The Washington herald., 1914-02-14
"FRAME-UP' ON
Blind SENATOR
Witnesses Admit Belief that
Assault" Was Part Of
Political Plot.
GORE TESTIFIES TODAY
Deiens. Recalls Woman's Witnesses
to Lay Foundation for Impeach-
rient of Their Testimony.

Slaf oma City. Okla. Feb. 1s.-Waivins
t''s tes imony of James r. Jacobs. hither-
q con idered her chief witness. who Is
alleged by the defense to be the chief
aspirltor against Senstor Thomas p.
Gore acrs. Minnie e. Bond closed her side
Ct the case against the blind Senator to-
day.
The defense Immediately announced
;lst IL would recall several of the plain
GIs illnesses to lay the foundation for
an i1lneachment of their testimony.
before closing the plaintiff introduced
She e itimony of Mr.. and Mrs. z. A.
EaIing ,r. aged parents of Mrs. Bond. who
Hsryags wreck ever since the alleged at
iAa'; ~ Senator Gore.
w. g.. Binion. sheriff. testified to the
'ty he encountered in serving Gore
w-'a lie papers in the suit.
ne defense first recalled DR.. J. H.
s,sEF DR.. carp who Is president of the
as-s~ nian Club, an anti-Gore organfza-
.a-a. admitted saying to DR.. D. NJ
s~. -rE, I'VE will have TO beat Gore and
-r of him." He denied saying, I'VE
We to get Gore" but admitted he
e. to Beatty that he. Earp. was
ed that the Bond incident was a
"a s-up" on the blind statesman.
hdaitted 1t Was 'sFramc-.p.o
carp also admitted saying to N. B.
r5ae, Z El Reno. Okla, that he believed
ne ore affair a ''frame-up." He was
sstc2 Z he did not say, dirty frame-up."
Sut Gs lied the expression
~ opening its case. the defense read
E@ros''ions from Miss Ina Emery, Mrs.
Tl'. Strayhoff. and Mrs Madeline Keys,
sN of Washington. Miss Emery is an
T.
Is" conversation with Mrs. Bond in
;sE IEg ell Winston. in which Mrs. Bond
- . <ed 'if it wasn't awful what
-eaato- Gore did to me?''
Ms =,mery replied that IL was, IL true.
So .z}l she advised Mrs. Bond to drop
TO- u-grter. but Mrs. Bond said: mo,
a-' S5iEg to publish it broadcast"
NJ 5trayhoff. maid. and Mrs. Keys,
10 -rsper, at the hotel. testified to see
.TE Jsmes r. Jacobs coming from Mrs.
E.76's -oom frequently. Mrs. Keys also
-.. : iresser usually stood before the
,g-. hs1 1ween the rooms where the three
s..L"aS-s were and the room In which
-. -if. ged attack took place. She said
4hss 'esser was m<~ed shortly before
a. al air.
r n Frea1ent Cenferences.
hove A. Reed, detective, said he
raa n hired by Gore TO watch Mrs.
I'd the alleged conspirators. He
-e..4 TO frequent conferences INDUCED
g. ~ iese persons.
-.Ees local telegraph officials testified
bat ths wires between this city and
lFasai1gton were working March "a. 10,
-UI q Mrs. Bond had testified that she
did aor inform her husband Immediately
Sffrr the attack because the wires were 4
dow ~ account of the floods.
We5 II Spates. brother of the proprie-
10. -' 'e hotel, swore that 7. e. Robert
son In" said while passing the Interior
Ter yent Building on an automobile
rtr-. = It for that - double-crosser
core = : blind -. we would all be in
- b.l ding with our feet on the table"
s." % Chambers, editor of the Tom
aswT Okla, Chieftain, testified that
jan S. K. Jacobs had told him, in reply to
. O. on concerning the Gore-Bond in
-iIC at II was a "frame-up.' He said
20 not a Gore supporter, but offered
.H" - timony voluntarily to save Gore.
M Laws, a local attorney, swore