Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-01
SENSATIONS Came fast
CROSs-ENAM1NATION or CON-
EESSED BRIBER STARTED
NESTERDAY.
OTHER Names MENTIONED
Witness Told Of Briblng and Attcmpt-
ing 10 BrIbc Many Prospective
Jurors.


Los ANGELES, May 3i.-Job Har-
riman, late candidate for mayor Of Los
Angeles on the socialist ticket, today
at the trial Of Clarence S. Darrow for
alleged jury brbing, heard himself
accused Of being the man who pro-
vided barrow with the alleged brlbe
money
Later In the day he heard the same
witness, Bert II. Franklin, testifying
for the state, quote Darrow as saying
to him:
IF you mention my name, want
you to also mention what you know
about Job Hartman"
Sensations were crowded thick In
todays sessiona eliminating in tho
beginning of the rapid-fire cross-ex-
animation of the principal witness by
Counsel Rogers for the defense.
Franklin's testimony in direct ex.
animation was at times dramatic in
the extreme the witness departing
from his apparent willingness to tell
all he knew to "A seeming loathness 70
f7''' 'fib'll'' 'Nli'tl Ililk ilOht lfltnuS.
Twice he appealed TO the court. once
when he was asked to name a man
who was said TO have offered a briba
to a veniremag, with whom he was
negotiating, and again when Assist
ant District Attorney Ford asked him
TO give the names Of three men whom
he had approached with offers OF
bribes
Other Names Mentioned.
For the first time since the arrest
of Franklin and the Indictment of
himself and Darrow, the names OF the
prospective jurors. other than Lock-
wood and liain, alleged to have been
sought to be bribed, were injected into
the case.
Franklin said he had entered into
negotiations with A. *. Kruger and
he had been turned down" by three
others, Guy Yonkin, John S. Under
wood and Frank Smith. The witness
exhibited much emotion when he re-
lated his conversation with Kruger IN
which he said Kruger had told him
that another man had offered him
$1,000 for his vote as a Mcnamara
juror.
Kruger he said, wanted to know
II they were both working for the
same thing. He named q Los Angeles
lawyer not heretofore mentioned in
connection with the Mcnamara case.
which drew indignant protest from
Attorney Rogers.
Had Intended Making Bluff.
Franklin testified ne mad told Dar-
row after his arrest for attempting to
brlbe Lockwood that had Darrow not
been present when he was arrested. ha
had Intended to turn Lockwood over
TO the police for accepting a bribe.
That was" asserted the witness.
when | found that Lockwood turned
traitor to me-"
lie said when he saw detectives near
the scene Of the meeting with Lock-
wood, he knew he had been BETRAYED.
lJarrow's presence at the place OF
fnnkllns arrest, the latter explained
by saying that ne had been informed
that LeCompte DAVIS, one Of the as
sociate counsel for the Mcnamara de-
fense, had telephoned to Darrow, tell
ms him that Franklin was about TO
get into trouble. Darrow he said.
mad gone there 10 warn him. After
his arrest, Franklin testified Darrow
had assured him that his family would
be looked after. Franklin related nu-
merous conversations with Darrow. I'm
which the formers course was dis
cussed He did not fear conviction for
the attempt to bribe Lockwood he
said, but LeCompte Davis had been
negotiations with the dis
trlct attorney with a view Of getting
the latter TO accept a plea of guilty
on the part of Franklin. In the event
OF such plea. and the imposition Of
a fine Of $4,000, as antIripated Dar-
row had told him. the witness said.
that he would pay the fine and in ad-
dition give him $4,000: tho $4,000"
said Franklin, FOR the protection of
my family until / could rebuild my
reputation in the community" 2
Wanted Family Cared For.
"f told Mr. Darrow." continued
Franklin that If the district attorney
accepted my plea Of guilty and dis.
missed the other counts. and If he
would care for my family as prom
lsed, I would accept the proposition"
This practically concluded Frank
lin direct examination.
In ross-eXkmination, the witness
denied that he had been offered i'm
but he said he know the law
granted him immunity when he went
on the stand for the prosecution.
chief Counsel Rogers was examin-
Ing the witness as to the entries In his
bank book, over repeated objections
of the prosecutions OF the prosecution
when court adjourned until tomorrow.
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