New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-16
BARROW DEFENDS SELF
Accused Lawyer Active in Con.
Quoting His Own Case.
FRANKLIN'S STORY DENIED
Witnesses Declare Confessed
Briber Told Them barrow
Was Innocent Man.

Los Angeles, July l5.-Bert II. Franklin.
confessed bride giver talked very freely
about his offences according to with ,rses
for the defence to-day In the bribery trial
of Clarence s. barrow. The witnesses.
who were called to attack Franklin
veracity, said that In his conversation he
was quite emphatic as to Darrow's inno-
cence. Franklin, on the stand. denied
making such assertions.
Mr.. barrow took leading part In con-
Quoting his case. and several times ac-
cused the District Attorney Of trlckery.
p. j. Pirotte. a postmaster at the sub
urb Of Venice, was subjected to
searching cross-examiIation by Assistant
( District Attorney Ford. which had not
been concluded at adjournment.
Pirotte testified to having held several
conversations with Franklin, In which the
latter had said that Darrow never had
given him the money with which to Orioe
the juror. Lockwood.
Witness said he was told by Franklin
that money was being used that the at
torneys for the Mcnamara defence knew
nothing about. Franklin also vas said to
]
any message to barrow the morning Of
| his arrest, and that II any one called
barrow on the telephone 70 ask him TO 90
to the scene Of Franklins arrest 1t was
Detective Brown. OF the District Attor-
ney's Office.
Plrotte testified Franklin had told him
at another meeting that he was not wor-
ried about the outcome of the charges
against him.
"They don't want me; they are after
Darrow," he told the witness.
He said his plea Of guilty TO the charge
OF briblng Balm" said Pirotte. had not
cost him anything. as the state had paid
his fine but they were holding the Lock-
wood case over him so that he would
testify against Darrow.
"He told me that Fredericks was UNI
der great political obligations to him.
because once when political enemies
were trying 10 get some documents con-
nected with trouble Fredericks was in
some years ago Franklin. who was in
the United States Marshars Office had
secreted them"
Adam Dixon Warner a former attor-
ney and lecturer. testified Franklin had
said to him in the progress OF the Me-
Namara case:
Il am going 10 win this lawsuit my
self There is an angle 10 this that
neither barrow nor any one else knows
anything about"
Warner was not cross-exa mined.
Joseph McGrave, another impeachment
,trfsn ILL bnA al I,
will get out OF this all right am play
ing the cards. and before I go TO the
penitentiary I will put 1t on some one
else"
Other witnesses who testified to-day
were T. i. Johnson. an attorney. who
acted as Intermediary between Franklin
and the District Attorneys office. and
Carl r. White. newspaper man. both
OF whom testified that Franklin, in con-
versation with them. had absoived the
defendant Of any completely in the alleged
jury brbing
Judge Hutton gave the defence an i'm
portant point when he ruled that Tom l..
Johnson could testify as 10 his coniden-
tial relations as attorney for Franklin.
on the ground that Franklin had forfeited
the right TO the protection OF the law
precluding an attorney from disclosing
professional secrets by taking the stand
and himself revealing the secrets.
Johnson testified that he had gone TO
Assistant District Attorney Ford at the
request OF Franklin 10 ask for a con-
tinuance of Franklins case so that Frank
lin could locate the man who had givon
him the alleged bride money
Il reported 10 Franklin" said Johnson,
that Ford refused TO continue the case
and took no stock In the story about the
mysterious man who gave Franklin $4,000.
but said they had enough evidence TO send
barrow TO the penitentlary without the
aid OF Franklin"
The trial OF Franklin on the charge OF
bribery OF George y. Lockwood, a Juror
the same charge on which barrow Is be-
ing tried. which was set for to-day be-
fore Judge Cabaniss. was continued In
definitely.