Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-08-11
NOM JACKHAM0N
SAISGlRE LIED.
Man From His Own Town Also IOId
Tales.
SENATOR GORE WANTED MONEY
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Asked That Harmon Finance Hls Cam
paIsn- -Involved n Sadly Lang
DesIs--AlI Pipe Dreams
said core.
SENATOR GORE WANTED MONEY

\ MuskOgee. Ok, aug 49, allASS3 n |
Hamon 81 f3awton. the man iron my
own town" whom Senator Gore swore
MA attempted to bribe him and VINO
Congressman Creager said had made
improper oyertures IA order 70 n
fuence Creagers support In legisla.
lion Of interest to Hamon, testineu
nssora the select congressional IN
vestigating committee, declaring tnat
ire story told by Creager was untrue
ana that when Gore said that ne,
Hamon. had borrowed money from
core, the senator had lied. Gore, &C.
cording to the witness, on May ~ last
slad him from Cores office during the
noon hour, through the chamber Of
the senate into a secluded place n
the senate library and after closing
the doors, talked to him about tinanc'
ing. his senatorial campaign. Hanon
emphatically denied he ever mention
I'd is Gore the names Of Senator Cur
az. yice-President Sherman Or Tor
iner Senators Long and Thurston q
KANSAS and Nebraska Hamon said
he agreed to to assist Gore In financ'
ing his campaign and while there ais
cussed some pending legislation Of
interest to Hamon that Gore might get
through for him
why He Was n Washington.
TIanon testified that although ne
( did not care to divulge the business Of
his clients, be was compelled, because
81 the unfair methods Of Senator
Gore. to say that he was IN Washing
fop II lie time of the alleged attempt
ed bribery as the paid attorney for
Gov. Haskell and other Muskogee de-
PENDANTS III the town lot cases. TO
,substantiate his assertions be intro
duced as evidence kilograms from
aaskell and from Orville T. Smith, the
governors private attorney. He de-
MED that any conversation took place
with Gore relating to the offering Of
$4,000 or any other sum for the ap'
proyal OF the McMurray contracts.
Alleged enauy DealSs
Hamon told Of alleged shady deala
IN connection with buying lots in the
Gore addition adjoining Lawton, Ok.
several years ago. He said he and
Gore and a number Of other friendi
had agreed to buy the lots in as cheap
" as possible and not to bid against
each other, but that Tope Brothers
two Hebrews, had bid in number O
the lots, bidding against Senator
Gore and causing him to pay more FOL
his lots than the witness paid. Hamcr
admitted that they were gettini
mighty close to the danger line bul
sim did not violate federal statutes
The land he said was supposed t
have been government lands held fol
school purposes.
Senator Gore examined Hamcn witt
reference to business dealing witt
Congressman Mcclure and ]. +. NC
Murray but was unable to get the wit
ness to admit there were any deals De
tween them.
Hamon after undergoing sever
Eruelling by Congressman Sanders
became angry and declared he hal
known for some time that Senate
Gore could be safely approached.
Knew Gore Could Be Approached.
Wher. pressed for specific instance
he mentioned town lot case, AZ
other time he had been bribed BY th
American Book company. He cal
another instance was when he was \
Cores ONCE talking about the allo'
ment Of lands in western Oklahom
and Gore said 1T would be q goo
thing II we could get slice Of tina
land Another instance was whe
A. w. Lawrence Of LkWt6A was PREF
emit, said Hamon., when Gore said =
get . chance to steal something fo
you III do H."
II developed on cross examinatio
that Gore had borrowed $4,000 an
Senator Owen had gone on bis not
According to Hamon, Gore asked bill
To raise $1,000 so he could pay u
note and to see Dr. Rowell and b.
brother, who were interested in
addition adjoining Lawton. III
RoReiln we're at that time trying
ret the land allotted to Dr. Rowe
and core said, according 70 Hanoi
-they had better get this money
they want their land allotted
Senator Cora. after the OeSsio
charactsrirsB Hamon's statement
.pipe dreams"
esnatof Curtis 70 Testify.
Topska, Aus. 6ssenator CharlI
Curtis left for MuskcEss. where
was called b. the inquiry coupis1ie
n Response 70 ne rlier Q testify
regard to the alls1liung made
senator Gore Thursday.
senator Curtis sid
4 shan ten ne commission III
President TAFT sent for vico-proslde
and myself 10 order 10 discuss this
dian natter ana as q result Of II
conference and aeting on the adviI
Of NJ. sherman and myself, tie PIE
deut decided be would not open Il
rolls nor would be further eonlid
tie matter q placing bis approval
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