Evening star., 1926-11-08
HERE;FACES
COURT WEDNESDAY
Ex-Secretary of interior I'm
proved in Health Since
Last Appearance.

Albert E. Fall. former Secretary OF
the Interior. arrived here at 10 o'clock
this morning from Chicago to face
arraignment in the District Supreme
Court Wednesday in connection with
charges of conspiracy he and Edward
l.. Doheny face over the lease of oil
lands.
Mr.. Fall was met at the station by
Levi Cooke. his Washington counsel
and taken to the Wardman Park Ho
tel. where he will remain throughout
the hearing of the trial, which starts
November p.
Mr.. Doheny is due to arrive here
tomorrow morning with his counsel.
Looking vastly improved since his
last appea rance here. Mr.. Fall is said
to be ir good health. although he
weighs only about 145 pounds. consid
erably below his normal weight. He
left his home at Three Rivers, n
Mex, Thursday and was accompanied
here from Chicago by Mark Thomp-
son, one of his legal aides. and an
other former clerk and lifelong asso-
ciate.
Expects to Be Acquitted.
Secretary Fall. when seen at Ward
man Park Hotel at noon, smilingly
admitted in answer to a question as
to his expectations regarding the
forthcoming trial that he believes
the jury would find himself and Mr..
Doheny not guilty of the charges pre-
ferred against them.
THAT was an obvious question. OF
course, and an obvious reply the
former Secretary of the Interior con
tinued but when a mans conscience
Is clear he naturally expects other
people to agree with him. This whole
case will be in the hands Of a jury
and I can only predict its outcome on
the basis of my own conscience.
This case is without parallel in the
legal history of the world. Mr.. Do
heny and 7 are not being tried at the
instance Of the Department of Justice,
but under special act whereby Con
gress orders special prosecutors to
charge us with bribery and conspir-
acy and take us before the United
the District Of Columbia on those
charges.
Looks to Court.
Il was of the opinion that the
Constitution was framed to prevent
lust such an occurrence as this. but
1t seems that 1t has come to pass and
now we shall have to look to the
courts for the results"
Mr.. Fall recalled that it was at the
WarClman Park Hotel that he made
his home when he was Secretary OF
the Interior. and it was from this
same hotel that he made his dramatic
departure after the storm that burst
over the Teapot Dome hearings.
Mr.. Fall remarked that he had had
little time to travel around Washing
ton. as he had left his train but an
hour or so before he saw The Star
reporter.
He did notice. however that the ex
igencies Of traffic had resulted In some
typographical changes in the city
since he last saw it
81 see that you have sacrificed some
trees and have got some beautiful
wide streets in return he said. u
suppose the trees, too, will come back
In time
As to the future. Mr.. Fall said he
could be guided only by the past
He declared that he could not predict
whether the forthcoming trial would
end the criminal proceedings against
MFR. Doheny and himself. He reiter'
ated that no one could foretell wheth
er Congress would take action again
MIR. Fall added that he expected
TO remain in or near Washington
from now until after the trial had
been concluded.