The Detroit times., 1914-10-27

In the graft proceeding" said Frazer.
leading up 20 Jasnowski's testimony.
place In the graft chamber when
yiiinnan handed over the money, say
ing something about my hrs'
money"
TIE prosecutor read his assistants
testimony at length 10 the jury. Jas
nowski testified that Gilman admitted
! to him having taken the money for his
vote on the Wabash petition.
"The testimony OF Jasnowski abso-
lutely demonstrates the guilt OF
; Thomas Gilman stated the prose-
cutor.
lie next took up the testimony OF
County Detective Duke" Comm, who
arrested Gilman.
CONN substantiated much OF JAS
nowskfs testimnoy.
When Comm arrested Gilman, he
did not say what for and Gilman did
not ask him. This is most extraordi-
nary" said the prosecutor innocent
men do net submit to arrest without
knowing what for. Don't let this es-
cape your minds. II Gilman had been
'jobbed would he have remained 81
lent on such damnable outrage TOR
two years and four months? Not un-
III his attorneys raised that cry have
we heard Gilman mention II. That's
not the act OF an innocent man.
| "Glinnan's actions on July 26 are
not consistent as the acts OF an inno-
cent man. Gilman was never under
any legal obligations to state his de-
tense, but IL Is IN extraordinary
thing that during two years and four
months, he never said word. and
now he comes to the witness stand
and asks you to believe his story OF
being jobbed.' The indignation OF an
honest heart Is greater force than
any law under the sun.
III Gilman were innocent he would
have said In a burst OF Indignation at
the time OF his arrest that he was the
victim OF an outrage. A guilty con-
science needs no accuser
He told you that he did not make
a protest In that room because he
feared he would be beaten up. but
among his friends he made no protest
that he had been jobbcd.'
III some one came along and seized
you, took the bribe money out of your
pockets that some one had slipped
upon you. what would you do? Why
you would protest Indignantly Gin
nan never told IL to anyone, not even
to his wife or his daughter, but stood
before this community for two years
and four months silent. If he was
an innocent man he would have seized
upon the first opportunity to proclaim
II 10 the world. His story does not
wash. It's an insult to your common
sense.
IF Gilman had been honest he
would have put up fight In that
room no matter what the consequences
! would be, and every cut and every
bruise would have been badge Of
honor.
What does he do In his defense.
He brings you 19 character witnesses.
Why? We do not deny, that up to
the time he was caught red-handed,
he had good character, but tho
time came when he took q bribe and
became an offender against the law.
"They have introduced before You
men that are not generally known,
with the exception OF Homer Warren.
How can you pass on their state
ments when you don't know any.
thing about them.
."I wish now TO correct one of my
previous statements. In speaking OF
the meeting In Glinnans house and
another in the Ford building. Glin-
nan did not deny mention OF an at
torney In q meeting in his house, but
his version was different from
Green's.
| Now I will proceed to July IL. II
Honest Tom Gilman were an hon
est man, he would not have gone
down there, as he said he did, aud
make an arrangement for job be-
fore the Wabash legislation was dis.
posed OF.
Gilman went down there on July
| IL to be seduced. whether he went
there to arrange for q bribe or job.
| II he took position that would be
bribe under our statutes"
Mcnamara intercepted with an oh.
lection.
Gilman Is not charged with get
ting Job for his vote said Nc
Namara.
/ Frazer explained that he was draw
ing parallel between the stories told
by Brennan and Gilman to show that
they meant one and the same thing.
| He continued with his argument.
/ oIuuuu toiu yOu tnot ditci NC ot-
cured the Wabash job. he intended to
go out OF public Office. That Is hard
| to believe. He Wal candidate for
mayor at that time. you will remem.
Der. Would he forego $4,000 job as
mayor to accept one al $1,000. You
can't swallow that story. | claim that
he went down there to be seduced.
There Is no testimony to substan-
tiate Glinnan's statements. He Is so
close TO the line Of Brennan's testi-
mony that the only line OF demarca-
ton Is his statement that he went
down there for a job.
"He brings Smiley here to testify
for lin. Smiley on the stand con-
fesse6 that he pleaded guilty to the
crime OF conspiracy In Chicago.
"You heard Smiley's story. Do you
believe IL? Do you want that kind OF
testimony or will you wipe him out.
Smiley, according to Gilman, was
the only man In the graft chamber
who was not excited. Gilman claims
to have had private conversation
with Smiley--a stranger-that he did
not take tho money. Smiley was the
man that Gilman said sat near him
while he was being questioned and
said: Say yes. Say yes"
mo such testimony; Gilman said
that somebody said that" interposed
Mcnamara, interrupting for the sec