Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-11
WITNESS TELLS
HOW He HELPED
BERT FRANKLIN
Detective Says Darrow As
signed Him 10 Aid
Chief Investigator in
"Work on Jury"
WARNED JURORS TO
KEEP UNDER COVER
Met Lawyers Relative at
Salt Lake City and
Turned Him Back
from Los Angeles

los ANGELES. June f0--Narnihg
witnesses to keep out OF The state
and notifying prospective jurors in
time 10 eyade service when they were
thought 10 be mfavorablc 10 the dc
Tense. was part of bis duties 6s
an investigator for the Mcnamara de.
Tense. according 10 r. !. Co5rey. who
was on the stand today at the trial
OF Clarence barrow for alleged iurv
bribery.
During his direct examination by
District Attorney Fradericks Cooney
said he reported to Darrcv that
Franklin talked too much" that
Franklin saiG They viii never con.
rjct J. =. while Balm Is on the Jury
barrow is also under indlctr1ent Tor
bribins Robert Rain. the irst iuroT
sworn in at the trial Of the Meme.
maras.
Severe Bio. for Defense
COoney followed franklin soon a.
ter the trial resumed today The
defense made q determined hut fu-
tile EFFORT TO prevent Cooncy from
testifying ABOUT facts other than those
directly bearing on the lockwood
bribery case, for which barrow Is
nov being tried For Two hours
Rogers and Appel. OF the defenze.
argued against the admissibility Of
9ny evidence tending 70 show thar
their client was guilty OF offenses
other tran tue brillery 81 jurors. The
adverse ruling Of Judge Hutton Uas
d severe blow TO the defense. The
ruling admits Gny evidence tending
10 show the alleged corruption u
witnesses called in the Mcnamara
case.
Keo. Out o. State
CooRey said that early in October
he had been sent ont OF the state 40
see Berth IlannerstTOmc. q brother
in-law OF DaroT'. who met him It
Salt Lake, end told HannerstIome
that barrow wished him to remain
away until The Dieklemgn AFFAIR
blew over" DieklemGn was one Df
the witnesses for the prosecution IN
the Mcnamara case, ann was salI 10
have been spirited sway by agents
or the Mcnamara defense.
The witness said that upon his
return 10 Los Angeles, Franklin tod
him about Balm Coouor said he I'm
me iiately reported the substance OF
the cor Vcrsation to barrow. and the
latter thanked him. COoncy testified
that until November -. 1911. he bal
been working under barrow and Har-
Iington. On that date Cooney said
ne was notified by DarrOE 20 report
10 Franklin - work On the jury"
Tells % Steering Prospective Jurors
Il reported 20 Franklin the same
evening. and he gave ne q list %
names which he said were prospect
i've jurors. 7 and another worker
Heene Fitzpatrick, took an automJ.
bile the next morning, Sunday, and
visited the localities given ~ the
residences o. those marked . ccr-
tain way We were told TO 20 10
the telephone exchange 10 each 10
cality and call the men, and tell them
that they mad been drawn for seTF.
ice, and if they did not wish to serve,
they could hide or keen under cover.
The next day We visited Artesia
Compton and Downey. In some in
sta noes we could not reach q man
BY telephone, and sent him a messag5
by the Family or neighbo-s"
FTedericks read the list. ana
COoney testified these were among
those notified. After fixing the time
when the witness interview DarrnH
I FredericEs announced that he haj
. completed the direct examination
/ The cross examination Of COOuey
will begin when court opens at ter
O'Clock tomorrow