The Washington herald., 1912-08-17
ARGUMENTS END
IN DARR0W. CASE
Prosecutor Fredericks Makes the
Closing Address, Reviewing
Volumes of Evidence.
JUDGE TO DELIVER HIS
CHARGE THIS MORNING
Jury Expected to Get Case by Noon.
Accused Faces Ten-year
Prison Term.

Los Angeles. Aug. 1s.-The case of
Clarence S. Darrow, charged with the
bribery OF Mcnamara jurors, did not go
to the jury tonight as was expected.
When Assistant Attorney Fredericks
concluded the final argument for the
State at AS o'clock, Judge Hutton de-
cided that the hour was too late for him
to begin his charge to the jury, which
he stated would be quite lengthy. and ad-
journed for the day.
At S o'clock to-horrow morning the
court will commence reading his instruc-
tions. and probably by 10 o'clock the
twelve jurors will be locked up in the
jury room above the court room to de-
liberate on the guilt or innocence of the
noted lawyer. Humanitarian and philoso-
pher. On the result Of their deliberations
depends whether Darrow will be vindi-
Gated and his name cleared. or whether
he viii face a term Of from one to ten
years in San Quentin penitentiary.
Lnuds Detectives Honesty.
District Attorney Fredericks occu-
pied the whole of the day with his
closing argument He took the jury
through the volumes of evidence which
have been in process OF preparation for
IN SN past. lie tOuChed the
testimony first of the witnesses for the
State and then took up those of the
defense. Piece by piece he picked 10
pieces all the Darrow defense He
lauded Franklin's honesty and that of
Harrington. as witnesses. and paid a
glowing tribute to Detective Guy bid
dinger. of Chicago. as one who had as
sisted In the rounding up of the Nc
Namaras and who subsequently, re-
ceived bribes from Darrow to betray
the interests Of the State Fredericks
asserted that Biddinger was the most
honest OF public servants, else he
would have kept Darrow's money. and
the world would not have been the
wiser.
i don't believe all the witnesses for
the defense lied. Neither did all Of our
witnesses tell the whole truth SAID
rredericks. THE testimony of the de-
fendant helps himself little before the
jury. A guilty man with years Of legal
experience can say I am not guilty. in
a way that is convincing,
Effect OF AcauittaI.
am not going to suppose that there
are twelve men so unreasonable as TO
believe that Darrow knew nothing Of
the bribery. and that 1t was a stranger
who gave Franklin the money" Jaii the
DiobNt NNtpIHtN ds ne ntaTPO the tEu
Of his argument. IF you acquit this
man. you will be making it possible for
jury bribers TO work hereafter without
hindrance
Suppose Franklin told you that a
gave him the $1,000 continued
Fredericks. Franklin is too clever to
have stranger give him bribe money:
and then. too, strangers are not giving
strangers money to bribe jurors. It's
absurd to think of it"
Fredericks told of the fight George
Lockwood had with his conscience when
he was first tempted by Franklin
for terminating the Mcnamara case, but
gave II all to Lockwood
"GuiIty of Twenty-Five Crimes.''
He declared there had been no argu-
ment between the Mcnamara defense
and the District Attorney whereby the
were to plead guilty before
the arrest of Franklin. He admitted that
he had been approached before that time
with a proposition for ending the case.
but that before Franklins arrest the
other side had held out against J. j.
Mcnamara pleading guilty. He had held
out for a plea Of guilty for both. he said,
and ii was not until after the Franklin
arrest that his terms had been agreed to-
In closing his argument, Fredericks de-
clared that in attempting to prevent the
of Justice in the McNa-
mara trial Darrow had been guilty of
twenty-five specific crimes, and that the
alleged bribery of Talesman Lockwood
vas but one crime in "a system born Of
the belief that all men had their price"
He appealed to the jurymen to set
A side their sympathy for Darrow and to
vote according to the evidence.