The Detroit times., 1914-10-02
S,euth's Memoranda on Graft
Inquiry Indicates Defendant
4 Was Singled Out as
Ia Chief Quarry
y.
DETECTIVE RECALLED
AND QUIZZED ON REPORTS
Says Greet Wanted Trap Sprung
Earlier to Aid Political
sl Ambition

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! The reports made BY Detective
Walter J. Burns (Brennan) on the
progress OF HE plane 70 lead De-
trolt aldermen Into . graft trap
were read 70 the Jury In the 0lin- I
nan trial, Thursday morning,
Asrsnnan' being called 70 the
stand and qulxxsd on this memo
randa. The reports seem 90 lndi.
cate that, % the defense claims,
olinnan was sthe big nsh" that
Mayor Thompson and those asso-
ciatsd with him were most anx-
Ious 90 land. The reports, and
aiso orsnnan's testimony, eilcIted
IN connection with them, differ
widely from Testimony given BY
Andrew n. Green, but the latter
on the stand admitted that hIs
memory was lndIstinct on many
points.
Mcnamara frst questioned "Bren-
nan" regarding Q conference In Van
Dykes once, Feb. rs. calling his At
tention to "Brennan's' report cover
ing that day. The report stated that
Brennan" met Mr. Van" and Mr.
ST" (Thompson) and held two con-
ferences one In the morning and the
other In the afternoon, extending un-
I'll 8 o'clock in the evening. After this
conference Brennan went to CHI
cago and saw william j. Burns, who
rave him his instructions regarding
the aldermanic graft Investigation. He
said Re returned TO Detroit Feb. 20.
VA. 80, thts A. st.tnA that hA
was following out line Of work laid
down By his principal (Burns), which
would ~get him down to the line OF
work desired
CLIENTS Name Brought In.
Mcnamara called the witness atten-
$ioa 20 . report dated March
He read: Another place that 10 fire.
quented by AID. @. (Glinnan). one Of
the biggest crooks In the council. 10
Henry G. Wobrock. one Of the esti-
mators In the same ward that AID. @.
comes from. II ID also IN that ward
that one OF our clients has Q big
plant" The ''client" referred TO 10 An.
dred H.. Green.
ssYou testified that You did, mot come
here 70 get any particular alderman.
ala you noty" asked Mcnamara.
ave. ctrW aiIssisL f.gt, NJ n
.is "a fact that your client wanted
yec fro. the very start g set Tom
mo. Not to single out any one psr-
son.
Gilman the Man.
The next report referred to was
that OF March 1. which stated: This
Gilman .is the fellow our people are
40 anxious to get" And again: Now
a. % the city council. some big deal
that viii last some time should be
started soon. The wabash deal Is all
right In way, but yeH can close II
too quickly. Mr.. G. (Green) went to
St Louis, I believe. after he had ar
ranged . conkrence with Mr. =.
(Thompson.)"k
McNsmara Rad only portions OF the
daily reports. w
March 10 report read: This case
should be q success and as the old
man said to me, we don't want any
boobs on this Job. This is ny crowd
and you've got 10 show them. This
= Also true OF the client and his cab
inert. They are ny bunch and know
what they want. so II IL up to us to
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