The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

know how the money got In his peck
ct; do you mean that he protested 70
someone or TO all In the room?"
ITO all OF them At each CONVEX
sation."
The prosecutor then took the wit
ness and asked him II $500 was all
he had received from smyiie-to test
lily for the defense. McGurn replied
that 5000 was all. He was then
excused, but may be recalled later
In the day IL the judge allows the
defense TO interrogate him on Bren-
mans alleged methods OF preparing
dictagraph reports.
Frank II. Smylie. another ex-Burns
operative and now In private detec-
tive work In Chicago. was the next
witness. Smylie related his personal
history. telling OF numerous positions
he held before going into the detec-
tive business 20 years ago. He went
with the Burns people In 1910. He
arrived In Detroit on July rs, 1912.
and scing to the home of Andrew H.
Green, Jr., where he met his employ
err. w. ]. Burns, and went with him TO
breakfast In the Pontchartrain, later
going to Van Dykes office.
aid. Gilman was expected to 70
To Mr.. Brennans ONCE that afternoon
To receive bribe." said Smylie. and
In Van Dykes ONCE they discussed
the employment OF special counsel to
handle the aldermanic cases"
Smylie said he did not come to De-
troit In connection with the alder
manic investigation. but to see Burns
On another matter. Smylie went to
the Ford building ONCE on the after.
noon OF July rs with Burns.
Il had been told I'm a general way
what was going to take place there, |"
said the witness. About two weeks
prior to July rs, Burns spoke to me
about the case. He told me that Bren.
nan was handling the case and want
ed me TO come here to wind up the
matter because Brennan
II object to all this" interrupted
the prosecutor and the question was
ruled out.
The witness was later allowed To
state why he came to Detroit. Smylie
continued his story: Burns said he
was afraid Brennan would make q
mess of IL"
Adjournment until the afternoon
was taken at this point.
The cost OF the graft cases to the
county Of Wayne up to May II, 1914,
was $20,545.3S, according to the testi-
mony OF County Auditor Charles A.
Buhrer. who was placed on the stand
by GlinnanS attorneys. Wednesday
afternoon. The auditor carefully ad-
justed his eye glassesSto his lean nose
and read the figures from several I'M
pressive looking documents that he
had lugged to court. He explained to
Prosecutor Frazer, on cross-examina-
tion, that the figures had been hur-
riedly prepared and might contain
some inaccuracies. The prosecutor
succeeded In clipping few hundred
on the fgures-money spent for auto
hire previous to the aldermanic ar
rests. The auditor itsmised the ex-
peuse account as follows: Paid to
Walter ]. Burns (Brennan), $3.267. IS;
TO Burns agency, $S,46s.47: for
other detective work, $233.04; for
additional counsel. $5,246.S2; for stem
ographers, $1,9l4.42; for transporta-
ton, $1a2.sS; for telephone, $l74.O5.
Prosecutor Frazer was careful to In
form the court that he did not appear
In the case until May is, 1914.
The prosecutor had not completed
his crossexamination Of Arthur ].
McGurn. former Burns operative In
the aidermanic case and now the paid
witness OF the defense, whom the att
ernoon session ended at 4 O'Clock.
Frazer put In q busy afternoon with
Medium. He made the witness admit
that he had $500 In his pocket--mon.
ey advanced to him by the defense
all the time he was dickering with
the prosecutor to appear a. witness
for the people. first for $500, then
500 and finally for 500.
you wouldn't bring him here, 90
we did," said Attorney Mcnamara to
the prosecutor.
Mr.. Frazer, explaining why he had
refused to advance Mc0uru 500 ''ex-
pense money" to appear az the peo-
pies witness, said, In reply to Nc
Namara: II would have brought him
here II he had been an honest man"
Judge Phelan promptly called" the
prosecutor for his remark and ex-
cused the jury while he lectured
Frazer on the improperly OF using
such language to a witness.
ut Is the courts duty to protect a
witness from just such attacks, and
I want to tell you, Mr.. Frazer, and
you. too, Mcnamara, that I viii do
So" stated the Judge with DEFIANT
toss of his locks.
Wnen Prosecutor Frazer attempted
to quiz the witness on the dictograph
reports. McGurn shrewdly demanded
that he be shown the originals bear
ing his name. The prosecutor was
unable to produce the originals. No
Gurp admitted that he did not get all
the conversation between Brennan
and Gilman on July IL and July 26
over the photograph. explaining that
the machine was not In good order.
The witness had previously testified
that he did not hear Brennan or Gin
nan mention money In these two con-.
versations, the first when the alder
man is alleged to have agreed to &C.
cept a bribe, and the second when Il
Ia alleged to have taken $1,000 In
bride money. The witness said he
could not swear that Brennan and
Gilman did not talk about money be-
cause all his statements were neces-
zarily qualified by what he heard.