Show U ug U. S Sg S. COUNSEL IS HANDICAPPED D Government GO Deprived Cd of Important Testimony in ill Oil Olt Case WASHINGTON Oct 29 B By 29 By The Associated Press With With the com com- completion of the story of the operations of the short lived but celebrated Con Con- Continental Continental Continental Trading company limited ted of Canada special government oil counsel coun coun- counsel counsel sel will complete early next week the presentation ta of their case Se to the jur jury ury In the Teapot Dome conspiracy trial total While they have produced wit wit- witnesses witnesses nesses lesses to connect Harry F. F Sinclair with the operations of that company com pan they hey have hare expressed scant hop hops of any auy direct evidence to show that he h hever ever was In possession of the 30 In liberty bonds which the gov gov- government government government contends were once held by bythe bythe the he Continental Trading company and subsequently obtained by M. M T. T Everhart son-in-law son of Albert B. B Fall and used for his own benefit t and for that of Fall Just as as was the case when the civil suit was as tried at Cheyenne Wyo Wo the government Is without testimony of four our men they have haie sought to elicit Information from In the absence of these witnesses government counsel are undertaking to tel d show to the Jury that Sinclair was one of those who guaranteed the contract of the Continental with the late ate A A. A E Humphreys of Denver and that hat of all the men concerned In that contract Sinclair alone had dealings with Fall at that time these deal deal- dealings Ings leading up to the lease le e of the Wyoming naval reserve Former Senator Charles S S. S Thomas of Colorado who acted as counsel counsel- counselor for or Humphreys will complete his story lory of the oil contract conferences Monday and later the government will call to the stand Robert RobertW W Wstewart WStewart WStewart Stewart chairman of the board of the he Standard Oil company of In Indiana In- In Indana Indiana diana dana who with Sinclair has been named as guarantee in the Continentals Continental's Continentals Continental's tal's al's performance of contract with Humphreys |