The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-04-12
NYANDO|IE BOOK|ES
ARE BROUGHT INTO
GRAFT EXAMINATION

GuStaye Pines. Il former defendant
in the Wayne county graft proceedings.
who LATER turned states witness. was
one Of thu~e eXi{mlned by the grand
Jury al Detroit. lISt Saturday.
lie told Chcs;%r L. OHarl under
Questioning that three Wyandoae
haudbUokS paid so each per month for
protection. adding We always had
Iruiblr with thoSr people. They didn't
want to pay. Howard :. Perry never
Wan,ed 10 pay. and the office closed
him up He WAS brought down in 1881
and let ~. and after that lie did pay
500 Il month.
Pines also testified that he had trOu-
bile with he slot machines i'll EcOrSe
and River Rouge. and that deputies
picked them up when they did not pay
In the eXamima ton ON Monday, Wal
ter G. Perry testified hhat he was as
>ociattd with Clyde MoXSOn in his
handbook. The association with MOx-
son began in 1891. he said.
His Dlat-e and establishments ODer-
ated by Fred Eifhbauer and Ernie
Mitchell were the only three handbOOkS
permitted To RIM in WyandOtte. he
said.
He had been raided only two or
three times. he : aid. once by Wyan-
dUite police and once or twice by sher-
ifs deputies. state police had never
r;lided him. he testified.
In the spring of 1879, Perry said.
he and Mitchell and Eichbauer went
10 the home of SKINNY Block, reputed
10 have been graft collector for Nc
Crea. and were told by Block that each
would have to pay 500 month for
III election from ACTION by the prOsecu-
rrr. When they complained about the
price. he said. they were told Ia come
back later and " ire promised that
Bl,sk would talk 10 the office and
>er if >umplhin. cudn'I he done about
TN" price
Block called H. 10 his home later.
Perry testified. and said that the
l,ric1. WAS down to $50 each. | paid so
every month Mntil 1891. either ut
Blocks home or III his office in the
Fond building | S;lw him only three
times. Ou other Occasions Id leave il
in Il sealed envelope with Il girl i'll his
office | never got receipts.
In May. 1921. his place w;S raided
10y the WyalltUtte police. Perry SAID.
ana again ON June 10. 1891. Wyan
dUtte police and Deputy SheriffS Will
lam Roberts and ITrcmnn McIermOtt
.aided the handboOk
"McDerm"tt tried TO grab tlle dough
Perry said. ''brt my partner beat him
10 it. We We're told To report the next
day To Barney Mt(irath Bernard f..
Mc(irath. ulderSheriff and Il defendant
under the conspiracy charges
we went to his office and McGruth
said II understand you've been pop
ping off down there in WyandOtte and
AnI've been talking To Il lot of people.
We better 90 across the street and zee
The prosecutor.
Perry was taken To C0lburnS office
and after that td McCrea ;, it wlS
testified
"Culburn got mad" Perry said. "ald
told me | had been going around
threatening To bl.w the lid off the
county. He bawltd me out and McCrea
said: 'luu you will never run
another book in this county. lie
lulmdcd his hand on the desk and wa>
very mad. lie told Colburn To issue a
warrant against m.' for having samb-
ling equipment. | WAS taken before
Judge Coomer and fined
~ short time later Eichbaapr ANA
Mitchell came To WyandUtte from De
troit and told ME | could open up
again for %}OO This WAS later reduced
To 500 and wa> Ia start paying the
prosecutors office I'm July"
The witness said th;Ut he paid the
money. which he understood WAS Ill
vidtNl evenly between the office of the
prosecutor and the sheriff. and UTver-
ated his handbook. without mOleSta-
lion until the graz al jury inquiry OPP
omed
Under cruSS-cxamlination 10y McCrca
the witness WAS asked:
do you remember talking to me i'll
my office"
'leS-that is. yta did the talking
and did The listening" Perry replied
II" y"u remember my saying that
if You warted to tell The press that the
sheriff wis taking graft | w,agld call
in the reporters
Perry replied that he did rCmem-
her that
tie WIS crn>>-cXamiitSl by Anthony
J Maiullu. counsel for C4ybnrn. and
asked whether he had ever paid any
Income TAX. Perry >;Iid that he Wis
neIrried and had four children and had
never earned ehAISh money TO pay IN
income lax and that he never had paid
amy He said that ne and his partner
divided about 81 Il day in the hand
hook "u weekdays aud $50 on Satur-
DAYS