Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-29
B, H, Franklin, Former Deputy
j, S, Marshal in Employ of
Defense, Is Under Arrest as
"Fixer,"
PROSECUTION SPRINGS
SURPRISE ON DEFENSE
Three Men, One of Them Un-
summoned Veniremanl Is
Caught Accepting Large Sum
of Money,
Ipy Morning journal Special Leased wlre.I

lBy Morning Journal Special Leased wire.1
Las Angeles. Nov. 2S.-The ugly
smirch of suspected bribery was trail
ed today across the trial OF James B..
Mcnamara for the alleged murder
or Charles J. Haggerty. "a victim of
The Los Angeles Times disaster. To-
night pleased prosecution and
dumbfCunded defense took stock or
the days work of Samuel II. Browne,
chief investigator OF the state, who
arrested three men and stacked Dis
trict Attorney John y. Fredericks
desk high with yellow bills taken
from their pockets in Fredericks
presence.
Bert III. Franklin. a former deputy
United States marshal, now employ
ed by the defense as an investigator,
was released late today on $10,00J
cash bail. to appear in court tomorrow
10 answer to charges of bribery and
attempted bribery sworn to against
him by Browne, while George n.
Lockwood, an unsummoned venire-
man. and c. +. (Cap) White, an al
legged stakeholder, both arrested, are
al liberty and according to District
Attorney leredericks will appear az
witnesses against Franklin.
Five hundred dollars taken from
Lockwoods pockets, is declared hy
the prosecution to have been the first
payment Of a sum which he was 10
have received Ii he would prevent an
adverse verdict in the Mcnamara
case, and $3,500 found on White was
declared to be the balance to be
paid when the jury was discharged.
Rumors of grand jury inVestiga-
ton to determine where the money
came from flew thick and fast
through at the day. No grand Jury
is now In session but a special one
may be called This is not neces-
sary so far as Franklin is concerned
because his case can be taken cure
of through an information filed by
the district attorney, but If il is de-
sired to reach any one not under ar
rest an indictment is necessary.
Investigator Browne said that no
more arrests would be made today,
although earlier i'm the day he had
predicted other more important ones
were to follow.
There was nothing stereotyped
about the arrest of Franklin. 1t was
no hotel room or saloon scene tamil
lar to writer's Of exposes. The
deputy marshal, seasoned for years
with what ever acquaintance with
criminal methods ana with the meth
ods devised TO catch criminals his
work may have given him, was arrest
ed on a street corner, in the hearl
OF the Los Angeles wholesale busl"
ness district in broad daylight while
one detective, disguised as a laborer,
stood unscreened close enough 10
him to hear what he said and Browne
himself, sheltered by d building, al
so was close enough with his assist
ants, to catch the three men before
any Of them could take their hands
out Of their pockets, after. II Is al
legged. they had stuffed the money
into them,
So. hands in pockets, they were
marched to the Hall of Records Dullu-
ing where the Mcnamara trial is
staged on the fourth floor, and DIS
trict Attorney E'redericks waited for
them at the end of a long corridor
on the eleventh floor. Hands in poek-
cts they entered the office and when
the hands came out, Browne de-
clares, the yellow bills clung to
their fingers. Twenty minutes later
two of the men--Lockwood. the We
ntre,nan ana White, an ex-iuror and
sunnnead Acknowledgement out OF
tba ewinying doors free men. hardly
e,,o,,o,. Tine having elapsed to allow
the dictation and signing OF states
ment, If this was done.
Announcement that they would ap-
near aeainst FRANKLIN as states wit
nesses fnllovea
Erarl,Iin unnerturbed, remarked
mar tna state would find If was mis-
taken ana had no case.
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