Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-02
JURORS face
PROBEAFTER
COURTORDER
IL Days of Work BY
Government Build
ing Up Case Goes
BY the Board

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Nov. 2.-fF9
The long, winding trail of the ten
Pot Dome investigation took another
awkward turn today when the at
tempt 10 convict former Secretary
Albert B- Fall and Harry F. Sinclair
OF criminal conspiracy ended for the
time being in a missfial.
Charges Of jury tamperinF, in-
c!uding allegations that detectives
employed by Sinclair had sought to
make improper contacts with jury
men, led che court the prosecution
ard the defense 20 agree that N was
useless to proceed further with the
original jury i'm the box.
Counsel will confer soon on -
engagements for another trial. with
the government favcring a date in
January.
Meantime "A grand jury is inuuir-
lng into the governments charges
tAat the jury was improperly shad-
owed by private detectives and thmt
one OF the jurymen, Edward Kid
wells 3l-year-old leather worker.
had talked indiscreetly OF the case
and Of "a car Rs long as block
which ne hoped soon te possess.
Samon All Jurors
Every member OF the jury. fnrlud-
InE kidwell. who today described the
charges against him as ''lies" will be
asked 20 go before the grand jury.
justice Slddons, i'm closing the trial.
notified kidwell OK allegations in
volving him, but took no further ac-
tion against him for the time being.
Justice Siddons told the jury thrt
they not only were discharged from
further attendance on this trial, but
also from further attendance AVA him
court.
More than score OK witnesses
nave been n4aummoned for the grand
jury, including "A. Mason Day. vice.
president or the Sinclair ExpIuras
ton company and Donald Woodward.
wealthy Washington merchant, nt
whose home Day ~ alleged to have
received reports on the activities or
case.
The mistrial means that the mass
on testimony presented In the past
tweive days all goes by theh 0ard.
Government counsel must present
again before - ncw jury. the evil
former Secretary Albert n. Fail ara
harry IT. Sinclair. on criminal con-
spiracy In the leasing NY the Tea Pot
Dome naval oil reserve to Sinclair.
Juror Expresses Regret
As the tension of the court room
let down after court was dismissed
one cf the jurors, Charles II. Herror.
rendered tO Owen J. Roberts uf row
ernment counsel the regret w TIE
ten men and two women on the iurv
that things had turned out mn they
diu. Herx0E also declared that Wo fnr
ns ne was concerned, he had noe baon
approached BY anyone, but told Rob-
effs that as a matter of fact. hn had
been Swallowed day and night.
The government has not spent a
plugged nickel on tactics such am
these" said Roberts.
The jury members nre to appear
tomorrow before the grand Jury. The
summons did not omit Robert C.
Flora, the one jurymmn which thm
governments report did not show ~
have been under surveillance. Flora
said today that the Jury did not tnka
kidwell into consultation when en-
powering HerzoF to give their re-
grets to Roberts, because they did
not consider that he waH one On
them.
Kidwell was taken before the
grand jury at 11sl4 an. mn.
Roberts later assured IA group nf
Jurors that they should not consider
the situation a reflection on their In
teRrity.
Soon after court adjourned. sim
clair fought hts way through the
crowds that overran the court room
and went tn m rear entrance nf thm
building. standing for time Dn
small portico, talking with aonse
| friends. Fall remained in the conrt
room for n quarter uf mn hour.
greeting friends who crowded
around him. Then he left for his ho-
tel with his family.