The Detroit times., 1914-10-28
BURNS is AN
ASSASSIN OF CHAR
.ACTER DEADLIER
THAN COBRA
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face Mr.. Brennan b the only man
that testifies to the Wabash agree
ment. Against that you have the
word of Thomas E. Gilman, who has
lived among you all the days Of his
life.
"You have more than that. The
prosecution did not bring the dicta.
graph reports into the case, and whyl
believe that II they had that record
Brennan. the chief conspirator In the
conspiracy, they would have produced
II. The only inference we can draw
10 that the dictagraph reports did not
corroborate Brennan's testimony.
-Now isn't II common sense that
you cant bride man that's In favor
Of proposition? 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 q
reasonable doubt that an agreement
existed between Gilman and Brennan
on July IL. The other admission
make no difference In this case. Re-
member that this man Is presumed 70
be Innocent until he has been proven
guilty on every point
Bribery IL secret crime-all
crimes are secret as far as / know.
The prosecutor says that plans to de-
tect crime are lawful That II right.
but no plan to create crime is lawful. :
Mcnamara narrated q robbery case
to illustrate his point The supreme
court In this instance criticized the
oficials severely for helping to create
crime.
"And difference IN this case? Let
US see, have you heard anywhere IN
this case one word that Tom Gilman
ever approached Brennan and asked
him for dollar. Bribery Is when
some one has meritorious bill hung
up and word La 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 a framed petition.
They followed Tom Gilman like
bloodhonnds to get him In their
clutches. 49,.
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
No. Who then7 Thomp-
son? No. He made a campaign on
this thing, but the people did not sub
scribe for IL. 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.
Frazer has fine opinion Of you
jurors when he says Gilman Is try
Ing to bamboozie 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
HNNoNiOhS III Cdtt- fiOW
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 purpose7
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 investi-
gate rumors Of graft In the common
council. that meritorious measures
were being held up. One Of the pc
culiar things In this case In that
Thompson knew OF graft while Green
did not.
Either Thompson told Green about
the rumors OF graft, or Green put MP
the $4,000 to enable the Burns de-