Arizona republican., 1912-08-06
Prosecution in the Trial for Jury Bribery Will Begin in Rebuttal This Morning and Will Probably Con sume Three Days
TALKFEST TO BEGIN
 NEAR END OF WEEK
Defendant Testified Re- garding His Conversa- tions With Harrington Who Had Laid a Trap for Him
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

ASSOCIATED PRESS D1SPATCHI LOS ANGELES, Aug 5.-Darrow left the witness stand in his trial for alleged jury bribery at o'clock today, practically the closing of the case for the defense. Nearly the en- tire day was consumed in his cross- examination concerning conversations between DarroW and John +. Har- rington, arranged by the latter at the instigatiOn of the federal pros ecutOr, Oscar Lawler, as testified to by Harrington. and recorded by means of mechanical eavesdropper. Judge Hutton ruled at the begin ming of the days session that the defendant could be examined as to the conversations. Excerpts from the transcript were read in the form of impeaching questions.
 DarroW was on the witness stand six days. At the conclusion of the cross examination by Assistant Dis
 trict Attorney Ford, Attorney Rogers of the defense conducted a brief re- cluded with something like an open forum. Darrow answering questions hurled at him by jurors, District At lCIHeN FIeutIlChS. dIlu ftOBeTS. Four of the jurors joined in the quizzng which covered a wide scope, some questions concerning phases of the case. almost forgotten. There were 1 frequent objections during the cross | examination because of the involved nature of questions concerning the 1 Harrington conversations which cov- cred a period of five days. Attorney Rogers complained often of the meth- | cd of the prosecutor in selecting parts of sentences to incorporate into | his questions Fragments of conver-- l sations of any one in this court room l could be so picked out as to con- | vict him of murder said Rogers in 1 the course of one of his objections. 1 many of which were sustained by the | court. DarrOW had one surprise for 1 the prosecution today. Asked whether l in his last conversation With Har- | ringtOn on February 19 he had prom 1 ised to give him $5000, the defendant l made a flat denial. Then he ex- ] plained that Harrington asked him | for money at each conversation and | at the last one asked for $5000. The | next day. Darrow said, he called up 1 Harrington with four others listening | at connected telephones and told him: John. you are a witness before the grand jury and I am under in- 1 dictment so 1 cannot have any finan-
 cial transactions with you This he added ended all his relations with | Harrington
 A new phase of the peace nego- tiations which ended with the pleas
 of the McNamaras was brought out | by a question by Juror Copock. He | asked what agreement had been made l as to the other prosecutions, and | Darrow said that the district attor ney had promised to drop the pros cautions of Caplan and Schmidt, the | men accused of having dynamited | the Times building with J. B. Me Namara.
 1 "Fredericks told Davis" said Dar-
 row, that Schmidt was a reckless
 kind of a fellow and that if he
 turned up in Los Angeles he would arrest him and place him on trial but no effort would be made to
 catch him again. If he and Caplan
 ever came to trial they would get
 away with term of years. The
 district attorney also said that the
 search for them had been called off
 as Burns men were no longer Tn
 the employ of the prosecution
 The prosecution had requested the l presence of Lincoln Steffens for fur , ther cross examination but as he was , not present, an adjournment until to- morrow morning was taken. The 1 prosecution is expected to begin its rebuttal tomorrow and according to l the district attorney it will be con cluded in less than three days. This
 would mean the beginning of the final argument next Friday.