The daily worker., 1934-12-26
Ii. d. Lawyer Charges
Again D. A. Tampers
With Jury
By JACK CRANE

An attempt by the prosecution to
cover up its tampering with the
jury by counter charges that Mrs.
Warwick, mother of Jack Warwick,
one Of the eighteen ciminal syndi-
calist defendants, had interviewed
one of the jurors, collapsed during
judicial investigation Saturday
morning. On the other hand, ques-
tioning of Mrs. Rose, a juror, by
Leo Gallagher, International Labor
Defense attorney, brought the ad-
mission that Deputy District Attor-
ney Buchler had close relations
with the Juror, and visitor to her
home during the time she has been
on the jury. and had accepted sew
eral gifts of ducks from her in that
period.
The court, confronted with this
damaging evidence against the pro-
secution. criticized Buchler for his
failure to inform the court of his
acceptance Of ducks from Mrs.
Rose.
Mrs. Davis, who was called on one
of the first jury panels but not
accepted for jury duty, denied that
Mrs. Warwick had approached her.
She testified that she invited Mrs.
Warwick to her home for dinner
after she had been excused from
jury service.
Caught in Contradiction
If you did not know Mrs. War
wick how did you get acquainted
with her" the prosecution asked.
While waiting to be called as a
Juror overheard some insulting re-
marks made to Mrs Warwick by
other prospective jurors that an
gered me-" Mrs. Davis replied, and
after I was excused from the jury I
then spoke to Mrs. Warwick and
our acquaintance was furthered
after that"
Mrs. Davis was hastily excused by
District Attorney McAllister when
she stated that she had looked up
the meaning Of the California
/ Criminal Syndicalist Law in the
| library
McAliister was then put on the
stand by Gallagher. He attempted
to counter the defense questioning
with statements such as Il cannot
give information publicly, see me
privately in my office" and this is
a fishing expedition by the de-
| fendants." He admitted that he
had received thousands of protest
| letters. cards and resolutions from
all parts of the country denouncing
the frame-up of the 18 defendants,
who we're arrested in the vigilante
raids on workers organizations dur
ing the west Coast strike struggles
last Summer.
Frame-up Collapses
McAllister's attempt to spring an
additional frame-up against the
defendants with fantastic tale
that death threats" had been
made against himself and one of
the Jurors also collapsed under the
questioning of his principal wit
nesses by the defense. Mrs. King,
wife of one of the prospective jurors
failed to confirm the story by Mrs.
Nix, the jurors claimed by Nc
Allister to have been threatened.
Mrs. Nix had testified that Mrs.
King had come running eXcitedly
into her rooms to tell her that a
man had forced himself into the
apartment and was threatening to
kill Mrs. Nix. Mrs. King could not
remember any such incident.
Gallagher renewed his charges
against the District Attorneys Of
flee of tampering with the jury to
further the frame-up of the l8
defendants. and of planting Mrs.
Rose on the jury. The judicial
investigate is to be continued
next Saturday. Gallagher is also
pushing for an investigation of Jury
Commissioner LIE Graves.
Meantime, selection of the jury
will be continued from the seventh
special panel called after the ex-
haustion of two regular panels and
six special panels. Negroes and all
workers or any one suspected of the
remotest sympathy with the work.
ing -class movement have been ex-
cluded from the jury panels called
to date. The panels have been
packed with vigilantes and stool
pigeons.
/ Protests against the frame-up
and the whole procedure in the
court should be sent to Governor
Frank Merriam, Judge Dal M. Lem
mon and District Attorney Meal
lister. all at Sacramento, Calf.