Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-31
sTARTIfNG TESTIMONY
FROM DETECTIVE fTtANNLIN


they're on 10 US These were the
words Clarence 8 barrow uttered 20
Bert ~. franklin moment before
the mtfers arrcst on November 81.
tstt fpr the bribery 81 George N.
Lockwood. according % franklin :
testimony today su the trial of D1f-
fow Franklin testified that Dar-
row had given him the $4,000 which
Was 90 have hcen given tp L0ckwund
for his vote OF mot guilty" ia the
trial of James y, Mcnamara
Job Hartman. socialist candidate
for mayor In Los Angeles last fall
and an associate Of Darrow In the
Mcnamara defense, was present ln
court for the first time since the trial
began and heard his name mentioned
IN connection with the alleged bribe
money.
Frankun testified that when he
called for the $4,000 AZ DarrpWf 3 Of
llce the latter told hlsa. Job viii be
here IN about ten minutes
~ reported to Mr.. parrOW on the
morning OF November 20" saiu
Ffnnklin. that Mr.. Lockwood would
oall al my office at about $3.50 that
afternoon, that Lockwood and ! had
gard Ga the security Of the money "a
be paid him and that ! was satisfied
Lockwood would do what he had
u requested Mr.. Darrow to get ms
the sum OF 50 geo during the fore
noon and told him that ] would see
him al noon and al that time wished
I him 10 turn over the $4,000 To me
told him ! believed ( could conclude
with Lockwood that afternoon
mir narFow answered that ht
wnuid try 10 get the money II he had
J eufficiunt time.
"a replied that IL ne wished me "a
faI +.
I wood I would have 90 have the money
at the noon hour.
- met Mr. barrow "a his office
some time between IL ana % cioch
7 that dav aud asked him Il he hna
I brought the money. He said that hs
/ asa NOS have tae money ! have FOR
gotten his reasons,
Asked whether he had seen nar-
I row again before going out 20 Lock.
woods house Franklin rcpicd thu'
/ he had called al the lawyers nitict
/ In The Higglna building about
o'clock. BE told Durrow, he siud
/ that Lockwood had called him up ane
asked him out % the farm AS ht
could NOT come 60 town.
II asked him then N he had sottei
! the money" continued the Witness
/ lie informed me that he had not
! but ~ the safe deposit department @
a certain bank was open, the mohel
Z NuhiN ne NNNNhifNi tNNH ~
phnnod some place. After moment
hc set down the telephone and sais
the aafc deposit department WA
closed and he would be unable ~ Ee
the money that night l then re-
uuested him 90 have the money u
the morning some time before
4 o'clock and he said be would.
The witness then told Of MS nra
n maeting with g. E White, whom d.
said he had selected as stakeholder
for the Lockwood brihe money Attc
ho hnd told White what he wanted
him 10 do ho said White declared
my GDd. ! wruldnt truss deors'
Lockwood ar fHr uh ] could throw
bull by the tail
n assured Captain White tha
lockwood Was ali right testiiie'
Franklin snid that ho had dis
eussed with barrow hiH conversation
with White and had assured pnrro,
that White wne absolutely ffuri
worthy. Later he said hp called u
white and told him 0f his telcphoh
conversation with Lockwood and thn
be- was going uul to scp Lock WOO
that night White, he said, decnne'
\ an invitation to accompany hln
Franklin said he meant white whe
he telephoned to Lockwood uskln
him II he should hfiRg the 'nlg ie'
low out
After leaving White. Frankun sai
he drove "a LockWood'a home
The matter of custodian fof th
remainder uf the nrlbc money we
then discussed. said flsnklln, am
Lockwood agreed 20 white, "h
promised 10 meet White "a thc roi
nor 81 Third and Loe Angclrr viree'
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