Evening star., 1926-12-14
HOGAN OPENS PLEA
/ FOR OIL DEFENSE.
u. S. Counsel Accused OF
! svicious ViIification' OF
i Doheny and Fall.
Continued from First Page.)

say that it is all right for Government
officers to do the things we have heard
done here"
ITpon the conclusion of Mr.. Hogan S
argument, Frederic Il. kellog OF New
York will follow, provided Mr.. Hogan
leaves sufficient time. If the Doheny
counsel uses up more than his allot-
,nent Kellog will drop out and Mark
j. Thompson will follow ana wilton
T. Lambert will close for Fall. Allow
ing at least an hour for Justice Hoeh-
Iing's charge to the jury, the case prob
ably will be committed to the Il men
some time tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. Hogan said that Roberts had re-
ferred to the different types OF Wit
neSses for the defense and had cau-
toned the jurors to study the indl'
yiduals and the extent of interest they
had in the case. 81 take the test" he
declared, ''and I stand or fall for e.
l.. Doheny. You look upon him and
If YOU believe Doheny the case ends.
If you believe what Mr.. Roberts said,
believe that he Is a cheater, swim
dler, and q briber, then believe it. For
The purpose Of political power they
crucified Him, the Man who stood at
the bar 1926 years ago
Mr. Hogan asked why Doheny
should hold any suspicion against Fall
when the subject of a loan was made
or why the question of dishonesty
should enter into the transactions. He
criticized Government counsel for
switching from the possibility OF
Doheny's sending check, to the plan
of the magnate in merely calling Blair
q Co. in New York and asking that
house to transfer the sum to Falls ac'
count in the Riggs National Bank
here.
Mr.. Hogan said that even il check
had been employed in the transaction
The only record of such a check would
have been the original instrument
and in the interchange Of funds as 1t
finally. worked out, the promissory
note stood as evidence.
lis it common sense to believe that
q man who is bribed gives a. note to
the briber?'
"Mr. Roberts said yesterday he
would tell why they wanted to keep
become known it would ruin them"
continued Mr.. Hogan. Before the
echo of that stG-ement had gone out
of this courtroom, Roberts said Do
heny had demanded a demand note"
He then read Mr.. Doheny's testi-
many at this trial, in which the wit
ness stated that it was not his idea
TO take a demand note. Mr.. Hogan
then commented, For the prose
cutor to forget what was said a few
weeks ago Is nothing, but it's ter
rtble for Ambrose or DENLY not to
remember everything that was said
five years ago. Then Roberts said
Doheny wanted to hold this note as
q whip over Falls head" continued
Mr.. Hogan.
Defends Mrs. Doheny.
'Have you ever heard anything
more preposterous in your life? That's
the tortuous channel of So-caIled ar
gument you are asked to follow
through the courtroom to the prison
CELL" he shouted at the top of his
voice.
Referring to the mutilated note,
Hogan quoted Roberts as being un.
willing to believe the defense reason
3or it's being torn, and then added, :
We've always been taught to argue
conclusions drawn from the evidence
and not to tell what we think about 1t,
as the jury doesn't care. But that's
why / said a while ago this case was
SO desperate that they would put the
stamp Of lie upon Carrie Estelle
Doheny. can forget the attack on
Balm, on Ambrose, on DENLY, but I
cannot overlook, and won't overlook,
the ytmpeachable Integrity of woman
they did not cross-examine. A man
in this courtroom yesterday said she
lied! Mr.. Hogan yelled, his face al
most purple.
He didn't use that language, but
he said so. am willing to admit that
the wife's interest is more vital than
the husbands. Tell me by your YER
dict do you believe her story?
Is it true or is it perjury? Are
Doheny and his wife perjurors?" de-
tnanded Hogan.
''Is there man among you who
could SO far forget your mothers,
your sisters and wives as to follow
such charge and such an argument
as this?"
Referring to MIR. Roberts declara.
tion that Doheny's Senate testimony
did not conform with that given at
this triad, Hogan detailed the story
as he saw 1t. He said Mr.. Doheny
walked into the committee room with.
out any subpoena or compulsion
whatever and stood before a commit
tee seeking, mot facts, but scandal"
and then related his knowledge OF
the affair.
Disclosure of Names.
Mr.. Hogan quoted Roberts as say.
Sng that Doheny rushed across coun.
try because Fall had sent him a
telegram saying names will possibly
be disclosed. and then he read from
the telegram itself. which stated:
Names not necessarily disclosed"
Roberts version of the message
was given from memory at the time,
he explained, and was not the exact
wording.
sDoheny's appearance was a "coura-
geous" thing to DO, Mr.. Hogan con-
tinued, telling the jury that a man
wl1o lends friend some money and
publishes it widely is not a very good
frsend.
Hogan admitted that Doheny made
as mistake that he shouldn't have
made" in not disclosing everything.
bat he attacked Government counsel
for not mentioning that Doheny was
accompanied by lawyer and he fol.
lowed that attorneys advice in his
testimony. This referred to Doheny's
stating that he did not have the Fall
note, which later was explained as
having been on his person at the
time, but without the signature. Mr.
Hogan shouted to the jury that the
paper wasn't a note then and still Is
not, without the signature. He added
that the Government closed its case
without producing the signature
which was at its disposal.
Stocks Given as Security.
Hogan then shifted to the stock
which Doheny had testified Fail had
offered him as security on the loan
in 1925. These stock certificates
Hogan contended, We're given Doheny
nt "a time when the only indictment
standing out against them had beer
1uashed. He contended that Roberts
statement that the ranch stock was
i1dorsed in blank without a date had