The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-06
Names of Vice President Sher-
man, Senator Curtis and
Congressman Mcclure Not
Mentioned by Alleged Briber
NEITHER DID HE OFFER
$25, 900 TO BLIND MAN
Tale of Representative Creager
That He Had Been Offered
an interest in the Indian
Contract Also Is Denied.
PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE

EUSKOGE4c, Okla, Aug. with
NJ senator Thomas p &c, Gore re ss3
been offered a bride of S20,OOO or S0Os-
coo 20 influence mis- action In Congress,
and with Jake L., HamoRs accused by
the senator OF offering the brtbes de-
nyIng he had ever done any such thing,
the Investigation of the oklahoma In
dian land deals by "a committee of the
House OF Representative today sim
mered down 20 a mass of denials
For four hours, HnmOn, former
chairman of the oklahoma Republican
state committee, made continuous
series OF dcntnis ns 10 his alleged re-
Iafion with what are known the
BIcaIurray contracts, by which, accord
ing 10 Senator Gore, SS,OOO,OO0. or 10
per cent of $4,000, 900, To be realized
from the sale OF Indian lands 10 a New
\ OFiI syndicate, WAS 10 be diverted
tOrneys' fees"
Hamon answered Congressman
Creager with a denial. Replying to
the congressman charge that Hamon
had suggested that an interest" in
the contracts might be available 10 the
congressman II the latter helped re-
move opposition, Hamon testified,
1t was just this way. l was down
here in Oklahoma attending 10 my
business when a friend told me Crea-
ger said i had approached. him I'M
properly In regard 10 the McMurray
went 20 Washington. 1 got hold or
CreageF and said. Look here. you
know L never said any such thing
Then CreageF said. Now, Jake, that
certainly was the impression l got
that you suggested / might get an in
terest in the contracts. l replied; You
certainly a mistaken. Then Creager
said: Well, il you say 1 shouldn't, l
won't go before the investigating com
mittee down in MuskOgee and testify
that you approached me-
Series OF Denials.
Among lannon's deniais we're the
following:
That he ever had been olOseted with
Senator Gore in the senator's private
office az Washington to urge the ap-
prevail OF the contracts.
HAT he had ever mentioned Vice
President sherman. Senator Charles
II. Curtis OF Kansas or Congressman
b. S Mcclure or Oklahoma as being
Interested" in the contracts, as
charged by Senator Gore.
That he had ever spoken OF a bride
20 anybody about any legislation. or
that ne ever was interested in the Nc
Murray contracts.
That at the time the contracts were
being discussed he had called up Crea-
ger on the telephone at Washington,
asking for an appointment but sal
MIR. Creager mad called him up.
Mr.. Creager previously mad testified
that HamOn asked for an appointment
AT which the interest" in the contracts
was spoken OF
That he had ever said, Dick, the
senator is becoming mighty hard on
his friends, in the presence OF ID. t.
Gore. brother of Senator Gore ID. F.
Gore had testified that HamOn made
the remark just after the senator re-
fused the alleged bride.
That be had ever said Il want to
make lot OF money. and 1 don't care
much how ] make IT," in the presence
OF j. Leroy Thompson, Senator Cores
stenographer. Thompson previously
had testified that HamOn had made the
remark
INCORPORATING the witness. Con.
gresham +. W. Saunders, a member OF
the committee. said.
Now, Mr.. HamOn. YOU have denied
the testimony OF all the witnesses who
have preceded you. You have branded
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