Evening star., 1927-10-30

Blackmer. now living in Europe, who
has refused to testify at the trial in
answer to two subpoenas, and James
+. O'Neil likewise in Euroe, but who
never has been found by the .Ameri-
can consul holding a subpoena for
him. Blackmer in November. 1921,
was chairman of the board of the
Mid West Refining Co., and O'Neil was
president of the Prairie Oil x Gas
Co. Both men figured in the Cont.
mental Trading Co. 'oil deal" and
Humphreys. according to Government
testimony so far adduced, thought the
30 900 600 barrels of oil he negotiated
for sale was to go to Blackmer until
the latter nominated the Contine ntal
Co. as the purchaser.
3. More on Witness List
Evidence on the seventh and final
overt act mentioned in the indictment,
which sets forth a contract entered
into by Fail and Secretary of the
Navy DENLY on behalf of the United
States with Sinclair on behalf of the
Mammoth Oil Co. for the construc-
ton by Sinclair of steel tank storage
and facilities and for the filling of
the tanks with oil. "the same to be
paid for by an exchange therefor of
royalty crude oil certificates repre-
senting the amount and value of roy.
atty crude oil accruing to the United
States" under the lease of April Z
1922. The contract. in effect, is sup.
Elemental to the lease and was un-
lawful. the Government contends.
When court recessed Friday after.
noon until tomorrow, the Govern.
ment's forty-second witness was on
the stand. and there were more tha n
115 Government exhibits In the Gus
tOdy of Wallace Stickney, clerk of the
court. Thirty-seven Government wit.
nesses remain to be called, according
10 the original list Of those to testify
but it is doubtful if all of these will
be used. Among the thirty-seven on
call are;
II. M. Blackmer, Nice, France;
G. G. Chase, Three Rivers, n Mex,
Falls son-in-law: Senator J. w. Har-
reid Of Oklahoma City. Okla; A. f
Humphreys. jr., Of Denver. Colo: G
X. Shuler, who comma nded a detach.
ment OF Marines which cleared off
"squatters" on Teapot Dome after
stewart. president of the Standard OH
Co. OF Indiana. who participated in
the Continental Trading Co. "oil deal;
G. ID. Wahlberg, East Orange, y. j..
Sinc|air's secretary, and A. r. Watts.
an official of the Sinclair Consolidat ed
Oil CORPORATION.
Having lost the testimony Of its
"star witness" NJ. T. Everhart, Falls
son-in.law, through a ruling of the
court that he should not answer
Roberts question from whom he
eceived chose $4,000 OF bonds and
the $40, 800 Of bonds which you sold
to the NJ. ID. Thatcher Estates Co. v
the Government will not produce any
more evidence or testimony on this
point. The witness refused tC
answer on the grounds of self.in
elimination and the court upheld
Everhart's constitutional privilege.
Testimony on Bonds.
Prior to propounding that question
| which the jury heard. together with
| the witness refusal to answer, Rob
erts had ATTEMPTED to show by Ever
hart and others that he did appear
at the First National Bank OF
Pueblo, Colo, in May, 1922. a month
after the Teapot Dome lease was
| signed with thousands Of dollars In
Liberty Bonds which he deposited as
"Mr Falls bonds" The Thatche,
| Estates Co, which held notes OF
Everhart. F'all and the Tres Ritos
| Land 4 Cattle co. of Three Rivers
y. Mex, of which Fall was president
and Everhart an officer. later re.
! turned the notes on receipts of pay
| ment by Everhart of their amount by
means Of the same bonds. Everhart $
note alone aggregated $50, 900. while
| Fall and the Tres Ritos company owed
| the difference between that amount
and S103,O 900.
Although no statements have been
| issued by the defense on the probable
! length of their case other than that
| I'VE are ready to begin at any
moment" indica tions are that two
more weeks OF testimony and evi
dence are in store for the two women
and ten men who have so patiently
and attentively followed the proceed
ings.