Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-01-29
HE ENGAGES A LAW YER
EARL ROGERS WILL REPRESENT
HIM IN THE COURTS "IF
NECESSITY ARISES
SUSPECTED OF JURY BRIBING
LEGAL LIGHT THOUGHT REsPoN.
slBLE FOR PLOT TO PREVENT
VERDICT IN RECENT TRIAL

Los Angeles, Calf, Jan. 29.-One c
more indictments will be returned t
day based on allegations of jury brib'
ry in the Mcnamara trial. Deput
District Attorney w. Joseph For
made this statement just before tn
convening of the county grand jur
which had been investigating tn
charge that the Mcnamara defens
maintained fund for the corruption
of jurors and witnesses in the dyna
hitting trial.
Attorney lie Compte Davis, one o
Clarence Darrow's assistants in the
defense of the Mcnamara brothers
was called as witness. Davis said
he had not been subpoenaed but mere
ly requested to tell what he knew OF
the operations of Bert H. Franklin, the
detective arrested two days before the
McNamaras made their sensational
confessions of guilt last November,
and who is now awaiting trial on the
charge of having bribed Juror Rob
ert Balm, and attempted to bribe
Venireman George N. Lockwood.
Information that. the finale Of the
bribery investigation was imminent
spread rapidly, and Clarence Darrow,
formerly chief counsel for the McNa
maras, who has been living at Venice,
a seashore resort, came up to Los An
geles and went directly to the Office oi
Earl Rogers whom he has retained
to represent him IF need be-" All
rumors of indictments have centered
about Darrow, who had supervision
over the disbursement of the $225,000
said to have been raised for the de-
tense of the confessed dynamiters.
Rogers said Darrow would await the
report of the grand jury, which took
a recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon,
before making any statement. Il am
expecting to be indicted" said Oar
row today, "and l might as well be
prepared for it. l engaged Earl
Rogers of this city to represent me,
and Judge Cyrus F. McNutt, now OF
Los Angeles and formerly of the SUI
perior bench of Indiana, probably will
assist him. Judge McNutt was asso-
ciated with me in the Mcnamara de-
fense.
"All I'll say in regard to the indict-
ments is that I've repeatedly said that
knew nothing about any attempts to
bribe or influence juror. repeat
that steadily. confidently hope and
expect to be acquitted.
Darrow told of having arranged for
bail and of his decision to remain in
Los Angeles until the case was finish
ed. OF all those whose names have
been connected in any way with the
allegation that the Mcnamara defense
Systematically sought to corrupt Jurors
and witnesses, only Darrow was omit
ted from the list of witnesses called
by the county grand jury. Franklin
was summoned. 1t was reported sew
eral times that in various conferences
he had with Ford, the prosecutor, he
had been offered immunity if he would
tell who were the higher ups in the
alleged campaign of bribery. Although
summoned before the grand jury on
two occasions he was never actually
examined and two weeks ago he plea !
ed not guilty to the two bribery charg
es filed against him. His trial has
been set for February 27.
According to the allegations Of the
state, based on information said to
have been given by Franklin. to the
men he is alleged to have bribed, or
tried to bribe, the Mcnamara defense
set aside fund of $4,000 to be used
in fixing jurors"
District Attorney Fredericks has in
his safe $4,000 that was taken from
Lockwood and Franklin at the time
of their arrest. Lockwood was in the
confidence of the prosecutors at the