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Show ANSWER OF FOSTER I CONTEMPT CASE Detective for Erectors' Association Asso-ciation Denies Allegations of Attorneys for Darrow. DOS ANOKLES: June ?--Robert J. Foster, detective for the National Erectors' Erect-ors' association, whose alleged activities activi-ties In behalf of the prosecution In the case of Cln rence S. Darrow. on trial for alleged jury bribery, resulted in his citation cita-tion for contempt of court, has filed an anrwer to tho charges. Foster will appear Tuesday before Presiding Pre-siding Judge Willis of the superior court and resist the effort of the Darrow defense de-fense to have him punished for contempt. Foster's answer was contained in an affidavit In which he denied specifically all of the allegations raised by the attorneys at-torneys for Harrow The bringing of the action was the result of an Interview published In local newspapers which purported pur-ported to quote Foster a saying rhat he would convict Darrow with a telephonic tele-phonic device which ho had installed In a hotel rom. In the affidavit filed by narrow's at-torney at-torney Foster was charged with manufacturing manu-facturing facts against tho interests of the defendant, with procuring the publication publi-cation of the Interview for the purpose of Influencing tho Darrow Jury and with staying at a certain place to ascertain a method for "reaching a Juror who was a member of the ciui. Foster stated tn his reply that his only work waa to report facts and clr-cumstances clr-cumstances to hie employer and that he had never been engaged to manufac-luro manufac-luro facts or to prepare himself to become be-come a witness against Darrow'. T-Ie declared de-clared he "neither authorized, expected nor suspected" that the articles complained com-plained of would he published The trial of the Darrow case will he resumed at 1 80 o'clock tomorrow afternoon after-noon with Rert H. Franklin on the stand for a continuation of Ids cross-examination by the Darrow defense. |