Darrow, Clarence S. Lawyer. Born in Kinsman, Ohio, April 18, 1857. Educated in Ohio public schools; studied law. Admitted to bar, 1875. Formerly attorney for Northwestern Railway. Darrow was identified with many prominent cases, notably in cases against monopolies, including litigation against gas trust in Chicago; chief counsel for anthracite miners in the anthracite coal strike arbitration at Scranton and Philadelphia, 1902-03, commission appointed by President Roosevelt. Elected Illinois legislature, 1902. Active in political campaigns as Independent Democrat. Twice married. Counsel in Debs strike case and large number of labor injunction and labor conspiracy cases on side of labor. Platform speaker. Counsel for McNamara brothers in "Los Angeles Times" dynamite case 1911, and, most famously, for his part in the Scopes trial. Author: "Persian Pearl" (essays), "Resist Not Evil," "Farmington" (novel), "An Eye for an Eye," various pamphlets on social and economic questions.

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