Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-04

'ause OF the activity OF the prosecution
with certain important witnesses.
These labor leaders declared a mem
Der Of the prosecution today. may not
have had criminal acquaintance with the
McNamaras but they were in communloa-
ton with them at certain times and
places which would have caused distaste-
ful publicity"
Details Of the struggle for tho testimony
Of witnesses present realistic story, GOV.
srinE activity IN many cities.
No Chance for Defense.
Many witnesses came over 20 ne In the
last few weeks" said Assistant District
Attorney Ford. land they brought with
them money used TO get them. You
would be surprised at the number that
came 10 our side. voluntarily, too. The
fact IL we frustrated the plans Of the
other side TO win by iIegitlmate means.
and they knew they could not win II they
took their chances on legitimate pro-
cedure because we had a chain Of damn
ing evidence. I worked on every detail
Of Il and know that they were Up against
q stone wall whichever way they turned"
The money which witnesses were al
legged to have received from persons who
wished them to ally themselves with the
defense was said TO amount to a consider
able sum- and Fredericks estimated that
e would cover more than all the rewards
offered for the arrest OF the guilty
parties. The defence. even TO date. u
was said, had no knowledge OF the fact
that some witnesses would turn upon Il
when Il came TO the giving OF testimony.
Against such odds as these the defense
would have been battling and TO mem.
bers OF the prosecution, therefore, the
surrender wac not surprising.
Franklin 90 he Prosecuted.
That the pleas Of guilty by the Nc
Namaras did not preclude the prosecution
from activity In any other direction or
With any other person was evidenced to-
day by the announcement Of Assistant
District Attorney Ford that he would
press the charges OF bribery against Burt
II. Franklin, a detective employed by the
defense. He declared. however, that II
counsel so desired when the case came
up tomorrow, continuance to some
other reasonable date would not meet
with objection by the prosecution.
Asked II there would be any more ar
rests Mr.. Ford declared that II would
utDtUu OH tue testimony OF certain VIII
nesses in the Franklin case
There may be some sensational de.
however" he remarked to
an eastern newspaper correspondent who
leaving here soon. land
you had better not leave for at least an
other week"
lie was asked II he thought that within
another week some arrests IN connection
with the conspiracy to blow up the
Times building or the Franklin case
would be made but he declared himself
unable TO discuss the matter at this time.
Franklin. who Is out on $1,000 bail
furnished by counsel for the McNamaras.
would not discuss his case today
Among rumors that circulated tonight
was one that Milton A. Schmidt, also
under indictment for the Times dynamit-
Ing. was I'm town and under surveillance
This was denied by Attorney Ford.
II don't know anything about It. and
would know II Il were So" he said.
Confers with WIckersham.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.--several con-
terences have been held between A.
Mccormick. United States district attor
ney In Los Angeles. and Attorney Gen
sral Wiekersham. but both deny that
those have TO do with the Mcnamara
case. Mr. Mccormick de-
clared his business was dsvoted entirely
to the discussion OF the governDent 81 qn-
action against the plumbing
trust" on the Pacific coast.