BONFILS CHARGES CONSPIRACY INVOLVING SINCLAIR, DOHENY & STANDARD OIL COMPANIES
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 9, 1924, Denver Post publisher Frederick G. Bonfils*, testifying before the Senate oil committee, charged Harry F. Sinclair, E.L. Doheny and the Standard Oil companies with conspiracy "to assure award by the Teapot Dome naval-oil lease to Sinclair."
Bonfils said...
"The Midwest and the Pioneer (oil companies) got a million dollars in oil produced by Sinclair Company in the Teapot Dome."
*Frederick Gilmer Bonfils (1860-1933) was born in Troy, Missouri & worked in land speculation in Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas before becoming publisher of The Denver Post which he made into one of the largest newspapers in the United States.
SOURCE
"Vast Conspiracy Of Oil Interests, Charge By Bonfils," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 9, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
