The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-11
DAY IF INCIDENT
 IN DARROW TRIAL Attempted to Indict Harri- man for Complicity SPLIT IN THE PARTY Division Among Socialists Turned Some of Them Against Him and
 Caused Them to Give False
 Evidence, He Says
SPLIT IN THE PARTY

Los Angeles, July 10.-Durlng cross examination today of Job Hartman, a socialist leader of national prominence In the bribery trial of Clarence s. Dar- row it developed that an effort had been made by political enemies to in dict Hartman for complicity In the dsnamiting of the Los Angeles Times building months after the McNamara brothers had confessed and since the Darrow trial began.
 It was a day of striking incidents, beginning with the retirement under fire of Deputy Sheriff Martin Auguirre, formerly warden of San Quentin prison, who had been in charge of the jury since the beginning of the trial, com plaint having been made that he was friendly to the defense. Although he was eXonerated by the court from any suspicion of wrong, the incident evoked a long period of oratory in which the jurors participated in defense Of Au- guirre.'
 Hartman Startled
 No one in the court room apparently was more startled than Hartman when he was questioned as to his knowledge of the dynamiting of the Times build ing. The district attorney declared in reply to an objection that he was seek ing to show that Harriman's relations with the dynamiters were more dam- aging than those of attorney" and that his connection with the jury bribery trial was more akin to that of de- fendant' This statement was made after Hartman had been asked con- cerning conversations with Edward Ad- ans Cantrell and Frank B. Merriam in which he was alleged to have admitted prior knowledge that the Times build ing was to have been dynamited. It was Cantrell, a socialist candidate for office during the last municipal cam paign, and Merriam, the secretary treasurer of the state socialist party, who, according to Hartman, went be- fore the grand jury last month and gave information which they hoped would result in Harriman's indictment.
 Hartman. according to the questions read by Attorney Fredericks, had said to Cantrell at San Louis Obispo, Cal, the day after the Times was blown up, referring to the disaster:
 "It means that the boys are on the job
 Hartman emphatcally denied ever making such a statement. He said he knew the men had gone before the grand jury with such stories. Then he told of the trouble in the socialist party
 
 riam from his ardent supporters to bit- ter enemies.
 Explains Differences
 After receiving permission from the court to make a statement, Hartman went at length into the division in the socialist party between those advocating direct action or sabotage and those who favored peaceful means. such as political action, to advance reforms contemplated nS socialism. sN sss re4A In defending himself against the infer ence by Fredericks that the break be- tween himself and Cantrel was caused by Barriman's advocacy of violence, the witness, in a reproachful tone. said the district attorney knew better: that in the g years he had forwarded the socialist propaganda he had advocated political action only and opposed violence He called attention to his fight against the radical element in the recent socialist na- tional convention at Indianapolis and the subsequent defeat of those who advocated sabotage.
 Hartman never had said to Cantreil that he had known for some time that preparations had been made to pull off that "job" and said he had not told Merriam that the boys knew in ad- vance all about the plot to dynamite the Times.
 Frank E. Wolfe, a newspaper man, and candidate for the city council on the so- cialst ticket during the Hartman cam paign. testified he had an office in the suite occupied by the McNamara de- fense, adjoining that of Hartman, and that on the morning Bert Franklin was arrested he did not see Franklin or Hartman in the offices.
 According to the witness he had been with Darrow during the time Franklin had asserted he had received the alleged bribe money from Darrow.
 Wolfe under cross-e examination when adjournment was taken