The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-06
FACTS POSSESSED BY TOM
GLINNAN,S LAWYERS POINT
TOLEAK in CASE OF PEOPLE
Who Has Tipped McNamara and
His Assistants to Happenings
! Of Which Prosecutor Was
ii Ignorant7
TALKS, CONFERENCES,
MEETINGS ALL KNOWN
Suspicion Grows Of An Attempt
to Double Cross Citizen AM
| drew H. Green

Z
Who has double-crossed Andrew H.
Green. Jr.. the financial hacker Of the
aldermanic graft investigation. made
It the instigatfon OF former Mayor
William b. Thompson?
AZ the Gilman trial progresses. 1t
becomes more and more obvious that
>ths able defenders OF Honest Tom"
Gilman in court have IN their posses.
sion great deal OF important infor-
nation that must have been furnished
the defense by some person intimate
with all the details OF the incidents
leading up TO the graft investigation.
Also every move Of the graft In
vestigators. including the damaging
keports made BY Walter ]. Burns.
SBrennan'' supposedly to the Chicago
omce Of the Burns agency, fs appar-
nifty better known TO the defense than
- the prosecution.
For instance, It IL now certain that
Mcnamara knew exactly what "Bren-
mans" reports contained before be
made demand ON the prosecutor for
their production In court. Frazer
stated In open court that he himself
had never seen or read the reports.
The line of questions put to the
prosecutions Witnesses concerning q
possible Interior motive that Mr..
Green may have had In an aldermanic
graft Investigation, were strengthened
and borne out by the contents Of re-
ports which Brennan" on the stand
admitted were made by him during
the Investigation. Mr.. Green himself,
Brennan" admitted. was furnished
with memoranda from some Of these
reports. Where did the defense get
the Tip" and the many interesting
oidelights on these reports?
In connection with numerous meet
ingB and conferences between former
Mayor Thompson. Attorney william
Van Dyke. his legal adviser. Andrew
II. Green, Jr., Hugo Gilmartin. for
mer Detroit Newspaper man. Detective
William J. Burns, and his assistant,
Walter J. Burns, alias Brennan" the
lawyers for the defense have shown
. remarkable knowledge Of all that
was said and done--much more than
ths witnesses Of the prosecution have
been willing to testify 70 on the
stand.
Concerning meeting In the once
q The Home Telephone Co. ON the
11oAt the returns weros reoeived from
the voeo O. 10 HallylIhompe6n
franchise: what took place IA sub
SeQuent meeting In Van Dykes once
and another In the city hall: what
conferences took place between Mr..
Green and Burns and "Brennan'-all
this important information was In
the hands OF the defenso long before
the trial came to issue, a McNamara's
method Of ha6dling. the case clearly
demonstrates. In his cross-examina-
ticn az witnesses he delved Into mat
teri which frequently caused the wit
nesses to say: II don't recollect," or
that vas not my understanding at
tims Of what took place In 1912"
Somebody with an inside knowi
edge OF the graft investigation has
furnished the defense with detailed
information and Il would seem that
Andrew II. Green, Jr.. II the Intended
victim Of the informant Mr.. Green
has not a yet had an opportunity to
reply 20 the accusati0nD made against
MIN In L06- E0Q0fL4 0L<l6Iouua0.-lu e-
Gilman graft trial ID likely to have
some interesting Developments aside
from the fate that 10 In store for the
Eighteenth ward whatever
that may BE-.
In addition to thorough knowl-
edge Of the "inside" history Of the
grant investiEation. McNsmara 10
showing himself TO be . real Irish
tighter md strategist with long
head. He has anticipated every move
OF the prosecution and thus far has
succeeded In check-mating the prose-
cutor with piles Of law books that
have been well read and studied. At
present the defense and the prosecu-
ton are deadlocked over another
legal point Of importance and again
I, the outlook for defense II promising.
In two days McNamara and HE busy
assistants have dug up enough law
on the point IN question to satisfy
the supreme bench. He has over 160
citations and references for perusal
By Judge Phelau.