Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-26
Crisis Reached in Trial with
Effort to Keep George M.
Lockwood from Testlfying to
All He Knows.
WHOLESALE BRIBERY
IS CHARGE MADE
Defense Would Limit Testi-
mony to What IS Known Of
Particular Case Upon Which
Indictment Is Based.

lBy Morning journal special Lensed wire.1
Los Angeles. May 25.--Fighting
every inch Of the way, the defense in
the case OF Clarence s. Darrow, the
lawyer accused of bribing juror In
the Mcnamara case, temporarily, at
least. stopped at todays brief session
OF the Darrow trial, the narration by
George M. Lockwood. of the attempts
ed bribery or himself by Bert Ii.
Franklin. The ruling of Judge Hut
ton at l;3e o'clock Monday afternoon,
to which time adjournment was taken
shortly before noon today, will de-
termine whether evidence OF alleged
Wholesale jury corruption shall con-
stitute part of the states case
against Darrow. Both sides admitted
that crisis had been reached in the
case OF the noted lawyer, who, as his
chief counsel. Earl ii. Rogers. said
early In the preliminary proceedings.
lis on trial for his name, reputation
and everything he has on EARTH"
A ruling against the admissibinty of
evidence showing alleged oIfenses
other than the attempted corruption
of Lockwood, would be a serious set
back to the prosecution and an im-
portant victory for the defense. WiIn
the exclusion OF the evidence involved
In the question the states case would
be confined TO testimony germane
only to the Lockwood testimony,
which would hasten the end of the
trial by at least IA month. each side
appeared confident today that the ruiz
ing would be in its favor.
A decision overruiing the objection
of the defense would let down the
st.sss,.s 10 aise s9dnai ssian of a flood of
evidence purporting TO connect Dar-
row with Wholesale corruption OF jur-
ors and witnesses in the trial of James
Is. Mcnamara. as indicated yesterday
by District Attorney Fredericks In his
opening statement to the jury.
Lockwood's summons to the witness
stand came half hour before ad-
journment Walking erect and with
his Grand Army button displayed on
his coat lapel, Lockwood entered the
court room and took the stand Ne
was pale and nervous, but recovered
his composure after the examination
by Captain rredericks had passed the
stage OF preliminary queries. His
story, so far as II had progressed
when the final interruption came, was
substantially the same as that told at
the preliminary examination OF Bert
fl. Franklin in Justice court last Feb
ruary.
There was no mention OF Mr. Dai
rows name, and the defense objected
several times in his testimony TO It's
continuation on the ground that the
defendant could not be held account
able for Franklin's act. The reiter-
ated avowal by the prosecution. how
ever, that IL would connect barrow
after the proper foundation had been
laid, swept away the repeated objec-
tions from the defense.
Mr.. Darrow has taken no part In
the proceedings since the completion
of the jury.
Before court opened this morning
Mr. Darrow made strenuous denial
of reports emanating from the east
that he had negotiated with the dis
trict attorneys office with view Of
entering a plea OF guilty to the indict-
ments against him.