The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-16
Lawyer Charged With Bribery Made
a Great Plea to the Jury In
His Effort to Acquls
Himself.
ALL OVER BY TONIGHT
One Of the Most Marvellous Addresses
Ever Delivered In Court Room
Was the Effort Of
Attorney.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16The fate
Of Clarence 8. Darrow will probably
be in the hands Of the jury by night
fall
Captain John D. Fredericks, district
attorney, when court convened today.
resumed the final argument for the
state which will close the pleas Of
counsel for both sides. After that It
only remains for Judge Hutton to de-
liver his charge to the Jury which will
Immediately retire.
After the dramatic efforts OF Dar-
row which held the jury and specta-
tors hanging on his every word for
hours, Captain Frederick found some
difficulty In catching the attention OF
the crowd in the courtroom when he
opened the states final plea He re-
ferred to Darrow's argument as 'one
Of the most marvellous addresses or
orations ever delivered In court
room," but he declared that Darrow's
insidious hand entered into bribery
from the very beginning of the Nc
Namara case---bribery Is in his very
nature
whole address kept away from orator
ical flights, confining his remarks to
careful, solid analysis Of the evi-
dence presented.
Darrow today had recovered his
composure which he seemed to have
lost during the peroration Of his re-
rr1arkable address of yesterday, when
4 he broke down and wept as he de-
scribed the difficulties he had to face
in settling the Mcnamara case and
saving the lives of his Clients. Most
OF the spectators and Jurors cried
openly with the lawyerdefendant.
!, One of the most remarkable utteran-
, ces Of Darrow's address was: Il know
the crowd; in way love them: in
way despsse them, ! know the un-
reasoning unthinking mass | have
been their idol and have gone down
into the depths of the valley and
: heard them hiss my name-this same
mob. But I have summoned such de-
J votion and such courage as God has
given ME and have gone my path
The time allotted to Fredericks for
, his argument will expire at 5 o'clock
this afternoon but 1t is not known
: whether he will conclude before that
/ hour.
q Davis 10 In Danger.
n LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug. To-
/ Dropping hint that some action
Y might be taken against Lecompte Da
+ Wis, who was associated with Clarence
! s. Darrow In the defense OF the Nc
l. Namara brothers, District Attorney
John d. Fredericks today resumed his
closing argument for the state In the
+ Darrow bribery trial. Another packed
;. courtroom greeted the prosecutor and
a the bailiffs with difficulty kept ordel
d in the corridors of the Hall OF Rec
T. ords where hundreds who had beer
unable to get into the court room
q proper, were gathered.
3 1T is utter folly. gentlemen" sait
>. Fredericks, ito believe that any othe
persons than the attorneys in the Nc
n Namara trial attorneys who had beel
handling money, committed thos
briberIes. Nobody else would vast
! time and money bribing Jurors VIII
10 might not be accepted when they az
n peared in court
N AT another point he said: Il ar
going to look squarely in the face c
the matter. do not say that all th
= witnesses for the defense lied Neiti
err do / say that all our witnesses tol
5 the truth. do not believe that a
- the witnesses who said Bert Frankli
= told them Darrow was innocent wer
- perjurers.
- when Darrow was on the stant
= he appeared to be speaking the truti
o but YOU can't tell Question an ol
:, =, fellow like Robert Balm and there
-, ~ chance to tell whether he is speal
- ing the truth; question Darrow for
~ - while and YOU can't tell whether he
speaking the truth or not.
Fredericks denounced George Behr
uncle Of Critic McManigal who, he
u leged, was brought by Darrow fro
MS Chicago to intimidate McManfgal
m reeant.
or
or Mr. and Mrs. John N Jacobs. al
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