Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1907 — THE GILMAN TRIAL. [ARTICLE]

THE GILMAN TRIAL.

The j ary was accepted soon after three o’clock Wednesday, after only five hoars spent in selecting them. Every |man Jack of them lives . north of the Iroquois river. Only three were challenged by the state and sixteen by the defense. The opening statement for the state was made by Frank Davis, but the defense did not make any. The taking of testimony was begun at once, bat the jury had been secured so much sooner than expected that neither side had any witnesses present except Condon, the prosecuting witness for the state, who testified to his $75 deposit, after which the court adjourned until this morning. It is stated that Mrs. Gilman, who is pretty well fixed in money matter’s is furnishing the money for Fred’s lawyers. The county auditor has called the county council to meet Feb. Ist, to acton Judge Hanley’s recommendation of SI,OOO appropriation to - hire additional lawyers for the state. Rapid pr< gress was made in the Gilman trial, Tuesday. Judge Hanley can be depended to keep the ball moving, and to prevent unnecessary loss of time by lawyers wrangling, and yet at the same time treat everyone so fairly and justly that no fault will be found with his rulings. Considerable of the evidence showed that Fred was on to one of the familiar McCoy methods of finance. Thus when men owed notes at the bank and left money to be paid on them, Fred would not apply the money on the note but simply credit to the man’s bank balance and proceed to get rid of it as he did all the rest of the money in his care. Warren Wilson, a Goodland teamster, was a case in point. Two of his notes were at at the bank and he left $l9O to be applied on them. It was not done and Wilson had the whole notes to pay and all he got for his ;$l9O was his little old 18 per cent dividend. Uncle Billy Gilman, Fred’s aged father, was a state witness Tuesday. He had $640 in the bank and $1,408 as a trust fund. He has to take his little 18 per cent and be content. Only we guess Uncle Billy is never very well content with anything which hits his pocket book in a tender spot. W. H. Gilman, Fred’s brother, was another witness. Dr. Clymer •* lost $2,700 from payments on notes not being credited on them. B. AConstable lost $3,000 in the same way and is mighty hot about it yet. In all 60 witnesses were examined Tuesday.