tuesday AS to
Whether He'll Hold Alleged
Bucket Shop Men

1T seems to be practice Of the
} prosecuting attorneys office 20 hold
up cases for nine or 10 months.
don't want to criticize too harshly;
but ! sometimes wonder whether the
prosecutor really wants to try some
Of the cases he starts. This case
should have been tried by Justice
Gatney six or eight weeks ago. It
shas been postponed time and again.
always at the request of the people;
and now you ask this court to hold
the defendants on evidence that you
yourself realize Is insufficient"
Thus spoke Justice Stein to Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney VOORHEES,,
Saturday morning In the police court
examination Of Joseph NJ Stone and
operating q bucket shop at No. 1863
Griswold-st. The place was raided
early In August by detectives under
the direction OF the prosecuting at
torney.
Our excuses for delay have been
legitimate" Mr.. Voorhe;C answered.
Some were caused by the illness OF
witnesses. As for the evidence, we
believe that we have prima facie
case. under the statute. We do not
think II advisable to send to Pitts
burgh for further evidence, at consid-
cradle cost to the county, II we have
q prima facie case without it.
II have notion where the expense
money comes FROM" the court re.
piled. 1T wouldn't do for me to dis.
cuss II from the bench"
The prosecuting attorney notified
Mr.. Stone that II he opened his place
again, ii would be raided." said A. b.
Hall. Stones attorney "Mr. Jasnow.
. ski made that threat himself Some
one has q great deal of influence with
the prosecutors Office in these cases.
and I'm going TO find out who 1t Is, II
1t takes the rest Of my life. tits I'M.
fair for a man to be prosecuted as Mr..
Stone has been. II Is not the duty of
the prosecutor to go with two detec.
t1ves to threaten to put a man out
of business"
Assistant Prosecutor Jasnowski got
Cup. very red
County Detective Conn and went
to Pittsburgh to see the operations
OF the exchange with which Mr.. Stone
traded" he said. I'VE are two OF the
very few people who ever saw its
operations. 1t was only fair to Mr..
Stone that we should tell him that we
had been to Pittsburgh, that no one
could do business on that line In De-
trott, and that he needn't 60 to the
expense Of fitting up his Office.
didn't tell him his place would be
raided."
mr.. Stone can't be intimidated
by couple Of assistant prosecutors. :"
said Mr.. Hall, holtly. "He has been
In business here longer than they
have lived here"
That's not true" retorted Mr.
Jasnowski. 1--WE been here all my
life"
Justice Stein had difficulty in
breaking into the argument.
I'LL hold that the case has
been submitted he said. 'ITl re-
serve decision until Tuesday at II
o'clock. The case Of Joseph w. Rob-
inson."
1--WE are willing to abide by the
decision Of the court in the Stone
case" said George b. Yerkes. attor-
Nney for Mr.. Robinson.
THE people cannot consent re-
piled Mr. VOORHEES,.
Hurry up, then" said Mr.. Yerkes,
'1've got an engagement"
One witness was called, Frank L.
Myers, to tell of his deals with Rob-
inson. He said that Mr.. Robinson
had never given him q statement in
any Of his trades.
."He never asked for one." said Mr..
J Yerkes.
Mr.. Vorheis asked that the case
be postponed until Bert Erlinger, of
Cleveland. . theatrical man of con-
siderable wealth who has been COL
Iecting evidence for the prosecutor.
could testify. He reminded the court
that this Was the understanding
, when the case was postponed, FRI
day, after partial testimony from
Mr.. Erlinger, Justice Stein set
Tuesday 1t II o'clock for the con-
t1nuencS.
At the request of Mr.. VOORHEES,,
ths cxse against Harry e. Valdez
vs. dismissed.
1--WE thought, when we instituted
the case, that we had sufficient evil
dsuce,' said Mr.. VOORHEES,. I'VE
6pund later that we had not"
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