The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-30

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fore his arrest? Prosecutor Frazer
still has the roll OF bills In his pos
session, but he says he will turn II
over. to the county treasurer and that
anyone claiming the money can fight
for II. Andrew III. Green, Jr., who
put up the bride money, refuses to
say that he will take II. Aid. Gin
nan says that the money exhibited in
evidence, against him, does not belong
to him. and that he will not touch a
penny OF Il.
There was an unusually dramatic
scene In Judge Phelan's court, Thurs
day afternoon, when Foreman Lum.
ley, In response to formal ques-
ton from the court, uttered the words
that freed Aid. Gilman Of the charge
that has rested against his name for
over two years--that OF accepting a
$1,000 bride for his vote on the Wa
bash petitions, July 20. 1912.
The verdict brought cheer from
the assembly. and In the excite
ment the Judge for once forgot mo-
mentarily to rap for order.
Tom" Glinnan's family, relatives
and friends were not the only ones
who rejoiced, when the verdict was
announced The Judge. the attorneys,
the members of the jury, the court
oGcers and the newspaper reporters
aeo breatheA sigh Of thankfulness
when the .oasea endad 8 zas-. D y
Judge Phelan salt. II am bad that
the longest trial Ia the history OF the
recorders court. and tone Of the most
important In Michigan, ended without
q breath OF scandal"
The sGlinnan trial attracted atten.
ton all over the country.
Attorney James Mcnamara and his
associates, j. Shirley Kennary and
John p. Scallen, who conducted the
Gilman defense, and Prosecutor
Frazer and his assistant Charles II.
Jasnow ski. were completely worn out
at the end of the long fight After
two years delay in bringing the case
to trial, II took three months, three
weeks and two days to secure YER
dict.
The eloquence of Mcnamara and
Kennary played q large part In the &C
quittal Of Gilman. The defense was
most carefully prepared and on the
law side of the case the Woodworking
attorneys did not overlook point.
q
advantage The case was cold"
when IL twas. handed to him and the
preliminary work had been badly
"bungledp HE made a game tight
against great odds. Prosecutor Fraz-
err tooff ONCE on May 10. and it IL to
his credf THAT he brought the Gin
nan case to speedy trial.
Attorney Kennary estimates that
S.t. H. lAE>
about $4,000. II cost the county,
from start to finish, more than three
times that amount. including the large
sums paid to William j. Burns and
Walter ]. Brennan.
Aid. Gilman was arrested July 26,
1912. He was arraigned In police
court of that year and stood mute.
His police court hearing began Aug.
20. 1912. and on Oct. 2, 1912. Gilman
YVES bound over to the recorders
court. Hugh Shepherd, then prose-
cutor, filed motion for q change OF
venue on Oct 80. 1912. Judge Phelan
granted O change Of venue to Macomb
county, Nov. 80, 1912. On Feb. 1918,
the state supreme court vacated Judge
Phelan's order An amended COM
plant was then died against Gilman.
March q, 1918. He was arraigned
In recorders court. July 2, 1913. and
pleaded not guilty.
Z The defense challenged the array Of
Jurors and was sustained Aug. Is,
1919. A. new panel was drawn and
the second challenge OF the defense
was overruIed The drawing of Jury
was begun Oct. 20, 1918. On Dec. 3,
1919, the second panel was exhausted
with but seven jurors in the box.
A change Of venue was asked for a
second time and Judge Phelan sent
the case to Monroe county.
The defendant went to the supreme
. court a second time and on July 2.
1914 the case was sent back to
wayne county. The trial started July
g. 1914. The first juror was seated
July 8.
Glinnans wife, daughter and sis
ter who have been daily visitors in
court. rushed forward {. and with
iuarticulate cries threw themselves on
hts neck and smothered him with
Kisses. Glinnsn's nerve snapped Just
a second before'the verdict was given.
when the jury filed In. the alderman
nado a desperate effort to control him
self. but his heaving chest. his glazed
ewes and his flushed contenance told
Of the great Internal struggle that
was going on for self-possession.
When Judge Phelan asked for the
verdict Gilman leaned forward In hts
seat. bis shoulders dropping and his
body shaken by sobs that he could no
longer repress.
Gllnnan's daughter, Grace. tainted