Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-05
Promised Three Thousand More to
Hang the Jury.
OTHER TALESHIEN APPROACHED
State Has Evidence Of Payments
Made to Two More Men.
SAYS LABOR LEADERS KNEW
Mr.. DRrrOw Admits that Unions
Were Represented at Confer
ences where Issue Was
Finally Decided.

torney John d. Frederlcks today in
formed the Associated Press that Bert
II. Franklin, a detective employed by
the Mcnamara defense and now under
arrest on a charge of attempting to brlbe
George n. Lockwood. a venireman, with
$1,000 actually paid to Robert +. Balm,
the first sworn juror in the case, 500 and
promised 5000 more at the end of the
| trial IL he would vote for acquittal or
| secure a disagreement of the jury.
The district attorney produced a sworn
copy Of testimony by Mrs. Robert L.
Balm. wife OF the juror, in his office last
Friday. Mrs. Balm not only told OF the
first meeting, but related in detail how
Franklin came TO her house october 6. a
few days before her husband was sum
moned to serve on the jury.
! The district attorney declared that only
one more case of bribery so far as he
knew had yet been uncovered and that
the amounts in it had been similar to
the Lockwood and Balm cases, so that
in all about Sl2,OOO was promised by the
defense to influence jurymen.
He declared that examination OF wit
nesses In the Franklin case would reveal
the details Of the alleged briberies in
which Franklin participated. He de-
clared that at present no more arrests
were intended, but that court revelations
might make 1t necessary to apprehend
persons upon whose orders Franklin is
supposed to have acted
Mrs. Bain's statement was made few
hours before the jury was discharged
and the Bains met they were both in
tears. At their little home here the
aged couple are downcast by the devel-
opments, but the district attorney, 1t is
said, promised that they would not be
arrested or involved beyond the giving
OF testimony in the court proceedings.
The prosecutions information concern
ing the bribery of still another sworn
juror. according to District Attorney
Fredericks, is as well established as in
the Balm case.
"The defense simply couldn't win by
fair means" said Mr.. Fredericks, and
when they tried to win by unfair tactics
Ne blocked them at every turn. That
was why they surrendered
Balm, who is a ruddy-faced. white
haired civil war veteran, was the first
juror sworn TO try James B. Mcnamara.
The bailiffs say he has manifested irrl-
tatlon from time TO time. Once when
the jury was being taken to luncheon,
Balm attacked with a broom a news
paper photographer who attempted to
take his picture, Mrs. Bain is a little
woman many years the Junior OF her
husband, but gray-haired.
Franklin Case Continued.
A preliminary examination OF Franklin
for the alleged attempt to bribe George
hty
OF 5000 was scheduled to take place to-
day. but q continuance for a week was
granted.
The two Incidents OF alleged bribery
that of Balm and Lockwood-are believed
not to include all the attempts to affect
the verdict OF the jury which has come
to the attention OF the prosecution. and
District Attorney Fredericks is given as
authority for the statement that still an
ether sworn Juror had been tampered with.
The McNamaTas are to be sentenced to-
morrow. but the work OF the prosecution
here to apprehend other persons involved
will go on as a corollary TO the In
vestigation of the federal government
which is believed to extend over a much |
wider field.
More arrests and possibly more indict. |
ments when the grand jury is empanelled |
are looked for here as result of the
confessions Of the Mcnamara brothers.
Says Labor Lenders Knew.
Organized labor was represented at con- |
ferences Of counsel at which II was de-
cided TO enter pleas of guilty for the |
McNamaras, This much was admitted
today by Clarence $. Darrow, chief coun- |
sci for the prisoners.
II sent telegrams to labor leaders TO !
come here for a conference" he said. but
did not and could not tell them what |
ID was about. I thought they would un- |
derstand l sent one telegram 20 SAM |
uel Gompers>askng for representative |
TO advise with me. Edward Nockels, sec |
retary OF the Chicago Federation OF
Labor, came and was here two weeks |
previous 10 the time the McNamaras |
made their confession"
Nockels also was here shortly after the
trial began and talked with the Nc. |
Namaras at the county jail. He departed
soon. however, and did not return until
a fortnight ago. lie denied repeatedly
that his second visit Lad anything 10
do with the case.
Attorney Darrow declared today that
NockelI knew the situation and accepted
the solution reached as the most prac-
ticable one.
A sensation was caused today when
scores OF former talesmen In the Nc
Namara case filed into Judge Walter
BOrdwell's court In response 10 sum
mons. Il was stated, however that these
men were excused only Cor the Nc
Namara case and were liable for fur
ther jury service, and that they we're
summoned for this and no other reason /
Judge Bordwell iid no; appear In
count II was reported that he was con
sidering the course ne expects 10 take /
IA deciding the fate Of the Mcnamara
brothers.
Many TaIesIneR Approached.
II was said today that the prosecution l
had learned that nearly every man In /
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