New Britain herald., 1928-04-11
SINCLA|R'S TRIAL
 MOVING RAPIDLY First Move Is to Call BlaCkmer,
 Missing Witness MANY TAKE THE STAND
Calling of BIackmcr. Who is in France, Seen as Foundation for New Contempt Proceedings by Government Against Oil Man.

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 Washington, April Il R-DrivinR ahead with the same rapidity which all along has characterized the pres- ent Teapot Dome trial, the govern ment today put mass of testimony both oral and documentary into the record which will tell whether liar ry F. Sinclair is to be convicted of conspiring with Albert B. Fall in the leasing of the Wyoming naval oil re- serve.
 Starting out by calling H. M. Blaekmer. who is in Europe and who has refused to return, Owen J. Roberts, special prosecutor, laid the ground work for another contempt procedure against the former asso- ciate of Sinclair in the Continental Trading company deal.
 Then a succession of witnesses was called to trace through banks and lockboxes the Liberty bonds in- volved in the transaction which the government contends went to Fall as a bribe and which the defense up- holds as an honest business deal by which Sinclair bought an interest in Falls ranch.
 May Show Letters
 Whether considerable batch of the correspondence between Fall and other persons concerning oil leases will be introduced in evidence will be determined by Justice Bailey at a later date. as result of . de- fense move today.
 r When Roberts attempted to lntro- duce the correspondence. George P. Hoover. sinclair's lawyer, objected 1 on the ground that Falls corres- pondence. with others than Sinclair could not have any bearing upon the charges against Sinclair. Roberts withdrew all of the letters except one Fall wrote July 8. 1921. to Ed ward L. Doheny in which Fall said he was going to have complete charge of all oil leases. Meantime, the defense withdrew its objection to the letters withdrawn, and Roberts told the court he would reintroduce them after Justice Bailey's ruling on the July 8 letter. The other docu- ments had been used at the first trial of Sinclair and Fall, and were considered of importance to the governments case.
 Introduces Lease Roberts finally introduced the Teapot Dome lease and read all of the long document.
 Prior to that the jurors were shown ledger accounts containing bank accounts of Fall. his son-in- law. M. T. Everhart. ad the Tres Ritos Cattle and Land company. They also looked at deposit slips showing the deposit of Liberty bonds to these accounts.
 After completion of the reading of the lease, it's attest page bearing the signature of Fall. Secretary Denby and Sinclair was shown to the jury by defense counsel.
 E. c. Finney, assistant secretary of the interior, then testified that he had not been consulted in the Tea | pot lease and had had nothing to do with it.
 In calling H. NJ. Blackmer. miss ing Teapot Dome witness in the trial of Harry F. Sinclair, the govern ment laid the groundwork for an- other contempt proceeding when he | failed to respond.
 Blackmer, who Is in Paris. failed to answer at the first trial of Sin clair and Albert B. Fall last October i and $100,000 of his property was seized by the government. Blackmer then was subpoenaed for the present