The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-03-07
"PL DIE BEFORE | ASKED MERCY
OF RRIeANDs SEEKING MY
BLOOD" LAWYER DECLARES.
LASE WENT TO JURY LAST NIGHT
Second Trial of Attorney For McNa-
maras on Bribery Charge Closed and
Verdict Expected Today-Members
of First Jury Resent lnsinuatlons.

Los Angeles, Cal, March Heed
ing the request of Juror in the trial
OF Clarence s. Darrow for recess un-
til today, Superior Judge Conley in
terrupted the argument of Assistant
District Attorney Ford late Thursday
to declare a recess until o'clock.
During his long afternoon address,
Ford several times stirred Darrow's
counsel to protest against intimations
that there was something wrong"
about the first trial of the labor law
yer which resulted in an acquittal A
? half dozen members of the former jury
were present and when the evening re-
cess was declared they appealed to the
judge against what they designated as
"insinuations of crookedness" by Ford.
Ford's criticism was made in connec-
tion with his avowed concurrence in
Darrow's argument that if Darrow was
guilty of the bribery Of Juror Locke
wood, he was guilty also of bribing
Juror Balm, and If innocent of corrupt
ing Lockwood he was likewise inno-
cent of the charge on which he is now
being tried.
Ford expressed appreciation Of the
fortitude and self control of Darrow
during the trial, of Mrs. Darrow's faith
fulness to her husband, and Of the de-
fendant's contempt for Bert H. Frank
lin, John Harrington, the principal wit
nesses against him.
"But," said Ford, mostly I pity
Darrow because, gifted with such
fine mentality, he stopped to crime
30 low. And you are not here to ad-
minister pity-you are here to admin
lister Justice"
At 9: :55 O'Clock the jury sent In word
that its members were too tired to de-
1iberate and were going to bed. The
Judge thereupon adjourned court until
10 o'clock this morning.
Darrow's Plea Brings Tears to Eyes.
"They would send me to the peni-
tenitary because am an enemy to
the rich"
This was the plea yesterday of Clar-
ence S. Darrow, as he resumed his ar
gument for an acquittal at the hands
of the jury trying him second time
on charges of having bribed a Juror
in the trial of the Mcnamara brothers
for whom he was chief counsel,
Many women wept as Darrow plead
ed for his liberty.
"Pd die before I asked mercy of
the brigands who have been seeking
my blood. I can still fight" he con-
tinued, shouting at the array of wit
nesses who had testified against him.
"Some day when I am known as ]
truly am it will be written that my set
! tlement of the Mcnamara case was one
-eof the most successful ever accom-
plished by lawyer. I am willing to
be Judged on it by God and by men.
'T know of something of what the
world calls criminals. They have the
same warm handclasp. Their skulls
and brains in them were fashioned by
the same power.
you and have criminal instincts
and it may have been our good fortune
never to have temptations thrown in
81,
our paths.
when see a man placing himself
upon a pedestal and calling his fellow
men criminals I mistrust that man.
1--WE all fill our places in life, play
ing the game until we go out forever,
know the human side of criminals and
I know that human lives are much
] alike. did what could to save the
McNamaras- did it honestly, did it
bravely.
"T am growing older. have grown
weary and tired of life, but it is not
fair, it is not just, 1t is not human, that
should have been tried again upon a
charge on which I had once been &C
quilted. If my enemies had any sense
of Justice should not have been called
to defend myself again.
"I am ready for the eternal sleep.
have loved peace and I have loved my
fellow men. I have believed In law