The Detroit times., 1914-01-05

Illinois city he hai knocked doWp
500 iu NO daye aud was sorry he
dldu +gAe more aud that he did not
mink jung could Dc obtained iu De
troit
They also deciarod thar they had
called GOA Hor-y Schroeder so 6l3
Mayb bury Gr2nd-ave. and that Mr.
schroeder bad said OF Detective
/ burns THAT - Is
/ SO crooked Dee couldn't lie in a round
house Tncy said that Schroeder had
told them h6 would not have voted
An. tiinn1n guilty under any circum-
~tanccs. h"cause lc has friends among
the aldermen. lIc admitted, they said,
that he had formed an opinion, IN
spite OF he tact that he swore he had
not
i shall lave Schroeder arrested FOR
/ perjury Prosecutor shepherd declar.
led
The detectives called on Peter rs
/ per, No $3.50 Ba.dwin-aye, who told
them, the. declared. that the aldermen
should be excused for grating, be-
cause their low salaries make grating
necessary lle die not think hat they
ought To be- convicted
/ Joseph smith. No. SIG Field-ave.,
/ teld the detectives. they swear. that
The thought h unfair tor the mayor
10 bring 4 man like Burns 10 Detroit,
TO work against the aldermen
ernest Siggclko. No. 237 Twenty
fourth.st. told Detective sullivan. ac-
cOrdIne TO TIE aIIidaYIf. thdT ne dTd
not believe Ala. Gilman could hc con
victed. and that the case should be
thrown out ~ court thar il was caus-
ing TOO much expense 10 the tax
payers
Fred Varnham. No GSl Clark ave-
told Sullivan that he did not mink
Aid Gilman should bc convicted on
Burns evidence according TO Shlh-
vans affidavit lie would not like TO
see Gilman convicted. anyway, Sal.
Ivan declares he said
The reading of these afiidavits,
especially that concerning Ruedisale,
caused loud laughter in the court
room
Prosecutor shepherd declined 10
identify Sullivan and Beck. Asked
If they are connected with the Burns
detective agency, he SAID j wouldn
care 10 say,
The prosecutor introduced the sup
elemental petition 20 forestall move
which he thought Attorney Mcnamara
would make, In declaring that the
court erred in eXcusing : yenlremen
over The objections OF the attorneys
for tile defense. The petition recited
the grounds on which the l9 We're
challenged and excused. and declared
that these grounds were sufficient Tor
the court 10 exercise its dlscretIon
The other IS were Carl l.. stem
Frank Gensler Charles McCauiey
Theodore Feldman, Albeit Merritt
August w. Werback, John W. Cotney,
Elias Bell. Albert +. Johnson, LOUIS
Meyer Thomas O'DonneH, George -
Walsh, and John kropidlowshL
When the prosecutor had hnishea
reading his petitions. which TOOK over
an hour Mr.. Mcnamara said that he
would like as much time 10 prepare
his answer as Mr.. Shepherd had had
10 DFFVarC rIs T771T-r--
Judge Phelan was nor ned 10
grant more thar two; p Nr Nc
Namaras promise 20 Us ly Win
ont fail in three weeks me Co'r'
gave him until Jan. 20
Mr.. Mcnamara moved that me
prosecutor be ordered TO furnish ann
Shenherd's stan had secured from
men in various walks OF nc uecldr
ing that in their belief Aid. Gilman
cannot obtain a fair trial in Detroit.
There is but a single copy OF those
,nidayits in existence" said the pros
ecutor Il have fled that IN inns
|court. Mr. Mcnamara can see II IN
the clerk Office at any time
4 i-f.
He insisted that he be furnished
comics. Mr.. Shepherd replied that Il
would be a physical impossibility 10
oct ON copies for all the attorneys
He was upheld by Judge Phelan anu
Nr Mcnamara took an exception.
Ormond +. Hunt. attorney tor TOT
mer AID. Rosenthal Thomas Cha~-
10 for former Aid. 3roZo, and WIZ
liam X. Campbell for MHrtha x Mis-
lterskv. attorneys for former Ala
Theisen. waived the reading OF the
netitions in their cases, and asked l2r-
go DAYS in which,to prepare answers
The attorneys for the other aldermen
were sent tor. and will make similar
requests. s,.. ,a.. "a
The prosecutors petition consisted
nj A2i typewritten and printed
naees inchIdine the S07 atidavits
Mr. Shepherd worked nearly every
night and most OF Christmas and
New Years IN preparing il.
The petition declared that after he
examination OF 23l citizens on their
yoir dire only seven remained in the
iurv box. and that the prosecutor VAS
,repared 10 challenge four or the
seven. peremptorily.
II sci forth that these citizens were
ohtained from every ward in the city,
and listed them boy wards and by oc'
cupatons.
II recited that the prosecutors as
sistants had secured afilda'iis rom
.S07 citizens as 10 their belief that Aid
Gilman could not be tried in Detroit
and listed the citizens by occupation
1t included an AFFIDAVIT by Assistant