The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-09

uI4lS 70. u6IeIlSe.
VIM. V. Long, a Burns agent,
had sworn he followed Norman
Glasscock, a Fall-Sinclair juror
to a commercial flying field,
where he had engaged in twenty
minute conversation with the occu-
pant of a car registered in the name
of H. R. Lamb, assistant to the at
torney general
Long Falls Short.
Long, confronted with Lamb, could
not identify @an, nor could he pick
"Lamb" out from group of news
paper men. Lamb and Glasscock
proved to be perfect strangers to
each other. George Aikens, an auto
mechanic, stated he was repairing
Lambs car at the time Long said it
was enroute to the flying field. Glass
cock was at his place of employment
on the day Lsng mentioned until
o'clock, and then went home, remain
ing there for birthday party given
in honor of one of his children, and
did not go to the flying field
The False Affidavit.
Lamb threatens to bring a damage
suit against the Burns Agency.
The Burns agents affidavit alleged
the meeting between Lamb and Glass
cock took place on October %. 1t was
not brought to the attention of JUS
tice Siddons, who presided over the
Fall-Sinclair mistrial until November
8, four days after the trial ended.
Asked why, if he thought he had
evidence that warranted mistrial,
he did not file it at the time, w.
Sherman Burns yesterday said he
was waiting the order from H. Mason
Day, vice-president of the Sinclair
Exploration Co. and employer of ths
Burns men. Day is out on $4,000
bond, charged jointly with Sinclair
with conspiracy to influence the jury.
Two members of the Teapot Dome
jury said today that unidentified
shadowers had solicited their opin-
ions on the guilt or innocence Of
Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall
while the trial was in progress.
Joseph J. Costinett and Gardner
Grenfell were the jurors from whom
these "shadowers" sought express
sions Of opinion on the case.
Harry Jeffreys, chief clerk OF the
Sinclair Consolidated OH Company,
testified today before the grand jury.
Injection of Jeffreys into the investi-
cation came as a direct result Of
yesterdays testimony by William J.
Burns and his son, w, Sherman
Burns.
More Than Burns Admitted.
Those following the probe were
somewhat surprised, for both Burns
and his son had indicated that H.
Mason Day, vice president of the Sim
clair Exploration Company, was the
employer of the detectives.
Waiting to appear before the grand
jury while Jeffreys was testifying
was A. Sheldon Clark, vice president
of the Sinclair Refining Company.
He and Day are alleged by the gov
ernment to have been Contact men"
between the Burns agents and Sim
clair. Charles G. Ruddy, Burns man
ager in charge of the jury stalkers,
has testified that he reported to both
men. Day is out on $4,000 bonds
after admitting to the grand jury
that his testimony if given, would in
criminate him.
Subpoenaes are out for H. M.
Blackner and James e. O'Neil as wit
nesses in the second trial of Harry
F. Sinclair and Ex-Secretary of In
terror Albert B. Fall for criminal con-
spiracy, set for January 16.
Blaekmer and O'Neil, oil men, are
the Kissing witnesses" of the deal
from which it is charged the money
came with which Fall was bribed to
lease the Teapot Dome Naval Oil
Reserve.
Both men have been in Europe fox
the past three years