Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-24

upon him by the District Supreme
At the Office of Frank J. Hogan.
Dohenys counsel, it was stated TODAY
tnat the defense is ready to 60 ahead
with the trial. The Government has
sought no continuance of the case
assistant District Attorney Arthur w.
FINELY declared today in the absence
from the city Of Pomerene and Roberts,
the special counsel charged with pros
ecutions in the oil lease cases.
Doheny wept when Fall, who pros
pected with him in the West many
years ago, was found guilty in the
bribery case last October. He wept for
friend he has known for many years.
and 1t will be upon this friendship, 1t
is indicated, that the oil man win base
great deal Of the defense in his COM
ing trial.
Doheny claims the 500 900 involved
IN the case upon which Fall was con-
v1cted, was loan to an old friend and
had nothing TO do with the naval oil
reserve leases which he secured while
Fail was Secretary of the Interior. This
friendship OF two young proSpecturs Of
the old West is expected to form a large
portion Of the evidence presented the
District Supreme Court in Doheny's
defense. To back UP the claim that
VLAC 4AOOC Ndo a IOdIl OUTSIDE any OF LI0
oil transactions, he has certificate for
third interest In Falls ranch in New
Mexico, and a transaction In which
Falls land was sold at auction to, satisfy
debt owed by Fall to Doheny The
ranch brought $132,461. 81 in this sale.
and 1t was bought UP by Doheny to
protect his interests.
MAN With Midas Touch"
Edward L. Doheny has been described
as man with Midas touch. At is he
set out to make his fortune in the West,
His hrst stake came from the purchase
OF wild horses and breaking them, SELL
ing them for much more than he paid
and using the experience he thus gained
to become jockey. He became well
known on the Western race tracks be-
fore he turned to prospecting.
He struck gold in Arizona shortly
after he started prospecting. Silver in
New Mexico was his next find Then
he started importing fuxing irons into
the United States from Mexico, always
making big money, always looking for
new fields for profit, but seldom holding
on to the profits In those days. Twenty
years Of lucky prospecting for metals
had made Doheny rich man many
times, but almost as many times he had
become poor again through business
losses. GA
His best find came in Los Angeles.
He struck oil, and upon those first be-
ginningS In the oil industry has been
built the vast Doheny fortune 1t Is
reckoned among the biggest single for
tunes in the United States. as
Last Of Scandal Principal&T
This is the last of the principals in
the oil scandals which have run their
course of civil litigation and criminal
prosecution through the past six years,
at times rocking the country with
startling developments. He is the only
member of the trio about whom the
oil scandals have centered who 50 far
has gone unpublished. Sinclair has
gone to jail and served his sentences,
totaling nine months in all, and Fall
stands convicted, though free, await
ing decision on his appeal.
A lot of the evidence which helped
convict Fall in the bribery case viii
not be admissible In the Doheny case.
For this reason many believe Deheny
has better defense for his trial than
Fall had.
Through his widely known attorney,
Hogan, Doheny win put every resource
at his command to disprove the charge
of the Government.