The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-16
PICTURES THE LABOR
LAWYER As bR|bER
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gentlemen Maybe / did wrong. ]
took II and the matter was disposed
of and the question set at rest. Here
and there ] rot praise. for what was
calico heroic act, although | didn I
deserve the praise. / followed the law
OF my being-that is all. But where
got one word of praise. | got thou
sand words OF blame, and | stood under
that for a wear.
"This trial has helped clear II up.
II will be cleared M, if not in time
for me to benefit by IL. in time for my
descendants to know it. Some time
we will know the truth. but ! have
gone on my way as always have gone,
regardless Of this, without explana-
tions, without begging. without asking
anything of any one who lives, and /
will 90 on that way 10 the end.
81 know the crowd. In a way love
them; in a way | despise them. !
know the unreasoning, unthinking
mass. ! have been their idol and
have gone down into the depth of the
valley and heard them hiss at nv name
this same mob, but / have summoned
such devotion and such courage as God
has. given me. and I have gone on my
path"
Darrow's Final Plea.
There was hardly a dry eye in the
! courtroom when the famous labor
| lawyer of Chicago concluded his plead.
ings. Two of the jurors, Williams and
| hammers, shed tears; Associate Coun'
| sci Appel sat at the attorneys table
and cried like child, and even Dis
trIct Attorney Fredericks was visibly
affected.
At times Darrow used sarcasm. TO be
followed in a few minutes by elo.
quence. He was one minute a child;
| tho next, a giant denouncing his
enemies with fierce invective. Bit by
bit he analyzed the testimony which
had been presented against him, and
denounced franklin and Harrington,
the states chief witnesses, openly
charging them with corruption, treach-
cry and perjury.
| Gentlemen Of the jury said Oar
row, in making his final plea, the
l only question you have to decide is
whether l gave Franklin $4,000 on the
morning of November 2S. You can t
have sat here for three full months
without having some idea OF the truth
Of the evidence. Do YOU believe Frank
linz Remember I must be convicted
beyond a reasonable doubt
! 'lf you convict me il must be on
Franklin s. statement that on Novem-
ber 2s Job Hartman gave me $4,000,
and l gave it to him for the bribery"
just before concluding. Darrow re-
counted the events leading up TO the
close of the Mcnamara case, and
answered the allegations that had been
made against him that be had sacri-
need the McNamaras to save himself.
Tears rolled down his cheeks and his
voice grew husky as be told how he had
induced the McNamaras to plead guilty
to save their lives and to "end the
war, when he realized that the case
was hopeless, despite the fact that he
knew he would suffer.
The closing Of Darrow's plea was
dramatic in the extreme He told how
he had spent his life in the cause of
the downtrodden; had assumed worry
and care and responsibility, only to
be dragged to court of justice ana
made to stand trial for a most serious
| crime
''lf YOU convict me, gentlemen,
which ! know you won't, but if you
should,'' said Darrow. in closing
"there will be people who will applaud
you for your act, but. if in your judg-
ment and your wisdom and your hu.
manlty, you believe me innocent and re-
turn a verdict Of not guilty in this
case. as | know you win from thou
sands and tens of thousands and Yea.
perhaps millions, of the weak and the
poor and the helpless throughout the
world will give thanks to this jury for
protecting me. ] know that deep down
| in the mines are workmen | have helped
and ] have served who are giving their
prayers today for my success know
! that In factories and in mills and in
workshops and in stores are thou.
sands of people who believe in me and.
who love me and are looking to this
| jury to vindicate my name. I know
that if you find me not guilty | know
! that over these mountain peaks and
| across your broad valleys and across
the wide Pacific will be thousands of
men and women, yea, and little children
LII L.. L.