Show FALL NERVOUS AT HIS TRIAL UPON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY Former Secretary May Break Out Dramatically cally Again gain SINCLAIR IS CALM CALU U. U S. S Counsel May l Force Both to Take Wit Wit- Witness fi Witness ness less Chair WASHINGTON Oct Oc 22 By By The Associated Press Pre PreA PressA A A long drawn out and bitter legal leal battle with Albert Abert B. B Falls Fall's FUs FU's possible course a matter of wide speculation Is i developing d In the oil 01 conspiracy trial In the District of Columbia supreme court court Those following the hearing hering grow crow OW OWIng ing log out of the lease of Teapot rea pot Dome to Harry Har F F. Sinclair would not be b surprised If I Fall Fal should undertake another dramatic move such as that In midweek when he appealed ap aed to Jus Jus- Justice Justice tice SIddons to admit evidence which he said sId was vital ital to his defense defens WILL WIL TAKE rAKE STAND STA Whether Fall Fali will wl elect elet to take the witness winess stand Irrespective of advice of his counsel counse Is one question queston gen gen- generally generally eally discussed Counsel for the for for- former former formen mer men Interior secretary declare that the question queston of their client testifying has ha not been determined Fall Fal who Is in poor health has ha been nervous since the beginning of the trial last Monday and has ha had apparent difficulty In sitting quietly through the sharp shar encounters between counsel and the hearing of testimony demeanor has ha been in rather sharp shar contrast contrat He has dis die displayed dIsplayed played little nervousness has followed every enry move in the case cas with the greatest attention and frequently has volunteered suggestions to his coun cours- cou- cou sel ad He lie has not decided sel whether he will take te the stand Y L FORCE BOTH Government oil 01 counsel coul hope to t force both of the defendants to the witness chair and with that end la in i view they have ha e been ben successful in ex excluding ex- ex on examination cross cro evidence which they hold Fall Fl is Js the most mot com corn competent competent person to give to the court and to the two women and 10 men Jury far Tu fal only a small smal number of the army ay of or witnesses the government has ha summoned has taken the stand and It may ba ha 10 days or two weeks before beroe the presentation of the prosecutions prosecution's case e Is 15 concluded The defense defens will wU call cI two score or more witnesses after the government rests res t. t Upon the resumption of the trial ta Monday Justice Siddons is expected to hand down dow one of the Ule most Im Important Im- Im Important Important decisions he will be called caled upon to render during the trial trial trial- whether the government go erent is to get be be- be before before fore the Jury Ju portions pron of the bali bali- testimony tt- tt mony mossy which Sinclair and Fall gave gass before the senate oil 01 investigating g e committee If I the government go eret Is I successful la in this move as It was In the Fall Fall-Do- F-Do- F heny trial last l t year en the presentation of Its case c will be simplified to some extent If I it i fails falls there may be b difficulty cm- cm culty In refuting of culy some Eme the conten conten- lions tons set up by defense defene counsel In i the coune outline of the case cae to the jury PROGRESS MADE MAE Besides developing for the Jury ju the fact that Teapot Dome was set aside ade adeas as a naval reserve under a policy calling for preserving oil 01 for the navy in the ground ground the te prosecution has shown that Fall Fal was w Instrumental in having control of this thi and other naval na reserves turned over to the In Interior In- In Interior tenor department and leased leed the Wyoming field feld without 1 thou t competitive bidding and in a secret manner The government go also al has ha offered evidence to combat the defenses defense's con con- contention tenton that tat the Imminent nt danger of or drainage caused Fall Fl to turn the to re reserve re- re resene reserve serve sene over to Sinclair for development under a II plan calling for furnishing tanks at the seaboard in i which to store the governments government's royalty oil 01 from the reserve |