New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-12
BARROW WINS A POINT.
Witnesses Testify to His Where.
abouts at Time of Bribery.
PHONE CALL EXPLAINED
1t Brought Lawyer Near to
Franklin at Time Of the
Latter's Arrest.

Los Angeles, July 1.-THE defence in the
bribery trial Of Clarence s. barrow struck
to-day at the very heart of tie states case
the allegation of Bert II. Franklin that
barrow had given him the money for the
attempted corruption of George n. Lock-
wood, prospective juror IN the Mcnamara
trial Witnesses produced served the dou-
BILE purpose of accounting for the where
abouts of barrow on the morning of the al
legged bribery expose and OF tending 10 I'M.
peach Franklins veracity ,-t....
A mysterious stranger came with Frank
lin to the office of the attorneys for the
McNamaras' defence early in the morning
of the latter's arrest. according TO the tes-
timony of Leonard Schroeder, who was en-
ployed as a Waterman at the Offices Of the
Mcnamara counsel, and It seemed probable
that the defence would undertake TO show
that it was the stranger who operated with
Franklin IN his alleged jury operations.
The mystery of the telephone message
which called barrow TO the vicinity of the
arrest of Franklin, which had been given
much prominence during the trial. was
cleared UP by Charles o. Hawley ex-Flre
Commissioner OF Los Angeles Hawley tes-
tilted that he had called Mr.. barrow on The
telephone about o'clock on the morning
of November IS and asked him 70 come to
the Socialist campaign headquarters for
| politicsI conference with himself and Job
| Hartman.
Hawley, the last witness on the stand to-
day. was regarded as one OF the best Wit
! nesses yet produced by the defence. He
| corroborated the testimony OF Job Harrl-
man as TO the latter's movements on the
morning of Franklin's arrest, as well as
/ clearing up the much discussed telephone
call which drew Darrow practically 70
Franklin's side when the detective SAM
uel L. Bovine, took him into custody
| The ex-hre commissioner was given v!g-
| orous grllling by Assistant District Attor-
nev Ford. and he was still under cross.
examination when court adjourned until 10
morrow Under Ford's questioning EaTlsy
! acknowledged that he had been interested
| in damage suits brought against The Los
| Angeles Times" By the families OF the men
| killed in the blowing up Of The Times
| building. The prosecutor charged the wit
ness with stimulating lawsuits against
The Times and IN reply 70 a protest
| against that line Of questioning, declared
he would show that the witness was actu-
ated by the same malice as the perpetra-
! tors of the crime.
| Asked by Ford concerning his first con-
versation with Mr. Darrow, the witness
said that subject happened TO be Bert
! Franklin.
I saw Franklin running about the Of
fees in his shirtsleeves," said Hawley, and
I asked Darrow If Franklin was working
there He said he was, and I told him
Franklin was a good man 70 fight shy Of
Mr. barrow replied that Franklin had been
highly recommended by Joe Scott and
others
Scott was an associate counsel IN tho
| Mcnamara defence.
!. Frank Fowler. an attorney employed ny
large traction company, was witness
az the afternoon session. He characterized
as an infamous lie the testimony Of 4. j.
Kruger, a talesmen in the Mcnamara
case. that he had attempted to bride tho
latter with an offer Of 5000. He denied
that he had ever had any connection With
the Mcnamara defence. On cross-exam!na-
ton, Fowler said that he had done some
work for Earl Rogers, an attorney, in tho
jury selection stage Of the Darrow trial.