The evening world., 1914-03-05
HAWTHORNE HOPES
LEGAL FIGHT WILL
CLEAR HIS NAME
Eager Spectator, With DIR. Nor
ton, While Associate Con-
tends for New Trial.
UNFAIRilESS ALLEGED.
Counsel Charges United State,
Attorney Hid Evidence and
Coerced Witnesses.
UNFAlRlIESS ALLEGED.

Two son-marked men. distiu.
guished IN appearance, despite the EVIL
dence they have Of penitentiary life.
passed through the corridors Of the
Federal building to-day and into tho
United States District Court where
Albert Freeman. mining stock pro-
moter, was about to begin his atruggle
for q now trial. There was an air OF
intellectually in the very set Of their
heads and the carriage Of their bodies.
and singled them from the node
script crowd. One was Julian Haw-
thorne. author. and son Of the IA
nous author.
He recently finished nine months In
tho Atlanta Penitentiary. The other
was Dr. william J. Morton. Who has
been pardoned since his term ended.
Freeman. tho defendant at bar. had
been their associate and was Jointly
accused with them. Sentence was
pronounced upon them ell at the Same
time. Freeman getting hvc years.
Hawthorne ans DR.. Morton served
their time. but Freeman appealed and
was released on $4,000 bail. tho
largest ever assessed In q United
States Court.
ANXIOUS TO CLEAR THEIR
REPUrATioNs.
I'VE Just came in this morning 70
see II no got a new trial." the visitors
explained. "If his trial wasn't fair,
ours was not And II the trial was
not fair, we are not criminals. but
men who have been wronged and who
may have their prestige restored"
They watched and listened eagerly
Allegations that Assistant Unitet
States District-Attorney Claude A
Thompson inundated witnesses ant
concealed evidence were among thos'
made by Attorney w. p. Brice II
opening the battle for Freeman. VIII
had been convicted with the other
OF fraud in the sale Of mining stock
The motion for . new trial In be
Ing argued before Judges Hough ant
Mayer.
I'VE have discovered since the .ria
ended that the most material witnes
for the defense was ispt away" sai
Mr.. Brics This was corruptly agrees
to by the witness and an Assistan
District Attorney. Two other vi;
nesses were kept away by intimida
tion. a. we expect to show.
lTELLs OF WITNESSES BEING
| TGRRoRizEo.
"One Of tho witnesses made an am
davit in Canada while terrorixed. tn
Assistant District-Attorney IN charC
OF the trial gave false testimony be
fore the trial Jury about this amdavi'
I'VE also discovered that one OF tn
trial Jurors was q common profe:
sional gambler. who pertured himsel
no become q Juror. He had know
Mr.. Thompson from boyhood. yet h
said he knew nothing Of the attorney
for the Government"
4 Mr.. Price also told Of witnesses be
fore the two Grand Juries which In
yestigated the Hawthorne affair
changing their evidence. and salt
that he would make other revelation
J before no was done.
, Not one Of the mining experts o
the defendants was allowed to testify
; Mr.. Brice asserted. and all wer'
frightened away by Thompson. THREE
J mining engineers had been 10 intimi
|, dated by tho prosecutor that two o
, them refused to come from Canada
while the third ned to Europe. q
these men X. Carr Harris and JOSEPH
q. NcNulty were informed that tho.
, might be indicted, and DR.. Rober
Bell was told that Freeman had sal
. Bell was ~ guilty AZ any OF the part
ners.
: mo man can say to-day that an,
one Of these men 10 guilty." cris
, Brice, referring to Freeman. MortoI
and Hawthorne. "for no one ha
heard their defense"