The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-24

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analyze his story for minute-his
story, which anybody with any brains
would know was fabrication, what
he told on cross when
he pretty nearly admitted the whole
truth. He said he was an important
witness, and under the guise of prov
ing to this jury that he was an i'm
portant witness, Mr.. Ford got him to
tell OF an alleged conversation with
never had, and then when he came,
to argue this case, willfully, malici-
ously, felonously. crimrnally, cruelty,
he distorted the evidence from the
purpose for which it was introduced
to show that j. B. Mcnamara men
toned me before I had ever seen him;
therefore, I must have been one of
the persons that inspired his deed.
Cowarilly Tactics of the Prosecution.
For Gods sake. Ford, if you are
ever made District Attorney of this
county. if you are able to climb up
the ladder of fame and higher and
higher still, I would rather spend my
days in the meanest prison pen that
the wit and malice of men can con-
trive than change places with you.
Infinitely rather. There are some
things worse than prison-a lot of
things worse.
=. Throughout his argument Mr.. OAR
row maintained that the case against
him hinged absolutely upon the test.
1mony of Franklin, the states 'star"
witness, and his aid, John Harring-
ton. The former was a self-con-
fessed briber and liar, he said, and
the latter, after posing as Darrow's
friend. had admitted entering into
plot to put his friend behind prison
bars. Mr.. Darrow, from this point,
analysed the testimony against him
and scrutinized carefully the char
acter of each of the witnesses for the
prosecution.
He scored Detective Burns and his
band of sleuths most fearfully. He
did not blame Franklin so much, but
he called attention to the detectives
they had set on him. He said: They
were as thick as the lice of Egypt"
Nine testified in the case.
Detectives to right of me,
Detectives to left of me.
Detectives behind me.
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to swear and lie.
Noble detectives"
Slept in my bed! Ate in my house!
Then testified against me, afraid to
look me In the eye because I might
hypnotic him.
Scathing Denunciation of Harrington.
Hypnotic him! I couldn't do it
without a hunk of cornbeef! Did he
look me in the eye? Will he look
anybody in the eye until he goes
down to his unhallowed grave.
Harrington posed as my friend!
He lured me into a room to dicta-
graph, to trap me into the penitenti-
airy. Can you think of anything worse
ISOLATION that put up a job like that
hesitate to bribe and put the blame
on me?
Think OF man who poses as your
friend and puts dictagraph in your
dining room, and your bedroom, to
destroy the privacy Of your life. That
job at Third and Los Angeles was a
sacrament compared to the dicta
graph!
used to have steer trained to lead
the herd reached the shambles the
trained steer would step aside and let
the rest go on to their doom. And
the stigma will be on him and on
his descendants as long as the name
survives.
$50 he photographed me!
where Is the dictagraph stuff? In
that tin box contains" more infamy
than any one of similar size I ever
saw before. Why didn't they produce
it? Where are their dictagraph
eaves-droppers? Why didn't they
produce them?
Harrington says he was eating at
my house. He ate there as often as
he could. He'd eat there now if I
gave him the chance. Eat there with
dagger some place in his clothes.
If he had room after he got through
eating. That's Harrington!
HE says I showed him $4,000 I'd
been carrying around in my trousers
pockets for 20 or 80 days After
Franklin was arrested Harrington
says he came into my room and I
said, If Franklin speaks I'm ruined
HE must have been reading de-
tective stories.
WAS Harrington a liar when he
lured me into FL room to destroy me?
Will any juror give credence to man
like that?
''show me just one honest man who
has raised his voice against me in
all these months. Will you send me
10 prison anu Jake away my name
on the word of rogues, knaves, i'm
munity- hunters, vagabounds like that?
If you would, I don't want to live.
I don't want to live in a country
where an American citizen can be
jobbed on the testimony of knaves
like that.
eff there's one Of you can look at
Harrington and listen to his statement
about how he lured me and tried to
ruin me, after the position he had oc-
cupied with me-then we are none of
us safe. You've heard of crooks and
towards and unreliable men in all the
ages Of the world. Can you remember
one as infamous as Harrington? A
man who would eat at your table and
sleep in your bed, and come 1000 miles
across the continent to trap you.
We'll, We'll leave Harrington and
talk about something else. The min
ute hand is moving along on the clock.
There is another fact in this case.
They didn't get anything with their
dictagraph Another fact is, the Nc
Namara case was disposed Of several
days before November %, as far as I
am concerned.
All of you may not agree with the
philosophy of Lincoln Steffens. When
you are in your jury room you may
be talking about different things, and
you can't agree on all OF them YOu