Word: falle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...even sure of the source of the $100,000. Suddenly, on Jan. 24, 1924, Mr. Doheny voluntarily appeared before Senator Walsh and explained that the "loan" was his. Said he: "This loan had no relation to any of the subsequent transactions. ... The reason for my making, and Mr. Fall's accepting, the loan was that we had been friends for more than 30 years...
...Contentions. The Government, represented by onetime (1911-23) Senator Atlee Pomerene and Attorney Owen J. Roberts, contends that Secretary Fall induced President Harding to turn the oil reserves over to his Department; that the $100,000 cash which he received from Mr. a gift, in return for which he (Fall) leased public lands to Mr. Doheny for exploitation; hence, both Mr. Fall and Mr. Doheny are guilty of conspiracy to defraud the Government...
...patriotic move for the Government, because in return for them the Doheny interests built an oil reserve plant for the U. S. at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii;* 2) That the entire transaction was urged and approved by onetime (1921-24) Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby; 3) That Secretary Fall had only wanted to serve in President Harding's Cabinet for one year as "the capstone of his public career," and that he stayed a second year because the President urged him; 4) That the $100,000 loan was merely a personal good-turn between two old friends...
...Trial. The jury which hopes either to convict or to clear Messrs. Fall and Doheny before Christmas is composed of typically average U. S. citizens-a steamfitter, an artist, a cigar store clerk, an expressman, etc. Most of them, when asked if they knew anything about the oil scandal, said, "Yes, we have noticed it in the headlines, but never looked into it deeply enough to form any definite opinions...
...second major clash in the trial came when the defense objected to the use of the Senate records as evidence. If this protest had been granted, the Government's case against Messrs. Fall and Doheny would have been ripped into vague shreds. The testimony of Mr. Doheny, before Senator Walsh's investigating committee, that he had "loaned" Mr. Fall $100,000 would have been of no use to the prosecution, and the two years' labors of the Senate would have been legally fruitless. Judge Hoehling announced, after four days' consideration, that the defense's objection...