U.S. OIL SCANDALS

Southland Times, Issue 20396, 27 January 1928, Page 7

U.S. OIL SCANDALS

TEAPOT DOME CASE. NEW EVIDENCE HEARD. Washington, January 24. After a silence of three years, Milton Everhart, son-in-law of A. B. Fall, has admitted having transported to the latter 304,000 dollars in cash and Liberty bonds given him by Sinclair for the lease of the Teapot Dome naval reserve in 1922. The explanation at that time was that Sinclair had purchased a third interest in Fall’s cattle ranches. Everhart to-day appeared as a witness before the Senate Committee, which is resuming its investigations into the oil scandals. -A. and N.Z. Litigation over the Teapot Dome oil scandal has been going on since 1923. Albert Fall and Harry Sinclair, formerly Secretary for the Interior, were charged with’conspiracy to defraud the United States, and in October last the Supreme Court annulled fhe lease of the Teapot Dome Oil Company, which Fall had granted to Sinclair. This decision brought victory to the Government’s long-continued efforts to regain control of the revenue of its naval oil reserves. Following this Fall and Sinclair were again put on trial for fraud. The trial took a sensational turn when the Judge ordered an investigation into charges of tampering with the jury preferred by the Government counsel. Owing to the illness of Fall the trial had to be postponed.