Evening star., 1914-02-15
Banker Thus Accuses Friend
of Mrs. Bond, Who Is
Suing Gore.
SENATOR WILL TESTIFY
IN HIS OWN BEHALF
Expected to Go on Stand Tomorrow.
Efforts to Impeach Plaintiffs
Witnesses.

ohLS1ioMA CITY. February IL
tnited States Senator Thomas p Gore
probably will take the witness stand in
his own defense Monday in the hearing
OF the SIo.'Do damage suit of Mrs Min
mic r Bond. The senator had expected
today 10 tel lis version of the meeting
in Washington hotel when Mrs Bond
alleges, he attacked her, but his counsel
at the last moment decided to cali other
witnesses
Just before adjournment William NJ
Bonner. an Oklahoma City banker. was
put on the stand by Senator Cores
counsel. Bonner told of an alleged offer
made him by James X. Jacobs, the wit
ness whom counsel for Mrs Bond is
holding for rcbuttaI testimony.
Jim Jacobs told me- said Bonner.
that for s2J.nn he would see that the
case against Senator Gore was dropped.
Bonner said that when he asked Jacobs
what he would do with the money. Jacobs
told him he would go somewhere else
and start newspaper.
kilograms Are Barred.
in relation TO the suit. alleged to have
passed between Bonner and Senator
Gore, to be introduced
State Senator Thomas +. McMechan
testified that he introduced Mrs. Bond
to Senator Gore in Oklahoma City i'll
1913; that Mrs Bond on that occasion
said her husband was an applicant for
the position of internal revenue col
lector.
Senator Gore, however. according to
the witness, told her the place already
had been promised to another man.
Efforts of the defense to obtain the
admission ~ talk in la
homa and Texas, where Mrs Bond
formerly resided, occupied a large part
of the afternoon session. After extended
argument Judge Clark refused to admit
them
Tries to Prove Conspiracy.
Nine witnesses were examined for the
defense today, and two dispositions were
read into the record The defense con-
tinued its efforts to prove its contention
that Mrs. Bonds suit was the result of
a political conspiracy II also en-
deavored to lay foundation =. impeach
the testimony OF a number OF ie plain
tiff's witnesses.
Called "Old Blind Fool"
c. W. Gould of Oklahoma CITY testi-
fled DR.. carp had told him two months
ago that Gore was an old blind fool
and would have to get out of the
Senate"
John NJ Young of Lawton, Okla. one
of the attorneys for Senator Gore, tes-
titled that he was the senator's finan-
cia1 agent and had been in charge of
the dispositions taken and in the en-
ployment of detectives.
We have detectives working on this
case in Oklahoma City right now" he
said.
Young admitted having asked Ross
Lillard, attorney for Mrs. Bond, not to
Gore, giving as a reason that he hoped
to settle the case out of court. Lillard
declined to delay the papers on that
account.
DR.. j. Q. Newell, marshal for the west
ern district of Oklahoma, who was in
Washington at the time of the alleged
occurrences. testified he met Mrs Bond
In the parlor of her hotel and. in reply
to a question how she felt, said: Not
very Well. but 7 have some strings on
Gore yet
Purported Confession
:. He said he met carp last summer and
he showed him an Indiana paper con-
tanning what purported to be a long con-
fession from Senator Gore carp New
ell testified was quoted throughout the
alleged confession. In this confession
Gore was quoted as saying:
They laid trap for ME and | fell into
it. | tried to fondle Mrs Bond little
but she fought like hyena.
carp. on the stand, testified that Sem
ator Gore made this statement to him.
Newell said when he showed him the pa
per- carp remarked:
Every word of that is a lie. There is
not word of truth in it,
Senator Gore today appeared more
cheerful than at any time since the trial
began