Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-05
DARROW IS
AGAIN UPON
THE STAND
CASE SEEMS ENDLESS AND THE
BLAMED FOOL UNITED PRESS
WIRE KEEPS LOADED WITH THE
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Hall Of Records, Los Angelec, Cal.
Aug, 5.--Following Judge George Hut
toms ruling In the Darrow trial today
that the defendant on cross-examlna-
tion could be interrogated in an at
tempt to impeach his testimony, as to
alleged incriminating conversations he
bad with John r. Harrington, a for
mer employe, at which dictagraph rec
ords were taken by the state, Assist
ant District Attorney Ford quizzed the
defendant-witness as to admissions he
made TO Harrington.
did you meet Harrington in the
Hayward hotel February 14?" asked
the prosecutor.
II met him there several times In
February" replied Darrow.
"Dld you not on February 15, the
next day, ask Harrington to refrain
from testifying before the grand
jury?"
Harrington asked me II he could
be compelled to testify. l told him
the best way to find out would be to
refuse, and then see IL they could
force him to do So"
Did you meet Harrington in his
room February 1872"
81 saw him again shortly thereafter
upon his request"
did not Harrington then say to
you, Oh, Darrow, Darrow, Darrow,
they have the goods on your
Flushing scarlet Darrow turned
f!ercely upon Ford and growled; 81
don't know or care whether that con-
yersatlon took place or not"
Ford then asked:
"Did not Harrington tell you os-
car Lawler was inqulsitive about the
bribe money, and did not you ask Har
rington IL he had told on you?"
The defense objection to this ques-
ton was overruled and the witness
replied:
"I did not at any time talk to Har-
rington about any money Bert Frank
lin man have used. He didn't know
anything about any such matter and
neither did l."
Juror Williams then asked the de-
fendant:
"Did you believe at that time that
Harrington had anything to do with
the bribery"
81 did not know what to believe.
The question was running through
my head, however,
Ford asked: when you were talk
ing to Harrington at that time did you
believe he would be a witness against
you,'
Darrow was defiant.
"He told me that he had not spoken
to you or Fredericks about anything
of the kind, and had nothing to testi-
fy TO- You'll find that in your dicta-
graph trap, II you've got anything"
Ford carried Darrow over the dicta-
graph records of alleged conversations
with Harrington, reading from tran
scriptlon of the dictagraph notes. The
defendant denied substantially every
section of the conversations which
we're fragmentary and well sprinled
with oaths,
"Dld not Harrington say to you on
February 16 that he was not going to
perjure himself?" asked Ford.
Eyes. That relieved me some" re-
Piled Darrow, with dry sarcasm.
did not Harrington say to you that
Franklin had gone over to the other
side and that Lawler had accused him
harrington of handling the bribe
money, and that when he denied II,
Iawler called him a liar and did you
not then say to Harrington, You are
not a liar?"
81 might have said Harrington was
not liar at that time. | wouldn't
say II now"
The defendant was still under cross
examination when court adjourned at
neon.