Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-05
JUROR BAlN BREED.
Signed Statement of His Wife Given
 Out by District Attorney.


 l Los Angeles. Dec. 4.-District Attor- ney John D. Fredericks today informed | the Associated Press that Bert H. Franklin. detective employed by the McNamara defense and now under ar rest on a charge of attempting to bribe George H. Lockwood, a yenireman with $4,009. actually paid to Robert F. Bein, the first sworn juror in the case; S4oo, and promised ss,0OO more at the end of the trial if he would vote for acquittal or cause a disa gree ment of the jury.
 The district attorney showed a copy Of the stenographic report of the con terence between Mrs. Bain and J, A. ! Hill, a deputy district attorney las. Friaay, and to it Mrs. Dora F. Bain signed her name. In the report, Mrs l3ain declares that October she met for Mrs. Bain to call up Q certain tel ephone number. The report contir.- ues:
 He said, I have been to see YOU several times and I have not found you at home. He then talked about newspaper contest over subscrfp- tens and he got to talking about our house told him that We bought it Tor sl ,so0 and were paving $I5 d month. 1 said when Mr Eain is 70 he will get more pension money.
 Well. he said. I think can heIp you I think l can put you and Bob n position to pay for vour little horne and live easy the rest of your 1 lives
 T said, How is that? and he said:
 know that Bop has always been fcnest. I can put him in a position 10 make it easy for him He kind of hesftated and then he said. You know what IneaHH l said, No, unless you want him to do election work He said, No; not that; you know that Bob has been summoned on the iuryr
 He asked me if Bob had expressed an opinion of any kind I said: No, Bob is very quiet man and has never spoken of the case in that way
 lie said: Well. l want him to serve on the jury ' will make it worth while. In the first place, if he will serve on that Jury l will give him s50e-that is to qualify. You know they are going to railroad those men They are spehdinS all kinds of stlone; buying up witnesses and jurors. and | can put you and Mir Bain on Easy street, and help myself too The rest are dolng if, and we might as we'll do it, too.
 Afterwards he said: Have bob fuallfy and vote an acquittal and there will be plenty of testimony to prove that they are innocent and he need not nave any conscientious scrapIes. Money will be deposited and he will receive S3,J0J at the end of the trial He afterwards told Bob that it would be $500, but I am sure he said S3,5O0"
 N MT, Hill: What was your answer2''
 
 know Bob. Do you think l dare ap- preach him or the subject" I says. No, you had better not Then he asked me if I would do so, and | was weak enough to consent He took out lis pocketbook and z howe ed me a roll of greenbacks What passed befvvaey, ! me and my husband God only knows. | l don't care to speak Of it"
 MT. Hill; "But he agreed ?n
 Mrs. Rain: Yes, he finally asree,I l to our plans and said he would accent i Mr. Franklin's proposition'
 Mir. Hill: Did Franklin come that night?"
 Mrs. Bain: Yes; but I was not at home. I was at lodge"
 Mir. Hill: Now was anything said | to you by Mir. Bain when you came | home o.
 Mrs Bain: "E asked him what had happened and he was worried He l said: I have S4G0 that was all he i brought. He said he would bring the | other tomorrow. I wish to God | had | ever gone Into it.
 He would not talk about 1t any