Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-04
HARTMAN IS
SUMMONED IN
BARROW CASE
Associate Counsel for Nc
Namara, Late Candidate
for Mayor Of Los Angeles,
Called on For Testimony.

Los Angeles, Cal. June because
OF the death last night of c. S. McNutt
who had been associated with the de.
Tense, the trial of Clarence S. Darrow
charged with jury bribing, was ad-
Journed until Monday.
1t was learned that Job Hartman,
former socialist candidate for mayor
Of Los Angeles, was summoned as a
witness for the state yesterday. He
was served Immediately following the
testimony of Bert H. Franklin.
Hartman sat within the bar at the
trial of Clarence s.. barrow for al
legged jury bribing and heard himself
accused by Franklin of being the man
who provided Darrow with the alleged
bride money.
Franklin, testifying for the state,
quoted barrow as saying to him:
"If you mention my name / want
you also to mention what you know
about Job Hartman
Still later OH the witness told how,
after his own arrest on the felony
charge OF hribing a Juror. Darrow had
pleaded with him TO leave his (Dar-
rows out of his confession, and had
offered I'm $4,000 for the care Of his
FAIRLY if he would shoulder all the
blame End accept bis penitentiary
sentence
Sensation were crowded thick and
fast in the trial. following each other
In rapid succession.
Test n1ony : Dramatic.
amiratiel IS at times dramatic in the
eStrc { TX WING departing from
his ar !: li.ae,it IS TO tell all he
knew 70 scel,;G.,. lrathness to give
even {, NJ. ding close friends |
WHOM, IA so.uently drew into his
stor.. Of r. Corruption. Twice he
apreaeti the cert. Once when ne
was a; I'd name q man WHO was
said to l:t offered bride to ven
fireman til whcm '.e was negotiating
torney Ford asked him TO give the,
names OF three men whom he had ap- {
preached with Offers Of brides.
For TIE first time since the arrest |
of Franklin and the Indictment Of HIM /,
self and Barrow. the names of pros
pective jurors. other than Lockwood /
and Balm, alleged to have been sought r
to be bribed, were injected into the f
'ae "4urn.5 ny Four::s
Franklin said he had entered into
with A. X. Kruger of The
Palms, and had been turned down"
by three others-Guy Youkin, Los
Angeles cigar dealer; John S. Under q
wood, local iron worker, and Frank P
Smith of Covina.
Franklin appealed to the court when Y
asked to mention the names OF the .
men he said he had approached, as
they were all his friends. A short Il
time before he had made similar ap.
peal when asked the name of the man e
who was said to have approached q
Kruger, in which he said Kruger had i
told him that another man had offered q
him $4,000 for his vote as Mcnamara d
juror U
Another Lawyer Named. Il
Kruger he said. wanted to know if F
they were both working for the same Y
side. He named a Los Angeles law 9
yer heretofore not mentioned in con-
nection with the Mcnamara case, .
Attorney Rogers. +
r Idlkllll tSStllltu tit1C uS Lldu tOiu n
Darrow. after his arrest for attempt >
ng to bride Lockwood. that had Oar /
.ow not been present when he was ar. :.
'ested he had intended to turn Lock
wood over to the police for accepting =
! bribe. y 7
THAT was" asserted the witness, a
when I found that Lockwood had r
urned traitor to me- t
He said that when Sc saw detectives b
lear the scene of the meeting with
lockwood. he knew he had been be- A
rayed. Darrow's presence at the a
,lace and time of Franklin's arrest 7
he latter explained by saying that he g
lad been informed that Lecompte .
Davis. one of the associate counsel for r
he Mcnamara defense. mad telephoned
o barrow, telling him that Franklin
vas about to get into trouble. Darrow :,
e said, had gone there to warn him. a
Franklin Promised Care.
After his arrest, Franklin testified, F
barrow had assured him that his fam m
" would be looked after. On every el
ccasion that he met Darrow, there W
fter Darrow always had asked how 81
is wife and friends viewed his arrest
nd what his wife's advice was.
x told him. said the witness, that q
ny wife had told me it was not my -
uty to draw Mr.. barrow into the mud
had made. He said she was brave
oman. told him my son had ad-
ressed me the same way. but | had ~,
Did them there was no danger Of my 81
Raging in Mr.. Darrow." 80
Franklin related numerous CONVEX N>
atoms with Darrow In which the for /. !,
ler's course was discussed. He did ~ ~
OF fear conviction for the attempt &c
, bride Lockwood. he said, but LIE. n ~.
ompte Davis had been conducting ne ~ ~
citations with the district attorney -! ae
18th view of getting the latter to "a
ccept plea Of guilty on the part OF Ia
rankin.
In the event of such plea, and the
nposition of a fine Of $4,000, as an
cipated, barrow had told him, the ra
itness said, that he would pay the r,
to 81 ,f,, HI