Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-12

c.. Miller. S319.20; Earl BAKER S'@-o"'
Charles Skies. S49.5O; c. {. Cox.
$500. J. w Snyder. S14.73: Charles
Petit $500: c. r. Strutz. S562.00; G.
II. Allen. S796.5O; {. J. Searle. $4,000;
+. Robinson. $24OO; three witnesses,
sISCO: witness fees I'm Magill-John-
son case. S453.1O; total. SS.6is.S3c
5000 For 123 Days.
Special Prosecutor Woods bill for
S3.O49.5O does not include smaller
bill for is days work at SO per day nor
for the use of an automobile, SIS.
The bill of S3.O49.5O included work
on 123Ia days at $50 per day. Mr.
Woods itemized account follows:
January. 1914, grand jury, u days.
Attendance before grand jury and
looking up evidence for same. Is days
Work on law briefing. 20 days.
Looking up evidence for trial, 10
days.
Work on quo warranto and obtain
ing affidavits, days.
Consultation with Thomas Marshall
in Chicago. 2 days
Arguing motions to quash before
Judge Graves. 81 days.
Arguing motions to quash and trial
before Judge Olmsted. SO days.
Total. 1881 days.
1891 days work at $25 per
day Observation-Disclosures. S3,037.5O
Money paid out by Mr.. Wood. 1900
Total Mr. Woods bill s3,O49.5O
Gets $50 Per Day.
Attorney Thomas Marshall of Chi
cago was paid $50 per day for consul
tation with Mr. Wood at the formers
Office in Chicago. The following is Mr..
MarshaII's bill:
ITO % days services in preparation
OF indictments and opinions for grand
jury as per directions of George w.
Wood. special prosecutor, at $50 per
day. $3.50"
Messrs. c. J. Searle and c. B. Mar
shall received SIS per day for services
they rendered in the cases. The fol
lowing is the bill of Searle and Mar
shall, aggregating s1.O42.
c. J. Searle from Jan. 81 to date
1O2i days OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. sou
c. B. Marshall from Jan. q to
date. 2424 days .......... 600
Cash advanced NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. AZ
To investigation and defense and
trial OF perjury charge made by
l.. NJ Magill against William
Mitchell. witness for state. as
result of the MagiIl-Bruner case $50
SIS Per Diem.
J. l. Haas assisted Mr.. Wood in the
case. His services were
paid at the rate of S25 per day, acting
20 days from July 6 to July rs. His
bill was for $500.
J. G. Miller. employed as a detective.
presented a bill for services rendered
TO Geo. W Wood from April IS to
June l. 1914, % days, at So per day.
totaling SS7.
c. J. Searle had a bill OF $500
which was allowed, but which had
previously been paid. Mr.. Sturtz' bill
for 1862. and G. H. Aliens bill for
S796.50 were also previously allowed. |
Sass For Witnesses.
The defense in the Magill-Johnson |
case had subpoeRaed a large number I
Of people as character witnesses and T.
the fees for these amounted to S453.1O. /
The committee in its report recon- /
nended that the attorneys exert more
care as TO the number of Witnesses :
they have subpoenaed since it in I
-reases the costs OF operating the .
court
The bills give the public a fair idea
Of the cost. They do not include the
expense previous to this year nor do
hey represent all the Indebtedness in
cured during this year. There are a
number of items which could be added
which would swell up the funds.
Most of the time of the grand juries
or the greater part OF the past two
-ears has been spent investigating the
asses ald the special committee has
1een in session often, for which it was
paid per diem.
Then there were other court costs
md the grand jury fees and other at
orney's costs. besides the witness
ees in the Bruner-Magill cases which
ire not included in the bills taken up