New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
Detective SWears 0arroW Told
Him Federation of Labor Head
Furnished Money to Bride
Mcnamara Jury.
STATE PRODUCES BANKER
Asserts It Will Prove by Wash.
ington Cashier That the
Funds Were Drawn from
Dynamite Defence
Account.

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serted to-day that it would trace the
Mcnamara defence fund Of the Aneri-
can Federation Of Labor, the money al
| legged to have been used by Bert Il.
Franklin to bribe Jurors in the Nc +
Namara trial. To substantiate this as
sertion the prosecution placed on the
witness stand H. H. Flather, cashier OF
national bank Of Washington.
Mr.. Flather testified after the cross
examination of Bert H. Franklin, which
| had assumed sensational aspects, had
been postponed until tomorrow, at the
request Of the defence
The name Of Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent Of the American Federation Of La
Dor, was brought into the record several
times Franklin testified that Darrow
once told him the money for the alleged
bribery Of Lockwood came direct from
Mr.. Gompers.
District Attorney Fredericks said that
no effort would be made to show any
completely Of Mr.. Gompers in the alleged
bribery, but that the state purposed to
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from the Mcnamara defence fund Of the
American Federation of Labor and had
been sent TO Mr.. Darrow. He also said
that no attempt would be made TO i'm
plicate Job Hartman.
Describes Defence Fund.
| Mr. Flather said he did not know
! Samuel Gompers personally, but that he
knew Frank Morrison, secretary Of the
American Federation Of Labor. very
well. Mr.. Morrison had about Ave ac-
counts at his bank, testified the Wit
ness one of which was known as the
Frank Morrison Special No. ) account"
| This was the Mcnamara defence fund.
the witness said.
The defence objected to every ques-
tion asked the witness on the ground
that IL was hearsay evidence Numerous
! objections OF this nature we're sustained
! by Judge Hutton before document de
scribed as the original sheet of the "spe-
cial No. account from the books OF
the bank was offered in evidence by the
prosecution. The prosecution had not
succeeded In having the bank ledger
page admitted in evidence when ad-
journment was taken untiI tomorrow.
In the cross examination of Franklin,
| Mr.. Rogers, Darrow's attorney placed
great stress on the conversation alleged
| to have taken place between Franklin
and two men, Watts and Stinemann.
Did you say TO Mr.. Stinemann," asked
Rogers words TO this effect: II Dar-
row will give up certain evidence that
he has against Gompers he will be re-
leased, but Gompers is the man they
want because he is the head of the
union, and Burrts wants 10 break that
up. and Burns will get Gompers before
they get through Didn't Mr.. Slime
mann ask you: Why do they want 10
get Darrow? and didn't you say: oh.
he has been defending the unions and Is
prominent man on their side.
Didn't Stinemann ask you where you
got the money for Lockwood, and didn't
YOU say outside parties had furnished
it. that Darrow never gave you any
money to fix jurors, and didn't you say
then. after you had talked at some
length about that. for Gods sake, don't
repeat this conversation
Il did not, nor anything like it, re-
piled Franklin.
What did you tell him. was asked,
Franklin Told His Wife.
Il told him" said the witness. that
Mr.. Davis had told me he probably
could get me off with two years; that
went home to Mrs. Franklin and told
her that il got off with two wears and
served my time. which thought IL was
my duty to do. she would be taken care
Of bv Mr.. Darrow, and her remarks to
me at that time were what caused mo
to change.
she said: Bert, | admire the stand
YOU are taking and l agree with you o"
: what YOU have said, but II you prins
one dollar Of dishonest money into my
house I will leave you in twenty-four
hours, And then is when I quit
Lecomte Davis was Franklins a'-
torney. Rogers drew from the witness
that Davis had told him TO say that tne
money used in bribing Lockwood had
been sent to him from Chicago FRANK
lin denied he had ever told newspaper
meu that Darrow had nothing to do
with the alleged jury bribery.
Franklin testified that Darrow had
told him that he need not worry about
Job Hartman being implicated in the
case Hartman, Darrow told the wit
ness could account for the visit to the
safe deposit vault the morning he Sc
cured the 1900 by the fact that he took
ont $500 to pay a mortgage, said Frank
lin
ALLEGED Money Was Marked.
The conversation in which Gomperss
mama was mentioned was incidental to q
newspaper account purporting to show
that the $4,000 used in the Lockwood
case had been ma. ked money.
.I asked Mr.. Darrow." said Franklin.
"h he had seen in the papers that the
District Attorney had traced the money
from the safe deposit vault into the
hands of Mr.. Darrow and from there
into my hands: also that 1t was marked
money. He said that the money was
sent direct to him py Samuel Gompers'
Franklin also testified that Darrow had