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U e MOVING RAPIDLY (Continued From First Page) trial. His attorneys told the court the when their motion to dismiss first contempt proceedings was de nied. that the Denver Oil man would not need the second subpoena. Blackmen was wanted to tell of the "ontinental Trading company liberty sour of whose profits in bonds reached Fall. Waldi Law III moving against Blackmer. the government proceeded under a law passed at the instance of Senator Walsh. of Montana. the senate Teanot prosecutor. making it possible witto so deal with reenleitrant mosses. When M. T. Everhart. son-in-law of Fall. resumed the witness stand today Daniel Thew. counsel for Sinclair. said he had no mor questions to ask. The government followed suit and Everhart was excused. Everhart yesterday told of having received $233,000 in liberty bonds to and $35,000 in cash from Sinclair be delivered to Fall or his ranch company. The bonds he said were for one third of the ranch and the in d cash for making improvements the property The next witness. J. E. Benton. n rice-president of the First National bank at El Paso. Texas. produced le various slips for deposits that Fall o made at that bank. The contents of " these slips were not divulged as In government counsel had them o marked for identification. show Bank Record : Benton also produced bank rec. of orde of various liberty bond pur19 chases. He was not cross examined of by the defense d The El Paso banker was followed - in Igamacio Gonzale, of the same ty bank. who testified that the deposits " previously referred to had been of made in liberty bends. one group $15,050. and another of $5,500. Benton also produced bank records of various liberty bond purchases. He was not cross-examined E by the defense. The El Paso banker was followed by Iganacio Gonzalez. of the same d bank. who testified that the deposits been previously referred to had of made in liberty bonds. one group $15,050. and another of $5,500. Identifies Slips ss A. D. Brownfield, receiver for the n. Exchange bank of Carrizozo. New siMexico. then identified slips show. that ing liberty bond deposits in 01 s- bank. One of these was for $50.re it. 000. L.T. Rule. assistant cashier of the First National bank of Pueblo. Col. n orado. was recalled. and said $20.or 000 in liberty bonds was received from Fall on October 23. 1922. and olproceeds were credited to the sa account the of the Tres Ritos Cattle and en Land Co., the Fall ranch. The derefense did not cross-examine Rule or Everhart had testified to the same transaction yesterday ry dOwen J. Roberts. special govern ment prosecutor. then offered in evi. dence ledger sheets from the First National bank at Pueblo showing accounts of Everhart. Faii. the slips Tres Ritos company. and deposit rs hn showing the receipt of liberty bonds ed from Fall and liberty bond deposits ad in the Exchange bank of Carrizozo nd and the First National bank at El ere Paso. Six witnesses passed over the to witness stand in less than 30 minux, utes. On defense objection the bank ennot tries were limited to dates named in arthe indictment. Thus the ledger insheets from December 31. 1921 and deian February 9. 1923. were all that were permitted to reach the jury. Roberts announced that the 50 bilernment might later go into the ac counts before and after the dates ent named in the indictments The were de pasit tickets and ledger sheets exhibited to the jury. This was slow work and the pro ce ceedings dragged alous as the jur examined them with interest. erObjects to Letter. In a the A.D. Brownfield receiver for ha th of Corrizozo Exchange bank. who bon. testified assto Fall's account. wa o the recalled to identify some entries are the ledger sheets which the defens rain wished explained. The bank faile October 1923. Wright. in hi opening in statement. said the reaso be Fall wanted liberty bonds was ony cause of bank failures in the south ohisucwest. Roberts offered in evidence a 10 oup Fall wrote to Edward L. Dohen o rom July ter 8. 1921. George P. Hoover. th ters Sinclair's counsel. objected to le letter on the grounds/that any talk ter by Fall could have no bearing T i charge against Sinclair. of dgecourt ordered it marked for identif th cation reserving his ruling on of objection. A letter Fall wrote July 23. 19 to Secretary Denby of the navy th ree sterto Roberts offered met the same Fa fa as did a letter Denby wrote fro July 22. 1921. and a letter t Denby to Fall on October 25. LE same year. aged Show Telegrams. t ruck There then were introduced hony bout telegrams exchanged in Decemb , 1921 between C. R. Safford. of road the interior department. and Fall rel Sincla tive to the trip planned by Serand his attorney. J. W. Zevely. t be Three Rivers. New Mexico, for first conference with Fall. and the Another travel voucher was D d he sented showing that Fall left Was No February 1. 1922 for ington returned to Washingt