New Britain herald., 1927-11-11
NO ARNIS7ICE IN
 CONSPIRACY TRIAL
Government Seeks to Pin Mis- trial Responsibility on Sinclair

Washington. Nov. Ii RAThere was no armistice today In the gov eihments fight to pin upon Harry t'' sinclair responsibility for the mlstrial In the Teapot Dome oil trial
 The grand jury Investigating the chafses Of jury tampering agreed to postpone the beginning of its days activities for five minutes at II 0 clock, out Of respect for Armistice Day but after that the district at torneys office ordered the offensive to continue.
 With Sinclair himself, and two Of his aides, Sheldon Clark and Henry Mason Day. under charges of con- splracy in connection with Jury shadowfng operations of Burns de- tectlNes, the 12 jurors who were dis missed in the oil trial were brought to the courthouse in an effort to identify those who might have been guilty Of tampering activities.
 hilWeil With Jurors
 Included among the jurors was Edward J. Kdwell. juror number II. who was accused Of having talked unwisely about the case.
 kidwell apparently was ostracized by the other jurors. none of whom spoke to him and he sat in a chair m far end Of the room in which the others were gathered.
 Jury Views Detectives
 The Burns men were paraded be- fore the jury one by one in the of- flee of AssistGut District Attorney Neil Burklnshaw. As the jurors looked them over silently the as sistant district attorney asked each operative if he was q Burns detec- tive and which one of the jurors he had shadowei.
 Burkinshaw said that if any of the jurors did identify any of the detectives the fact would not be made public as it might subject the ! juror to further scrutiuy.
 After all of the Burns men had | passed down the line, Juror John J. !. Costinett, who had reported being improperly questioned during the | trial, said he had never seen any of them before.
 w, sherman Burns manager of | the Burns agency, had declared ! earlier in the trial that none of his . men had permitted any one of the ! jurors to become aware that they were being shadowed
 The other members of the jury would make no comment
 Clark Not Alarmed
 My friends may sleep soundly: hey need not worry" is the atti- .ude taken by Sheldon Clark, the Sinclair oil official charged with in connection with the ury tampering investigation grow ng out of the Fall-Sinclair mistrial
 T am conscious of the fact that when man of even ordinary prom hence in the business world elects 70 stand on his constitutional rights. sven though it Is merely a technical | step, the public probably will get the impression that he has something to | conceal" Clark said.
 T have not. At the proper time | and In the proper manner that will be shown.
 T was in Washington the other lay and left for Chicago in 6 per 'ectly open and regular manner. woke mp to find I was a fugitive rom justice which was news to me.
 Nothing to Conceal
 T feel that while l have nothing o conceal. this case Is being tried T the newspapers. Because of my position in this big oil organization
 don't feel that it's fair to those with whom I'm associated, regard ess of myself, that I should at this ime subject myself 10 a barrage of questions. that may or may not be pertinent 10 this inquiry. For that 'eason, and not because I have done nything as @ citizen of the United states which deserves adverse criti- ism, as will appear at the proper inc, have ayailed myself of the nly method known in the law for protection of my consti- utional rights"
 The charge against Clark was laced after he had refused to testi- hff l,A