Arizona republican., 1912-06-01
Detective Franklin With Great Reluctance Drags His Associates Into the Attempted Corruption of the McNamara Jury
HE KEPT NOTHING
 HID FROM DARROW
The Part Another of the McNamara Counsel Took in the Shady Affair After the Arrest of the De tective
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LOS ANGELES, May 31-Job ! Hartman late candidate for mayor l of Los Angeles. socialist and once a 1 candidate on the same ticket for vice i president sat today It the trial of Darrow for alleged jury bribing and heard himself named as the man who provided DarroW with the aleg- 1 ed brbe money. Later in the day he heard the same witness. Bert Franklin testifying for the state, l quote DarroW as saving to him: If you mention my name, want you also to mention what you know about Hartman" Sensations crowded thick and fast in todays session of the trial. fol- lowing each other in such fapid sue | cession that the entire day may be ! described as one continuous thrill The continuation was the rapid fire cross examination of the states prin- ] cipal witness by Chief Counsel Ro- gers for the defense. ! Franklins testimony on direct eX- animation at the time was dramatic i in the extreme The witness mani Tested apparent willingness to tell all l he knew but there was a seeming i loathness to give evidence concerning close friends whom he subsequently drew into his story of jury corrup ] ton.
 Twice he appealed to the court, once when he was asked to name
 the man said to have offered bribe
 to a venireman with whom was ne gotiating and again when Assistant l District Attorney Ford asked him to give the names of three men whom
 he had approached with offers of i bribes.
 For the first time since the arrest of Franklin and the indictment of i himself and DarroW the names of
 the prospective jurors sought to have
 been bribed other than Lockwood and Bain were injected into the case.
 Franklin appealed to the court
 when asked to mention the names of the men said he had approached
 as they were all his friends. Shortly after he made q similar appeal when asked to name the man. said to have approached Kruger before he had. He exhibited much emotions when he related his conversation with Krue-
 ger in which the latter told him an
 other man had offered $4000 for the vote of a McNamara juror
 Krucger wanted to know if they were both working for the same side. He named Los Angeles lawyer heretofore not mentioned in connec-
 ton with the McNamara case which drew an indignant protest from
 Rogers.
 Following his arrest Franklin testi fled that Darrow had assured him that his family would be looked after. | Franklin said his wife and son ad-
 vised him not to drag DarrOW into
 the case He related numerous con
 versations with DarrOW in which his
 course was discussed. The witness did not fear conviction for attempting
 to bribe Lockwood he said, but Le cOmpte Davis had been conducting
 negotiations with the district attor- inev with view of getting the lat ter to accept plea of guilty on the part of Franklin. In view of the plea, the imposition of fine Of $5000 Ianticipated and DarroW told him, the
 witness said, that he would pay the
 fine and in addition would give
 $3OOO for the protection of his fam iIy until he could rebuild his repu- tatiOn in the community.
 A plea of guilty with request for Drob1tion was discussed the witness said Davis agreed to give $5000 the amount of the proposed fine and
 5000 in addition. At a later date a
 plan was suggested by. Davis, the witness said, of inventing the story
 of go-betWeen between Franklin and Darrow in order to save the lat ter Franklin told them he said, : that Ford would never believe such a story.
 When Rogers took the witness and
 began the cross examination he ask l ed series of questions concerning Franlllin's past relations with Lock !, wood and the formers expressed
 willingness to have Lockwood pun t ished for accepting ! bribe.
 . Asked what he meant when he
 told DarrOW that Lockwood was a
 man of sterling integrity, yet he r thought he would accept the bribe @ the witness said he took a chance as e he knew if Lockwood gave his word . he would stick until hell froze over = The witness denied that he was of : fered immunity but he said the law = granted immunity when he took the Q stand for the prosecution.
 $ Franklin was on the stand Wher
 court adjourned until tomorrow