Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-29
Attorney Who Advised Nc
Namara Boys to Plead
Guilty Admits That He
Must Face Grave Charge.
HE EMPLOYS COUNSEL
AND ARRANGES BOND
Of All Those Connected With
Grand Jury Probe, He
Alone Has Not Been Asked
to Become a Witness.


tBy EvenlnR Herald A. =. Leased wlrel
Los Angeles. Callf. Jan. Gone
or more indictments viii be returned
today based an allegations 90 jury
bribery in the Mcnamara trial. Dep-
uty District Attorney w Iuseph Ford
made this statement just before the
convcning OF the county grnud jury
which has been investigating the
c1aree that the McNBmara defense
maintained fund FOR the corruption
go jurors and Witnesses iu the dyna-
hitting trial.
Attorney LeCempto Davis one OF
Clarence Darrow's assistants IN the
defense of tho Mcnamara brothers.
was caiicd as q witness.
Dsvis said he had not been sub
nnenaed but merely requested 10 toll
wnat he knew of the operations OF
hert H. franklin, the dotec i've arrest
cd two days before the McNamarns
made their sensational confessions Of
guilt last November. and who Is now
waiting there on the charge az hav-
Ing hribed Juror Robert Pain, and at
tempted 20 bribe Vouiroman George
n. Lockwood.
Information that the finale OF the
bribery Investigation was imminent
spread rapidly. and Clarence Dnrrow.
formerly chief counsel Tor the Nc
Nnmaras. who has been living ot Ven
ice, sea shore. resort. camc up 60
Los Angeles and went directly TO the
office % Earl Rogers, whom he has
retained "a represent him "if needed
An rumors OF indictments conferred
about parrow. who had supervision
over the disbursement of the S225,0O0
said 90 have been raised for the de-
Tense Of the confessed dynnmltcrs.
Rogers said Darrow would await
the report of t,u. grand jury, which
took recess until . O'Clock this af-
ternoon, before making any state
mont.
- am expecting 10 be indicted"
said narruw today. "and ! might as
Well be- prepared for H.
81 engaged earl Rogers Of this city
To represent me. and Judge cyrus f.
McNutt. now of Los Angeles andfor-
merly OF the superior bench of In
diana, probably Will assist him. Judge
McNutt was associated with me In
the McNamara defense.
"All TN say Ia regard 90 the indict-
monts is this; I've repeatedly said
that I knew nothing about any at-
tempts 10 bribc or influence a juror.
I repeat that steadily / confidently
hope and expect to be acquitted
barrow told of having arranged FOR
bail and OF his decision 20 remain Ia
Los Angeles until the case was nn-
ishcd,
or all those whose names have
been connected IN any way with the
allegations that the Mcnamara de-
fonso systematically sought to corrupt
jurors and witnesses. only Darrow
was omitted from tho list of witnesses
called by the county grand jury
Franklin was summoned. II was
reported several times that In various
conferences he had With Ford. the
prosecutor. ne had been offered inn
munity It he would toll who were the
"Higher Ups" iu the alleged campaign
of bribery. Although summoned be-
fore the grand jury on two occasions.
he WIS never actually examined ana
two weeks ago hc pleaded not guilty
to tho two bribery charges nled against
him. HIS trial has been set for Feb
ruary 21
According 10 the allegations of the
state. based ON information said to
have boon given by Franklin, 10 the
men he 81 alleged to have brlhed, or
tried the hribe, the Mcnamara defense
sct aside fund Of S2o,000 Go Doe used
IN fixing jurors" District Attorney
Fredericks has in his safe Si,5hO that
was taken from Lakewood and Frank
I'm at the time of their arrest Lock-
wood was la the confidence of the
prosecution "a the time ana was re-
ioustd Immediately after Franklin
was placed in iail,
Bain aud Lockwood were the prin-
ciplc witnesses called by the Eranu
jury These accounts of rNrow and
othor attorneys associated with him
were closely scrutinlzod.