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Show WITNESS IS GIVEN ' SEVERE GRILLING Los Angeles. Aug. 7. O. H. F Mayer, the prosecution's first rebut- tal witness in the bribery trial of Clarence S. Darrow, was given another an-other vigorous grilling today by Attorney At-torney Rogers during which the veracity ver-acity of the witness was bitterly assailed as-sailed Mayer -was tho man produced by the prosecution as the "mysterious stranger" companion of Bert H. Franklin, mentioned by Watchman Leonard Sholier as having visited the offices of the McNamara defense a few hours prior to Franklin's arrest for bribery. Mayer Insisted throughout that he accompanied Franklin to the offices on the day before the arrest, but he told aparently conflicting stories In explaining the manner in which he recalled the visit seven months after It occurred. |