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

that never appeared An this courtroom.
but they couldn't pay McGurn 500
and Sheridan the same.
II want to ask you II this old man.
this fellow citizen. has had q fair.
square deal In this case?
Gilman had to pay $625 TO Smiley
to find out where Sheridan and Nc
Gurn were.
Remember. gentlemen Of the jury.
that Burns was not brought back here
TO refute any OF Smiley's testimony.
why were McGurn's original notes
not produced? A copy was produced
and McGurn told you that copy did
not egIee with the original.
I'VE could have brought thousands
OF character witnesses 10 this court.
There are 10000 of them In the Eight
eenth ward. The people of the Eight
eenth ward are awaiting with bated
breath for your verdict.
In closing Mcnamara said:
"For two years and four months
Gilman has faced tortures worse
than those Of the penitentiary. The
men who know him best. down In the
Eighteenth ward. believe I'm Tom
nllHidu, anu tutS nave put tHcii
stamp OF approval on him by renom.
mating him to the council.
He has been prosecuted enough for
Burns crime. Tortured In mind and
body. Now shall you send him TO
prison. while Brennan goes unwhip-
ped OF justice. In the Garden Of Eden.
the tempter came and despoiled peace.
The snake stands for all that Is de-
spised. Is the snake In this case TO
be crushed or rewarded"
McNamara wound up his argument
with a powerful plea that brought
sobs ION the defendant and the mem
beers OF his family.
There was a dense silence in the
courtroom when Frazer started his
closing argument. He characterized
McNamara's effort as the greatest
sob ever heard In q courtroom"
We have heard Of the heartless.
ness OF prosecuting officers and de-
tectives many. many times before II
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 It was placed
on Gilman Ii their defense.
They tell you OF the sorrow In
the DEFENDANTS 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 a villain, Gilman cries
Tom Gilman never knew he was
as honest q man as Mcnamara has
painted him. To give Gilman the
cloak OF honesty, every witness we
have produced has been called q
perjurer. scoundrel, villain, and the
only Sfmonpure man IL Gilman.
The misQuoting Of testimony In
this case by Mcnamara has been ap
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. ]. Burns
everything he could lay his tongue
to. Remember, Burns told you In his
line or work there Is always a pack
OF barking ours at his heels. Nc
Namara went up In the air when
Burns told him he was some frameI
himself"
Mcnamara interrupted to object &c
statement made by Frazer in re
gard to. a suit for libel alleged tc
have been brought by Burns against
q Seattle newspaper.
Mr.. Mcnamara knows perfectly
WE'LL continued Frazer. that the
story Tom Gilman tells about the
money does not coincide with Gin.
mans subsequent actions. To that
end Mr.. Mcnamara would destroy Van
Dykes testimony.
What is II that calls for the de
nunciation OF Van Dyke by Nc
NamaraY
Frazer read portion of Van Dyke.
police court testimony to show tina,
Mcnamara failed TO ask Van Dyke
specifically the conversation, he heart
between Gilman and Jasnowski
when Gilman admitted having re
ceived the bride for his vote and in
fiuence In the Wabash deal.
Frazer said that the attack on Jas
nowsh resulted from Jasnowski's
failure to admit on the stand tina,
Brennan's reports were In the prose
cutors ONCE. The reports were later
found In the prosecutors ONCE on q
tip from former Prosecutor Shep
herd.
Mcnamara interrupted Frazer q
second time to correct the prosecutor
on a statement OF Detective Bert
Highs testimony.
Frazer read from his notes.
Frazer Is reading from Jasnows<i's
notes and he's trying to make the jury
believe IL Ii from the official stenog
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