Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-28
ONE IS A new VENIREMAN
DETECTIVE SAW MONEY PASS TO
THIS MAN FROM HANDS OF
DEFENSE ASSISTANT.
A FEE AMOUNTING TO $500
CHANGED HANDS AND ONE OF
THE SUSPECTS HAD $500
WHEN ARRESTED.

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 28.-Detect-
ives of the state attorneys office,
headed by Samuel L. Brown, chief of
investigation, arrested three men on
a Los Angeles street corner today,
charging attempted bribery in the Nc
Namara murder trial. The men arrest
ed are: Bert Franklin, former United
States deputy marshal, now employed
by the Mcnamara defense in looking
up the antecedents of prospective
jurors; George N. Lockwood venire-
man summoned to appear before
Judge Walter Bordwell today for pre-
liminary examinations; "Car, white,
a character of whom not much is
known.
Il saw Fanklin give Lockwood $500
which was on his person when he
was arrested" said Brown. White
had $4,000 or his person. l saw the
money pass from Franklin to Lock
wood y kJow that it was in connec-
tsn~ with the McNamara case.'
81 do not know anything about it.,
said Attorney Clarence s. Darrow.
chief of counsel for the defense.
Lecompte Davis, of counsel for de-
fense, said that the marshal had been
working for his side looking up the
records of men summoned in various
venire lists.
81 am absolutely certain that there
is nothing to the present charge" he
said 81 have known Franklin for
years, and he would not do a thing
of that kind"
The two attorneys were in court
listening to preliminary examinations
of yeniremen when the arrests were
made. When told of the arrests they
Immediately left the court room.
"We're going to find out about this"
said Darrow.
Another kink in the situation de-
veloped when Clerk George Monroe
thority for the statement that George
N Lockwood had not been reached
with subpoena. To this the deputy
sheriffs said they had been advised
that Lockwood had been out of the
county for year and half.
Detective Brown indicated that ne
expected even more dramatic develop
ments.
"This is not the big smash" he
said. "That will come in court just a
little later"
Franklin was held in Jail and $4,000
in gold certificates we're stacked up
on the desk of District Attorney Fred
ericks. The trailing Of Franklin be-
gan two weeks ago. On a street cor
ner in the heart of. the wholesale dis
trict, Franklin came early today with
White, a personal acquaintance, to
meet by appointment X. N. Lockwood.
whose name was drawn on the venire
of SO, the personnel of which was an
nounced last Saturday. Lockwood had
not yet received his subpoena, but in
formation that he had been drawn for
jury service is alleged to have been
transmitted by him to Franklin and
White.
When the three men gathered an
understood individual who had the
appearance of day laborer, was
slouching against nearby telegraph
pole. He looked away from the
group but listened intently. In a
nearby store front stood Samuel L.
Browne, chief of the states depart
ment of investigation, his eyes fixed
on the men at the corner.
The conversation among the three
men will be revealed in court, accord
ing to District Attorney Fredericks,
but it was asserted that in attempting
to induce Lockwood to vote mot
guilty against Mcnamara, Franklin
boasted that he already had bribed
two Of the permanently sworn jurors.
This alleged assertion even the dis