Evening star., 1928-04-18
CHASE KEPT FALL
BOND DEAL SECRET
Tells Teapot Probers He Did
Not Feel lmpeIIed to Bare
Transaction.

By the Associated Press
The Senate Teapot Dome committee
was told today BY Clarence c. Chase
son-in-iaw of Albert B. Fall. that hz
had long known of Falls receipt o.
bonds from Harry f. Sinclair. but tina,
he did rot make the fact public because
he considered it vas not his business
10 do so
Under q spirited examination. Chase
agreed that the mysterious memoran-
dunn in the committee files. which said
Fall had never received money from
Sinclair. was written on paper identical
10 that used by Fail in sending a letter
10 the committee and that il would
seem the documents were written on
the same paper at the same time. Falls
defense IN his conspiracy case is that
the bonds were for an interest in the
FaH ranch.
Tells About Loan.
Chase readily testified that Fall tried
to have Price Mckinney OF Cleveland
say that he was ready to loan the for
mer Interior Secretary SIO0 600. This
sum had come from Z. L. Doheny
lessee OF the Elk Hills. Calf, naval
reserve
Neither ClaudiuS n Huston nor
Harry NJ. Blair. formerly Republican
party officials. threw new light on the
Continental Trading Oompany's Liberty
bonds
Huston said Charles ID. Hilles, Re.
publican national committeeman, was
responsible for New York funds. and
that Sinclair was in the New York ter
ritory. Blair was asked # he could
explain a receipt showing loan OF
$4,000 10 the Republican national COM
mltiee oy Ogden Mills In 1923. Mills
is now UnderSecretary OF the Treasury
Blair could no, and the inquiry was not
pressed.
Rlackmer Came Later.
Were you at Falls ranch when SIN
clair visited there" Chairman Nye
asked Chase
Yes. sir" Chase replied.
Was MIR. Blackmer there"
No. MIR. Biackmer came in later ="
The reference was 20 II. NJ. Blackmef,
former president Of Midwest Refining
Co, and missing witness in Sincla.rS
OIL conspiracy trial now IN progress.
Chase insisted that he did NOT know
why Sinclair and Blackmer visited ths
ranch
Describing visit Fall made to & l..
DohenyS house In New York CITY in
December. 1923. Chase said he tcok
some papers out Of the house in re-
Sponse 10 \ telephone call, but he could
not describe them
Did Fall see any one else while he
was in New York." asked Senator
Walsh.
Yes. Mr.. Sinclair called"
What was dlSctSSede"
1t was purely social call; no nulSl-
ness was discussed"
The story of the New Mexico Wit
neSSeS was out, wasn't that diScuSSeds"
No sir -
I've Men Named Abbott.
Chase said he brought no memoran~
dunn To Washington 90 give 10 any one
and he had never been the one under
inquiry until Il was shown 10 him to-
day
Replying 10 Chairman Nye. Chase
said he knew William Abbott OF Three
Rivers,
Did you know anything about
claim for 500 600 of Liberty bonds oy
William Abbott against the CittaeaS
Trust Co, of Sullivan Ind"
"oh, that's a different Abbott, Chase
replied, "He kept the country store
Chase said that Robert W, Stewart.
chairman Of the board Of the STANDARD
OIL og Indiana, visited Fan at Three
Rivers At the time Rlaekmer did. This
was In January. 1922. naSt before fea-
pot nome was leased "a Sinclair,
did YOU ever handle any Of the
money that passed between poheny and
FanP"
Il handled some cash. no bonds
Chase said Fall learned ag the ra-
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