Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-19
Newspaper Nan Admits
Knowledge Of Brothers
Guilt During Time Megctia-
ticns Were on 10 Save Them
From Justice.
.JUsTIrTEs MURDER as
REVOLUTIONARY ACT
Noted Writer Acknowledges
Sympathy with Anar-
Chists But Processes Propsr
Horror Of Violence and Cor.
ruption.

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Los Angeles July ae.--After
few QuontIans reiatlye 70 sneslfnR
between himsclf ana Clarence 3. Dnr-
row at which they were tolned by
Beri ". franklin. Lincoln a,sffens
was turned over 70 the proseuullon
for cross examination at the bribery
trial today.
Franklin had testified THAI parfaw
had handed him jury llns al that
meeting with che remark 'lhas locks
better" a. he pointed 70 sha nanen
OF George n. Lockwood and a. y.
Krueesr. steffens nald he sscal,o6
the meeting and thar there wac 40
effort at conoeaiment ~ Darrow ana
Franklin.
Dls,rlo, Attorney TsedsriuAn plnas-
ID immediately into she nssosIalsona
for the oneing Of the MoNamarn
trial
ile asked ihe witness why no puhr
lIclty wan given the neeoslaslona.
HaeEfena replied thar tnalf nhttqe
WOULD w. fni4unaQrnluod
Bttbsepuenaly ~ haid this had been
proved BY the manner ln whlnh gho
country had segolved ehe news ~
was certain that publicity bofofo
hand would have resulted IN failure
of the plan,
"Mr, sseffensls said tho dissrlus "a.
torney, ~ beliets YOU are an avowed
"Yea. and worse than an anap-
chint" was the reply, ~ am a great
deal more radicals believe In chrla-
tlanlty."
"Dldn't you ray during the cam.
pniEn here that II there wnn an anefs
chiat running against Job faFFinlau,
the Socialist. that YOU would vote Cor
the nnarchlHt9"
Above the storm OF obiectlona rails.
cd by the defense Hteffenn replied
that he had said something like ehae
ana asked 10 explain.
Inc district attorney dfd not waist
iO let tho Witness explain his anBepN
and Chief Consul Rogers 0f tina 0e~
feBne demanded that Ateftens ha alv-
on thnt right.
"'rhe witness views wculd be tn
ssructive and enlighiening," said
Is0gers.
I'VE don't often set Christianity in
the court room"
The prosecution withdrew ltu db-
eeti0n 20 an explanation.
referring to tho Ho-called peace
negotiations, Ateflona said that dur
Ing hts meeting with the clelsens
committee he had never intinsaset
that ,. J, McNnmRva would plead
guilty.
"Dld you know then that the Mc-
Namaras were suiltyg'' asked the dlss
tflct attorney.
"Yes. learned the third day aftef
got here. I uaiied on John !. Me-
NamarA and I learned Itfrom him IN.
directly"
"Thsn, knowing a man was guilty
you tried To have him 20 freeY"
'Yea, because the crime was not an
Individual but a social orimo-~a row
0lutionary and not LEGAL erlFls. n
which q great mass nf neapie was M
volved.n
The witness said that he believed
ho would pe Justified n halplne men
after thry had committed Aneh
crimes.
w NJ WY NHthH WIN tNH nA~fNH~
mnTaa," he said. ~ urged upon thOn
that labor was going a. lt IN the
wrong way just M capital wa8-~that
Violence vas wrong"
Asked whether he would 60 % Ire
extent VI hrlblng jurors "a aealeslna
men accused u social Grimes, slef-
fens declared with q nmilei
mo. slrs my lqellng1 lowara
bribery are just the same az they are
toward murder of brlnsna leslela-
luFes"
Frederiolis questioned the witness
olpaoly a. to the statue 81 the Mega
ilntlonA on Thanksslpfng any. Two
days after FranhIIn was asreAleNs
Aleffenn aeknoNlAdkod that ~ had
asked M Chene1of 60 20 a. lhe 1'.s
tflcl attorney an1 have lhe NtnnAIIn
bribery oaeae dropped ana aAat4i
=" wanted the whole lh'nN eWNNH
clean, 20 there would be ~ mNNa
rfoNeeuiiona oonn>tlaf with lnt as
W. ordeF that fnq plans taN lh4 t'I|&
Hena eommsifot tx EAN IA ope ~
Ilwnen laoer fNd eHnIe M
lAueeAoa toul4 ~ opNfHNn
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