The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-30

tip from former Prosecutor shep-
herd.
Mcnamara interrupted Frazer a
second time TO correct the prosecutor
on statement OF Detective Bert
Highs testimony.
Frazer read from his notes.
Frazer Is reading from Jasnowski's
notes and he's trying to make the jury
believe It Is from the oficial stenog-
rapher." objected Mcnamara to the
court Judge Phelan told Frazer that
he had previously ruled that only the
oficial reports could be read from.
Frazer continued his argument. call
ing attention to Cofin's testimony.
CONN overheard some of Glinnan's
admissions In the graft chamber.
Now. Mcnamara points to Gilman
and tells you he Is an honest witness
said Frazer. Gilman was very eva
sive, I thought, on Smiley's testi-
mony." Frazer then announced to the
court that he would read from the
court stenographers report Of Gin
mans testimony.
Gilman on the witness stand tells
you that the man he talked to and
didn't know In the graft chamber, was
Smiley, whom he had known for over
O year." said Frazer, continuing.
Again the prosecutor read from the
official reports In an attempt to show
that Glinnan's testimony was not vol.
UNFAIRLY truthful on the stand.
Further. the prosecutor said: I'VE
never had the original .dictagraph
notes. Mcnamara howIed for the
notes. II there was any suppressing
Of notes. McGurn Is to blame. II Ia
peculiar that McGurn lost those origi.
nal notes while In Glinnan's employ.
Mcnamara would accuse US of tam
pering with witnesses II the situation
were reversed.
Smiley shows up with $500 of Gin
mans money In his pocket. Sheridan,
the other dictagraph man, refuses to
show up at all after Smiley sees him.
Mr.. McGurn on the stand swore that
he did not hear all the conversations
on July IL and July 26. He said he
didn't hear any talk about money. but
such conversation might have taken
place. McGurn's testimony does not
contradict Brennan, but he does con-
tradict Gilman.
Gilman can call Schreiter rat,
but he Is as deep in the mire-and
deeper-than Schreiter. It's the. pot
calling the kettle black.
Mcnamara makes an awful talk
about depriving Gilman OF his repu-
tation. How about the briber? His
work Is done quietly and hard to dis
close. II wrangle among politicians
caused the investigation, say: All
right 1t smoked the rats out OF their
holes--Glinnan, Davie, Rosenthal, that
paragon of virtue, and the others.
Here Is the boss on trial, the first
one to go on trial-the biggest fish
In the net"
Gilman. who was In tears most of
the time Mcnamara was speaking.
Strengthened up in his chair and smil.
ed quite cheerfully In the direction OF
the jury during Frazers preliminary
talk.
Frazer characterized Glinnan's story
OF his visits to Brennan's ONCE on
July IL and July rs as ridiculous In
the face Of other testimony.
"Kennary and Mcnamara better get
together and agree when the money
was put on their poor, unfortunate
sobbing client Kennary blames Bren.
nan, while McNamara In his blind
hatred Of Burns, Is sure that Burnz
slipped 81 into Glinnan's pocket"
q FTazer demonstrated low II would
Mye beeH impossible for Brennan &c
slip ths money In Glinnan's pocket
upknownst0 the alderman. q
For the third time McNamara. inter
rupted Frazer, insisting that there was
no testimony to show that Burns and
Brennan talked after Glinnan's arrest
and before he handed the money over
Well, II would have been an easy
matter for Burns to find out from
Brennan where Gilman had the mon
ey," said Frazer, continuing.
Gilman Is In business filed
with. protest; he Is used to arguing
questions on the floor Of the council
Yet for three hours In the Ford build
ing h ewas unable to lift his voice In
protest except to Smiley, who we find
Is In Glinnan's pay.
What Is your standard Of honesty
Is IT such that you would acquit Tom
Gilman, caught red-handed, who made
a statement to five men, statement
which he now repudiates? An ON.
cial's honesty is the same as the vir.
tue OF a women; 1t cannot be guarded
too carefully.
The prosecutor closed abruptly, let.
ting the jurors the matter was now
In their hands for an honest decision
according to their best Judgment.
The Judge allowed the Jurors q
short recess before he delivered his
charge. ( Mrs. Gilman and her daugh-
ter buried their faces in their hand.
kerchiefs as the jurors fled out.
Judge Phelan began reading his
charge at 1n.0H