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Show VVJ ATTORNEYS ARETINED Clash in Darrow Trial Is Followed by Contempt -Charge Lob Angeles, Juno 5. District Attorney At-torney John D. Fredericks 'was fined $25 and Attorney H. H. Appel $5 for contempt of court by Judge Huttou today to-day following an exciting clash between be-tween opposing counsel In the trial of Clarence S. Darrow. The dfifendant participated In the' wrangle. Tho controversy occurred while tho defense was objecting to the lnti eduction educ-tion Into the evidence of thechecki drawn by Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, In favor of Clarenco-S. J3a;row, and nearly ended in afst fight between Appel and Fredericks. Mr. Fredericks, addressing the court for the first time since the trial began, be-gan, announced that he would admit the authenticity of the signatures of himself and Mr. Morrison on the checks drawn In tho McNamara defense de-fense fund. "You wouldn't admit It If we could not prove it," said Captain Fredericks in an aside to Darrow. Darrow denounced the remark of tho, district nttnrnov as i?rnss mlsrnnrlurt and declared that It was made to Influence In-fluence the Jury, which was closer 10 the district attorney than himself. "I thought tho defendant In this case." said the district attorney, "had more manhood nnd stamina than to bawl such a thing out In tho court room." Attorney Appel characterized the remarks of Fredericks as "cowardly and unprofessional." ' Tho district attornoy Intimated that the defense was "plnying the baby act" Appel started 'toward Fredericks Freder-icks In a threatening manner, declaring declar-ing thnt ho was not afraid of Frei!-ierlcks Frei!-ierlcks Judge Hutton reprimanded Feeder- I icks aud Appel. Frederick.; then de- j ciarod that he had menu Ills remark to Darrow as a "mere pleasantry." I Judge Hutton announced that upou I reflection he considered a reprimand j insufficient penalty for such nv.scin- i unci, and impo-on tho flne3. Checks tcsilng $170,000 all rondo out iu favor of Mr. Darrow nnd signed by Morrison, had been raad into the record when the uoon adjournment j una takon. H. H. Flather. tho Washington, D C, bank cashier, was on the stand throughout tho morning session, but was asked only one quostlon, which was ruled out unanswered. Tho caso of Clarenco S. Darrow for alleged Jury bribery made . further I declaration today of its purpose to at- j toinpt to provo that a certain check sent Mr. Darrow from the McNamara defense fund was convortod Into the money used In tho alleged bribery of j McNamara Jurors. Vigorous objection by the defeuso to tho Introduction Into evidence of a book of cancelled checks brought a btatoment from District Attornoy At-tornoy Fredericks that the prosecution prosecu-tion would seek to trncc only one ; check. ; Fredericks said that contiary to the ; usual methods of the dofeudant In de ; positing checks received from Frank Morrison, Bocrotary of the American Federation of Labor, chock mentioned , was taken to another city and con- verted Into currency. The dofcnBc oxpressod" willingness to admit that tho signatures of Dar- i row and Morrison on tho chocks, were l authentic, but denied tho ndmlsslbll- j Ity of tho checks Into ovldencc. H H. Flather, cashier of a Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, bank, took tho stand whon the trial of Darrow was resumed this morning. Tho book of checks bearing Morrison's Mor-rison's slgnaturo and said to aggregate a total of moro than $200,000, includes one for 510,000, drawn by Morrison on December 1, 1911, and cancollod on tho sarao day. This was tho day upou which tho McNamara brothers pleaded guilty. oo- Sadcfsky, Irby's new second sacker, has turned-out to bo a" "boar." |