Rioting broke out in the New Jersey state prison here to-day as a prison guard, Frank Butcher, and a for" or prisoner under sentence of Ufo imprisonment, Charles Evans, wounded. were killed and two guards were
All available city police were summoned.
At 8 o'clock this evening the principal prison keeper, a Mr. Stone, announced that the riot had' been quelled, Authorities denied that there had been "real rioting, explaining that iter" Evans had "run amal convicts in th shouted and created excitement. jury was selected to-day to try the oil magnate Edward L. Doheny: fon a charge of bribing the former Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, to obtain valuable oil lease concessions.
This trial results from the success of the prosecution in convicting, Mr. Fall on a charge of accepting. such a bribe, some months ago. The Fall case is on appeal, following imposition of sentence of imprisonment and fine.
Mr, Doheny is linked with the! famed. "little black bag" episode when $50,000 was sent to the Secret ary as a loan, according to the Doheny-Fall contention, but as a bribe in the view of the jury which tried "Mr. Fall.
Mar, 15.
At the conclusion to-day of the! Government's case against Edward Doheny, oil magnate accused having bribed Albert Fall, former] [Secretary of Interior, attorneys for the defence moved for dismissal of [the case because of lack of evidence.
Justice Hits overruled the motion.
Presentation of the case for the Jdefence will begin on Monday. It is Jexpected that the defence will conted that the $50,000 contained in [the famous "little black bag" sent] Mr. Fall by Mr, Doheny was friendly loan, in no wise to be link-Jed with the Secretary's subsequent] faction in granting valuable naval Jou Iand leases to the Dobeny interests, Mr, Pall is already under sentence! fof fine and imprisonment—United Press.
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