Evening star., 1926-12-14
"Vicious Vi|Iification" of De-
fendant and Fall Charged
to u. S. Counsel.
100000 LOAN UPHELD
AS ONLY FRIENDLY ACT
Prosecution Uses Part of Day in
Finishing Argument of Con-
piracy Allegation.

RANK u, Hogan, Clllel CoulSCl Ici
Edward L. Doheny, today opened final
argument for the defense in the Gov
ernment oil conspiracy case with
fiery denunciation of Owen j. Roberts,
Government counsel, for his attempt
ito besmirch The reputation and to
challenge the veracity of the two de-
PENDANTS.
Describing the Government attorney
as "a desperate man." Mr. Hogan
declared that his argument to the
jury was "as wholesale and as vicious
a vilification as ever polluted the at
mosphere of a court of justice.
The defense attorney bitterly de-
nounced Roberts, as taking advan-
tage of the protection afforded by the
court. for which he declared the at.
torney could not even be held Gespon-
sible in a suit for slander. THE law
leaves you without a remedy" he said.
He added that it did not provide
even the remedy suggested in the ear
ly days of the pioneer West.
Compared With Diogenes.
Mr.. Hogan opened his argument by
o.
searching the Government service
for an honest man. He can find
but one man." Hogan said, and
that's a Philadelphia lawyer
Further denouncing Roberts attack
upon the defendants, Mr.. Hogan de-
clared: THE man who did this VIII
fully, who forgot his earlier plea for
even handed justice. was a desperate
man; Q man made desperate by the
fact that for the last week he mas
seen the flimsy fabric of his case
torn to pieces. He sought to build
il up again upon the fragment OF
the regulations which he wilfully
and deliberately sought to besmirch.
while he assails he is surrounded
bv the protection of the. court" Mr..
Hogan declared. He stated that the
Government counsel had deliberately
branded as felonS two men long
prominent and near the end OF the
highway of life The Government
ssptinsnl did not seek TO appeal for a
verdict on the grounds of justice. he
declared, but sought to build his case
up in an atmosphere OF "r1dicule,
sneering and viciousness.
Political Persecution Seen.
"It was a. reason of desperation"
for the first time In the history of
trial by jury"
Mr.. Hogan appealed to the jury on
the ground that none who under
stands the terrible political persecu-
ton" through which the defendants
have passed would ever raise his voice
against a. verdict exoneratinG the de-
PENDANTS.
You. and you alone" he told the
jury, "have the sole and exclusive
power to find verdict of guilty or
not guilty, and no one. either in a
court or in a legislative body. can call
you to account.
1t was the duty of the jury. he
the light of justice and to return as
speedy a. verdict as it could.
Sees Evidence Distorted.
lie reminded the jury to take un-
der consideration the fact that the
evidence in the case had been "dis.
torted in every form by the ingenuity
of an able, If not fair, counsel"
He then told the jury Of Falls obses-
sion for the Harris ranch, of his need
for water rights, and then OF the
offer of Doheny to loan him the $780,
900 which has been the basis Of the
Government > COHleHtIOH OI DIIueEy.
Mr. Hogan ridiculed the idea that the
loan was to be characterized as q
bribe.
"A bribe is a corrupt, contemplate
thing by which the briber expects to
gain some improper, undue advan-
tage," he said. lie then told briefly
of Doheny's early struggle and his
success. "Would he stoop so low as
TO bribe a cabinet officer in order that
he might cheat and sWindle the man
who was his friend?" he asked.
Declaring that Doheny had been
''pilloried by Philadelphia lawyer"
Mr.. Hogan appealed: "In the name of
God. use your ideas of decency and
allows the only answer that can be
made to this charge"
Mr.. Hogan with much feeling then
told how Doheny had taken the note
and asked his wife, the partner of
his life,' to protect his friend in event
of his death and to carry out what
was IA friendly loan to this friend"
Wrong Use of Son Denied
He ridiculed the contention of Gov.
ernment counsel that Doheny had de-
iberately used his son as shield to
throw off suspicion from himself in
the loan transaction.
Dramatically he declared that few
years before this transaction took
place the old man had offered his
sons life to his country on the altar
of patriotism.
Can you conceive that Doheny
would use his own son to aid him in
corruption?" he asked the jury.
At one point during his speech Mr..
Hogan moved slowly back and forth
before the Jury box, pointing at the
jurymen.
DO you believe Mr.. Doheny is
6crook?" he thundered. DO you?
Do you? And you?"
Mr.. Roberts, special Government
prosecutor, who began his opening
argument yesterday afternoon, con-
cluded at 1850 o'clock today, after talk
ing altogether for about hours and
SO minutes. His closing hours were
devoted to a bitter attack against Mr..
Doheny, whose testimony he charged
was contradictory" and "colored" as
compared with that given before the
Senate committee.
Must Pass on big Issues.
You are asked to wrap the United
States flag around Doheny and call
him a patriot and the savior of his
country" Roberts declared, land you
are asked to put your stamp of ap-
proval on the 100000 transaction and
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