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Show H Cross Examination of M Attornejr Begins-Knew M of Dynamite H Los Angeles, Aug-. 2. Roturnlng to H tho collateral allegation that Clar- Hj ence S. Darrow sought unlawfully to H acquire evidence to be used against H the McN'amaras, Darrow was cross- H examined at tho resumption of his H hrlbory trial today concerning his re- H latlons with TV. J Turner of Chicago. H Darrow testified that Turner was a H detective who had worked for him in H tho Moyer-Haywood-Pettlbono cases H in Idaho, He admitted the authentl- H city of telegrams between himself and H Turner, In which the subject was De- H tcctive Guy Biddlnger, and tho prose- Hl i cutlon charges the object was to se- H II cure evidence by bribing Biddlnger. H Ii Ford called Dnrrow's attention to H I tho keys taken from John J. McNa- H I mar a upon the latter's aiTcst and to H i tho fact that they were duplicates of H J Icyes found upon J B McNamara. He jj asked the witness if he 'did not know V in tho early stages of the McNamara Hl H case that those keys were for the Hj J vault used by J J. McNamara, the H Jones barn in Indianapolis, and tho Hl barn of Ortie McManigal's fathor at H Tiffin. Ohio. Hl Darrow said he might have heard H of it but he denied having discussed H tho matter with Detectivo Biddlnger Hljj Biddinger had previously testified W that Darrow had discussed with him t the matter of tho koys. Hj District Attorney Fredericks said J during tho forenoon that another cf- H fort would be made by the state to H Introduce the much-discussed stcnog- H raphlc report of the secretly-heard H conversation between Darrow and B John R. Harrington, while the latter H was acting for Oscar Lawlcr, special H federal prosecutor in the so-called B dynamite conspiracy Investigation. V Los Angeles, Cal , Aug. 2. A BB unique stipulation has been made to- j day by opposing counsel in the Par- Bhj! row bribery trial It was that all of BBBJ tho published works of Clarence S. BBBf ' Darrow be admitted into evidence and BBBJI copies of his novels, essays and lec- BBBv tures be furnished to the jurors to be BBBJ read during their hours of leisure BH District Attorney Fredericks later BflflJ withdrew his consent to the stipula- Jt tion. Except for this incident and a Hflflj! heated verbal encounter between As- H sistant District Attorney Ford and J Chief Counsel Rogers of the defense, BBH the day was featureless. H' Tho defendant again gave few di- BBBJj rect responses. His most common M reply was , "I don't recall; hut pcr- Bj haps I did," or something vf like na- BBBj H Nearly every phase of the case was BBBji gone Into by Ford and It was Indi- BBBjt cated that Mrs. Bert H. Franklin. BBj wife of the principal witness for the BBS prosecution, would be called by the BBBJ state in rebuttal. BBBJI "Did you not Bay to .Mrs. Franklin BBBj' on the day of his arrest. "Now, Mrs. BBfl Franklin, den't be too hatd on me," BBBj asked Ford. BBS "I did not," declared Darrow cm- BBfl phatlcally. "either by lauguage, ges- BBfl ture, writing, cipher or any other way BBfl in substance or effect." HHJ Dnrrow's writings were injected in- HHj to the case when Ford propjsed a HHjj copy of an address on "Crimes and flH Criminals." given by the defendant flB i before the prisoners In the Cook HHj county jail in Chicago and read from HHB it the following paragraph: HHJ There Is No Crime. HHJl "There is no such thing as crime, flflj ss the word is generally understood. J I do not believe there is any sort of distinction between the mora condition condi-tion of the people in and out of Jail. One is Just as good as another. The people here can no more .help being here than tho people outside can avoid being outside. I do not believe be-lieve that people are In jail because they deserve to bo. Thoy are In Jail simply because thoy cannot avert it on account of circumstances which are entirely beyond their control and for whioh thcy'are in no way responsible." respon-sible." Ford naked if tho foregoing was Darrow's state of mind last November. Novem-ber. Attorney Rogers protested that It was unfair to select an Isolated paragraph para-graph in tho pamphlet. The defense said it would not object ob-ject to the reading of excerpts from Darrow's works If all of them were admitted into evidence and the jurors provided with copies, to whloh the prosecution assented, but a short time later District AttJrnoy Fredericks recalled re-called his agreement. Questioned concerning the effect of Franklin's arrest upon tho negotiations negotia-tions for the compromise pleas in the McNamara case. Darrow insisted that ho had a right to fear tho effect on the settlement. "I know that it affected the settlement," settle-ment," said Darrow. "It cost J J. five more years." He explained that tho district attorney, prior to the ar-reBt ar-reBt of Franklin, had consented to a term of ten years for tho older McNamara Mc-Namara brother, and later Insisted upon fifteen years Darrow appeared more at ease today. to-day. nr |