The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-14
Material Testimony to Sup
port Contention Intro
duced at Trial
SENATOR WILL TAKE
THE STAND TODAY
Disappointed Office Seekers RESPONSE
BILE for Big Damage Suit Is
Claim-Witness Said
He'd Get" Gore

oklahoma City, Okla. February Is.
Initial testimony was given today in
support of the contention of the de-
Tense that United states senator
Thomas Z. Gore, who is being sued by
Mrs. Minnie Il. Bond, for $4,000 dam
ages. is the victim OF n conspiracy, en-
gincercd by disappointed office seek
crs.
Tomorrow morning the senator will
take the witness stand To deny In detail,
his attorneys declare, Mrs. Bonds alega-
tion of indignties offered her and to
make startling revelations" as to the
alleged plot.
| Half dozen witnesses summoned by
the defense testified i'm contradiction of
| evidence given by witnesses for the plain
| tiff. One of these, j. ". Laws. an Ok
| lahoma City attorney, declared that he
! was told by T. f. Robertson. an lmpor-
| tant witness for Mrs. Bond and an unsuc-
cessful applicant for a federal position.
| that Gore was drunk with power, bus
well pull him from his high perch yet -
Laws admitted on cross-eXamination
that he had hopes of receiving an ap-
pointment in the civil service, but denied
that he was trying to get into Senator
Cores drinking cellar" Laws also tes-
titled that DR.. J. IL. carp, another wit
ness for the plaintiff, told him of meet
ing Mrs. Bond in ascafe. carp yesterday
made specific denial of the alleged incl
dent.
Another witness, Webster Spates, a spe-
cial agent for the department of Justice
declared that he had overheard Robert
threaten got the senator.
Spates said he came to Oklahoma to tes-
tify at the direction of his superiors in
the department Of justice and expected to
have his expenses paid by Senator Gore.
Several dispositions were read this aft
ernoon. In one Howard Read Wash
ington detective employed by Senator
Gore, declared he had on different oc-
casions seen James Jacobs Kirby Fitz-
patrick and Robertson in consultation
with Mrs Bond. j. c. McMurray also
attended the conferences. according to
Read. Fitzpatrick testified yesterday as
an eyewitness to the alleged attack. Rob
ertson was on the stand this morning
and Jacobs. it IS stated. will be called
to give evidence In rebuttaI
Smith Chambers, newspaper man and
postmaster at Tonlsawa. Okla. quoted
Jacobs as saying that the hotel episode
frame up" Chambers testified that
he had asked Jacobs how It happened that
he with Robertson and Fitzpatrick hap
pened to be in the hallway of the hotel
at the time of the alleged occurrence.
Direct evidence for the plaintiff was
concluded early this afternoon.
Summons have been issued for the man
ayers of the telegraph companies here
with instructions to produce copies of
kilograms exchanged between Oklahoma
City and Washington at the time of the
alleged attack. Mrs. Bond has testified
that she sent dispatch urging her hus-
band to come to Washington, but that the
message was not delivered until several
days later.
Efforts to Impeach
The forenoon session was taken up
mainly with efforts OF the defense to i'm
peach the testimony of DR.. j. II. carp
and r. Il. Robertson, who testified yes
terday. carp was asked II he had not
told DR. d. M Beatty of this city, that
they were going to get Gore"
He denied making such a statement
He was asked if he had not told a man
named Cope of El Reno that the case
was ''all a frame up
carp also denied this
After Robertson was recalled to the
stand. he was asked If lie, Jacobs and j.
f. McMurray, had not met in McMur-
rays room soon after the incident in
Washington and discussed the method
of best placing the affair before the pub
lie; II they had not planned to prosecute
Gore, and failing in that, to place the
matter before the Ministerial Alliance of
Oklahoma.
Nothing of the kind ever happened.
replied Robertson.
Counsel for Mr.. Gore claim ground for
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