Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-18

was not mentioned until Deeember Ii. when the detective was given hear ing at which witnesses testified that Darrow's name had beer used in tha overtures Franklin, however. strel. uously denied that this famous law yer lad had anything to do with the attempted bribery of jurors
 His case was taken up by the Grand Jury about the Ill dale of Jan dary .up CTS that Fra1N,in had con fessed that Darrow WIS behind th4 b1ibe fund were ci ;u 1ted in Les angeles Darrow, tl ,v.oh his law yers, entered strenuous denial of these charges, and when the rumors were confirmed, branded Franklin as a turn coat and Burns detective, hired by the state to discradit the ia bor lawyer.
 On January 29, two indictments were returned againsJ Darrow, con- taining four counts. Two of ,hese counts charged the lawyer with the bribery and attempted corruption of Robert Bain, the first juror sworn to try James B. McNamara, the con- fessed dynamiter and murdered now serving a term in San Quentin pris- on. The remaining two counts al- lege the bribery and corruption of George N. Lockwood q venireman summoned in the McNamara case
 DarroW was arralgne6 on Febru- ary and his attorneys immediately entered motions before the court to set aside the first indictment and squash the second on the ground that the evidence was insufficent and did net set forth facts proving the charges.
 After a consideration of these mo- tions, the Darrow attorneys were called before the Court on February 3 and the motions We're formally de- nied. Darrew then entered a formal plea of not guilty, and was released under heavy bail. His trial was set for May 15.
 The trial of Bert Franklin on Feb ruary 27 dispelled any lingering doubt as to the part the detective had played ill his investigation before the Grand Jury. He immediately plead- ed guilty to one indictment and was released after paying fine of $4,O00, the presiding judge significantly commenting on the Influence of an older and more experienced man. , His release, was followed by his sub poena to appear as a witness for the state.
 The trial of DarTow began May 15, and was marked by the brilliant work of the lawyer in his own defense.
 Darrcw's prominence as cham pion of organized labor made his ar rest and trial of exceptional inter- est. l,nrs
 The accused labor lawyer who is now 55 years old, and admitted to the bar in 1875, and almost immed. lately jumped into prominence as, an advocate of labor. He possesses an oratorical gift that has wen him the reputation of being one of the most effective jury pleaders ill the United States and his knowledge of law is acknowledged to be second to none in the ranks of labor counsel.
 His most noted case have been the Chicago litigation against the so-call- ed gas trust, the Debs strike case, the ccal strike arbitration in 1902, and the defense of Mover, Haywood and Pett!bone, who were charged with murdering Governor Steuen- berg. Darrow secured the acquittal of tn accused murderers of Steuenberg and immediately leaped into national prominence as lawyer.
 When the McNamaras were arrest ed, therefore, he was called upon to defend them against the much her aided spersecuiion of capital,' and undertook on an agreement whic'a is rumored to have included $50,- 900 retainer and fee of $1,O00 for every day he spent in court. A fund of over $23O.0OO was raised by orr ganized labor fer the defense, of the dynamiters.
 Besides his activity in the cuase of labor. Darrow has won national prominence as platform speaker and writer. He is the author of "Tne Persian Pearl," Resist Not Evil" Pennington, "An Eye for An Eve" and also yariOuS DamDlots on