The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-07
DARROW DEFENSE
 ACCUSES BURNS
SAYS DEFECTIVE IS TRYING TO GET eoMPERs THROUGH THE
 TRIAL OF DARRoW.
State Alleges That Neither Burns Nor Gompers Have Connection
 With Case.

Los Angeles, Cali, June 6.-Bert H Franklin, on cross examination in the trial of Clarence s. Darrow for alleged jury bribing, admitted today that he had made his first confession of guilt at the office and in the presence of Oscar Lawler, special government prosecutor in the dynamite conspiracy investigations that he had been first approached by deputy United States marshall and that later he had applied for employment to the Merchants and Manufacturers Association which took prominent part in the McNamara prosecution.
 At the conclusion of Franklin's cross examination late today members of the defense deelarei better progress had been made with the case during the day than at any time since Frank lin took dhe stand ten days ago.
 Redirect examination by assistant district attorney Ford was begun.
 There were several verbal contro- versies between opposing counsel, one of which included denunciation of William J. Burns by Rogers, accused by the prosecution of trying to strike at Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor Rogers denunciation of Burns grew out of con- tinual objections by the prosecution to the questioning of Franklin concer ming his negotiations with the district attorney. He had asked the witness if he had not, in making his confession in which the names of Burns and Gompers were used. been told to bring Gompers' name into his testimony whenever the opportunity arose
 The district attorney insisted that Burns had nothing to do with the prosecution and that no one sought to implicate Gompers in the Darrow trial.
 Burns men are concerned in every detail of this case" retorted Rogers, "even to hounding our witnesses and watching our office and using tele- phonic devices in our places.
 "It's a matter of common know ledge" he declared dramatically, that the United States in this district through Oscar Lawler, and in other district, has made streneous effort to connect MT Gompers and to bring his name In. It is our contention that this prosecution against Darrow is but step against Gompers. MT. Burns is announcing everywhere that he is going to get Gompers if he can, through Darrow.'
 If Burns has anything against MT. Gompers and is following MT Gompers that Is his business not ours, respond cd district attorney F'redericks. We have no charges to prefer here against Mir Gompers and If MT. Darrow, as this witness has said, had not mention ed the name of Gompers and it had not been brought out on cross examination of this witness, the name of Gompers never would have been mentioned in this case"
 Oscar Lawler is the attorneyLmay' be the attorney for the National gov
 ernment Investigating something along his own line and tine lines may cross. and there may be information passed back and forth. but there is absolutely no effort to drag anyone in here, and when counsel makes that statement it is misconduct"
 Counsel for the defense laid much emphasis on Franklin's visits to the office of the Merchants and Manufac- turers' Association, members of which organization Rogers designated as friends of the Darrow prosecution, Franklin said he had gone there seek ing employment.
 The trial will be transferred to one of the large court rooms in the New Hall of Records on Monday