Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-21
BARROW IS FREED;
FACES NEW TRIAL
District Attorney Will Go On With
Second Indictment.
SCENE OF JOY IN COURT
Judge Among First to Congratulate;
Jurors Weep; Jury Out But "a
Minutes-Three Bal
lots Taken.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 19.-CIar-
ence S. barrow, Chicago lawyer, was
acquitted by jury of the charge Of
having attempted to corrupt pros
pective juror in the Mcnamara MUIR
der trial. This was the second count
in the indictment, the first charging
the bribery of George N. Lockwood, be-
ing dismissed by Presiding Judge
George H. Hutton in his instructions
to the jury.
Another Indictment remains against
barrow, charging the bribery of Rob
ert F. Balm, the first juror sworn in
the Mcnamara case.
1T was reported Immediately after
the announcement of the verdict that
the action practically closed the case,
but District Attorney Fredericks said
later that the prosecution would con-
tinue.
Men and Women HystericaI.
The jury was out just thirty-four
minutes. Although the members de-
clared they were always of one mind,
three ballots were taken, in order, as
one of the said, that no undue
haste be shown.
The first ballot was to 4 for acqUit-
tai, and the second 10 to g The third
was a unanimous vote for mot guilty"
The scene following tie reading of
the verdict by Foreman NJ r. Williams
was remarkable. Men and women
were hysterica1, and several jurymen
shouted. Judge Hutton sank back in
his chair, trembling and smiling. He
made no attempt to quell the rejoicing
In fact, he was one of the first to
congratulate Mr.. barrow AS he
grasped the hands of the lawyer the
judge said:
Hundreds of thousands of halle
lujahs will go up from as many threats
when they hear of this"
Mr.. barrow jumped to his feet as
the verdict was read and embraced
his wife. For several minutes they
stood thus, while friends and sympa
thizers crowded about them, shower:
ing congratulations AS soon as pos.
sible Mr.. barrow rushed to the jurors
box where where he was received with
open arms.
Jurors Dunbar, Goldman and Ding.
man embraced him, and with tears
streaming down his cheeks he told
them how glad he was of their de.
cision and the warm place he would
ever hold in his heart for them.
Some Cry; Some Smile; All Glad.
Other jurors forced their way into
{hn 81 oh he
patted affectionately the shoulder of
the man they had freed.
While Mr. barrow stood there smil-
ing amid his tears, spectators, the
majority of whom were women, fought
their way post the bailiffs to the jury
box. Some were weeping, others smil
ing. All were glad.
After Judge Hutton discharged the
jurors one group of men and women
rushed to the side of Earl Rigers, Mr.,
DarrOw's chief counsel, who stood at
the counsel table with his wife. Some
made pretty speeches, other slapped
Rogers on the shoulders. The other
defense attorneys, Appel, Giesler and
Dehm, came in for their share.
AS the demonstration was quiet
ing down Job Hartman, associate
counsel with barrow in the Mcnamara
case, walked into the courtroom I'M
mediately he became the center of q
thrOng.
History of the Case
On January 20 two indictments were
reported by the county grand jury
against barrow for the alleged bri-
berry of Balm and Lockwood and upon
arraignment the lawyer entered pleas
of not guilty.
The trial on the Lockwood indict-
ment was begun on May is. In pre-
senting the case against barrow the
prosecution produced evidence pur-
porting to show that in addition to
the alleged corruption Of Jurors, Oar
row had been guilty of tampering with
state witnesses in the Mcnamara case
The chief reliance of the defense
was that the agreement between
prosecution and defense under which
the McNamaras entered their pleas
OF guilty was made prior to tie al
legged bribery OF Lockwood and that
there was therefore no occasion for
corruptmg jurors. 1t was also main
tanned throughout that barrow was
the victim of frame up" on the part
OF Franklinw and authorities.