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


latter embracing her father.
, Six ballots were taken In the jury
room. The jury went out at 1880
O'Clock They ate lunch and started
their deliberations at ALA o'clock,
On the FIRST ballot the vote was IL
to l for acquittal. At SOL the jury
reported TO the court that q verdict
had been agreed upon. The verdict
was given at $3.50.
Neither Prosecutor Frazer or Attor.
ney James Mcnamara who conducted
the remarkable defense for the alder
man were In court when the verdict
was given.
J. Shurly Kennary, associated with
Mcnamara In the case, said:
THE verdict IL an exemplification
OF the fact that law-abiding citizens
will not tolerate the tempting of any
man into a crime with the undisclosed
purpose OF prosecuting him for re-
venge."
Gilman said: II do not care to
make a statement at this time. bu
| hope that God will forgive my en-
emies." s3r
Kennary, from the floor OF the court
room, thanked the Jurors for their
faithful service to the state and also
thanked Judge Phelan for his conduct
OF the case.
Judge Phelan started to read his
charge to the Gilman jury at 1905
o'clock, Thursday. After the prosecut-
ing attorney finished brief closing ar
gument. the court allowed the jury Q
short recess, after which the reading
Of the charge began. The court In
structed the officers to preserve abso-
lutte quiet while the charge was being
read to the Jury.
Prior to Frazers closing argument
In which he criticised Attorney Nc
Namara for some OF the harsh things
he had said about the prosecutions
witnesses and repeated the statement
that Glinnan's actions, both after his
arrest and on the witness stand, were
not those OF an honest man, McNa-
mara for the defense had concluded
an eloquent argument for the acQuittal
Of the defendant.
Mcnamara during his argument
made frequent reference to Scripture
and the classic. His illusions were
striking at times, delivered with nne
oratorical effect. His closing remarks
follow:
Nearly nineteen hundred years
ago, q meek and lowly figure appeared
on the Judean hills, preaching a new
gospel to the multitudes. II was the
gospel OF peace and tranquility OF
love and mercy OF charity aud kind
ness to all mankind. He preached
the first true note In the Fatherhood
OF God. and the Brotherhood Of Man.
He healed the sick, succored the
needy, gave sight to blind and raised
the dead by the power OF prayer and
for the pure love OF the human race.
That He was afterwards brutality be-
trayed, scoffed and scouraged. ma
ligned and murdered by the very peo-
pie He came to save from the wrath
OF an outraged creator, fills. one OF
the saddest pages In the history Ut
the great tragedies Of the world.
when his apostles asked Him how
they should pray. He composed the
Lords prayer, the sweetest and sad
dest supplication that has ever fallen
from human lips since the birth Of
civilization. Ia ssrg.
knowing the limitations OF frail
humanity, our weakness and prone
ness to evil, the power of the tempter
and our lack of physical and mental
resistance. He wrote In that prayer
these words: st 49,
deliver .sss d. y; ;ro M y. mr. y ;ssPDt..ls put
"oh, gentlemen of the 11ry.s you
twhose mothers taught you this sweet
prayer TO protect you from HES pr.
falls and temptations. whose wives
and children may have petitioned It's
omniDotent author for your peace and
protection this very day. drive out of
our midst with the scouraging hand
Of your verdict the tempter OF poor
Tom Gilman. throw around him tho
protecting arm Of the law, deliver
him from the evil that has crushed
and crucihed him with its tortures
and send him forth to his family and
friends q free and happy man once
more"
There was q dense silence in the
courtroom when Frazer started his
closing argument. He characterized
McNamara's effort as the greatest
sob ever heard In courtroom"
We have heard Of the heartless-
ness Of prosecuting officers and de-
tectives many, many times before. IL
Is the old game. They tell you Of
the snake in the Garden of Eden.
Has the defense shifted at the last
minute? They have told you right
along that the money was put on
Gilman, and now he asks you to for
give his client because he has been
tempted.
They have even tried to hint that
the money was given to Gilman as a
campaign contribution. They must
hew to one line-that II was placed
on Gilman In their defense.
They tell you of the sorrow In
the defendant's family. You give
just as much sympathy to Glinnan's
wife as he did when he went into
the Ford building and soiled the palm
of his hand with dirty money. Every
time his attorney pictures Gilman as
the victim of villain, Gilman cries.
Tom Gilman never knew he was
as honest man as McNamara has
painted him. To give Gilman the
cloak Of honesty. every witness we
have produced has been called a
perjurer, scoundrel, villain, and the
only Simonpure man Is Gilman.
The misQuoting Of testimony in
this case by Mcnamara has been APP
palling.
THE fact that Gilman did not pro-
test his innocence Is the most damn
| Ing evidence against him. What does
my friend do? He calls w. j. Burns