Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-23
SINCLAIR EXCUSED
FORSENATEPR0BE
Contempt Hearing Recessed
Until ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Is Ready With Story.

At the request OF counsel for Harry
F.. Sinclair. one of the respondents In
tha Burns Sinclair contempt proceed
:ngs. Justice Frederick l.. SiddonS to-
lay agreed to a recess OF court untli
100 O'Clock tomorrow to give the OIL
:aagnate an opportunity to appear be-
ore the Senate public lands commit
&c in connection with its investigation
nto the leasing of Teapot Dome. Sim
lair and Henry Mason Day. one OF the
nhcr respondents. were in court TO-DAY
2itnr an absence OF several days.
T.. c. Brandenburg. attorney for
Sheldon Clark. another respondent,
Joined i'm the plea to- hte court explain
ing that h, had been charged by the
District CT Columbia to present the
issue of national representation tomor-
row before the House. judiciary COM
mittee.
Don King. local newspaper reporter.
who accused Juror Edward Kidwell OF
boasting about what he expected 70
get through his services In the trla!,
was waiting to take the witness stand
after the recess today.
The Government paved the way Tor
Kings testimony by concluding It's eVi-
dnnce on the surveillance OF the Iea-
not Dome Jurors with an examination
of two Burns operatives before recess
vas taken. Kings testimony VIII oe
,ssd to back up the version OF tne ilic.-
dent. which took place IN Horah tle"
Saar saioon ON October %. given by j.
Rav Akers. the former street-car con-
Imctor who attacked statements OF
Kidwell in court.
McMullin Next.
Roth Akers and King filed afiidavi1s
AGAINST the Juror which played part
in bringing about the Teapot LONE
mistrial on November 2. Defense ccuh-
sci were unable to shake Akers' version
of the incident involving kidweli ana
will do their utmost To-Day 10 tIp Wy
King. The latter has Just retuihco
from Fargo. N. OAK. where MS VIE
died last week. A.. ,..,,.r
Burns detective, who revealed we Jury
shadowing TO the district attorneys
Office will follow the Herald reporter
on the stand. With his testimony. ceai-
inc with an alleged false affidavit pre-
pared for use in bringing about acqult-
tai of Harry F. Sinclair or mlsTiai'
the Government practically VIII nfin9
its evidence in the contempt proceed
ingS to an end.
with testimony obtained from two
Eurns operatives, the last OF about Is
Who have taken the stand. the Govern
ment concluded its evidence bearing on
the routine jury surveillance operations
and paved the way for the mai stage
OF its case.
Siddons' Interest Reused.
Sidney Knowles and Thomas F.
Brennan were the two Burns men
examined. Mr.. Burkinshaw tried TO
show that Knowles had been relieved
from duty after an autoist observed
him while he was shadowing Juror
Frank J. Herzog.
Justice Siddons took UP the examina-
ton and seemed particularly interested
in this phase of the testimony. He did
not succeed. however, In eliciting from
Knowles any more than an admission
that he believed he might have been
observed while shadowing the Juror. Al
any rate, Burkinshaw was unable TO
establish whether the operative had
been sent back to Philadelphia the
following day because he had been de-
tected shadowing the juror.
When Brennan was asked about the
he received before picking
up Juror Bradner Holmes. the operative
said he had been warned explicitly not
to approach his subject. In the event
the juror detected he was being
Swallowed and confronted him. Brennan
said he was told to ''act as II I were
crazy and turn away"