Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-04
MANY MORE ARRESTS ARE
EXPECTED TO FOLLOW IN
Wake Of M'|NAMARA CASE
State and Federal Probers
are Seeking the Men
Higher Up
Labor Organizations Strongly
.0DDoSed to Violence In
Strikes
(By Associated Press.)

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(sy Assocla ated Press.> IL
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Dec. A.
District Attorney John D. Fredericks,
today informed the Associated Press
that Bert H. Franklin, a detective
employed by the Mcnamara defense
and now under arrest on charge OF
attempting to bribe George N. Lock
wood, a venireman. with four thou
sand Dollars, actually paid to Robert
F. Balm, the first sworn Juror In the
case, four hundred dollars and prom
ised three thousand more at the end
Of the trial If he would vote for &C.
quittal or secure q disagreement OF
the jury.
LOS ANGELES, Dec .4-Further de-
tails were learned today OF a plot fur'
ther to influence the Mcnamara jury,
the supposed Illustration Of which by
the arrest Of Burt H. Franklin, q de-
tective of the Mcnamara defense, Is
said to have been an important factor
in forcing a confession Of guilt from
the McNamaras .. .~, 4s~
Fredericks Has Signed Statement.
A signed statement is declared to be
in the hands Of District Attorney
Fredericks. made by Mrs. Robert F.
Balm, wife of me first, sworn juryman
in tho case, charging that $500 was
paid to her by an agent Of the Nc
Namara defense to influence her hus-
band to secure a disagreement, II not
acquital, by the jury of James B. Nc
Namara, then On trial for fatalities
growing out Of the Los. Angeaes Times
explosion. - - - ..-s
Balm Admits Truth.
"Yes it is true" Balm is quoted as
saying, "and the money given my wife
is now in the hands Of the district at.
torney." A statement by the agent OF
the alleged transaction here ID said to
be In possession Of the court
More Than Two Attempts.
Two indictments for alleged bribery,
that Of Balm and George N. Lockwood,
are believed not to include all the at
tempts to affect a verdict Of the jury
which has come to the attention of the
prosecution, and Frederdcks is given
as authority for the statement that
still another sworn juror has been
tampered with.
Sentence Pronounced Tuesday.
The McNamaras are to be sentenced
tomorrow, but the work of the prose-
cut!on here to apprehend. other per-
soEs involved will go on as q corollary
to the investigation Of the federal gov
ernment, which Dc believed to extend
over a much wider field.
More Arrests Probable.
It was 'intimated today that NJ. A.
Schmidt and David Kaplan, against
whom Jointly with the McNamaras IN.
dictment3 were returned, soon would
be arrested. Besides these, the state
is reaching out to arrest other cul'
pable persons.
Some Of these are said to have
guilty knowledge Of the conspiracy to
blow up the Times, and to nave
formed conspiracy ring" through
which it de- alleged many buildings
were blown up on the Pacific coast.
Government viii Rsciproeats.
It is considered probable that the
probe Of the federal authorities cover
much the same ground as will bring
results to the state, and dt is believed
the two will reciprocate in the gather
ing and handing Of evidence.
The district attorney produced q
sworn copy Of the testimony OF Mrs.
Robert Balm, wife Of the juror, made
dn his Office last Friday. Mrs. Balm
not only told Of the first meeting but
ralated in detail how Franklin came
to her house October 6, a few days
before her husband wa1 summoned
to serve on the jury. Fredericks said
at the present no more arrests are IN
tended but that the court revelation
might make it necessary to appre'
hend the persons upon whose orders
Franklin is supposed to have acted.
Mrs. Balm swore that Franklin Of
fered he'd five hundred dollars If her
husband would qualify as a juror and
three thousand dollars at the end OF
the trial if he would vote for the &C
ouittal of Mcnamara. Mrs. Balm
frrther testified in the affidavit that
her husband fell to her pleadlngs
and agreed to Franklin's PROPOSE
tion. The fact that they had pur-
chased their home on the instan.
ment plan, and owed over thousand
dollars. she said, was factor IN &C.
oontinq the alleged bribe oher.
Labor Men Indignant.
DULUTH, Minn.. Dec. 4.-Condem-
rotinm. and the laws full penalty for
+he McNamaras, was the sentiment OF
the members Of Typographical union
A. NJ 13e a embodied In its instructions
1Cootinued On page 81
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