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chistc and disgraceful situation that has ever been presented to the people of this county. "We now have a majority of the daily newspapers openly advocating a violation of the revenue laws and heaping editorial praise upon arch violators. "According to one morning news paper, the chief justice of the crimin al court, George Kersten, sought to bring about the recall of an indict ment actively and aggressively.' The article in question shows that some one has disclosed grand jury secrets to a newspaper, apparently for the purpose of Impressing the public with the idea that Mr. Julius Rosenwald is not a bad citizen, even though he habitually violates tie revenue law. "The form in which that article ap pears shows that the facts, assuming them to be facts, could have come only from the chief justice of the criminal court or from my office. It did not come from my office. The law as laid down in that article and described by Chief Justice Kersten is not the law i nthis state, and no such defense as that attempted in the article was presented by any of the defendants who appeared before Former Judge John E. Owens. "I believe that attempts have been made to intimidate members of the present tax grand pury, with a view to interfering with them in the dis charge of their duty. "I shall suggest to the grand jury this afternoon that they withhold, for the present, consideration of in dictments against the list of viola tors I named the other day, and, in the meantime, I shall file complaints in the county court or municipal court against those guilty of misde meanors. "The Chicago Daily News last evening devoted considerable space to dealing with my personal property schedule, without pretending to as sert that there was anything wrong with it. "The Daily News, with more-grace, might have dealt with the personal property schedules of its owner, Mr. Victor P. Lawson, which were the subject of discussion bythe Chicago Inter Ocean a year or so ago. "One reading the Chicago Tribune this morning might suppose I paid no real estate tax upon my residence. If the public is interested in my taxes I will say that my real estate tax was $250, and I venture to say that in view of the value of the prop erty it compares very favorably with any real estate taxes paid by any of the owners of the Chicago Tribune, or by the corporation, itself. "I regard all these personal refer ences as unimportant and unfortu nate .except insofar as the attempt" is disclosed to make a hero and a martyr out of one citizen guilty of violating the law merely because he is a manof vast wealth. As I have repeatedly said, he is only one of the violators, even though a prom inent one." WIDOW REFUSES TO TESTIFY AGAINST SALESMAN CASSE The Mann act hearing against Frank Casse, the jolly traveling sales man, has been continued until Satur day. Yesterday Mrs. Esther Deagen, St. Paul widow who claimed she was brought to Chicago, robbed and de serted by Casse, refuesd to prosecute. She said that in answering questions of TJ. S. Commissioner Louis Mason and Ass't TJ. S. Dist't Att'y Epstein she might incriminate herself. In spite of the assurance of both, men that anything she might say would not be used agahiBt her she refused to testify. Casse was arrested about two weeks ago in a south side chop suey restaurant in company with Ruth Al len, to whom he was engaged. He telephoned Mrs. Deagen to say good bye and the call was traced. Upon his arrest Miss Allen offered to tes tify against him. She will do so Saturday t t.