| Show HENEY SU SUMS S ur UP urI AGAINST HALL HAIL I Another One of the Oregon Land Fraud Cases Drawing to a Close Portland Ore Feb 5 Francis J He Hc Heney Heney ney for the government today made his opening argument to the jury in H Hall conspiracy case Judge Webster for the defense will begin b gln his final ar argument argument tomorrow morning and will probably probably probably ably take the entire day In submitting the case for the defendant Mr Ir Heney will occupy about two hours in closing for the prosecution Judge Hunt Will then deliver de deliver deliver liver his instructions to the Jury which will probably retire for deliberation Fri Friday Friday Friday day afternoon Mr Heney began his address at 11 this morning and did not con conclude on elude clude until after 5 in the after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon He lie said that the Indictment under which Hall was being tried charged con conspiracy conspiracy that Hall had conspired with HendrickS Zachary Loomis and others at unlawful fencing It was f und that it did not devolve on the prosecution to prove the existence of a n written agree agreement agreement agreement ment between Hall and his alleged co coconspirators coconspirators coconspirators conspirators that It was only necessary to show that a tacit understanding exi ii ed fd between Hall and tilE the other parties by b which the fence was to remain Hall Hail refraining retraining from prosecuting those who ho erected the fence although he had hada a knowledge of the enclosure Step by step Mr Heney took up the evidence as hs it had been offered by b the government Beginning with the first let It letter Itter letter ter from E A Putnam to Hall Hail in March 1000 1900 notifying ing the district attorney of the Butte Creek fence the differ different different I ent links pf Of the governments ease case were taken up consecutively It was shown that nothing was done by b Hall toward re me removing removing moving the fence until late hate In 1903 and ami then only after complaints com had been filed with the interior department which had detailed Special Agent Dixon to make an investigation of the fences of the Butte Creek company |
