Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-08-17
District Attorney FrederickS
Closes Prosecution with a
Powerful Plea for Conviction
Of Chicago Lawyer.
LIST OF % ALLEGED
CRIMES CHARGED
Telephone Warnings and Pro-
curing $4,000 from San
Francisco Bank Are Among
0ffenses Claimed.

Try Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Los Angeles. Aug. l6.-The case oi
Clarence :. Darrow. charged witt
jury bribery, will not go to the jurN
until tomorrow morning. District At
torney Fredericks did not conclude
his final argument for the prosecu-
ton until late today, and Judge Hut
ton announced that he would not de-
liver his instructions to the jury un-
Ill tomorrow.
District Attorney Fredericks closed
his argument which had extended
through Il day and a half by urging
the jury to convict the Chicago law
Yer and put an end forever to the
corruption of juries.
''lf by reason Of his age" he said.
cor for any other reason you think
lie is entitled to consideration or
clemcncy, let the court extend it.
Gentlemen, l leave it with YOU
ana your Cod You cannot make any
mistake if you find Clarence $. Dar-
row guilty
In the final summing up of the
evidence, Captain TredericSs read a
list of twenty-five alleged crimes
which he said had been committed
hy Darrow in his preparation Of the
These included the telephone warn
ing to several jurors considered hos
tile to the defense, and the procuring
Of $4,000 in currency from a san
Francisco bank for alleged corrupt
purposes. The chief prosecutor de-
clared that If Darrow was not con-
vlcted jury bribing would he made
safe forever. No jury, he said, could
ever get a stronger or clearer case
than that which had been presented
IN this instance.
Speaking of the manner in which
Darrow's closing plea had affected
The jury. Captain Fredcricks called
upon the Jurors to be strong men ''in
the name Of the state and in the
name of decency
George Washlngton.' he said,
''wept when he signed the death war
rant Of Major Andre. You men must
do your sworn duty even though it
affects likewise
The prosecutor was interrupted
frequently by attorneys for the de-
fense, or by the defendant himself,
who complained that he either mis-
read the evidence or made statements
outside the evidence. Fredericks de-
clared the attorneys Were badger
ing him because they dld not want !
the jury to hear what he had to say, |
ma asked the court to silence them. |
Much time was devoted TO the Oft
discussed peace negotiations in the
case, the speaker declar-
ng on one occasion that had George +
y. Lockwood accepted the bribe Of
cred him instead of reporting 1t TO
he district attorney, there never
would have been a settlement, as the
iefense would then have had two
men on the jury.
The testimony OF the defense's wit
less that both of the McNamaras
we're willing to plead guilty week
before the elimination of the trial,
VAS denounced as absurd.
They We're willing to let the poor
wretch, j. B. Mcnamara, go to the
'allows if necessary" said Freder-
CHS, but they did not want to throw
n j. j. Mcnamara. because that
would have meant the throwing in OF
Inion labor, and they did not want to
hrOw organized labor to the wolves
IS they have termed it,.
The entire negotiations for the
pleas. according to the
istrict attorney was merely Il scheme
T putting TO sleep the authorities
fhile the friends of the McNamaras
got whom they wanted on the jury.