New-York tribune., 1912-06-12
NEW ACCUSER Of DARR0W
Mcnamara Witness Tells Of PAY
to Leave Los Angeles.
FRANKLIN STORY BORNE OUT
White Describes $500 Payment
to Juror - New Labor
Leader Mentioned.

Los Angeles, June 1i.--"Captain" c. r
White. the man who held the "stakes" IN
! the alleged bribery Of George n. Lockwood.
told the jury in the trial Of Clarence S.
Darrow late to-day how he had given the
prospective Mcnamara juror the first pay
ment OF $500 just prior TO the arrest Of Bert
III. Franklin November IS, 1911.
His evidence corroborated the essentia,
parts OF Frankin's testimony as 70. that
affair. White was under cross exam.na.
| ton when adjournment was taken for the
day.
j.. A. Diekelman, q San Francisco hotel
clerk and at one time prospective witness
at the Mcnamara trial. who was alleged 70
have been spirited away by agents OF the
Mcnamara defence, testified to-day. Dick.
| elman's story on direct examination tended
to show that Mr.. Darrows had been the
directing hand in what seemed to have been
the corruption OF an important witness Tor
the Mcnamara prosecution.
On cross-examinaton the most important
fact brought out was that the witness haG
not been subp9naed by tho prosecution
when taken in charge by the defence that
he was out Of the Jurisdiction OF the Cali
fornia courts at the time and ths. In his
affidavit to District Attorney Frederick
prior to leaving Los Angeles, Diekelnsn
had not positively Identified James r.
Mcnamara as the y. b. Bryce" who had
registered in the Los Angeles hotel In
which the witness was employed.
Diekelman also said on cross.examins,
ton that the money given him by Bert
Hammerstrom was 20 be used II he de.
sired to return to Los Angeles from Chi
cago. whence Hammerstrom had persaud.
ed him to go from Albuquerque, y. ~.
and that in all ne had received 800 for
his carfare and $40 20 pay his expenses
for week I'm Chicago.
The defence also drew from the witness
the statement that he had not been con-
cealed by McNanlara agents In Chicago. He
said he had been taken only by Ham
merstrom to the office Of ex-Mayor Edward
+. Dunno, who. he said, assured hlrn that
Uammerstrom was brother-in-law Of
Clarence s. Darrow. After his first meet
Ing with Edward ~ Nockels, the Chicago
labor leader. whom he said he was told
by Hammerstrom would take charge" Of
him while in that city, the witness said
tnat he QIO not UOlu ally OlnfA
ton with Nockels.
The infection OF Nockels's name in The
case for the time attracted attention owing
to the fact that he had visited Los Angeles
shortly before the MacNamara brothers
confessed ss the supposed personal repre-
sentatives OF Samuel Gompers. president
OF the American Federation Of Labor.
SDiekelman was the most important Wit
ness yet placed on tho stand by the prose-
cution with the intent Of showing that the
Mcnamara defence had sought 70 corrupt
witnesses as we'll as jurors. Diekelman tes-
| tilted at length concerning efforts made By
agents of the Mcnamara defence to per-
suade him to desert the prosecution and OF
numerous offers of financial bettermsnt
made to gain HIS consent.
| Ono OF the offers, Diekelman said, was
that of the management Of any one of a
string Of cafes which Hannerstrome told
him were owned by tho American Feder-
|, alton of Labor.
The defence sprung a surprise by declin
| ing to cross-examine Patrick J. Coonsy the
Mcnamara defence investigator"
Cooneys place on the witness stand was
taken by Keene Fitzpatrick, another former
empIoye Of the Mcnamara defence.
Fitzpatrick testified to having accom-
panied Bert Fl. Franklin on one Of the lat.
ter's visits TO the home Of George \. Lock
wood. the prospective juror, for the al
legged bribery OF whom the Chicago sttor-
ney is or trial. The witness told Of an
automobile trip on November S, i3li. n
company with Cooney. when they went
TO surrounding towns, he said, 70 warn
certain prospective Jurors so that the
could avoid service.
The direct examination OF Fitzpatrick
was concluded within ten minutes. and Mr
Rogers, OF counsel for the defence, too<
the witness for ross-examination. only
few questions concerning Fitzpatricks re-
lations with Franklin were asked befoi"
he was excused.