The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-12
INQUIRY IN FREY
CASE IS ORDERED.
Ralph Davis Asks Trial Be
Halted, But Is Refused
by Judge. -
BY Roa HllnEaRANn.

Ralph Davis, attorney for Jack Frey,
accused OF criminal assault on an 1S-
Eear-old girl, again took the limelight
III the trial Wednesday morning, when
he demanded that Judge j. Ed Rich
ards, of First division, criminal court,
halt the case for the time being.
The statement of Judge Richards, in
tuesdays afternoon papers, that he
believed the chief states witness in the
Mcnamara case-Mrs, Mary Thompson
Mcnamara, nee Thompson, had been
tampered with-was the base of Mr..
Davis contention.
Mr.. Davis contends that the McNa-
mara and Frey cases are so inter
mingled that they cannot be separated.
Mary Thompson, alleged victim of AL
len Mcnamara, married Gus Mcnamara,
Aliens brother, while Aliens motion
for new trial was pending. At the
motion, where Allen was sentenced TO
criminal assault on her, Mary swore
that she had not told the truth in AL
lens trial about the alleged criminal
assault, She was arrested for perjury,
The judges statement that 1t was
his belief that the witness had been
tampered with was made about noon
Tuesday
Wednesday morning Mr.. Davis, at the
opening of court, asked that the Frey
trial be halted, while the fullest investi-
cation be made OF the alleged tamper-
ing with the witness. because she Is a
witness against Frey also, but not the
chief one. Mr.. Davis asked that the
investigation be made at once, whether
by the court the states attorneys Of
flee, or the bar association.
II court the most thorough investiga-
ton as to my conduct in this matter,
Mr.. Davis told the court.
The case will proceed" the judge
ruled. But the investigation win be
had, all right, when the proper time
comes"
Mr.. Davis also pointed out that the
affidavit sworn to by Mary Thompson
and read in court last Saturday, at Nc
Namara's motion for new trial, was
not the only statement made in the case
by her. lie pointed out that one wit
ness (W. T. McI5ain, assistant states
attorney also had a statement from
the girl, taken the day following the
assault, and that another witness at the
hearing of the new trial motion had
sworn that though he had promised to
divide his $500 fee from the Boswortf
Bag company where the girls were en-
ployed, equally between the girls, he
had not done so, because he sent 1t
back when one of the girls married Gus
Mcnamara. The witness he referred to
was r. Grattan Brown. attorney en-
state in prosecution.
The procedure of getting a jury in the
Frey trial for the past two days has
been tempestuous Not only has the
Mcnamara case injected itself INTO the
Frey trial, but Mr.. Davis has stormily
protested, challenged, verbally assailed
a number Of veniremen in character
istlc, peppery manner that drew from
at least one man hot reJonder, that
"I am no honest as YOU are.
The Wednesday morning session.
after the demand that the Frey case
be halted temporarily, was devoted TO
the examination Of venlremen on the
regular panel who had not been exam
ined in the case previously Not a
single juror was obtained from those
examined during the morning session,
though.
A second special venire of $50 men is
being summoned by the sheriff and his
deputies to report Thursday morning
in the Frey case.