The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-16

"a the closing argument Tor the stat
! this morning and win close this after
noon. Judge Hutton win charge til
jurors. which win then retire. Fred
ericks avoided all oratory In his ad
/ dress, combining his remarks solely t.
an analysis oI the evidence.
Los Angeles, Aug. lg.-Two worl
portraits Of Clarence s. Darrow. Who'll
I ly different we're held before the jur!
in tile Darrow bribery trial yesterday
The first, by Darrow himself, at tia
close Of a remarkable plea in his owl
behalf painting himself as the life
long friend Of the poor and oppressed
ready to sacrifice himself to help ther
condition The other was drawn q
the beginning Of the final argumen
By District Attorney John Fredericks
painting Darrow as an enemy Of so
ciety 'inciting class hatred and shed
ding maudlin tears Of sympathy fol
murderers and dynamlters."
The prosecutor will consume all o
today in concluding. Hundreds throng
ed the court room at the Afternoon
session to hear Capt Fredericka make
the closing argument for the prosecu
ton in the trial which began Its
fourth moath yesterday He said he
would not attempt to compete in ora
tory with Darrow, whose persuasive
eloquence and pathetic pleas had in
fluenced, jury, court and spectators
and caused them to weep.
You have ilstened,o said Freder
icka. TO one Of the most marvellous
addresses or oratlons ever delivered
in any court room when you heard
Darrow But that only reflects upon
the ability of the man and has mighty
little to do with his guilt or innocence
His story teaches us that the mosi
brainy men have gone wrong. This
defendants unfortunate predioameni
is the result Of those peculiar philo
sophical views which 80 to make vi
his very nature. His lnsiduous hand
entered into bribery from the very be-
ginning Of the Mcnamara case; brib
cry is in his very nature. He had the
idea that there was no integrity that
could not be bought
Frederleks declared no other but
barrow could have provided the bribe
money Scouting the theory that the
Times dynamiters did not intend to
10 murder, he quoted from a statement
said to have been made by J. B. Nc
Namara in which he was reported to
have expressed regret that he did not
kin Harry Chandler the general man
ager Of the Times.
Referring to John r Harrington, the
prosecutor said tile actions Of Oar
rows former employe might not have
been ethical, but they sagored Of hon
esty.
4 believe Harrington's duty to the
state. he said, TO have been fully as
great as the ooncealment OF the Grim.
inal acts of his friends"
Fredericks confined himself prihci
pally to the evidence, many extracts Of
which he read to the jury.
The Mcnamara case figured strong
" in the closing argument Of barrow
q could have tried that case and
the American people would have be.
liegea honestly If they had been
hanged, | could have saved myself I
know il you had hanged those two men
and other men YOU would not have
changed Che opinion of hardly a man
in America, except to settle in the
hearts Of a great mass Of men hatred
so deep, 80 profound that it would
never die away.
so it would have ended ana wnai
could have been the resultg Men
would have taken their lives in their
hands TO avenge a wrong TO their
class.
And | took the responsibility. cen.
tlemen Maybe did wrong. / took IL
and the matter was disposed Of and
the question set at rest Here aad
there | got praise for what was called
heroic act although did not de-
serve the praise followed the law
OF my being, that IS all. But where r
got one word Of praise got A thou.
sand words o. blame and stood under
that for a year
This trial has helped to clear II np.
Il viii be cleared up; II not in time for
my descendants to know it Some
time we VIII know the trntb. bat
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