Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-23
STRICT GUARD
PLACED OVER
FALL JURYMEN

| WASHINGTON. Nov. 90. Q9-A strict
guard over the jury empanelcd today
for the trial of the first Of the Grim
final cases growing out of the senate $
celebrated oil Investigation was or
| dered by Justice Adolphus Moehling
! in the District of Columbia supreme
court. A motion that the jury remain
in the custody of deputy marshals ex-
cept when actually in the court was
made by government counsel and was
/ vigorously resisted by counsel for
Albert Il. FAN, former Interior secre-
tary, and Edward l.. Doheny, multi
millionaire oil man Of Los Angeles, VINO
are charged with conspiracy in connec-
tion with the leasing of the Elks Hills
naval oil reserves in California.
Lawyers for the defendants calieo
attention that this was an unusual
procedure and asserted that the gov
ernment's motion was reflection on
/ themselves as wen as their clients, as
lit carried an imputation that efforts
might be made to reach some of the
jurors during the trial. This was de-
MED by the government counsel, but
they called attention that one of the
counts in the indictment charged the
bribery of Fall by Doheny.
Only a little more than three hours
was required to select the twelve men
who will sit during, the weeks the Iong>
delayed case is expected to continue.
Twenty-seven veniremen were exam
ined in the morning and in the course
of their questioning, Franl0 ]. Hogan,
counsel for Doheny, asked q number
of them whether members of their fam
lilies had been approached for infor-
nation as to the political and religious
affiliations of the veniremen. In sew
eral cases an affirmative answer was
given.
The jury selected is one of the young
est empaneled in such an important,
case here in years, the Oldest member
being 4S, the youngest %, and the av-
erage of the twelve, 33. Six OF the
jurors are 80 or younger. It's person
mel. all residents of Washington, fol-
lows:
Henry J. Briggs, architect; Henry D..
Byers, Jr., express driver; Clinton Car
yer, machinist; George B. Cobb, rail-
way clerk; Winfield Martindill, clerk;
Alphonse c. Parker, magazine dealer;
Chester F.. Parker, salesman; Vernon
S. Snow, commercial artist; Stephen
Vermillion, clerk; Herbert H. Via,
statesmen; Christian Vogel, restaurant
steward; William B. Farmer, electri-
clan. Questions propounded to the
veniremen by counsel for the govern
ment were only of the usual character,
but Hogan laid stress in his interroga-
tions as to whether any of the men had
read "Revelry." a novel purporting to
deal with the oil and other scandals at
Washington in recent years. None of
them had.
Hogan also wanted to know whether
any had heard the radio speech made
by Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana,
prosecutor of the senate oil inquiry, at
the time criminal charges We're being
considered by grand jury two years
ago. If any of the veniremen had
heard it they could not recall.
Counsel for Doheny inquired also
as to whether the fact that man of
his own efforts had made great wealth
would influence their judgment and
likewise whether the fact, that thel
government was a party to the prose-
cution would be given weight. Fall
and Doheny, lifelong friends and one
time prospectors in the early days of
the west. followed the questioning of
the jurors carefully and several times
counsel conferred with the former SEN
ator and cabinet officer before chal-
lenging veniremen who had qualified
as Jurors.
During most of the two long ses-
sions Fall and Doheny sat hack
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