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Show TELEPHONE 1 1 lent. , I Darrow Defense Shows IS Why Darrow Was )6D -JM With Franklin. m 19 L II Los Angeles, Cal., July 12. Thi. r? . strenuous campaign of last year in " Bl which Alayor Alexander and Job Har- p MH riman were the principals, was re- " 2 SjH called at the bribery trial of Clarence pjrf Hflfl S. Darrow today during the cross ex- p' tral amlnation of former Fire Commission- jp j& er Charles O. Hawloy. Hawley had t. .' tf testified to calling Air. Darrow on the p. i. ffiflH lelephono early on the morning of SdHy' fiBI November 28, 1911, summoning them olnt . mBH to a political conference It was this proali SH summons that brought Darrow to tho rH scene of Bert H. Franklin's arrest UU f; A supposed alliance between the - rl chief good government party and tho , J H liquor interest was the subject of tho ' j H proposed conference and Hawley Bald ' H his suspicion of such an alliance was ' 4 aH strengthened by an editorial in a Tr J" M morning paper of November 2S. 'H Assjstant District Attorney Ford t . 'Wl produced tho editorial In question and . ll8 H it was read to the jury. ,verjr M Nearly the entire forenoon session ?. m' M of the trial was devoted to the cross- p M examination of the former official. q.-- (l Los Angeles, July 12. The defense " ) H in the bribery trial of Claronce S. q ''i Darrow struck today St the very heart iH of tho state's case the allegation of aQ(j 'H Bert H. Franklin that Darrow had mm i H given him the money for the attempt- H ed corruption of George N. Lockwood, ' ' iH a prospective juror In the McNamara 'H trial. Witnesses produced during the 'H day served the double purpose of ac- ' IH counting for the whereabouts of th ticl "9H accused on the morning of the al- lFe"" HH leged bribery expose and of tending JVH to Impeach Franklin's veracity. jean w jM A mysterious stranger came with 5 oj BH Frauklin to the office ot the AIcNam- ' 'ft H ara defense early In the morning of m ' the latter's arrest, according to the B H testimony of Leonard Schoeber, who m 2. 'rB H was employed as a watchman at the L vB M office of the AIcNamara counsel and au V it seemed probable that the defenBp jj ff would undertake to show that It was , v the stranger who operated with ' Franklin Mn his alleged jury operas Lji. The mystery of the telephone mes- , BH sage1 which called DaTrow to thd vlcln- un- VI ity of the arrest of Franklin, which lon- Vj had been given much prominence dur- uar, f fH ing tho trial, was cleared up by Chas. tf J O. Hawley. a former fire oommls- IB sioner of Los Angeles. Hawley teB- lod- ( iH tifled that he had called Mr. Darrow iwk H on the telephone about 9 o'clock on r IH the morning of November 28 and l5 M asked him to come to the Socialist J M campaign headquarters for a political ,H conference with himself and John w JH Harriman, Hawley, the last witness !. JM on tho stand today, was regarded as rn, )',jH one of the best witnesses yet pre- qj9 -fj sented by the defense. He corrobo- 1-7 'fH rated the testimony of Job Harriman for jl as to the latters's movements on the Met. l J morning of Franklin's arrest as well - . jj as clearing up the much discussed rr , H telephone call which drew Darrow 'M practically to Franklin's side when u ijM Detective Samuel L. Browne took him UH into custody. fH Given Vigorous Grilling. 3 The former fire commissioner was lH given a vigorous grilling by Assistant j fjH District Attorney Ford and he was 024 fH still under cross-examination when . IH court adjourned until tomorrow. Un- lH der Ford's questioning, Hawloy ac- ith lH knowledged that ho had been Inter- -r fH ested In damage suits brought against m KH the Los Angeles Times by the fami- H lies of men killed in the blowing up oL jlH tho Times building. Tho prosecutor EH charged the witness with "Btlmulatln? rd 7,H lawsuits against the Times" and in m H replv to a protest against that lino of jf'H questioning, declared ho would show t j'H that the witness was actuated by the ''H same malice as the perpetrators of -H the crime. iHfl Asked by Ford concerning his first jt? jH conversation with Darrow the wit- 2c ;H ness said that had happened to be of i,y jJ Franklin. tf 'ELj "I saw Franklin running about the 'jKZOr offices in his shirtsleeves," said Haw- -Ma ley, "and I asked Darrow if Franklin H was working there. Ho said he was jH and 1 told him Franklin was a good . fl man to fight shy of- Air. Darrow re- ., H plied that Franklin 'had been highly JM recommended by Joe Scott and others. 1 Scott was an assistant counsel in the H AIcNamara case. Frank Fowler, an H attorney employed by a largo traction M company, was a witness at the alter- ' jB noou session. Ho characterized as a . H huge lie the testimony of A. J. Krue- J H ger, a talesman in tho AIcNamara . H case, 'that he had attempted to bribe . H the latter with an offer of $4,000. He H denied that he had ever had any con- JM nection with tho McNamara defense. K m On cross-examination Fowler said H he had done some work for Attorney - j , H Karl Rogers in the jury selection stage I ,H of the Darrow trial. : jl |