Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01
Job Hartman
 Now Involved
FURNISHED DARRoW TINE MON
 EY FOR BRIslNo.
FRANKLINs TESTIMONY
Detective Tells of His Dealings Wth Dsrrow-lawyer Willing 10 Fay Fine of $5ooo and Give Him 5000.

Los Angeles. Calf, May s1-Job Hartman. late candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, on the socialist ticket heard himself accused today at tSe trial of Clarence s. Darrow for allesed jury bribing, of being the man who provided Darrow with the alleged bribery money.
 Later in the day he heard the same witness, Bert H. Franklin, testnying for the state, quote Darrow as say ing to him.
 "If you mention my name l want ydtl also to mention what you know about Job Hartman"
 Franklin Less Loquaoious.
 Sensations were numerous at todaE's sessions of the trial, eliminating in the beginning of a rapid cross -exsTnins.- tion of the principal witness by Chief Counsel Rogers for the defence.
 Franklin's testimony on direct eX- animation was at times dramatic in the extreme. The witness departed from his apparent willingness to tell all he knew, to a seeming reluctance to tes- tify about close friends whom he sub sequently drew into his story of jury corruption. Twice he appealed to the court, once when he was asked to name 8 man who was said to have of a whom he was negotiating and again when Assistant District Attorney Ford asked him to give the names of three men whom he approached with offers of bribes.
 Tells of Other Bribery Attempts.
 For the first time since the arrest of Franklin and the indictment of him self and DaIrow, the names of pros pective jurors, other than Lockwood and Bain, whose bribery is alleged to have been sought, were injected Into the case.
 Franklin said he entered into nego- tiations with A. K. Kruger and he was turned down" by three others. Guy Yonkin, Los Angeles cigar deal el; John s. Underwood, a local Iron worker, and Frank Smith of Covina-
 One Man Offered 5000.
 Franklin appealed to the court when asked to mention the names of the men he said he approached becanne ! they were all his friends. A short l time before he had made e. similar ap- ! peal when asked the name of the man | said to have approached Kruger be- 1 fore he had
 The witness exhibited much emotion when he related his conservation with
  that another man offered him s4.000 for his vote as a McNamara juror. | Another Lawyer Named.
 Kruger, he said. wanted to know if | they were both working for tho same | side He named a Los Angeles lawyer l heretofore not mentioned in connec- | ton with the MoNamara case which | drew an indignant protest from Attor- | ney Rogers. Franklin testified he told | Darrow after his arrest for attempting | to bribe Lockwood that had DarruW | not been present when he was Arreeted he intended to turn Lockwood over 10 | the police for accepting a bribs. That" asserted the witness. ''vaa when l found that Lockwood had turn ed traitor to me"
 Darrow Intended to Warn Him.
 He said that when he saw detsctivss near the scane of the meeting with | Lockwood, he knew he had been be- trayed. Darrow's presence at the place of F'rankiin's arrest the latter explain ed by saying that he had been inform ed that Leoompte Davis, one of the associate counsel for tho MoNamara defence, had telephoned to Darrow. telling him that Franklin was about to get into trouble. DarroW, he Raid,
 
 After his arrest Franklin tastfhsd, Darrow assured him that his family would be looked after. On every oo- casion that he met Darrow thereafter, | DaTrOw always asked how his wifo and friends viewed his arrest and what his Wifes advice was.
 T told him." said the witness, "thas my wife told me it was not my duty to draw Mir Darrow into tho mud I had made He said she was a brave woman. l told him my son had nd- dressed me the same way, but I had told them there was no danrur of my dragging in Mir. Darow."
 DaFrow Willing to Pay Hls Fine
 Franklin related numerous eonVur- | satioRs with DarroW in which the formers course was discussed. He did not fear conviction for the attempt to bribe Lockwood, he said,- but La cempte Davis had been conducting negotiations with the district attorney | with a view of getting the latter to ao- eept a plea of guilty eH the part of l Franklin in the event sf such 6 plAa and the imposition of a hhs af e6-Ooh l as anticipated, DarroW told hiua, the l witness said. that he would pay the fins and in addition give him tA-0o0: the ss,606" said Franklin, was for the pFeteetieH of my family atFtfI could rebuild my reputation Ia the community"
 Would Accept preposltlen.
 T told Mir, DarFsw," continued Franklin, "that if the district stterpsy accepted my plea of guilty and dts missed the other counts and fl he weuid care for my family as prou1issA 1 would accept the prepesiteh,-