New Britain herald., 1927-10-18
Two Women and Ten Men Con-. prise Body Which Will De-
 eide Famous Case
WOMAN JUROR REMOVED,
 NEGRO ALSO REJECTED
Government Lawyer Reviews His tory of Case. Emphasizing secrecy Attending Negotiations Between Fall and SinClaH-Nays Lease Drafted in Office of Formers $ Lawyer.

Washington, Oct. IS (p - After two days Of painstaking examina- ton, jury was placed in the box today to decide whether Albert E tali. former secretary of the in terlor, and Harry r. Sinclair. oil promoter, conspired criminally in disposing Of the lease of the navys great Teapot Dome oil reserve.
 The jury was completed soon after noon, after a procession of taI'smon in and out O fthe box. AL though when court opened only one jurors seat remained vacant, chal- lenge after challenge from both government and defense removed those to whom the lawyers object ed.
 The Jury which will hear the cele- brated case consists of two women, one married and one single, and ten men. eight married and two single. The jurors all live in the District of Columbia and are;
 Mrs. Annela L. Bailey. clerk. age not eliCited
 Miss Bernice Heaton, a telephone instructor, age not elicited.
 Gardner P. Greenfcll, 26, single. cable splicer.
 William II. Boucher, S9. married, q tire vulcanizer.
 Conrad JJnr,pr sales manager.
 Robert C. Flora. S9, married, sales agent.
 John r, Ken. ac, married, sales- man.
 Bradner W, Holmes, s4, married department store floor manager.
 John r. Costinctt, Gl, married tailor.
 Norman l.. Glascock. 4. married, clerk,
 Edwa.' dwell. jr., 31. single. leather NC.
 Charles licl;. 63, married, retired brick mason,
 Woman Is Removed
 One Of the first jurors to be re- moved from the box today was Mrs Pauline Levitt, chosen yesterday with the two other women as ten tatlye jurors. Her successor in the box, Jesse H. Poster, d negro war veteran. remained there only q short time, being thrown off by | challenge.
 Neither side exhausted all of its p"remptory challenges before an- nouncing satisfaction with the iurv. The government used up eight of it's ten and the defense six of it's allotment of ten.
 With the swearing Of the jury, Owen J. Roberts, of special oil counsel, made the opening state ment for the prosecution, saying the government would prove a con- Spiracv between Fall and Sinclair for the leasing of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming.
 Reviews History of Case
 Reviewing what he asserts to be the history of the case. the govern ment lawyer emphasized the SC crocy attending the negotiations be- tween Fall and Sinclair. He said the lease was drafted in the office of Sinclair's lawyer and not in the interior department and that Fall signed it on the ground that q lease was necessary to protect the re- serve from drainage when experts of the department had told him there was no danger Of drainage.
 Addresses the Jury
 Speaking in a conversational tone as he faced the jury with folded arms. Roberts also recalled that Fall had announced 10 friends with some satisfaction. that he had gotten control of the oil reserves from the navy department, and also that he had refused to deal with any appll- Cants for leases on the Teapot Dome save Sinclair.
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