The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-06-01
One Sensation Follows Another In Important
Action In Los Angeles.
JOB HARTMAN IMPLICATED BY STATE WITNESS
Bert Franklin Declares That Hartman Was the Man Who
Furnished Darrow With Brbe Money---Wtncss Says
That He Was Offered $4,000 to Pay Fine and
$4,000 More to Keep Darrow Out Of It.

Los Angeles, May 3t.--Job Harrl-
man, late candidate for mayor OF Los
Angeles on the socialist ticket. snt to-
day within the bar Mt the trial OF
Clarence s Darrow. for alleged jury
bribng, and heard himself accused OF
being the man who had provided Dar-
row with the alleged brlbe money.
Later In tho day he heard the Same
witness, Bert II. Franklin. testifying
for the state, quote Darrow ns say.
ing to him: III you mention my
name want YOU also to mention
whnt YOU know about Job Hartman"
Sensations We're crowded thick and
fast into the days session OF the
trial, following each other In such
rapid succession that the entire day
nigh, be described as one continu-
ance Of thrills. eliminating In the be-
ginning of rapid-firc cross examina
tion Of the states principal witness By
Chief Counsel Rogers for the defcnse.
Dramatic Testimony.
Franklin's testimony on direct cx-
animation was at times dramatic In
the extreme. the witness departing
from his apparent willingness to tell
all he knew Ia seeming iothness
To give evidence concerning close
friends whom he subsequently, drew
into his story of jury corruption.
Twice he appealed to the court. once
when he was asked To name man
who was said TO have offered n bribe
to venlreman. with whom he was
negotiating and again when Assist
ant District Attorney Ford asked him
Ia give the names OF three men whom
he had approached with offers OF
bribes
For the first time since the arrest
of Franklin aId The indictment Of
himself and Darrow the names of
prospective Jurors other than Lock-
wood and Balm. alleged To have been
sought to be bribed, were injected into
the ease Franklin said that he had
entered into negotiations with A. X.
Kruger of the Palms and hnd been
yokin. Los Angeles cigar dealer;
John Underwood. local iron work.
er, and Frank Smith of coyina.
Tries 10 Save Friends.
Franklin appealed to the court,
when asked to mention the names of
the men he said he had approached,
M they were all his friends. A short
time before he had made n similar
appeal when asked the name OF the
man who was said to have approached
Kruger before he had
The witness exhibited much emo
tion when he related his conversation
with Kruger, I'm which he said Kruger
had told him alrcndy a man had Of
fered him $4,000 for his vote as a
Mcnamara juror.
Kruger he said. wanted To know II
they were both working for the same
side, He named Los Angeles law
yer. heretofore not mentioned In con-
nection with the Mcnamara case,
which drew an indignant protest from
Attorney Rogers. Franklin testified
that he had told DarroW, after his
arrest for attempting To bribe Lock
wood. ihat had Darrow not been pres
ent when he was arrested, he had In
tended To turn Lockwood over to the
police for accepting brlbe.
THAT was" asserted the witness,
when | found that Lockwood had
turned traitor to me-"
lie said that when he saw de-