Arizona republican., 1912-06-05
Prosecution in Case Against Dacrow Will Not Try to Show That Gompers Had Knowledge of Use Made of Money
SUPPOSED TO BE
 PART DEFENSE FUND
Witness Franklin on Cross Examination H e a t e dly Objects to the Dragging of His Wife Into the Case

LOS ANGELES, June 4-Declarng that it would trace the alleged bribe money used by Bert Franklin from ! the McNamara defense fund of the American Federation of Labor to the hands of Darrow, the prosecution in the trial of Darrow for alleged bribng 1 placed on the stand today IT. H. Flather, cashier of the National Bank | of Washington, D. c. Flather was called to the stand after the cross examination of Franklin.
 The name of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was brought into the rec ord several times, Franklin testify 1 ing that on one occasion DarrOw had told him the money for the alleged i bribery of Lockwood came direct from Gompers. District Attorney F'reder- ] icks stated at the afternoon recess | that no effort would be made to show any complcity in the alleged bribery of GOmpers, but that the state proposed to prove that $4,000 had been drawn from the McNamara defense fund of the American Fedora ton and sent to Darrow Fredericks made the same statement with refer ence to Job Hartman. that no effort 1 would be made to implicate him. | Fathers was asked if he knew Gompers. He did not know him per sonally. He said he knew Frank Nor rison, secretary of the federation, very we'll Morrison had five accounts in 1 his bank. one known as Frank Nor rison, special No. account" This the witness said was the McNamara defense fund.
 i The defense objected to the ques tion on the ground that it was purely hearsay evidence. A document de- scribed as the original special No. ," account was offered in evidence 1 by the prosecution.
 | The cross examination of Franklin consumed four hours and both wit ness and examiner appeared fatigued when the witness was excused. It appeared to be the hardest day ex- perienced by Franklin, and the con- tinuous grilling seemed to have told on him.
 Franklin was asked concerning a dinner at cafe with two men, .Stine- man and Watt Did you say to IStineman," asked Rogers, in words to this effect: If Darrow will give up certain evidence he has against Com pers he will be released, but Com pers is the man they want because he is the head of the unions and Burns wants to break that up and Burns will get Gompers before he gets through" And did not Stineman ask you why do they want to get Darrow and didn't you say oh, he has been 1 defending the unions and is a prom
 inent man on their side?' Didn't Stine- man ask you where you got the money for Lockwood and didn't you say that outside parties furnished it
 and that Darrow never gave you any
 money to fix jurors, and didn't you
 say you had a talk at some length
 about that but for Gods sake don't repeat this conversation 7"
 T did not say anything like it,
 replied the witness. T told him that
 Davis had told me that probably he could get me off with two years;
 that I went home to Mrs. Franklin
 and told her that if I served two years she would be taken care of by
 Darrow. My wife told me that if l
 brought a dishonest dollar home she
 would leave me within twenty four
 hours. Then is when I quit
 The most dramatic scene of the
 day occurred when Rogers asked the
 witness if he had not taken his wife
 along when he went to bribe Lock
 wook
 T took my wife along, yes sir
 said Franklin with much warmth
 but if she had known it I would
 never have been in court today and you know it and don't you dare in sinuate anything else"
 T didn't insinuate," began Rogers but the witness interrupted, shaking his, finger at the attorney Don't you
 either in court or out
 The defense undertook to show that
 the offer of the brbe was not made
 with a view of corrupting John s
 Underwood, an iron worker. whose interests were said to be identical
 with those aiding the prosecution ot [ the McNamaras for dynamiting and that it was a part of the alleged [ frame-up against Darrow. Under l wood died several days ago. Franklin will resume the stand
 some time tomorrow.