Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-20
Chicago Lawyer Acquitted
at Los Angeles in Case
Arising From Connection
With Mcnamara Defense.
nrRY OUT ONLY
ABOUT HALF HOUR
Courts Instructions Ruling
Out Evidence Of Accom-
plices, Was Favorable to
the Defendant.

the Defendant.
Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 17.-Clar
ence S. Darrow, the Chicago lawyer
was found not guilty today Of thu
charge Of bribing juror in the Nc
Namara dynamfting case The jury
was out thfrty-four minutes.
Only one ballot was taken by tht
Jury and each Juror voted not guilty
Although warned against any
demonstration by the bailiffs, there
was spontaneous outburst Of ap
plause when Foreman M. r. Williams
in response to the courts query, stated
that the jury had found verdict d
not guilty.
There was a rush to the side of the
defendant which was stopped by the
bailiffs, but it was renewed a few
moments later after Judge Hutton
thanked and discharged the Jury.
Then ensued a remarkable scene
Darrow approached the jurors still IN
the box to thank them and two OF
them, Jurors Golding and Dunbar,
threw their arms about him and pat
ted his back Other Jurors reached for
ward and clasped hands with the at
torney. The scene gradually resolved
itself into reception for Darrow and
the Jurors, friends of the erstwhile de.
fendant crowding up to congratulate
him and shake hands with the jurors,
while the flashlights of newspaper
photographers doomed from every
angle Of the court room.
Instructions Favored Darrow.
Judge George H. Hutton began his
charge to the Jury in the Darrow trial
at 8:20 o'clock this morning.
The court eliminated the first
count III the indictment that Darrow
had bribed Geo. N. Lockwood, regl-
1arly drawn Juror in the case Of ]. B.
Mcnamara. The evidence, Judge Hut
ton instructed, did not Justify yer.
dict Of guilty on the first count.
The second count charged Darrow
with attempting corruptly to Influence
d man about to be drawn as juror.
The court also instructed that q
verdict Of guilty could not be found on
the uncorroborated evidence Of &C.
completes.
''1f you had no evidence independent
Of the testimony Of accomplices,' said
the Judge, "you must find the defendant
not guilty. Admission having been
made to accomplices by the defendant
should not be regarded as corroborat.
i've. The testimony Of feigned accom-.
plices. however, does not require cor.
1oboratton."
This instruction applied to Lock.
wood.
Frederick Closing Argument.
District Attorney Fredericks con.
cluded the final argument for the
prosecution late yesterday and Judge
Hutton announced that he would de
liver his instructions to the Jury toiay.
District Attorney Fredericks closed
his argument, which had extended
through day and half, by urging
the jurors to convict the Chicago
lawyer, to set aside their sympathy for
him and, by finding him guilty, put an
end forever " the corruption of
juries.
If by reason of his age" he said,
"ot for any other reason, you think he
IS entitled to consideration or elem.
ency, let the court extend it.
"Gentlemen, leave it with you and
your God. You can't make mistake II
you find Clarence S. Darrow guilty"
twenty-five Crimes Are Charged.
N the final summing up OF the evi
dence Captain Fredericks read a list
OF twenty-five alleged crimes which. he
said, had been committed by Darrow
IN his preparation for the Mcnamara
case. These Included the telephone
warning to several jurors considered
hostile to the defense and the procur-
ing Of $4,000 in currency from San
Francisco bank for alleged corrupt
purposes.
The chief prosecutor declared that
II Darrow was not convicted. Jury
bribing would be made safe forever.
No jury, he said, could ever get a
stronger or clearer case than that
which had been presented in this in
stance. Speaking of the manner in
which Darrow's closing plea had a.
fected the jury. Captain Fredericks
called upon the jurors to be strong
men 'in the name of the state and IN
the name of decency"
George Washington" he said, "wept
when he signed the death warrant Of
Major Andre. You men must do your
sworn duty, even if it affects you like.
wise"
The prosecutor was interrupted fre-
quently by attorneys for the defense or
by the defendant himself, who cor.-
planned that he either misread the evi-