Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-05
BARROW TRIAL.
Prosecution Assert That II
Will Trace Bribery Charges
To Mcnamara DetenCe--H. H.
FIather Placed on Stand.
No Effort viii Be Made to Show
Completely Of Gompers.

Los Angeles. June 4.-That it would
trace to the Mcnamara defence fund
of the American Federation of Labor,
the money alleged to have been
used. by Bert H. Franklin to bride
jurors in the Mcnamara trial, was
the assertion made, today, by the
prosecution in the trial of Clarence
y. barrow, accused of bribing Juror
George n. Lockwood.
To substantiate this assertion, the
prosecution placed on the witness
stand II. II. Father, cashier of a
national bank of Washington, d. C.,
after the cross examination of Bert
II. Franklin, which had assumed SEN
sational aspect. had been discontinued
temporarily at the request of the de-
fence.
The name of Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the American Federation OF
Labor, was brought into the record
several times, Franklin testified that
barrow once told him the money for
the alleged bribery of Lockwood came
direct from AIR Gompers.
District Attorney Fredericks. said
no effort would be made to show any
legged bribery. but that the state pur-
posed to prove that the $4,000 had
been drawn from the Mcnamara de-
fence fund of the American Fedora :
ton Of Labor and had been sent to
Mr.. Darrow.
Nh Flather on the stand. said he
did not know Samuel Gompers person.
ally, but was acquainted with Frank
Morrison, secretary of the American
Fede ration of Labor, who had about
five accounts al his bank. one of these
was known as the Frank Morrison,
Special No. Account" and was the
Mcnamara defence fund. the witness
added What was described as the
original sheet of the Special No
account" from the books of the bank
was offered in evidence by the prose
! cition, but it had not succeeded in
having the ledger page admitted when
adjournment was taken until tomor-
row.
In the cross-examination of Frank
lin. Attorney Rogers placed great
stress upon The conversations alleged
to have taken place between Franklin
and two men, Watts and Stinemann
Did sou say To Mr. Stinemann.
asked Rogers, words to this effect,
II Darrow will give up certain evil
denee that he had against Gompers
he will be released but Gompers is
The man they want because he is the
head of the union and Burns wants &c
break that up and Burns viii get
Gompers before they get through and
didn't MIR. Stinemam ask you; Why
do they want to get Darrow?' and
didn't YOU say: oh, he has been de-
Tending the unions and is a prominent
man on their side Didn't Stinemann
ask ven where you got the money for
Lockwood and didn't you say: out
side parties had furnished il; that
barrow never gave you any money te
fix Jurors and didn't you say then aft
err you had talked at some length
about that for Gods sake don't re-
peat this conversation ?"'
II did not. or anything like it, replied
Franklin
What did you tell him?'' was asked
II told him" said the witness, thai
Mr.. Davis had told me he probably could
get me off with two years: that | went
home to Mrs. Franklin and told her thai
If | at off with two years and served
my time. which l thought it was my
duty to do, that she would be taken care
of by Mr.. barrow. and her remarks tc
me at than, time We're what caused me
to change. She said; Bert, admire the
stand you are taking, and / agree witt
you on what you have said; but If yot
bring one dollar of dish nest money into
my house / will leave YOU in "a hours,
and then is when l quit.