The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-18
ACQU|TTAL FOR
CLARENCE DARROW
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Justify verdict Of guilty.
Darrow was placed in the custody
of his chief Counsel Attorney Ear
Rogers, upon the submission of the
case to the jury.
There was large crowd in the
courtroom and although warned
against p demonstration, the verdict
was received with applause. When
Darrow approached the jurors to
thank them. two of them, Goldine
and Dunbar threw their arms about
him and the others clasped hands
with the attorney. The scene grad
ually resolved itself into reception
for barrow on the part of the Jurors
and friends
Darrow's Plea.
Los Angeles, Cal. Aug l6.-TwC
word portraits OF Clarence S. barrow,
wholly different, Were held before the
jury in the Darrow bribery trial to-
day. The first by Darrow himself
at the close of remarkable plea in
his own behalf, painted him as tn,
lifelong friend of the poor and OPP
pressed. ready to sacrifice himself to
better their condition. The other,
which was drawn at the beginning o.
the final argument by District Attor
ney John n. Fredericks presented
Darrow as an enemy of society, in
citing class hatred and shedding
mdudin tears of sympathy for muir
derers and dynamiters.'
The prosecutor will consume all Of
tomorrow in concluding. Hundreds
thronged the court room at the after
noon session to hear Captain Freder-
icks make the closing argument for
the prosecution in the trial which be
gan its fourth month today. He said
he would not attempt to compete III
oratory with Darrow, whose persua
sive eloquence and pathetic pleas had
caused jury. court officials and spec.
tators TO weep.
You have listened" said Freder-
icks. 80 one of the most marvellous
addresses or orations ever delivered
in any court room wnen you heard Mr.
Darrcw. But that only reflects upon
the ability of the man and has mighty
little to do with his guilt or limo
cense. His story teaches us that the
most brainy men have gone wrong.
This defendants unfortunate predca-
ment is the result of those philosoph-
ical views which 90 to make up his
very nature His insidious hand en-
tered into bribery from the very be-
ginning of the Mcnamara case: bri-
berry is in his very nature. He had
the idea that there was no integrity
that could not be bought
Fredericks declared that no one buc
barrow could have provided the bribe |
money. Scouting the theory that the
Times dyhamiters did not intend to do
murder, he quoted from "A statement
said to have been made by ]. b. Nc /
Namara, in which he was reported TO
have expressed regret that he did not
kill Harry Chandler, the general man
aSer of the Times
the prosecutor said the actions of
Darrow's former employe might not
have been ethical, hut they savored
of honesty.
Il believe Iarrinaton's duty to the
state" he said, TO have been fully as
great as the concealment OF the Grim
inal acts of his friends
Fredoricks confined himself princi-
pally to the evidence, many extracts
of which he read to the jury
Darrow is Eloquent.
The Mcnamara case figured strong
ly in the closing argument of Darrow.
Il know" he said, Il could have
tried that case, and large number
of people of America would have he
lieved honestly if these men had been
hanged that they were guiltless And
| could have saved myself had | done
it. and ! could have made money.
know if you had hanged those men
ana other men you would not have
the opinion of hardly a man
in America, except to settle in
hearts of great mass of men "A ha-
tired so deep, so profound, that il
woud never die away.
so il would nave ended. and what
" ould have been the result? Men
would have taken their lives in their
hands to avenge a wrong to their
,lass.
And took the responsibility. gen.
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