Arizona republican., 1912-06-08
Former Chief Counsel for McNamara Defense on Stand All Day Again in the DarroW Bribery Trial
WITNESS BEGINNING
 TO LOSE PATIENCE
His Replies to Counsel for the Defense So Sharp That the Court Was Moved to Admonish Him
IAssocIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

LOS ANGELES. June 7.-The en- tire day in the trial Of Darrow for alleged jury bribery was one of ob- structive tactics. the defense and prosecution alternating in blocking op- posing counsels attempts to elicit new facts from who was on the stand the entire session. Otherwise. the monotonous day was enlivened by ire quent verbal encounters by Assistant District Attorney Ford and counsel for the defense.
 Franklin showed the first effect of the long ordeal during the last hour of the day when Ford characterized the Quizzing of the witness by Appel as a verbal third degree" designed to take unfair advantage of the wit ness fatigue.
 Franklin exhibited temper on seV- eral occasions and after repeated questions as to his reason for plead ing guilty to the charge of bribery made a lengthy and somewhat dra- matic statement as to how he sue cumbed to pressure brought to bear against him. He denied repeatedly that he was made any promises by the prosecution of immunity or any thing else for giving testimony against DarrOW The witness told 1 how he had been informed by Le- cOmpte Davis that it had been ar ranged for him to get sentence Of 1 two years in the penitentiary if Ae would plead guilty to bribing Lock wood
 T went home and told my wife, '' | I 1 had come for me to make up my mind what to do and that I thought the proper thing was to bear the bur ! den myself and protect that man sit ting beside you" At this point the wintess pointed at Darrow and almost in the same breath offered an apol- ogy to the defendant saying he did not mean to make the statement of fensive.
 My wife told me that was the right thing to do." continued Frank lin. and that she would take the children out of school and work her fingers off if necessary to keep things going until I got out. Then I went to MT. Adams. a friend and an at torney to see what arrangements could be made in my case"
 The defense sought to draw from Franklin the substance of his con versations with Assistant Ford, Err win, Dngle, a deputy United States marshal and others with whom he talked concerning turning states evi- dence. These efforts were successful owing to the objections of the prose cution coupled with the evasivt maneuvers of Franklin whose long
 grIling on the stand apparently ha6 not dulled his wit and had seemingly increased his belligerent attitude to- ward tke counsel for defense.
 On one occasion the witness was Iadmonished for a sharp retOrt to Ap- pei, the judge telling him to be more
 careful in his replies. Franklin con- tradicted the testimony of Lockwood
 who preceded him on the stand il
 one particular. Lockwood testified
 that after the alleged bribe money Franklin had told him not to lOol
 behind him. The witness denied tha
 he uttered such a warning to Lock wood Franklin today again handled
 the $4O00 in currency which he saiC
 he received from DarrOW to cOrrup Lockwood after the latter had beer
 drawn as juror in the McNamar; trial Later Franklin was asked t illustrate how he had concealed tn
 money in hand. The money was no
 offered in evidence and the illustra
 tion was stricken from the record ol
 the motion of the defense.