Show Notables Due to Testify in Trial Trials Of Briggs s on Hopkins L Letter WASHINGTON Jan 2 26 Th AP The The trial of George N. N Briggs on a forgery charge growing out of the Hopkins letter letter episode Wednesday promised to bring together a a- f notable array of witnesses Justice department officials officialS' indicated it ft would start in the thc spring I Witnesses who testified before the grand Jury that indicted Briggs Tuesday and who probably probably probably ably will be asked to repeat their stories stories' in open court at the trI trial I were Harry Hopkins the White House adviser Secretary of ot the Interior Harold L L. Ickes Dr Umphrey Lee president of ot Southern Methodist st university Frank Phillips Oklar homa Oil company executive and C C. C Nelson Sparks former mayor mayo of Akron Ohio Briggs accused of having dreamed up the now celebrated Hopkins letter while serving as s confidential aid to Secretary Ickes also appeared before the grand Jury He pictured himself to re reporters reporters reporters re- re porters as a victim of power politics poli poli- politics tics and would not it was It-was was learned Wednesday answer any questions i t about th the letters letter's origin w while inthe inthe in inthe the jury room Counsel for Briggs who is tt no not under arrest but who who- arranged to post ball bail pending trial remarked that he was very greatly great great- i ly Iy surprised that he was indicted In view of the facts as they are arc arcand are area a and d as we ve assume they were pre presented pre pre- to the grand grand jury The indictment in addition to toe the e forgery forger co count t also charged d Briggs with using sing the mails to defraud and with false pretense tense in conne connection with the publication l by Sparks Sparks' of a a letter l which im- im implied plied some some po political itic i. i conniving between be be- tween Hopkins and Wendell Vendell L. L Willkie Republican presidential aspirant The grand jury accused the tho stock stocky 5 year 55 old year oId Briggs with practicing a deception on Sparks in order to obtain him and others other A justice department department department depart depart- ment spokesman said the and others was just in ih case something something something some some- thing else lse turned up at the trial |