Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-09
LANNON'S SERIOUS CHARGES
CONTINUED from FIRST pase.1

not to get anything at all. We were in
the dark as to how matters stood at Wash
inkton. but we thought Adams would be
ade to fix things alright
More OF the 10000 Indians. who signed
the contracts are to be interrogated to-
morrow. sfs a9sas.fss4
w. T. Holman. choetaw, indian, testi-
fled he had been employed by ]. F. Nc.
Murray holder OF the contracts, to an
out among the Oklahoma lhdians and in
duce them to sign the documents. At the
same time Holman related he was paid
"a dollar a head for. securing contracts,
appointing McAIurray to act in the cases
In this way McMurray procured 10000
contracts to sell land. : 9
The terms were 10 per cent attorney
fees or ss.OOO.OoO profit for McMurray and
his associates.
To promote this deal in congress, Sem
ator Gore contends he was offered a $2b.-
600 or $4,000 brlbe. Holman testified that
he himself had signed the 40 per cent CON
tract because he in common with the
other Indians had become discouraged on
the governments promise to sell the land.
Indians Want Money.
II would have given IS per cent to Nc
Murray," said Holman. If he could have
He said he believed some of the Indians
would be willing to have given McMurray
70 per cent q kr
IN a statement 10 the committee and With
out going on the stand McMurpay today
declared that the contracts came to him
originally against his desire. He said the
Indians Mt a war. council" had demon
strated their impatience> at the govern
ments hardness in selling the land and
had called upon him to take the job at
10 per cent which he did with reluctance.
McMurray will go on the stand later.
Questioned further. Holman testified 1t
wal the belief Of the Indians that their
property was WORTH from $SO.OOO.OOO to $40,
O00O00 and the understanding was that Nc
Murray was to get 10 per cent Of this,
rs 1t the belief Of the Indians that Nc
Murray has some power at Washington by
which he would be able to get the money
more quickly than II you first left it to
The government asked Congressman
Saunders OF Virginia,
we did not know how he was going to
do IT. but we thought he knew how" was
the answer.
did you think McMurray was a magi.
cian?"
'iNe thought he knew how to do It,"
rs 1t actually the belief among the In
dams that they have to pay somebody els,
TO get what the government has said right
fully belongs TO themg'
That has become the belief that they
have to give up 2 good portion OF wha
they get In attorneys. fees"
McCurtain Relterates Charge,
ID. g. McCurtain, a Choctaw Indian and
an attorney for his tribe went on tn.
stand and reiterated his charges that Nc
Murray in 1906 in 4Ee lobby OF the Raleigh
hotel at Washingtonk had offered ! i
$4,000 as a bride to Withdraw the 4 "a
opposition TO old contracts which er,
disapproved by President Rooseve HI
declared he once had been emp led b!
MeMurray while ne was .egate t,
Washington for his tribe, buL he asserte,
the work for MeMurray was in behalf o
and with the consent OF the Indians
When the bride was Offered. he was no
associated with MeAiurray and he al,
not share in the $4,000 attorneys fee
granted McMurray in the CITIZENSHIP
cases several years ago.
Jake l.. Hamon. again figured mo
mentarlly in the testimony. lie had bee
charged by Senator Gore with having OF
fered the $4,000 bflbe in McMurray's be
half, but In his testimony Hamon said h
went TO Washington concerning Governo
Haskelfs indlctment in = the Muskoge
town lot cases and had nothing to do wit
McMurray. 80"
c. b. stewart today testified he was al
torney for Governor Haskell and he Ia
not heard of Hamon being so employee
Attitude OF Indians.
As indicated by Green McCurtRin, chi,
OF 5000 choetaws, the Indians have take
the position that they signed contract b,
cause they had become discouraged wit
what they call the tardiness OF the soverl
ment IN dlsposing OF the land ana givln
them the proceeds W that they might pu
chase farm implements and improve the a
lotments on which they live.
The 10000 acres OF coal and asphalt ar
timber land. which Il Is proposed 70 81
Tor them Is owned hy them IN addition
the land on whcn they live.
Cecil Lyon. national republican commI
leeman from Texas, sent word he wou
appear before the committee. According
McMurray he was financially interested
The old contracts.