The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-07
WOMAN TELLS Of
BRIBINC HUSBAND
IN DYNAMITE CASE
first Juror Sworn Given $500
and Promised $4,000 More
to Prevent Conviction.

Eos& Angeles, Dec. 6-Attorney
ciarenoe g.. barrow today reiter.
here from Chicago as a repre-
sentative of Samuel Gompers and
was cognixant of the negotiations
leading up TO the Plea of guilty.
Nockels denied that he came here
he kept him posted as to the mo-
gotiations.
Speaking Of tho hostile attitude
taken toward him by various labor
organizations, Mr.. barrow said:
my ,i Hss to s ersan Rs LAB labor rD and the hs
poor. IL labor and my friends mis-
understand mo in this, which 10
h greatest. orisis of my life,
don't nnisunderstand myself, and
am able to stand alone"
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. dis
trict Attorney John D. Fredericks
today informed the Associated
Press that Bert FL. Franklin, a de-
tective employed by the McNa-
mara defense, and now under ar
rest on a charge Of attempting to
bbribe George N. LOCKWOOD, We
nireman, with $4,000, actually paid
to Robert E. Balm, the first sworn
juror in the case, 1900 and prom
Used $4,000 more at the end of the
trial if he would vote for acquittal
or secure a disagreement of the
jury.
Wife Reveals the Story.
h district attorney produced a
sworn copy of testimony of Mrs.
Robert F. Balm, wife of the Juror, in
his office last Friday. Mrs. Balm not
only told OF the first Tueeting. but
to her house October 9, a few days
before her husband was summoned to
serve on the jury.
The district attorney declared that
only n more case of bribery, so far
as he knew, had not yet been uncov-
cred and that the amounts in it had
been similar to the Lockwood and
Balm cases, SO that in all about s12,-
900 was promised by the defense to
influence jurymen.
He declared that examination OF wit
nesses in the Franklin case would re-
veal the details of alleged bribery in
which Franklin participated. He de-
clared that at present no more ar
rests were intended, but that court
revelations might make 1t necessary
to a~pprehend persons upon whose or
der Franklin Is supposed to have
acted.
Mrs. Bain's Evidence.
The district attorney showed q copy
of the sworn statement to an Associa-
ted Press reported. 1t was a stenogra-
pho report of the conference between
Mrs. Balm and J. A. Hill, q deputy dis
trict attorney, last Friday and TO which
Mrs. Dora Balm signed her name.
The preliminary hearing against Bert
II. Franklin was continued for one
week today by Justice NJ. p. Young.
Labor at the Conference.
Organized labor was represented a!
conferences of counsel at which 1t was
decided to enter pleas of guilty for tho
McNamaras. This much was admitted
today by Clarence S.. barrow, chiel
counsel for the prisoners.
Il sent kilograms to labor leaders tt
come here for an Independent confer.
ence,'' he said, but 1 did not and coulc
not tell them what it was about.
thought they would understand. | SEN
ono telegram to Samuel Gompers, ask.
ing for a representative to advise will
me. Edward Nockels. secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor came and
was here for two weeks previous to tn.
4 time the McNamaras made their con.
i fessiOn.'
Nockels also was here shortly after
the trial began and talked with the Nc.
Namaras at the county jail. He de.
parted soon, however, and did not re.
turn until a fortnight ago. He denied
repeatedly that his second visit ha
anything to do with the case.
Attorney barrow declared today tina
Nockels knew the situation and ac
cepted the solution cached as the mos
practicable one.