Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-15
! DxRRow FEAYs ENEMtEs.
Accused lawyer Makes lmpassionst
PIea. for Acquittai.

PIoa Tor AcQuIttal.
Los Angeles, Aug. 15.-Clarence 8.
Darrow, regarded as one Of the fore
most champions Of organized labor ana
defender in the courts Of its leaders
and principles. pleaded Tor his liberty.
ana possibly for his life.in
his trial for alleged jury. bribery.
It was the most dramatic moment OF
long trial. replete with thrilling inct-
dents. when Darrow faced the jury yes
terday afternoon at the conclusion OF
Attorney Rogers argument.
At the outset he informed the jury
that he would rS9t appeal to their sym
pathies, against which they had been
warned by the district attorney, and
there was no note of supplicatton IN MS
opening remarks. Instead, the Chicago
lawyer poured torrents Of wrath and
denunciation upon those whom he de-
clared had plotted to destroy him.
From an arraignment Of his enemies
Mr.. Darrow went briefly into his career
es a friend Of the working class. and
thence into an analysis of the evidence
produced against him to prove the
charge that he had bribed George ~.
Lockwood, q prospective juror In the
Mcnamara case.
Thruout the three hours consumed py
him he touched upon every phase OF the
case and ran the gamut of emotions
in his plea. No man or organization
involved in his prosecution was I'M
mune from his denunciation.
Assistant District Attorney w. J..
Ford. who sat within his reach, was
made the object Of repeated floods OF
inyectives; District Attorney Freder-
tcks and Detective Burns were termed
the tools of the Steel trust, and the
National Erectors' Association, desig-
mated by Darrow as the arch -conspira-
tors against him because of his laborss
for the workingman. was bitterly as
sailed as an enemy of society. Collec-
lively. all were denounced as cruel a
band Of cutthroats as ever pursued
man since the world was born. ~.
The unique spectacle Of the accused
attorney pleading for himself att
tracted hundreds to the court room and
during the noon recess the bailiffs were
forced to ask the sheriff for assistance.
There was a mad rush for the room
when the doors were opened and men
and women alike were roughly handled
by the officers in preserving order.
Darrow declared he was not being
prosecuted for bribery. but because he
had led in the battle of organized la
Dor.
II have committed one crime" he
said. (which is like the crime against
the Holy Ghost. which can not be for
given. I have stood for the weak and
the poor. have stood for the men
who toll. And therefore have stood
against them. Now il their chance"
The enemies Of labor. he charged.
had. long sought to get him out Of the
way.
They would stop my voice. which
from the time was babe my father
and mother taught me never to raise
except for justice and freedom and in
the cause Of the weak and the poor.
They would stop Il with the peniten-
tiary.
20 you wild insane members Of the
steel trust and the erectors' associa-
ton! O you mad hounds Of detectives
who are willing to do your masters
will! o you district attorneys! You
do not know what you do.
.'Let me say that II you can succeed
In placing me behind prison walls,
within the gray. dim walls Of San:
Quentin. there win breed . silence
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