Evening star., 1926-12-15

the snow But under the magic
touch of my distinguished opponent L
sat here and saw some of that evil
dence actually taken out and smirched
with suggestion of criminallty. !
didn't think it was possible for any
man living to so change it. When
[ saw all these happenings / thought
as long as owen Roberts lived the
beloved Houdini will never die
Lambert said Roberts stated that
he had to bring G. &. Chase all the
way from New Mexico and had to put
him on the stand ito cruelty his
Fl her in-laW to prove loan had
been made" He declared that when
Chase ,oo& the stand he had the rec
ord showing the loan had been made.
Falls Assets Reviewed.
You know Fall was the owner of
a ranch worth more than 100000
then; that he had an income of a
member Of the Presidents cabinet in
is hand and that Texas banker said
Fan had unlimited credit at that
time. Mr.. Hogan suggested audibly.
He had some cheeks and Mr.. Lam
bert told the Jury that he had 500, 900
in chegl lS also which were good on
any bank in the District OF Colum-
b a. Lambert declared the Govern
ments prayer which had been
granted by the court and which Mr.
Roberts read yesterday. to the effect
that all testimony must be stricken
0ut where there is n conclusive con.
tradiction should apply to lawyers
as wei! as Witnesses
Lambert also defended Cotter, refer
ring to him as that handsome. brown
haired man He reiterated Hogan'S
declaration that COtter was in court
throughout the presentation of evi-
Gence and under Government sub
pOena
Il am aWfully glad" continued Lam
ert, that my brother Roberts pre-
s2nted that prayer yesterday asking
on to beware of inference drawn
through the medium of the ingenuity
# counsel. 1t should apply to the
three instances of ingenuity which /
have Just exposed"
Lambert said he would not read
he defense. prayers granted by the
Government, but Justice Hoehling in
terr1pted and told him he could if
he wanted to-
Makes Justice Small.
But Lambert, continuing to talk to
the jury, insisted he could not read
can" and therefore he would not at
tempt to do SO. This brought a broad
smile from Justice Hoehling
You must find" he said, by way
of briefly summing up or interpreting
the prayer, that in the early part of
1921 Fall and Doheny met together
and agreed that Fall would prostitute
his office in the Government and bar
ter that which he had no right to
barter. Your first step must be your
conclusion that there was a corrupt
agreement. When you enter the room
and say to yourselves that we cannot
find any evidence of corrupt agree.
ment, then it is your duty to come
right back with an acquittal."
AS to a conspiracy, Lambert said,
there isn't any evidence in this case
from start to finish to show a con-
spiracy except that which is based on
circumstantial evidence"
In April, 1922, Senator La Toilette
got through his resolution Of investi-
CATION. Mr.. Lambert pointed out. "In
response to this resolution Fall sent
all the papers to President Harding,
and Mr.. Harding put the stamp of his
approval on every step taken,' he
said
Fall Waited to Testify.
He explained that Fall stayed in
Washington all Summer to help the
Senate committee. And not until Oc-
tober, 1928, when he had resigned from
the cabinet" said Lambert, did his
political traducers say. sNow the coast
is clear, we'll drive him to the wall. I"
Like Mr.. Hogan, the attorney ended
his argument with a staunch defense
Of Secretary DENLY and the two de-
PENDANTS. He told the jury not to for