The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-13
FIVE PRINCIPAL WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE TELL STo-
 RES OF THE CASE.
GORE CLAIMED FRAME UP"
Witness Testifies He Said They Set 9 Trap anl He Walked Into lt-De- nies Gore Was to Pay $25ooo to Hush Story Up.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 12.-Four of the five principal witnesses for the plaintiff in Mrs Minnie E. Bonds suit for $50,000 damages against Unit ed States Senator T. P Gore, had been ] examined and cross-examined when l District Judge Geo w. Clark's divi- sion of the district court closed Thurs day evening" completing the second day of the trial
 Witnesses for the plaintiff examin- ed today were Mrs. Minnie E. Bond; H)r. J. II. Earp. Kirby Fitzpatrick and T. E. Robertson, the latter being on the stand when court closed.
 The remaining witnesses whose name has figured prominently in the testimony cf each of the witnesses so far examined is James R Jacobs. Mrs. Bond, Dr. Earp. Robertson and Jacobs were all boarding at the Wash. ington hotel at the time the alleged occurrence took place
 Each of the witnesses so far eX- amined has testified that they were in Washington at the time attempt ing to secure an appointment to a federal position. Mrs. Bond said that she was seeking the appointment of her husband as internai revenue CO., lector at Oklahoma City. Dr. Earp testified that he had been promised one of three positions Fitzpatrick said that he sought an appointment as attorney general in the department of the intereior, and Robertson said that he was in Washington anticipat- ing an appointment in the department of the interior in the event Robert A. Rogers was appointed secretary of the interior.
 Robertson also testified that it was his understanding that James R. Jac- obs had been seeking the United States marshalship from the eastern district of Oklahoma. Each of the wit ncsses examined testified that they failed to secure the desired appoint ments
 i Mrs. Minnie F. Bond was the first witness called this morning. She was agitated and told of the alleged oc' eurrence in the room of a Washing ton hotei on March 24, 1913.
 Mrs. Bonds story began with her | first formal introduction to Senator Gore in Oklahoma in 1909 She later met the senator at a banquet in Okla homa City and there, she said, she broached the subject of her husbands candidacy for appointment as inter- nal revenue collector The next meet ing, she said, was in Washington in March, 1913. A few days later she visited Senator Gore at his office ant left. she said. when she became dis satisfied with the senator's actions
 She related the various telephone conversations she had with Senator Gore previous to their meeting in the Washington hotel and she said Sen ator Gore made the suggestion that he call upon her at the hotel She denied that she had given Senator Gore any encouragement.
 On direct testimony Mrs. Bond de- tailed the events that occurred in the room at the hotel On cross-ex- animation she denied that she had pulled the senator toward her and de- clared that Gore took the initiative.
 She declared that her death had been shattered and that she insisted under cross-examination that she is l still a nervous wreck.
 Broken lenses of glasses, said to
 have been Mrs BonG'5, and which
 were alleged to have been broken in
 the struggle in the room, were eX' hibited.
 Dr. J. H. Earp was tAe rext witness
 called. He stated that he was Tn
 Washington at the time of the trou'
 ble at the hotel and that on the fo.
 lowing morning he called upon Sen
 ator Gore concerning his candidacy
 for a feedral position.
 Earp said that Senator Gcre brought
 up the hotel incident and that Gore
 said.
 Doe, they set a trap for me and
 walked into it. l want you 10 see Mrs. Bond and get her out of town went to her room last night anc
 concluded that would love her ul
 little. got into a fraeas and knock cd over a rocking chair
 | He testified that Gore told him tC