Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1931 — Page 12

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FALL'S TRIAL IS ROAD TO FAME FOR 'DEFENDER' Hogan Achieved Wealth as Attorney During Oil Scandal. By Scrlpp*-H award Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. May B.— The last spotlight of the oil cases plays upon only two of the many men once illumined by its glare. One man is old and sick at the end of the drama; the other has new prestige and material wealth. Albert B. Fall is through fighting the verdict that he accepted a bribe while he was secretary of interior. Frank J. Hogan, his lawyer in the final stages of the fight, who was little known outside the District of Columbia when he entered the oil cases, is now one of the best known attorneys in the country. Fall, in New Mexico territorial and state offices, as federal judge, as senator, and finally as a member of the Harding cabinet, was once one of the most powerful men in the land. Now he is depending upon the mercy of the President or of the District of Columbia court to keep him from dying in jail. Doheny Trial First Hogan, employed as one of half a dozen attorneys to defend Edward L. Doheny in the first of the oil trials, now numbers among his clients irrtny of America’s richest men. In this first oil trial, Fall and Doheny had separate legal staffs although they were tried jointly. It was not long until Hogan assumed leadership of the Doheny forces. His opponent, then and later, was Owen J. Roberts, special prosecutor, now on the supreme bench. Hogan, short or stature, perfectly groomed, impressive behind his pince nez, played with all the skill of a consummate actor upon the emotions of his jury, or dazzled them with his astounding memory for facts and his brilliant eloquence. He had achieved local fame in a famous bank case tried here earlier, but during the 1928 trial his defense and his spectacular success were discussed in every part of the country. Million Dollar Check When Doheny and Fall were acquitted, Hogan received a fine car and a million-dollar check from Doheny for his services, according to a story that Hogan never would confirm and never denied. Harry Sinclair, in his gloomy journey through the district courts and jails, did not retain Hogan and probably regretted it. Hogan entered the oil drama again when Fall was brought to trial on the charg/ of accepting a bribe from his fridnd Doheny. Doheny employed Hogan to fight his old friend’s battles as long as Fall needed him. This case Hogan lost. But when Doheny was put on trial charged with giving the bribe that Fall had been guilty of accepting, Hogan's defense was successful, and the rich old oil man was found not guilty. Whether Hogan received another million-dollar check is a matter of speculation. Audubon Society Meets By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., May B.— The thir-ty-third annual convention of the Indiana Audubon society opened here today to continue through Saturday.

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ARCTIC RESCUE PARTY FINDS YOUNGBRITON Swedish Flier Sights Party on Trek Towa p d . Nearest Point. BY OLE CAVLING United Press Staff Correspondent rcoD' T riaht. 1931. bv United Press) COPENHAGEN,, May B.—Augustine Courtauld, rich young Briton who has been facing starvation in the wilderness of the Greenland ice cap, w r as safe today and trudging slowly toward the nearest outpost of civilization, Angmagsalik. A sledge party led by H. G. Watkins and made more determined by repeated failures to locate Courtauld, finally found the young explorer on the inland ice. Watkins is chief of the British Arctic aerial route expedition which left Courtauld in a little meteorological station on the ice cap last summer to spend the winter alone, awaiting relief which failed to roach him last month when his supplies were exhausted. Wireless messages received by the fishing ministry said the rescue expeditions by land, sea and air had been successful at last and that Courtaud, in company of the Watkins party, was trekking toward the base camp of the expedition, not far from Angmagsalik, on the southeastern coast of Greenland. Captain Albin Ahrenberg, famous Swedish pilot, wTio made a bold journey from Norway to Greenland by plane to aid the rescue work, added to his laurels in the success of the expedition. Taking considerable risk on the treacherous ice, Ahrenberg flew from the base camp to a point about 140 miles away, where he located the hut in which Courtauld had spent the winter. Encouraged by finding the little station which the sledge parties had been unable to locate, Ahrenberg

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STRUCK BY CAR: VISITOR, 70, IS BADUINJURED Aged Cincinnati Man Hurt Critically in North Side Auto Accident. Struck by an auto as he crossed Delaware at Sixteenth street, Thomas Wayne, 70, of Cincinnati, suffered injuries that left him in a critical condition today in Methodist hospital. Two ribs were broken, and physicians believe one of the jagged fractures may have punctured a lung. The accident occurred Thursday night. Paul Cook, 2227 Ashland avenue, driver, said Wayne stepped from the curb into the path of his car. Cook

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took Wayne to a physician's office, from which he was removed to the hospital. Louis Owens. 39. Sheridan, suffered internal injuries when his auto and a taxicab overturned in a collision at Capitol avenue and Washington street Thusrday night. Owens was charged with drunken driving, and a companion was arrested for drunkenness. Police arrested Chester Little. Negro, after his auto struck a car driven by Jack Walsh. 1225 North State avenue, at Sixteenth street and Broadway, injuring Mrs. Walsh. Little was bharged with driving without a license and failure to have certificate of title. Albert Wenz. 16, of 909 North Keystone avenue, was cut and bruised when struck by a car while crossing in the 2200 block East Washington street. Bank Receiver Hopeful By Times Special HAMMOND. Ind., May B— Hope that a dividend may be paid to depositors of the closed First Trust and Savings bank in sixty days is expressed by A. Murray Turner, one of the joint receivers.