Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-22
Tears Shed as Verdict Frees I'm
ion Lawyer Of Bribery
Charge.
DECISION IN "a MINUTES
Three Ballots in Order That IN,
Undue Haste" Be Shown
Judge Joins in the
Jubilation.

Los Angeles. Aug 1s.-Clarence s.
barrow. the Chicago lawyer. was 40
quilted yesterday on the charge of having
bribed George Lockwood. a prospective
Juror in the McNRmara case. but must
stand trial on a second Indictment, &C.
oording to an announcement made BY Dis ,
tSict Attorney Fredericks after the &C.
auittal.
The scene that followed the reading Of
the verdict. Just o. minutes sStsr the
jury had retired, was q remarkable one.
Jurors embraced the acquitted man. and |
amid tears declared II the happdest day ],
Of their lives.
Court officials. including Judge George
H. Hutton and tho half Aosen baa4ffS.
joined IN the oonsrAtulas1ons and Ars.
Darrow. to whom the trial was q great
nervous strain. stood spsechisss,y happv
with ono hand In her husbandss ma the
other wriuging those Of the turoxA
Judge Hutton In his charee efhun,n$ed
the drst count In the indictment, that
Dasrow had brfbed George NJ Lockwood.
on tho ground Of lack Of evidence. Tne
coust instructed that vesdict Of sui1ty
could not BE- found on the uncorroborated :.
evidence Of aocompnces.
III you had no evidence tndepandsnt
OF the testimony Of accomplioesLs said
the Judge. you must ana TIE defendant
not guilty. Admission made acouuupliccs
by the defendant should not be regardvd
as corToborative. The testimony az a
feiened aocornplice however, does, NOT re-
Quire oorsoboration.'
The second count charged DaSV0v with
attempting oorrupt1y to influence . maj,
about to Be drawn - q Juror
THREE BALLOTS WEIRD TAKEN.
Although the members Of the Jury do.
clared they were always Of one MIND
! three ballots were taken In order, as one
OF them said that mo undue haste bs
| shown. The first ballot was s TO for
acquittal and the second 10 to 2. The third
ballot showed a unanimous vote for mot
guilty"
When the jurors filed back in their
| seats hundreds searched their faces for
an indication of the result of their de,ib-
erations.
A few ha ndclaps and what sounded like
a long sigh followed the announcement Of
Foreman NJ. r. Williams that the verdict
was mot guilty" An effort clearly had
been made to obey the warning against
a demonstration and the outburst ended
abruptly.
| With the formal discharge of the jury
the crowd rushed forward to congratulate
the lawyer and his wife; but with only a
Ipassing Acknowledgement to them. OAR
row and his wife hurried TO the jury box
Golding and Dunbar threw their arms
about Darrow and patted him on the
back. Then the crowds pushed in and
swarmed over the box.
Judge Hutton said As ne grasped Oar
rows's hand: Hundreds Of thousands OF
IIallelujahs WITH 90 up from as many
throats when they hear Of this
A reception In which tho Darrows and
members OF the Jury were the central hg-
ures followed for two hours.
STATEMENT OF BARROW.
In q formal statement Darrow said.
In part: None Of those who know me-
ever believed that was corrupt. and their
encouragement and faith has been my
greatest help In <his trial. The Indictment
and prosecution could not have happened
except under the tense excitement and
strain Of the dramatic close OF the Mona
mara case.
Il shall spend the rest OF my life - I
have t1mt which b past In doing the best
can % serve the cause OF the Door"
District Attorney Fredericks was not In
court when the verdict was Announced
When informed Of II he saad: II have
nothing to say. We gave the jury svi-
dence which in our judgment was COM
plete and convincing
It Is generally believed that barrow will
not b tried on the second Indictment.
charging him with the bribery Of Robert
F. Balm. the hrst Juror sworn to try James
, p Mcnamara The case will be called
tomorrow before Judge Hutton
Mrs. Darrow collected the autographs
OF the u Jurors They are IL new
, friends" she said land we will keep them
forever"
As soon as the verdict became known on
the streets an American Dag was display
ed from the pole on the Labor Temple
: M'NAMARA FUND scss.lO5.
indianapolis, Aug. Is-Au labor unioni
which contributed to the Mcnamara de-
Tense fund will receive copies of an S.
page pamphlet, giving q detailed state
ment Of the uses to which the fund was
put and showing a balance VI $S,s66H
Seyenty.four pages OF the pamphlet are
devoted to detailed statements OF con-
tributions to the funds and two pages to
expenditures. the largest OF which were to
Clarence S barrow. as chief attorney for
, the defense.
The statement shows that s2B,lO5 was
contributed to the fund OF which $2o0O0
was paid to Darrow. Leo NJ. Rappaport
and Henry Seyfried Of Indianapolis re-
: ceived I'll. 900 and 800, respectively Other
large expenses are for buttons. SLIPS
tickets. s457; printing and mailing litera-
tura, g.. s23; arranging for production of ex'
hibition of Mcnamara films s3l42, and
many other items of less Importance
Q The largest single contribution to the
fund was by the International Associa'
I ton of Bridge and Structural 1ronWork-
n ers. which paid $4,000 on August T. As
: sessments of IS on each member were col
lected This organization. OF which the
McNamaras were members, made several
other contributions. two of more than
900 and one of $4,000.
4 Important contributions from other
4 unions were: Indianapolis headquarters
@ LOT the BARRIERS union. t7369: Interna-
o Itionai Typographical union. 5000; Mold
ers' union. $4,000 and Amalgamated