The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-18
NAMED THEM AGAIN
SENATOR CORE READS TELE- GRAMS REFERRING TO CHER
 MAN AND CURTIS.
ARE NOT ACCUSED or ANYTHING
The Messages Merely eho" NO" Active the Mcmurray Interests were In Washington When Alleged sr'ne Offer Was Made.

McAlester, Ok, Aug. 11.-The names of Vice-President sherman ana 5ena tor Curtis were brought into the con gressional investigation again Ihe congressman who are Investigating the Indian land contracts heard tele- grams read by Senator Gore' "no made the original charges.
 One of these telegrams read:
 With McMurray there to state our claims, with MT. Curtis and MT. Sher- man, who understand better than any thing else what we want and with the assistance of our president, It oeglns to look like we are coming into our own'
 This telegram was dated at Kinta, Ok, May 2 last, and sent to Richard C.. Adams, an attorney, at washing ton, by George w. Scott, J. E. McMur- rays agent among the Indians.
 It's relation to Senator Cores charges of having been offered $zo.- 900 bribe to ~put through" congress the s30, ,0O0. .000 McMurray Indian land deal was explained by the senator.
 "It merely shows the activity oi the McMurray interests at Washing ton," said Senator Gore.
 By offering this evidence, do not wish to reflect either on MT. sherman of MT Curtis"
 Do you mean that as an exorera' tion from you of MT. 6herman?" ask ed Dennis Flynn, attorney for McMur. ray.
 Tt is merely to state that the names of these men were taken ID vain at one time; they may have been at another" replied MT. Gore Another telegram from McMurray at Washington was fead. It ordered that McMurray's agent among the In dians send 50 telegrams urging con gress to approve the contracts, allow ing @ s3,0O0 ,000 "attorney's fee" indians Eager 10 Sign Six hundred Indians assembled at war council" at Sulphur, Ok. and using up almost an entire bottle oi ink, wrote their signatures individu- ally to the McMurray land contracts. Although informed that J. F. Mo Murray, holder of the contracts. would get profit or from $2,000.000 to s. 000,000 in attorneys fees." the Indians were advised that the con tracts afforded the quickest way to ! realize on their land. estimated to be | 450,0O0 acres in extent and valued Rt from sS0,O00,000 to $4O.000,Oo0.
 Tax Case Contracts. l In addition to the land contracts Me Murray's agents had the Indians sign contracts for tax cases against the 1 government at fee of s10 head The land fee was 10 per cent con tingent upon the sale of the land. James H. Godfrey, a Chickasaw In dian by intermarriage, gave his testi mony before the congressional investi gating committee.
 Godfrey said he induced the Indians to assemble at Sulphur Springs to per | suade them to sign the contracts, al most 10000 of which McMurray previ ously had secured. McMurray, he said had been successful in previous liti | gation for the Indians, and the Indians believed if they paid him 10 per cent attorneys fees he would be able tC urge the authorities at Washington tC | expedite the sale.
 Do you mean to say that you tolt the Indians 1t would be a bargain tt pay McMurray several million dollar, to do something which the government already has promised to dor" aske6 Senator T. F. Gore.
 Yes. we thought 1t would be ( bargain, for the government had no done anything to help us." was tho reply.