The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-09
'nEPHERD IS
PREP AIRING TO
WHACK POLICE
Pck Now, But Promises to Give
Out Statement in
Few Days
OMPLAINTS MADE OF
"STRONG-ARM" SQUAD
itizens Tell Prosecutor Wives
Have Been lnsulted by De-
tectives in Cafes

The silence that has sealed the lips
prosecutor Shepherd for the past
y days 10 about to be broken.
he 10 preparing statement In
licb his position In relation to the
trong arm" squad Of the police de-
rtment and the mistakes" made
the police In the raid OF last Friday
" be explained.
Il have been sick In bed since Sat
day." he said, Monday. Commits
bner Gillespie seems to have every
Ing his way just now, but Just as
lon ~ | am able TO be around, In q
y or 80. ] will give out q statement
~ will throw q different light on
matter. Until that time / have
|thing to say"
What the statement will contain in
dition to the hint given by the
0eecut0r. Is matter OF conjecture
bong police and county ofilcials.
IL Ia known that several citizens
We appeared at the prosecutors Of
b In the past few days. and made
feats against the strong arm"
bad. They stated that their wives
d been insulted by the detectives
DO headed the various strong arm"
lads a. they went from cafe to
70. At least two of the men de-
bred that X the thing occurred
ain they would adopt strenuous
bthods OF revenge, and one said he
build shoot the next officer that in
Rted his wife.
1r. Shepherd refused to discuss
u phase OF the matter and would
{ admit or deny the truth Of the
ports. To all questions he an
Tered:
Wait until my statement 10
hdy."
without mentioning Prosecutor
ephsrd, Judge William +. Connolly,
IN address to the Mems class of
First Congregational church,
Prsd him for Fridays early morning
d. In which 247 people were ar
ptod, only to be released.
Fudge Connolly talked on The laws
Nv In criminal cases." He declared
kt there IL little delay In the Grim.
u courts Of Detroit, and that what
bro 10 IL due to the lawyers rather
N To, the court
Come attorneys," he said, have q
lion that their first duty to their
mt 10 to get an adjournment Of his
~: there has grown up the axiom
kt time kills criminal CASE"
ppeaking Of the prosecutors raid,
lge Connolly said:
At this particular juncture Of our
Nc life, It il the part Of both pru-
hce and patriotism to take pause
sound q note of sanity and sober
rning In the midst Of this hysteri-
spectacular uproar. this tumultu-
bedlam OF lawless invasion of the
hts Of citizens by those who have
oen to uphold the constitution and
laws.
= insist that this government Is a
vernment of laws. not of men. II
citixen's property or person Is to
seized, IL any citizens home Is to
Invaded, In the name Of the law,
Il be done In the way that the law
lains Il shall be done.
Two hundred and forty-seven men.
men and children dragged from
bif homes at dead OF night In the
liter season---for what! Had they
bken the law? Then why not prose-
y them? Why not pn6sent the EVIL
nce against them "a proper trib-
u and ask . warydt Why, II they
lawbreakers. turn them loose on
y community, unwhipped Of Jus
=? II they have not violated law.
81 arrest them? II there II no EVIL
nee ON which to ask . magistrate
. warrant, there IL no evidence to
)t1fy IN arrest
4 disclaim any intention to criti-
y any individual or individuals. ]
aetion no mans sincerity or good
rs In this matter. But I do pro-
& against methods which are them.
Ives lawless being used to obtain
bAience and respect for the law"