Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-06
DARROW DEFENSE
HAD It's INNING
Asked That Assistant Prose.
cutor be Placed on
Witness Stand
RAPID FIRE EXAMINATION
Move Made to Show Co opera
ton Between Federal and
State Governments.

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trial of Clarence S. Darrow, for alleged
jury bribery, caused a sensation at to-
days session of the trial by placing
Assistant District Attorney Ford on
the stand and subjecting him to d
rapid-fire examination The sudden
move Of the defense apparently was
inspired by desire to show co-opera-
ton between federal and state govern
ments in the Darrow prosecution.
Showed Cooperation.
Bert H. Franklin had a short time
previously testified under cross exam
ination that his statement of guilt to
Ford was made at the office of Oscar
LaWler and in the latter's presence.
L4aWler then was special government
prosecutor in the special investigation
OF the alleged nationwide dynamite
conspiracy of which the blowing up
of the Times building was said to be
a part. Ford objected to questions
asked the witness as to LAWYERS occu-
Puticl ol tllV s. iouiii lIldt plODtl
foundation had not been laid.
Ford on Stand.
Very WELL" replied Rogers, we'll
place Mr.. Ford on the stand TO lay
the foundation Mr.. Ford, please be
sworn"
Court Took judicial Notice.
Franklin left the witness stand and
the prosecutor occupied it. Asked
whether Lawler did not occupy the po-
sition of special federal prosecutor,
Mr.. Ford replied that he knew it only
by hearsay.
Judge Hutton said the court would
take judicial notice of the fact that
Mr.. Lawler did occupy the position
mentioned. The prosecution objected
to the court doing so.
Why Lawler's Office Was Chosen.
Mr. Ford was asked by Rogers if it
was not true that he took Franklin to
LAWYERS Office because of the official
position of the latter
The reason | selected Mr. LAWYERS
Office" Ford replied, was because [
wanted his assistance as to the law
and facts in the case.''
Franklin then was recalled to the
stand for further cross-eXamnation a;'
to his relations with the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. The
avowed object of this line of question,
was to show alleged inducements Of
fered to Franklin to testify for the
prosecution in the DarroW case.
Frankiin's Relation to Association.
Bert H. Franklin's probable relations
with the district attorneys office ana
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation comprised the subject of a
searching examination of the
witness when Franklin resumed the
stand today at the trial of Clarence S.
Darrow, for alleged jury bribery.
Franklin testified that about two
weeks before he entered the employ
of the Mcnamara defense, he had ap-
piled to Assistant District Attorney w.
j. Ford, for employment. Since his ar
rest for jury bribery. Franklin said he
had visited the officers at the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
on two occasions.
Defense New Line of Attack.
District Attorney Fredericks object
ed to the injection of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association into
the case. He declared that the or
ganization had nothing to do with the
prosecution of Darrow or the testi-
mony of the witness. The new line of
attack on Franklin by the Darrow de-
tense was construed as an attempt to
show that Franklin had close relations
with those who were said to be most
deeply interested in the prosecution
of the Mcnamara brothers.
Alleged "Strke Committee
Rogers referred to the half dozen
men present at the association offices
on the occasion of Franklin's first Wis
it, as the strike committee. Franklin
said he knew nothing of any strike
committee and added that the men
were 'all my friends, for which thank
God
Matter Of Business.
"How does that come,' asked Rog-
ers, that these men who were your
friends, We're the prosecuting commit.
tee of the Merchants and Marufac-
turers Association, and you were an
! employe of the defense?"
Franklin said it was a matter of
business with him, Just as it is yours
TO defend Mr.. Darrow
Prosecuting Attorney Objected.
District Attorney Fredericks made a
| lengthy argument against further ques.
| tions concerning the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. He de
clared that the association had no in
terest in the prosecution of the Dar
row case.
Objection overruled.
The objections of the prosecution
were overruled and Attorney Rogers
continued grilling the witness as to his
relations with the organization which
Rogers declared had been in charge fol
years of the fight against union labor
III Los Angeles, and which was at the
present time very close to the prosecu
tion in the Darrow case.