The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-14
mrs. minnie Bond
SOUGHT AID Of
Ministers
REcITEo CHARGES AGAINST GORE
TO ASSOCIATION, BUT GOT
y NO ASSISTANCE.
DEFENSE TESTIMONY BEGINS
Pastor Of Church Of Which Plaintiff is
Member Tells Of Her Efforts to Get
Help From Preachers-Defendant
VIII Testify Next Week.
DEFENSE TESTIMONY BEGINS


(Dy Associated PreSS)
Oklahoma City, Feb. 14.-Mrs. Min |
ME Bond, who is suing Senator Gore
for $4,000 damages for an alleged at
tack on her in Washington, sought the
aid of the Oklahoma City Ministerial
association to get her charges before
the Senate, according to testimony at
the trial. Rev. R. D. Licklider said
Mrs. Bond recited the charges to the
Ministerial association, after which
the preachers decided to have nothing
to do with the case.
Mrs. Bond was member of Iicklid-
er's church, but he said she had not
been there in two years. The defense
by it's other witnesses attempted to
develop its theory that the case is the
result of a political conspiracy. SEN
ator Gore Is not expected to take the
stand until next week.
Initial testimony was given Friday
in support of the contention of the de-
fense that United States Senator
Thomas P. Gore, who is being sued by
Mrs. Minnie P. Bond for $4,000 dam
ages, is the victim of conspiracy en-
gineered by disappointed office-seek.
ers.
Ho1f a dOznn witp osaoc Gum mon cd
by the defense testified in contradic-
tion of evidence given by witness for
the plaintiff. One of these, ]. w.
Laws, an Oklahoma City attorney, de-
clared that he was told by T. E. Rob-
ertson an important witness for Mrs.
Bond and an unsuccessful applicant
for a Federal position, that Gore was
drunk with power, but we'll pull him
from his high perch yet"
Laws admitted on cross-examination
that he had hopes" of receiving an
appointlnet I Dr. ths Civil Service, but
denied that he vas ':trying a ret into
: senator cores dAhkE y 4 lkws,
also testified that - % "a Harp. ~
other witness for the p1afntih, Thurs-
day told him of meeting Mrs Bond in
a cafe. carp made specific denial of
the alleged incident.
Another witness, Webster Spates,
special agent for the Department of
Justice, declared he had overheard
Robertson threaten to "get" the sena-
tor. Spates said he came to Oklahoma
to testify at the direction of his super
Tors in the Department of Justice and
expected to have his expenses paid by
+ Senator Gore.
Several depositions were also read.
In one Howard B. Read, Washington
detective, employed by Senator Gore.
declared that he had on different oc-
casions seen James Jacobs, Kirby
Fitzpatrick and Robertson in consul
tation with Mrs. Bond. j. M. McMur-
ray also attended the conferences, tes-
titled Read.
Smith Chambers, newspaper man
and postmaster at Tonkawa, Okla,
quoted Jacobs as saying that the hotel
episode was a "frameup." Chambers
testified that he had asked Jacobs how
1t happened that he with Robertson
and Fitzpatrick happened to be in the
hallway of the hotel at the time Of the
alleged occurrence.
Summonses have been issued for the
managers of the telegraph companies
here with instructions to produce
copies of kilograms exchanged be-
tween Oklahoma City and Washington
at the time of the alleged attack. Mrs.
Bond has testified that she sent dis
patch urging her husband to come to
Washington, but that the message was
not deliyered until several days later