New Britain herald., 1926-12-15
"rodav before the sun sets gentle

Today before the sun sets, gentle men of the jury, I hope that you will return to your homes and your families-and. gentlemen, I hope that before the sun sets today you will send these defendants back to their homes and their families" Mark B. Thomson of New Mexico, then made brief argument for Fall declaring he had know the former secretary for more than 20 years, and sketching his career from the prospecting days of the old west to his retirement from the cabinet.
 If you could look into the heart of Albert B. Fall. gentlemen, you would need no evidence to convince you in this case" he said.
 "The highest encomium that can be rendered one cattleman by an- other is this-'He is a good neigh bor,' men, that Is what I say today of my neighbor, Albert B. Fall.'
 Turning to Doheny's S100,oO0 transaction with Fall, Nov. 30, 1921, Thompson said Fall wanted to buy an adjacent ranch to acquire con- trol of water rights on his own Three Rivers, New Mexico, property.
 Was "Clean" Transaction.
 That was the cleanest money that ever passed from one mans hand to another" he declared.
 The senate investigation into oil leases in 1923 was described by Thompson as search for political ammunition" for the presidential campaign of 1924.
 Since Judas Iscariot betrayed his Master more than nineteen hundred years ago." he said, Tit has been immutable that no tainted money ever could be applied to a worthy cause. Fall used this money to buy land to establish a heritage for his children and his children's children.
 Touching upon Falls statement 10 the senate investigating committee that he had gotten the sloO,O0O from Edward B. Mclean, publisher or the Washington Post, Thompson said Fall Tied to shield his friend from a pack of politicians led by Senator Walsh, that little grey wolf from the hills of Montana.
 And every red blooded man In New Mexico is proud of him for It, U he shouted.
 Pomerene Argument
 Beginning his argument, MT. Pomerene said the naval oil reserve at Elk Hills was set aside for the use of the navy until the president or congress directed otherwise.
 Tt was not set aside at dollar a barrel or at a dollar and a half barrel-but as oil, oil, for your navy and mine," he said. "Now it is no longer a naval reserve, but Doheny's reserve-and all this ac- complished In secret.
 From the argument Of MT. Hogan for the defense, l am almost convinced that my worthy colleague MT. Owen J. Roberts is the one on trial here.
 Let me say this-honorable as is Mir. Hogan's record in Washington, it is no more enviable than the record of Owen J. Roberts in Phil adelphia."
 "They have said the senate com mittee was after scandal and not after facts" Pomerene continued. This is the upshot, of the senate committees work-that the country now knows 1t has not the naval oil reserves, and that MT. Fall got S10O,000 from Mir. Doheny.
 Hides Behind Petticoat
 Not before Mir. Hogan spoke did I hear a word about Mr. Roberts having criticised Mrs. Doheny, But this is not the first trial in which defense has sought to hide be- hind a petticoat.
 T resent the dissertation of the tomb of President Harding in the defense attempt to bring forth hls