Evening star., 1927-11-04

cialf or MT. ran.
II stand on this letter..
did YOU direct the activities of the
/ Burns detective agency in Washing
ton with regard to jurors in this
, case?"
Whereupon Mr.. Day waved the let
ter and stated:
This letter.
You refuse to answer, standing or
the terms of the letter.
"YeS. sir
Vhereupon Mr.. Day was excused.
Questions Asked Day.
Another was: Were you the person
who employed Burns to investigate
certain Jurors in the Fall.Sinclair
trial?"
A third was: Were any reports Is
to these Jurors communicated 10 Va
by Ruddy?"
affidavits intended to set out that there
EXISTED an arrangement between
Sinclair and Day" with respect 70 the
| Jury. The makers Of the affidavits. he
added, intended to establish con.
spiracy between Sinclair and Day to
employ the detectives to establish con.
tact with the jury.
Sheldon Clark SubpOenaed.
Two other important trails, one lead
ing to the Department Of Justice ana
the other to Sinclair, were being
pursued closely by investigators Oh
the district attorneys office in con-
nection with the inquiries of the grand
Jury into the charges of jury tamper-
| ing.
! Involved in one phase Of the inves-
tigation are the movements OF another
assistant to the Attorney General
whose name has not yet been Oil
vulged. The second source of informa'
ton leads to Sheldon Clark or chicago
! one of Sinclair's most intimate pusl.
ness associates and vice president and
| general m;Inager of the Sinclair Re'
| fining Co.
| While Burkinshaw refused to di-
yulge the explicit reason for subpoena
! ing Clark it was learned today that
he was in Washington during a PERIOD
of the recent trial and was believed to
| have been in conference with Lay,
otherwise closely connected with the
| movements of Burns detectives IN
| shadowing the jury.
The district attorneys office had
sought to keep the subpoenaing OF
Clark a secret. but the news leaked
out, much to Burkinshaw's regret.
AS a result the names of other per.
fore the grand jury are being guarded
zealously.
Seek Burns Testimony.
Subpoenas are out for William j.
Burns, head OF the detective agency
whose operatives reported to Day on
the movements of jurors. and also for
his son, w. Sherman Burns, secretary
Of the agency. They will be brought
before the grand jury Monday to tell
who paid for the surveillance and
what they know about the transac.
tons.
George D. Cranberry, local manager
OF the Burns agency, also was Ques-
toned by Burkinshaw today. He Is
said to have disclaimed any knowledge
Of the records or activities of the jury
shadowers.
Inquiries made by the district at.
torney's Office to ascertain why de.
| tectives should have been trailing an
assistant attorney general brought
about the disclosure, it was learned
today, that Mark B. Thompson, attor.
ney for Fall, had been in telephone
communication with Dan r. jackson
Of FL Paso. Tex, who is now also Al,
assistant to the Attorney General.
jackson at one time worked in Falls
law office. " .
| The Second Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral, VINO is under Investigation. is the
mysterious witness" about whose ac.
tivities Mr.. Thompson requested Jack.
son to make inquiries at the Depart.
| ment Of Justice.
Former Jurors Reappear.
Burkinshaw is following this trail
| in an endeavor to hook up any DOS.
| sible connection that the former Secre.
tary Of the Interior may have had
Jointly with Sinclair In the trailing Of
jurors, or other matters connected
with the case. Thompson, however,
had disclaimed that his communica.
tions with Jackson had anything to
DO with the oil trial.
Several Of the IL discharged Jurors
| reappeared at the courthouse today
and were questioned by Burkinshaw W
| and others. They were dismissed,
however. before the grand jury met
and 1t was explained that they had
| been excused for the day. Edward ].
kidweli. jr.. who Is facing a possible
contempt charge for disregarding the
courts Injunction not to discuss the
| trial. was not among those who came
to the district attorneys Office early
| today.
Contempt Proceedings.
! Rlackmer. sought again today as a
witness for the trial January 1G.
In November, 1921, was chairman
Of the board Of the Midwest Re.
fining Co.. and. according to the
Government allegations, has knowl.
edge Of the big 'oil deal" between
i the Continental Trading Co.. Ltd. Of
Canada. Harry F. Sinclair and others.
| by which millions Of dollars profit
were made and invested in Liberty
bonds. some Of which found their way
into the hands OF Albert B. Fall a
| month after he. as Secretary Of the
Interior. granted the Teapot Dome
| lease to Sinclair.
| When the recent uncompleted pro.
| ceedings against Fall and Sinclair be.
| gan. October II. Owen j. Roberts.
! special Government oil prosecutor.
had the clerk call Blackmer's name.
! and. when no response was received,
former Gov. Nathan l.. Miller and
| George Gordon Battle Of New York
attorneys for the missing witness,
arose in court and sought to explain
the absence Of their client. Mr.. Rob.
| erts declared he desired no explana.
! ton at the time, and when the two
| attorneys asked ii they would be mott
| fed OF any subsequent action that the
| Government might take, Mr.. Roberts
promised them they would.
! Mr. Pomerene, after informing the
court that the motion was ready for
fling. explained that Blackmer's at.
torneys would be notified OF their ac.
ton and among themselves they would
| seek to agree on date for q hearing
on the contempt rule. With much EN-.
phasis Justice Siddons replied to Mr..
| I'omerene: Il assure you, Senator.