El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-17
BARROW GIVEN
HIS LIBERTY
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Ger, as one of them said, that no ..un-
due haste" would be shown.
The first ballot was to 1 for ac-
qulttaB and the second 10 to 2
Ihe third ballot was unanimous
vote for not guilty
The result of the vote was received
win applause and cheers of the jurors.
echoes of which were heard in the
chambers below judge Hutton
barrow Makes statement.
barrow dictated the following state
ment to the Associated Press:
II has been long, hard ordeal. and
OF course L nave great sense of re-
lief at It's close. None of those who
knew me ever believed that l was
corrupt and their encourag cement and
Ia1th has been my greatest helm in
this trial The indictment and prose
cution could not have happened ex-
cept under the tense excitement and
strain Of the dramatic close of the Nc
Il shall spend the rest of nv life as
l nave that which is past. in doing the
best l can to serve the cause of the
District attorney Fredericls was not
present when the verdict was an
nounced He was visibly perturbed
when informed of it
May Try Balm Case
I have nothing to say he said. I'VE
gave the jury evidence which in our
Judgment was complete and conv;nc-
ing. 1 think the Jury has taken into
count what has been said bv the de-
PENDANTS counsel more than they have
the evidence. However. we do not
quarrel with verdicts, It is our bust
ness to present evidence, theirs to con
slider it 1 imagine we will try the
Balm case. 1 do not know of any rea-
son why we should not. 1t is far
stronger case than this"
Associate counsel H P Appel of the
defence, declared that 1t was the nature
OF the evidence against barrow that
brought about the verdict of acquittal
I have always felt he said, that
no american jury would countenance
a scheme to allow so many criminals
to go free in order to convict a de-
PENDANT"
viii not be tried on the second in
dictment charging him with the bribery
or Robert +. Balm, the first juror sworn
to try James B. Mcnamara. The case
VIII be called for setting Monday be
fore judge Hutton.
I'VE do not know what will happen
after that, said assistant district at
announcements as to further action BY
the state"
Mr.. barrow said that he had in
tended to return to Chicago a. soon as
possible, but he was undecided at the
present time.
Mrs. Darrow collected the autographs
of the u jurors. They are u new
friends" she. said, and I will keep
Labor Temple Displays Flag.
As soon as the verdict became known
on the streets an American flag was
displayed from the flag pole on the
Judge George H. Hutton began his
charge to the jury at 500 o'clock this
The court eliminated the first count /
in the indictment that Darrow had
oribed George n. Lockwood, a regu-
arly drawn juror in the case of James
B. Mcnamara The evidence Judge
Hutton instructed
verdict of guilty on the first count.
The second count charged Darrow
with attempting cOrruptly to influence
a man about to be drawn as a juror.
The court also instructed that a YER
1ict of guilty could not be found on
the uncorroborated evidence of accom- !
olices.
IF you find no evidence independent !
IF the testimony of accomplices," said |
the judge, you must find the defend
ant not guilty. Admission alleged to |
have been made to accomplices by the |
defendant should not be regarded as |
zorro borative. The testimony of a !
-eigned accomplish, however, does not /
require confederation"
This instruction applied to Lockwood. !
Summary of Notable Case.
A direct outcome of the abrupt end (
ng last September of the trial of James /
g. Mcnamara for the dynamiting of the I
los Angeles Times building, the trial /
II Clarence S. Darrow, chief of counsel |
or the Mcnamara brothers, was the :
'esult of an indictment by the county 1
grand jury for the alleged bribery of /
George n. Lockwood, a prospective
Juror in the Mcnamara case.
On Nov. %, 1911. Bert H. Franklin, !
,htef of the detectives of the Mcnamara
iefence, was arrested for the bribery 4
# Lockwood. On Dec. l, the Mcnamara (.
brothers pleaded guilty. James B. Nc /
Namara, to murder in destroying the .
Times building, and J. J. Mcnamara to |
the Llewellyn Iron Works.
On Jan. Is Franklin made a con- J
ession to assistant district attorney /
Ford that he had bribed Robert r. Balm, !
he first juror sworn to try the Nc
Namara case, and that he sought to I
,ribe five other prospective jurors in I
Guiding Lockwood The latter had de- /
Jared early in November to the district /
attorney that Franklin had approach /
linn and from that time they acted IN 1
Ter the instructions of the prosecutor. /
On Jan. 20 two indictments were re- 1
ported by the county grand jury against /
barrow for the alleged bribery of Balm 1
ma lockwood and upon arraignment !
he lawyer entered pleas of not guilty.
The trial on the Lockwood Indictment |
vas begun on Nay !. and just Is weeks 1
Ind two days elapsed until the case 1
vent TO the jury. making il the long |
st criminal trial ever held in Los
Angeles county During that time aD- /
'roZin7 tely 100000 words were trans |,
cribed by the court reporters for which .