Arizona republican., 1912-07-17
Denial of Request by Oar
 rows Attorneys for a Transcript of Olaf Tveit-
 moe's Testimony Before Los Angeles Grand Jury
LABOR LEADER TO
 APPEAR FOR DARROW
Day in Bribery Trial Again Devoted to Testimony Relating to the Palliative ness and Unreliability of Detective Franklin
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl

LOS ANGELES, July 16.-In obvious anticipation of the early appearance of Olaf A. TVeitmoe, the San Francisco labor leader, on the stand as a witness in the Darrow bribery trial, the de- fense made a determined but futile at tempt today to obtain a copy of Tveit- noes testimony taken before the grand jury here last February That was the only break in the days otherwise tame session, given over to hearing witnesses attack the veracity of Bert H. Franklin, the confessed corruptor of jurors in the McNamara trial.
 The defense exhibited more than a little eagerness to gain the precious document, Clarence s. Darrow the de- fendant himself, joining Attorney H. H. Appel in an appeal to the court to grant the desired order The action of the defense brought out the first public knowledge that Tveitmoe had appeared before the county grand jury subsequent to the indictment of Darrow to explain the cashing of a $10,000 check alleged by the prosecution to have constituted the McNamara de- fense corruption fund.
 The prosecution resisted the motion of the defense by raising the point that Tveitmoe's appearance before the grand jury had no connection with the indictment Of DarroW District Attor- ney Ere iericks contended that the prosecution would be injured should the defense be fortified with a tran script of Tveitmoe's testimony and that if the labor leader had told the truth. then he would not be embarrassed if he told 1t again on the stand.
 After ruling tentatively in favor of the defense, Judge Hutton modified his decision, allowing the defense a copy of any testimony given by Tveitmoe prior to January 29. the date of Oar rows indictment. Tyeitmoe did not testify before the grand jury until February 16, so the ruling was value less to the defense.
 Two witnesses testified today that Bert Franklin had said in their pres ence tha1 the ultimate object of the prosecution was to 'get" Samuel Com pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor. They were F. L. Stineman. hotel proprietor at Venice a beach resort, and G. G. Watts, form erly city clerk at Venice
 Both witnesses testified that Frank lin had volunteered the information that William J. Burns, the detective was trying to break up organized labor by 'lan1ing" Gompers, and that the prosecution of Darrow was actuated by a desire to injure the man who had been the great friend of the unions
 Franklin had emphatically stated, ac- cording tC Stineman and Watts. that Darrow had not given him money tC bribe Juror Lockwood, but it was giver to him by man from San Francisco whose name he did not know. Watts was still on the stand when the tria ended for the day.
 The only other witness on the stand in the afternoon session was D. V Nicholson. a local newspaper reporter who testified that Franklin told hin Darrow had nothing whatever to dc with the bribery of the McNamara jur- ors
 Late in the day the arrival of a dozer stylishly gowned women caused z furry, especially when it was learnet that they constituted jury which hat heard a case in juvenile court in 2 nearby courtroom.