Lok ANKCICD, Aug. 28-—(A.P)-—A DI
of complaint demanding an accaunt-
Way of $19,000,000 was filed on the U.
B District court Monday against
Edward L. Doheney and the Pan-
Ameriran Petroleun and Transpurt
company. The bili which charges that
stockholders of (he company lost this
swum through alleged fraud on the
part of Doheney i the lamous Elk-
hilly off acnndul, was (led by a Las
Angeles faw finn on behalf of Frank
Hi. Kukkel. attorney, of Cineinnan.
‘ho brought the vil m the tnterest
of tumself and other Mockbalders.

The bill declares that the $10,000,-
008 wax lust by (he stackitolders solely
because Daheney acted fraudulently
in connection with the leasing from
foriner secretary ot (he interior Albert
B. Fall of the Blk Neva! Oil
Reserve. and th large sums
spent in development’ of the Melda
themselves, and aisewhere in con-
nection iwih the deal Tt demands
that an accounting be made ty
Doheny and thet such money as wa

expenced in the alleged giving of a
$100.00 bribe to Fal, amd in the de-
velopment of the frmudulently leased
fletds, ba returned to the stockholders.

  

 

 
 
Los Angeles, Calif —(?)—Edward L
Doheny and directors of the Pat-
American Petroleum and Transport
company, today faced a bill of com-
plaint demanding an accounting of
$10,000,000 stockholders allege they
Jost in the fraudulent Jease of the
Elk Hills naval oil reserve.

The complaint, filed in behalf of
Prank H. Kunkel, Cincinnati, and
other shareholders, declared the loss
resulted from the cancellation of the
lease by a decision of the United
States supreme court alter the com-
pany had spent several million dol-
jars in the development of the field.

BARGAIN WITH FALL.

‘The lease was negotiated for the
government by Albert F. Fall, then
secretary of the interior.

‘The $100,000 delivered to Fall by
E. L, Doheny, Jr, tn the much dis-|
cussed “little black satchel” was de-_
clared in the suit io have heen given.
by the stockholders and used as a
bribe. An accounting of this exchange
also is asked

Kunkel sets forth in the complaint
that neither he nor any of the
plaintiff stockholders had any
Knowledge of the negotintions and
deseribes Doheny’s conduct of the
deal as a “fraud not only against
the United States, but also against
the Pan-American company and its
stockholders.” Doheny 3s charged
with dominating the affairs of the
company when the lease was signed.
 