The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-24

tlemen. They have taken Bert Frank
lin, and they have given him his
liberty without costing a cent. Neither
put him in jail or taken penny
away. They have taken White and
let him go Scott free. They have
taken Mr.. Balm and Mrs. Balm and
not even filed an information against
them. They have taken Harrington
and Benin and brought them here
taken Cooney and Fitzpatrick and
Mayer and let them go unwhipped of
Justice, If they have done anything.
More than that, gentlemen, they
have said boldly to Mr.. Franklin, If
he tells the truth and the circum-
stances would show that he did-they
said boldly, If you know anything
against anybody in Los Angeles keep
your mouth closed, but help us put
barrow inside the prison.
lis there any question about that?
they have made a case here under
which, if I am guilty, Job Hartman
is guilty, too. They have proven by
their testimony while seeking to put
me inside the prison that LeCompte
Davis was guilty of crime in connec-
ton with Benin, in connection with
D1ckelman, in connection with Frank
lin, In seeking to get him to give false
testimony. At least three crimes
but all these are washed away and
forgiven to get me.
"Gentlemen, suppose I did-suppose
did. Then what? Is there any man
in whose soul turks a suspicion of in
tegrity and fair dealing; is there any
man on earth who could convict me
under circumstances like that? If
they would, gentlemen, I would rather
dwell amongst the savages with Joe
Ford as chief, much rather, because
might raise an Instruction against
him and get some justice.
Twill you tell me if anywhere there
is an American juror or American
jury, or anywhere in the English
speaking land there is a jury who
would for a moment lend themselves
to foul conspiracy like this? If so,
gentlemen, just send me. Anyway, if
1 get up there they cannot do any
thing more to me, and If 1 stay here
they will probably get me for murder
after while.
Gentlemen, if the state of Califor-
MIA can afford to stand it, can. If
the state of California and the fair
city OF Los Angeles can lend itself to
crime like this, the victim will be
ready when the time comes. But let
me tell you this-that If, under this
testimony. and under this sort of con-
splracy, you should send me to prison,
1t would leave a stain upon the fair
fame of your city and your state that
would last while these hills endure
and so long as the Pacific waves
should wash your sandy coast
Shows Weakness of the Case Against
Him.
Nov, gentlemen, let me see what
they have made by their conspiracy.
These are strong-arm men. They
have the grand jury, two Of them.
With one they can reach across the
continent and get whom they want,
and when they get him, they take him
before the other, and they say-what,
gentlemen? They don't say, Your
money or your life,' but they say,
CHOICE and the kind of men they
accuse give them their lives.
How much credit can you give to
the truthfulness Of a man who finds
MS liberty held up before him as
bait for his testimony, as have both
Franklin and Harrington?
Gentlemen, I have tried good
many cases in my time-I have been
thlrty-five or thirty-six years in this
business-and did you stick me, why,
why, have practiced to have a vaca-
ton. OF course, there are pleasanter,
places to take it than the one where
Ford wants to put me; but I have
practlced law good, long time. and
tell you l never saw and I never
heard of case where any American
jury convicted anybody, even the
numblest, upon the testimony of men
like Franklin and Harrington, and I
don't expect to live long enough to
find that sort of jury.
Let me say this, gentlemen: There
are other things in the world besides
bribery; there are other crimes that
are worse. 1t is the worst crimes that
are worse. 1t is the worst crime to
pear false witness against your fell
low man, whether you do it in a cow
ardly way by making an address to a
jury when he is under Indictment. or
from the witness chair-infinitely
1ouler. There are other crimes be-
sldes jury bribing, but there are
Things even worse than that
NOW, gentlemen, am going to be
honest with you in this matter. The
mcnamara trial was hard fight.
Here was the district attorney with
mis- sleuths, here was Burns with his
MOUNDS, mere was the Erectors' asso-
cation with its gold. A man couldn't
STIR out of his home or out of his Of
NV "1lAout Delng attacked by these
men ready to commit all sorts Of
deeds. Besides, they had a grand
jury. We didn't. They had the po-
lice force. We didn't. They had or
canned government. We didn't. We
mad to work fast and we had to work
haro' and we had to work the best
we could, and l would like to comnare
notes with them.
Il wish, gentlemen of the jury, that
some power were given to us to call
oetore this jury all the kilograms sent
by the district attorneys office and
oy Mr.. Burns. I wish some grand
jury could be impaneled that would
inquire into their misdeeds, but. no..
1t cannot be. But they sent out their
subpoenaes and they got some two or
three hundred kilograms, every one.
public and private that had been sent
out from our offices. What did they
get? Have they got anything? Do
YOU think you could have run a Sun
day school, without any more in
eliminating evidence than they get out
OF those kilograms?
Il have not tried to run one for a
long time, but I don't believe vol,
could: What did they get? They
found our key by the wonderful
knowledge Of Mr.. Ford, and his mar
veious genius. He forgot his vile and