Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-16
TELLS
HIS STORY
ON STAND
"PIot to Ruin Me-" He Declares
as He Tells Of Alleged
Assault.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, Feb.
16.-"This is a plot to destroy me-"
With this statement Thomas P.
Gore, United States Senator from
Oklahoma, this morning entered the
grim fight to cleanse his name and
save himself from political destruc-
ton by taking the witness stand in
his own behalf in the $50, 900 damage
suit brought against him by Mrs,
Minnie E. Bond for assault.
Sitting far out in his chair, his
hands folded firmly across the knob
of his cane, his sightless eyes staring
straight ahead, his boyish features
set in a look of grim determination,
was the picture Senator Gore present
ed on the stand to he mass of hui
manly that packed the courtroom to
the limit There was hardly a sound
except the voices of the questioner
Senator Gore gave his name and
said he was born in Mississippi. He
said he had lived in Oklahoma since
1901. He has been blind since he was
II years old. He testified he met Mrs.
Bond at the Skirving Hotel in Jan
uary, 1918, and that she said her
husband wanted to be collector of
internal revenue, but he told her he
was already committed and could not
support him. Mr.. Gore said he did
not suggest that she bring her hus-
bands application to Washington.
carp and Jacobs After Jobs.
do you know DR. carp and Jim
Jacobs?" he was asked.
Yes, replied Gore.
DO you know whether carp wanted
job"
Yes, sir; he wanted to be United
States marshal for the Western Dis
trict of Oklahoma. Jacobs wanted
the same position for the Eastern Dis
trict."
Did Mrs. Bond ever come to your
office about her husbands applica-
tion?"
Yes, about ten days after inaugu-
ration. She came in and asked me
if | could not consider her husbands
candidacy. l told her / could do moth
ing. Then she said: Then, Senator,
YOU can't hold out any hope?' l said
| No"
did you make any advances to her,
such as holding her hand or touch
ing her foot?"
Most positively not
when did you next hear from Mrs.
Bond"
she called me on the phone few
days later. She asked me If | could
come down to her hotel to see her.
I told her could not.
Met by Mrs. Bond.
She called me again and asked
me to come to her hotel. l told her
could not at that time. Then she
asked me If I could drop by her no.
tel on my way home. | said possibly
l could.
Il left my office under the guidance
of Howard Kay about o'clock, ar
irving a few minutes later"
Had you ever at any time been
in the Winston Hotel before?"
81 never had"
You know nothing about the ar
chitecture of the hotel, with regard
to location Of parlors and rooms?'
NO. sir"
what happened when you entered
the lobby of the hotel?'
Mrs. Bond met me in the lobby
and said: ! will take charge of the
SENATOR She started toward the
elevator and ] asked her where we
were going. She said she would take
me to a parlor. After getting on the
second floor she said the parlor was
crowded and she would take me to
her room.
she seaten me in rocking chair"
what was the first thing she said
to you
she remarked that she was disap-
pointed at her husbands failure to
land the office ! told her ] was sor-
~. Then | remarked that she might
miss her train as she told me she
vas going on the 6: Is train.