Show FATE OF DOHENY AND FALL TO BE DECIDED U- U v i r S 4 9 5 5 i r ALBERT B. B tALL t-i-i- L. L Battle Ends With Forensic Crash as Three Defense Defense De De- and One Prosecution Lawyer Close Arguments Defendants Free by Sundown Is Hogans Hogan's Plea V WASHINGTON VASI Dec 15 AP AP Thc AP-Thc The F Fall ll oil conspiracy case was placed in the hands of of the jury a at t 4 7 p. p m. m The jurymen retired under a charge by Justice H I that conspiracy in the legal sense embraced not only a a corrupt agreement but at least one overt vert act sin in in furtherance further further- ance ance of such a an au agreement S The Judges judge's cl charge arge discussed man many oth r. r points o ol of law but the jury jur Itself mu must moat t 4 decide Ih the Important all-Important question of ot fact Whether the celebrated sent to Albert B. B Fall by Edward Edard L. L Doheny while Fall was secretary of 01 the interior was incident to a scheme to defraud d the United States in the award of oil leases to Doheny's oil companies Prosecution and defense sp spoke ke their final words of ot accusation and denial today In the oil conspiracy trial of Albert B. B Fall and Edward L. L Doheny and the case care passed shortly after aCter noon into the final keeping of of judge and ind jur jury The battle came ame to o Its conclusion with a n. crash of legal forensics Three defense lawyers and one for forthe forthe forthe the government followed other swiftly in he final brief session of ot argument Justice Hoehling Hoehling- then recessed court until p p. p pm m. m before beCore be beginning beginning be- be ginning his Instructions to the Jury jur outlining the points of law on which It will be determined whether the oil J magnate and the then i interior secretary vi violated the conspiracy cy y statute when Doheny ll before the Doheny companies companies com com- panics were awarded leases teases to government gover government gov gov- er oil land M The defense told ld th the twelve men nen in the jury jur box that tha the 1 OOOO was as a private loan Mark B. B Thompson personal attorney for Fall Fail said it was the cleanest money that ever passed from one mans man's hand to another Speaking also for fOI the the- former Wilton Wilton Wil ViI t ton n J. J Lambert accused government go counsel of ot distorting the facts after the best manner of ot Houdini and Frank Fran J. J Hogan chief of the Doheny Doheny Doheny Do Do- heny attorneys asked that the two defendants be he ret returned to their homes and families by sundown tonight LOAN HELD f pLOT LOT Former Senator Atlee Allee Pomerene replying for the prosecution said saM the transaction and leasing negotiations alike alIe had hall been deliberately surrounded with F se- se crecy In furtherance of 01 ota a plot by two master minds The whole shoie thing said Pomerene Pome Pome- Pomerene rene was conceived In fraud and born In iniquity The former Ohio senator summoned summoned summoned sum sum- all his theatric talents of delivery ry for his peroration and read to the time Jury In conclusion a verse of ot poetry lra praying for fOI protection a against the undermining of public institutions b by the gnawing worm of ot fr fraud ud As he finished d Doheny drew a n col coi colored r rd d handkerchief from I his s pocket and wiped hl his e eyes es Tears fears also sparkled in the eyes ees of Mrs Irs Fall and her daughter ter as they left th the courtroom I The charge to the Jur jury vas was delivered I ered Immediately after the court I recess It was p. p m. m when hen Justice Justice Jus Jus- Justice tice Hoehling began egan outlining his his' Unal instructions to the jury men COMME COMMENDS DS COUNCIL lie commended th the splendid spirit of ot cooperation between cowl coun counsel sel sd and the unflagging attention Continued on page 7 I I FALL AND DOHENY OIL CASE GOES BEFORE JURY JORY Continued from page 1 1 I the he jury had given presentation of ot ev evidence e ConspIracy was defined in the legal egal sense by the justice as alwa always s 's Implying an agreement for tor corrupt ends ends something something wrong something illegal mega 1 1 Proof of such a corrupt agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment he continued must be attended attended attended at at- tended by evidence which satisfies the jury be beyond Ond all rea reasonable doubt that at least one overt act was executed in pursuance of nf the agreement a t I Justice Hoehling then read varl vari- ous acts of congress congress congress' defining coning in ng the nature and purpose o of the h naval oil I reserve policies ti v K |