Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-14
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Los Angeles, Aug, 14.-Rogers, In
his argument this morning quoted de-
fense witnesses who swore Franklin
had told them Darrow had nothing to
do with the bribery and asked;
Nov, which will you believer
q self-confessed felon, tes-
tliylng for immunity, or the state
ments Of all these dlslnterested witt
nesses? They have tried to drag Job
Hartman into this case. l tell you,
II there is any evidence against Dar-
row It is also against Hartman.
Frank Il. Wolfe says that Hartman
was not up there at all when Franklin
says Darrow got the bribe money
from him. Do you think Wolfe is a
bad man? Would he be on the NUM-
cipal News II he we're?
Fowler, Russell and shober all con-
tradicted FRANKLIN.
Nov, speaking about shober. sho-
Der is the nightwatchman who said
Franklin had somebody up in the Hig-
gins building the day Of the Lockwood
bribery. When l asked Franklin on
stand II he had somebody there with
him that day, Ford objected. ] smelt
rat right there. There was some
thing doing. The court sustained the
objection. We tried again but Ford
was Johnny-at-the-rat-hole. Maybe
this alibl with o. II. p. Mayer had not
been fixed up yet"
He ROasts Mayer.
Mayer was the state witness who
claimed to be the mysterious strang-
er" who was with Franklin the day Of
the bribery The defense hlnted that
Franklin got the $4,000 from an un-
known man.
mayer Is perjurer II ever | saw
onel" shouted the attorney. 81 can
say It now without going to jail for 1t
wouldn't trust his word in transac-
ton involving a sack OF peanuts. And
they put him on the stand to make an
allbl for Frankllnl"
Rogers laid stress on the fact that
the state did not procure Franklin In
rebuttal to declare that Mayer was the
man with him November 28.
The speaker rldlculed the charge
that Darrow lnyelgled Mrs Flora Cap
Ian, state witness, out Of the state
showing that as the wife Of one Of the
men indicted in connection with the
Times disaster, her lips we're sealed.
Rogers, speaking at times In whis'
per so that only the Jurors could hear
HIM, told at length Of the ordeal Abe
Ruef was put through in San Fran
cisco, when a confession Of the brib-
cry there was obtained from him
George Behm, q state witness in the
Darrow trial, declared that DarroN
put Ortie McManlgal through siml'
lar ordeal in an effort TO make hin
retract his confession. Rogers ridl
culed the idea.
Shows DarrOW's Work.
Now, let's see what kind of mar
Darrow is," he continued, "ln view o
the vicious statements that have beer
made against him.
"some time ago there was grea
coal strike in Pennsylvania. Then WI
learned that we can do without law
yers, doctors, Judges; but we can't d.
without the laboring man. So Presl
don't Roosevelt appointed a commits
sion to arbltrate the strikes ana VIII
represented the miners, Clarence Oar
row.
Go into the mines Of Pennsylvania
ask the man there with the lamp 4
his cap who gave him his education
He'll tell you that he was breake
hoy, working IA hours a day, pickin
slate from coal on the breaker, an
that the strike came and clarenc
narrow got him his rights, shortene
his hours, lightened his labor, raise
his wages.
ASK the firemen on the railroad
the clerks in the Chicago departmer
stores. who arbitrated their strike