New Britain herald., 1928-04-11
S|NCLA|R'S TRIAL
 MOVING RAPIDLY
ttontinucd From First PaGc)


 trial His attorneys told the court ,hrn their motion to dismiss the first contempt proceedings was dc nrr,l. that Ihr Denver Oil man would aur hood tine second subpoena.
 IslarNmor WAS wanted to tell Of the ,'ouiin"ntal Trading company, sotl of who's, profits in liberty nunds reached Fall.
 NaI>h'~ Jaw
 Iu moving against Blacl>mcr, the government proceeded under q law passed al tho instance of Senator Walsh. of Montana. the senate Tea pot prosecutor making it possible to so deal with rccalcitrant wit n, SSrS.
 When M. T. ENvrhart, sonln-laU ol Fall. rrsumrd the witness stand 'oday Daniel Thew. counsel for Sin clair said he had no mor" questions to ask The government followed sUit ana l.vcrhart was excused.
 ENcrhart yesterday told of having received s233.ooo in liberty bonds and S3a.ooo in cash from sinclair to be delivered to Fall or his ranch colnpany. The bonds he said were for one third of the ranch and the cash for making improvements m the property
 The next witness !. r.. Benton. vice. president of the First National bank at Fl Paso, Texas. produced various slips for deposits that Fall made at that bank. Tho contents ot i these slips were not diVulgcd as government counsel had them marked for identification.
 show Bank Record
 Benton also produced bank rec ordu of various liberty bond pur- chascs. He was not cross examined ny the defense.
 The Fl 'aso banker was followed hv lganacio GonZalc. of the same hank. who testified that the deposits previously referred 10 had been made in liberty bonds. ono group Of s15.o5Q. and another of s5.5oo. Benton also produced bank rec ords of various liberty bond pur- chascs. He was not cross c eAamincd hy thc defense.
 The Fl Paso banker was follow cd hv Iganacio Gonzalez. Of the same bank. who testified that the deposits previously referred 10 had been made in liberty bonds. one group of Sl5,o5o, and another of So,o"0,
 Identifies Slips A. D. Erownticld. receiver for tho Exchange bank of Carrjzozo. New Mexico. then identified slips show ing liberty bond deposits in tha' bank. One of these was Tor &oo,' 000
 l.. r. Rule. assistant cashier of tho First National bank of Pueblo, Col orado. was recalled. and said $2o, :. oo0 in liberty bonds was received from Fall on October g. 1922. ant the proceeds were credited to th account of the Tres Ritos Cattle ar' Land Co. the Fall ranch, The dc fensc did not cross examine Rule t.vcrhart had testified to the sam |, transaction yesterday. Owen J. Roberts, special govern
 nncnt prosecutor, then offered in eNl
 dence ledger sheets from the Firs l Nationa, bank at Pueblo shooIn
 accounts Of Evorhart, F'aii, the Ire |, Ritos company. and deposit slip ' showing the receipt of liberty bond |, from Fall and liberty bond deposit . in the Exchange bank Of Carrizoz . and the. First National bank at F 'i T'aso.
 Six witnesses passed over th Q witness stand in less than 30 min
 utes.
 \, On defense objection the bank CT '' tries were limited to dates named l = the indictment. Thus the ledge l. sheets from December S1, 1921 an s- February 9. 1928, were all that wei n permitted 10 reach the jury.
 Roberts announced that the Eo' l. ernment might later go into the a'
 counts before and after the dat' II t.amcd in the indictments. The d
 post tickets and ledger sheets wei
 exhibited to the jury.
 This was slow work and the pr o ceedings dragged aloYs as the lu ~ examined them with interest. :. Objerts to Letter.
 A.. D. Brovnfield, receiver for il o, t'orrizozo Exchange bank, who h; u testified asuto Falls account, " ,a recalled to identify some entries o the ledger sheets which the deten in wished explained. The bank fail
 in October 1923. Wright. in
 opening statement. said the reas
 Fall wanted liberty bonds was +
 cause of bank failures in the sout =: west.
 Roberts of cred in evidence l' ter Fall wrote to Edward l., Dohe1 'p July s, 1921. George r. Hoover. U" Sinclair's counsel. objected 10 'ie letter on the grounds that any |
 ter by Fall could have no bearing 'h' charge against Sinclair, ] ''- court ordered II marked for idcntl ;c- cation reseryinF his ruling on
 objection.
 f'- A letter Fall wrote July 2S, r to to Secretary Denhy of the navy il ,"- Roberts offered met the same [ er- aa did a letter Denhy wrote F
 July oo. 1921. and a letter fir
 Denby to Fall on Octo 9, l. same year.
 'od show Tclegrams. lch There then were introduced 'nN tcleErams exchanged in Decem ont 1921 between C. F. Stafford. Of 'a' interior department and Fall rf the tive to the trir planned by Sine a'- and his attorney. J. w. IeNely. CT Three Rivers. New Mexico, for p' first conference with Fall. 'hp Another travel voucher was ' U" eented showing that Fall left Wa ne ipgtor February i. 1922. for