New-York tribune., 1912-06-01
|OB HARTMAN ACCUSED
AT DARROW TRIAL
Furnished Mcnamara Counsel
with Money to Bribe Jurors.
Says Witness.
PASSED DETECTIVE $4,000
franklin Testifies Darrow Of
fered to Pay His Fine and
Give Him $4,000 if He
Pleaded Guilty.


e1a,aUs, ticket to-day at the trial of Clar-
ercc ( barrow for alleged jury bribing,
,osrd himself accused of being the man
ho nroyided Darrow with the alleged
hrihe money.
Later in the day he heard the same wit
oss Bert II. Franklin. testifying for the
tate. quote Darrow as saying to him:
,If Won mention my name, want You
slso 70 mention what you know about Job
Hartman"
Testifying as to Harriman's participation
~ tho alleged bribery Of Lockwood. Frank
lin said:
7 told barrow that ! was TO see Lock
wood. and that that morning l was 10 pay
49, The money Darrow said that he did
not have ii, but that he would 9o;Sks ask Job
iob there" Then Darrow told me Job
would he in shortly. Shortly Job Harri-
man entered and he and Darrow went INTO
an adjoining room. Darrow then came out
and handed me roll of bills Darrow DID
not saw anything. | went out TO the ele-
vstor and counted the roll held it in my
hand There was $4,000 I'm the roll.
then went to Sd and Main streets, where
met White. We had drink in a saloon
near there. and 7 gave him the roll OF
none We went to Sd and Main Then !
hold 500 until later. told him lockwood
would b. al Sd and Los Angeles streets at
. o'clock We parted then. he going south
vest and southeast At 81 20 an ana District MSi
Ntorueys office. ] watched Campbell un,
m he was out OF sight. and then retraceo
nv steps Near 30 and los zSo, ANGELS wSits sa%
and Lockwood White said: Bert. It's All
,icht' Lockwood and we then went west
10 I'd and Main streets ana Norm ,nii ana
Main, on I'd. In the middle OF the block
Erouue a detective OF the District Attor-
roy's office. put me under arrest
Where was the defendant" asked Ford.
In The middle Of Main street, coming
toward me-"
"Djd the defendant say anything
BERT they're onto YOU. said he. ! was
,hor taken 10 the office of the District At
torney.'
ce,.a,io,e we're crowded thick into to-
dav,s sessions of the trial. eliminating IN
,hc hocirnins Of a rapid-fire cross-examina-
ton Of tho principal witness by MT hose'''
chief counsel for the defence
Tranklin's testimony. on direct eXamina-
tim uos at times dramatic in the extreme.
the witness departing from his apparent
willingness TO tell all he knew to SEEM
inr 1oathness 10 give evidence concerning
closc friends whom he subsequently ore"
,,,o his story of jury corruption. Twice ne
,skod to name a man who was said to
have offered a bribe to venirefnah WIN
ybo,, he was negotiating. and again whe'
assistant District Attorney Fora asked h'i"
tn riye the names Of three men Whom ne
lad arproached with offers OF brioes.
i-or the first time since the arrest vi
franklin and the indictment Of himself ana
barrow the names of prospective jurors
,ther than lockwood and Balm. alleged 10
1--we been sought 10 be bribed were in
j-ctcd into the case.
Tried TO Bribe Three Others.
franklin said he had entered into nego-
,.s,ions with A. X Kruger and he had
laen turned down by three others-Guy
Yorkin. Los Angeles cigar dealer; John
< Underwood. a local ironworker, and
Frank Smith. Of Covina.
Franklin appealed to the court when
asked TO mention the names Of the men ne
said he had approached, as they were all
his friends short time before he had
made A similar appeal when asked the
name Of the man who was said TO have
approached Kruger before he had.
Tho witness exhibited much emotion
whom he related his conversation with
Kruger. in which he said Kruger had told
hin, that another man had offered him
:, ono for his vote as a Mcnamara juror.
Kruger. ne said wanted to know If they
were both working for the same side. he
named 2 Los Angeles lawyer, heretofore
not mentioned in connection with the Nc
Namara case, which drew an indignant
protest from Mr. Rogers.
Franklin testified he had told Darrow
after his arrest for attempting to brlbe
Lockwood that had Darrow not been pres
ent when he was arrested he had intended
TO turn Lockwood over 10 the police for
accepting a bribo.
Franklin related numerous conversations
With Darrow. in which the formers course
was discussed. He did not fear conviction
for the attempt TO bribe Lockwood, he
said, but Lecompte Davis had been con-
Quoting negotiations with the District AT
torney, with view OF getting the latter
10 accept a plea Of guilty on the part Of
Franklin. In the event OF such plea and
the imposition OF q fine of 5000. as an
ticipated, Darrow had told him, the Wit
ness said that he would pay the fine and
in addition give him 800 'the 5000
said Franklin, for the protection of my
family until could rebuild my reputation
In the community"
Il told Mr. Dsrrow." continued Frank
lin. that IL the District Attorney accepted
my plea of guilty and dismissed the ether
counts, and il he would care for my fam
ily as promised, would accept he propo-
sition."
"On another occasion, the witness said,
he had been informed by Davis that the
latter had serious doubts OF the acceptance
by the District Attorney OF plea Of
guilty. ! asked him what would be the
best procedure in that event, and he told
me that he was not ready to concede his
defeat along that line" said Franklin. A
plea OF guilty and request for probation
was also discussed. In that case the wit
ness said, DAVIS agreed to give him 5000,
the amount Of the proposed fine and 5000
In addition.
At a later date a plan was suggested by
Davis, said the witness, of inventing a
story of Franklin -Darrow o-between in
order TO ssve the latter, but Franklin told
them, he said. that Assistant District At
torney Ford would never believe his story.
That was" asserted the witness, when
] found that lockwood had turned traitor
TO me-
Knew He Had Been Betrayed.
He said thath when he saw detectives
near the scene OF the meeting with Lock-
wood he knew he had been betrayed. Dar-
rows presence at the place Of Franklin s
arrest the latter explained by saying that
he had been informed that Lecompte Davis,
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