Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-06-05
RIVAL ATTORNEYS engage
in CAUSTIC REMARKS and
ARE FINED BY IRATE JUDGE
barrow Trial EnIivened By WrangIing Of
Counsel for Both Sides
FREDERICKS STARTS The BATTLE
FREDERICKS STARTS
Declares Defendant Would Admit Nothing Not Even His Signature
If We're Not Proved By ProsecuOn-ACcused Of Mscon
duct He Asserts He Thought Accused Man Had "MOre u
Moral Stamina Than TO Make Such Remarks

Los Angeles, June 5.--Distrlct At
torney John d. Fredericks was fined
$25 and Attorney H. H. Appel IS for
contempt of court by Judge Hutton
today following an exciting clash be-
tween opposing counsel in the trial
of Clarence s. Darrow. The defend
ant participated in the wrangle.
The controversy. which occurred
while the defense was objecting to
the introduction into evidence of the
checks drawn by Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
Of Labor, in favor Of Clarence S.
Darrow, nearly ended in a fist fight
between Appel and Fredericks. Mr..
barrow, addressing the court for the
first time since his trial began, an
nounced that he would admit the au-
thenticity of the signatures Of him
self and Mr.. Morrison on the checks
drawn on the Mcnamara defense
fund.
you wouldn't admit it il we could
MT prove it." said Captain Fredericks
IN an aside TO Dalows. Darrow de-
nounced the remark of the district
attorney as gross misconduct and de-
clared that it was made to influence
the jury which was closer to the dis
trict attorney than himself.
'1 thought the defendant in this
case,' said the district attorney, had
more manhood and stamina than to
bawl such thing out in the court
room"
Attorney Appel characterized the
remarks of Fredericks as "cowardly
and unprofessional."
The district attorney intimated
that the defense was playing the
baby act" Appel started towards
Fredericks in threatening manner,
declaring that he was not afraid of
Fredericks.
Judge Hutton reprimanded Freder-
icks and Appel. Fredericks then de
clared that he had meant his remark
to Darrow as a mere pleasantly"
Later Judge Hutton announced
that upon reflection he considered a
reprimand insufficient punishment
for such misconduct and imposed the
fines.
Checks totalling $4,000 all made
out in favor of Mr. Darrow and sign
ed by Morrison had been read into the
record when the noon adjournment
was taken H. II. Flather, the Wash
session but was asked only one ques-
the stand throughout the morning
session but was saked only one ques-
ton which was ruled out unanswered.
The prosecution in the case of Dar-
row for alleged jury bribery, made
further declaration today of its pur-
pose to attempt to prove that GER
tain check sent Mr.. Darrow from the
MCNAMARA defense fund was convert
ed into the money used in the alleged
bribery of Mcnamara jurors. Vigor-
GUS objections by the defense to the
introduction into evidence of book
of cancelled checks brought state
ment from District Attorney Freder-
icks that the prosecution would seek
to trace only one check.
Fredericks said that, contrary to
the usual methods of the defendant
in depositing checks received from
Frank Morrison. secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, the
check mentioned was taken to anoth-
er city and converted into currency.
The defense expressed Willingness
to admit that the signatures of Dar-
row and Morrison on the checks we're
authentic, but denied the admissible
ity of the checks into evidence. H. H.
! Flather, cashier of a Washington, d.