The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-29


believe that II they had that record
and II substartiated the testimony OF
Brennan. the chief conspirator In the
conspiracy. they would have produced
t. The only inference we can draw
is that the dictagraph reports did not
corroborate Brennan's testimony.
Now isn't IL common sense that
you can't bride a man that's In favor
OF a propositiony You can't get away
from that. Now. Mr.. Gilman was In
favor OF these petitions from the start
and I will say more about that later
on. You can believe that Gilman got
the money on July 26. placed Il In his
pocket and walked out. but you can't
convict unless you believe beyond a
reasonable doubt that an agreement
existed between Gilman and Brennan
on July IL. The other admission
make no difference I'm this case. Re-
member that this man Is presumed 10
be Innocent until he has been proven
guilty on every point.
Bribery 70 secret crime-all
crimes are secret as far as | know.
The prosecutor says that plans TO de-
tect crime are lawful That Is right,
but no plan TO create crime Is lawful
Mcnamara narrated robbery case
to illustrate his point. The supreme
court In this instance criticized the
officials severely for helping TO create
crime,
And difference In this case, Let
Us see, have you heard anywhere I'm
this case one word that Tom Gilman
ever approached Brennan and asked
him for a dollar. Bribery Is when
some one has meritorious bin hung
up and word In sent that unless so
much money Is passed. the bill will
not be reported out. That is not this
case where the name OF the Wabash
was borrowed for framed petition.
They followed Tom Gilman like
bloodhounds to get him In their
clutches.
"The Burns men were sent here to
investigate certain aldermen. They
did so for two or three months and
could not find where any crime had
been committed. Their they framed a
trap. Are you by your verdict in this
case to sanction the Burns method?
who Is behind this case? The
Wabash? No. Who then? Thomr.
son? No. He made a campaign on
this thing, but the people did not sub
scribe for IT, Andrew Green, then?
No. Van Dyke? No. Burns and
Brennan then are the men; they carry
the Burns edition Of the palladium of
liberty which has been soiled and
furnished In Detroit They want you
to convict Gilman, so their palladium
OF liberty will be good in other cities.
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jurors when he says Gilman 10 try
Ing to bamboozle you. Now gentle
men, he says Burns and Brennan
came here to investigate without fear
or favor.
did they come to investigate men
or measures? Did they come here
to detect or create crime? These are
mooted questions In this case. How
did they start? Was their any graft
existing here on Jan. "a, 1912. when
Thompson invited Burns here? Now
Green did not put up $4,000 unless
for some purpose. Now what was
the purpose?
Green says he did not know of
any graft existing In the city. What
did he put up the money for? Burns
says he was brought here TO investt-
gate rumors Of graft In the common
council. that meritorious measures
were being held up. One Of the pc
culiar things In this case Is that
Thompson knew of graft while Green
. Either Thompson told Green about
the rumors Of graft, OF Green put up
the $4,000 to enable the Burns de
tectives to trap the aldermen and de-
grade them In the city in which they
lived. What was the situation In 1919
that called for such drastic measures?
We seemed to have q well-conducted
and orderly city and II was such until
the Burns detectives came In our
midst.
I'VE had a great franchise cam
paign at that time. You know that
Tom Gilman was out lighting that
franchise. 1t was Gilman who de-
feated the action Of the franchise
hackers when they asked the council
to pass snap Judgment on II In Octob-
er. II was Gilman who fought the
franchise before the people"
Mcnamara displayed q cartoon Is
shown the important part that Gin
nan took In the tight.
And they knew at that time that
Gilman was q candidate for mayor"
he continued.
"The very day after the franchise
had been voted on another cartoon
appeared In q paper (the cartoon was
displayed).
do you mean to say there was no
intensified feeling after the defeat OF
tho franchise. The political fortunes
OF those who backed the franchise
was at low ebb when II was defeated.
Politics makes strange bedfellows and
also brings about strange enmities.
Mr.. Green knew that Gilman was q
strong factor In the franchice fight"
& Here McNsmara read letters to
Gilman from Green in which Green
tells his friend" that he 10 sorry that
the alderman does not see the same
side Of the fight that he (Greeu) does.
Mcnamara then read q letter TO
Gilman from Green after the fight In
which Green tells Gilman Mar he
does not think it's defeat a good thing
for the people.
Now, what was Burns brought here