Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-08-17
Noted CHICAGO LAWYER WHO HAS MADE SPECIALLY OF LABOR WAR
CASES IS PURGED OF CHARGE THAT He TRIED TO BRBE JURORS TO
FREE NkMARA BROTHERS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF BLOWING UP
TIMES BUILDING
SOBS AND HANDCLAPS GREET VERDICT
AND TWO MEN HUG ACCUSED ATTORNEY

L Sudil Speilu I've rest Ol ils lie
as l have in the past, doing the best
can to serve the cause of the poor"
District Attorney Fredericks was
not present when the verdict was an
nounced. He was visibly perturbed
when informed of it.
Il have nothing to say he said.
I'VE give the jury evidence which, in
| our Judgment, was complete and con-
. vincing l think the jury has taken
! into count what has been said by the
| defendants counsel more than they
have the evidence However, we do
not quarrel with verdicts. 1t is our
| business to present evidence, theirs
| to consider it. I imagine we will try
the Balm case l do not know of any
reason why We should not. 1t is far
| stronger case than this"
| Associate Counsel H. H. Appel, of
the defense, declared that it was the
nature Oh the evidence against Dar-
row that brought about the verdict of
acQusttaL
Il have always felt" he said,
that no American jury would coun-
tenance a scheme to allow so many
criminals to go free in order to con-
vict a defendant" 1t is mainly be-
lieved that Darrow will not be tried
on the second indictment charging
him with the bribery of Robert F.
Balm, the first juror sworn to try
James B. Mcnamara. The case will
be called for setting Monday before
Judge Hutton.
We do not know what will hap
len after that said Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Ford
"Wc are not making any announce
rcnts as to further action by the
state. Mr.. Darrow said that he had
intended &c return to Chicago as soon
as possible but he was undecided at
the present time.
Mrs Darrow collected the auto
graphs of the twelve jurors.
They are twelve new friends" she
said, land | will keep them forever"
AS soon as the verdict became
known on the streets, an American
flag was displayed from the flag pole
on the Labor Temple.
Judge George H. Hutton began his
charge to the jury at 500 o'clock this
morning.
The court eliminated the first count
) in the Indictment that Darrow had
bribed George n Lockwood, a regu-
larly drawn juror in the case of J. B
Mcnamara. The evidence, Judge Hut
ton instructed, did not justify yer.
dict of guilty on the first count.
The second count charged Darrow
with attempting corruptly to influence
a man about to be drawn as juror
The court also instructed that q
verdict of guilty could not be found
on the uncorroborated evidence of ac
completes.
IF you find no evidence independ
ent of the testimony of accomplices,
,, said the Judge, you must find the de
fendant not guilty. Admission alleg
ed to have been made to accomplices
:. by the defendant should not be re
garded as corroborative. The testi
mony of feigned acconplice, how
ever, does not require corroboration.
This instruction applied to Lock
wood.
A direct outcome of the abrup
ending last November of the trial o
: ] B. Mcnamara for the dynamitin
= Of the Los Angeles Times building
the trial of Clarence S. Darrow, chic
of counsel for the Mcnamara broth
: ers, was the result of an indictmen
' by the county grand jury for the al
u legged bribery of George N. Lock
L wood, a prospective juror in the Nc
Namara case.
. On November 80, 1911, Bert n
g Franklin, chief of detectives on tn
Mcnamara defense, was arrested TO
:. the bribery of Lockwood On Decen
:. Der the Mcnamara brothers plead
=, ed guilty, ]. B. Mcnamara to murde
in destroying the Times building, an
J. J. Mcnamara to dynamiting tn
Llewellen Iron works.
q On January Is, Franklin made
II confession to Assistant District Alto
ney Ford that he had bribed Robel
d F. Balm, the first juror sworn to tr
=. the Mcnamara case, and that he ha
n sought to bribe five other prospectiv
jurors, including Lockwood. The la
g ter had reported early in Novembe
to the district attorney that Franl
J.. lin had approached him and from thu
If time he acted under the instruction
10 of the prosecutor.
Is On January 20 two indictmen
ID were reported by the county gran
in jury against Darrow for the allege
e. bribery of Balm and Lockwood, ar
x upon arraignment the lawyer entere
i'd pleas of not guilty.
le The trial on the Lockwood indie