Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-25

said, once paid him $4,000 in cash at
the Wardman Park hotel here.
"Did Mr.. Sinclair have that much in
cash?" inquired Walsh, apparently In
astonishment.
"Well, he paid, it over to me in cash, 2
Eiverhart returned.
| "And you transmitted it to Pueblo
| by check?" the prosecution pursued.
mo- I took it there in my pocket in
cash.
| Walsh wanted to know whether any
of that money had been paid back.
| "Not as far as know" Everl1art
said.
Next the prosecutor informed Ever
hart that previous testimony had been
that Fall had paid for the Harriss
ranch before the transactions with
Sinclair, but the witness insisted that
Fall paid over $4,000 due on the Har-
riss property.
This is the ranch property which
, hitherto it has been claimed Fall
bought with the 100000 which was
advanced to him as "loan" by Do
heny and which was brought to Wash
ington in "a little black satchel, by
Dohenys son and delivered to Fall at
the Wardmah Park hotel
Asked what steps had been taken to
carry out the club scheme at Tres
Ritos, Everhart said it had gone so
far as the building of roads and the
installation Of hydro electric plant
and an irrigation system. He con-
ceded to Walsh that all of these things
were appropriate" for the conduct OF
a cattle ranch. So far as Everhart
knew personally Sinclair had visited
Tres Ritos only once since the pay
ment of bonds and the loans to Fall
Asked why the stock certificates for
Sinclair's shares in the ranch COM
pany were not made out in his name,
Everhart said the oil man had told
him to keep all the records together
He added that this was not at all un-
usual.
did you know where these bonds
came from?" Walsh asked,
"No," Everhart replied. NO more
than I've heard by testimony at the
trials and read in the newspapers
did Sinclair have any other bonds
when he delivered the $4,000 to you
on his private carp"
"Not that know Of
Everhart was dismissed from FUR
ther attendance at the committees s
hearings and started home with the
intention of stopping at Mercersourg,
Pa, to visit his son who is in school
there.
Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. "a P-Albert
B. Fall, former secretary of the in
terror at his home here tonight COM
mented freely to the Ell Paso Times on
reported testimony at washington OF
his son-in-law. M. T. Everhart, that
Fall had received $233,000 IN liberty
bonds and $4,000 in cash from Harry
F.. Sinclair, wealthy oil operator.
Fall said the transactions had peen
onen and above board, that there had
been nothing to conceal and that IL
was part of a plan of Sinclair to pur-
chase a big ranch in the southwest.
AS for the Continental Trading COM
nany. Ltd, of Canada, Fall said ne
knew nothing of it and never had any
dealing directly or indirectly with II.
"The government counsel know that
I never had anything to do with the
Canadian company" Fall said en-
phatically. "They are just trying TO
bring this before a jury with an air OF
mystery in order to create prejudice
against me and get me in the penl-
tentiary. They will never succeed
Before granting an interview to the
Times Mr.. Fall, who is somewhat
improved in health since his return
from Washington some time ago, read
through carefully the Associated Press
accounts of the days proceedings
before the senate lands committee
at Washington.
"The accounts are right in sub
stance" he said. There are few
details that are incorrect. That may
have been due to some lapses OF
memory or some slip in reporting "
He then gave his first account of
tbe Sinclair bond transaction.