The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-01
JUROR ADMITS He
TOOK s40O BRIDE
EXPECTED TO GET $500 MORE IF
MNAMARA HAD BEEN FOUND
NOT GUILTY.
BARROW CASE OPENS
DEFENSE CLAIMS GOVERNMENT
HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BRING
BRIBERY HOME TO LABOR
LAWYER.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Jan. ST.
The taking of testimony IN the trial
of Clarence barrow, the Chicago at
torney, facing the second grand jury
indictment charging jury bribery in
the Mcnamara case, In which ne was
chief counsel for the labor men, be-
gun today before Judge Conley. in
Extra Sessions court No. 3.
During the course of the court
sessions, Robert Balm, a Mcnamara
Juror, went on the stand and swore
to having been bribed by Bert IA.
Franklin, who represented himself as
an agent of barrow, and teller from
a local bank testified to having fur
nished Franklin with currency on
October 6, 1911, the day of the bril-
berry.
The failure of the State, however,
to show through Bain's testimony
that there was a definite agreement
between himself and Franklin that
the taking of $400 with the promise of
$4,000 more when the case was over
caused him to go into the jury box
with a determination to vote mot
guilty. regardless of the evidence.
was considered a most important point
in favor of the defense, by Darrow
and his attorneys.
Others i'm Same Boat.
Balm also testified Franklin told
him there was bribery on both sides
and there would be others in the same
boat with him.
On cross-examinatien, Earl Rogers,
Darrow's chief counsel asked Balm
Did you ever tell him tFranklin)
you would do anything for that
money!"
q don't know that did," an
When you went into the Jury box
you intended to vote for conviction
il the evidence was strong enough
IL the evidence was conclusive, you d
convice Mcnamara 2"
Yes, sir"
Then, why did you take that
s400?"
4 don't know; Franklin insisted,
and / took it."
He Does Not Remember.
Balm stated that the s400 was paid
him in $40 bills When the bank
teller, George c. Young, was called
TO the stand, he was asked concerning
the denomination of the bills he gave
Franklin. He stated that he did not
| remember. In the first barrow trial
Young testified the bills were not
twenties.
In the opening statement of the
prosecution to the jury. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Ford outlined the
States case against Darrow, and from
this it is apparent that the testi-
mony will be much the same as in
the first jury bribing case, in which
Darrow was acquitted. The State will
attempt to show that barrow author
lied and instructed Franklin to bride
Juror Balm, and that the act was
but one incident in a conspiracy
scheme or system to defeat the ends
of justice in the Mcnamara trial.
Look for Long Trial.
The objection of Uarrow's attorneys
gave evidence that there would be
stubborn opposition to the admission
of evidence of other crimes during the
progress of the case. Judge Conley
foreseeing this, has asked the attor-
neys to be prepared early next week
to argue the points of law relative to
the admissibility of collateral matter
In case collateral evidence is admitted
by the court, the trial will consume all
of two months. Should the court rule
| it out, the case will be finished within
two weeks.
| The case was adjourned until Mon
day afternoon. when Mrs Balm, wife
of the self-confessed Mcnamara Juror
will go on the stand and tell how she
helped influence her husband to take
the bride, as she testified in the former
| trial