Oil Tycoon’s Dirty Secrets Exposed: Harry M. Blackmer Settles Tax Debts in Hush-Hush Deal

Deep in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, a notorious oil tycoon has finally settled his tax woes, but the stench of scandal still lingers. Harry M. Blackmer, the man behind the Teapot Dome scandals, had been hiding in Paris for five years, dodging the law and his own country. But on Wednesday, May 25, 1932, Blackmer’s lawyers forked over $366,978 to the U.S. Treasury to settle his civil liabilities.