The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-02-18
N ALEsTER IS HOME FOR
SUCH MEN AS M'MURRAY"
Famous Damage Case Expected 10
Reach Jury Tonight; Both Sides
Make Hard Fight

Oklahoma City. Feb iS--Robert i.
Rogers, in the trial OF the suit hy
Mrs. Bond against Senator Gore, In
, addressing the jury in the senator's
behalf today insisted that the senator
IN going to meet the plaintiff at the
Winston hotel at Washington was
making no clandestine visit, that he
had made ii known before he left his
office that he was going to that hotel
to talk with Mrs Bond.
Judge Rogers eentended that the
evidence showed Mrs. Bond A. party
to the alleged conspiracy and that she
knew the motive that was behind 1t.
This woman,' he said, complains
that on account of the publicity given
the affair she has been damaged to
the extent Of fifty thousand dollars.
Who gave the affair Its publicity?
She did, and the three men VINO joined
with her In the conspiracy
Attorney Rogers charged that + A.
McMnrray, Indian lobbyist and lawyer.
planned the alleged conspiracy
against Senator Gore. He said that
several years ago Senator Gore OPP
posed McMurray's plan to prosecute
claims for nearly three million dol
lars in fees from Oklahoma indians.
in connection with the transfer of
their lands. He said the conspiracy
hal been planned by McMnray In
retaliation.
Oklahoma has home for sucl
he shouted 1t Is over
~ McAlester" 1T was expected the
jury would get the case late today
Applause, almost ii1epressible, and
loud stamping greeted the tribute paid
BY Attorney Norman l'rniett to Sen
ltor Gore Tuesday evening, when he
referred to the senator aA the man
who stood between the Indian land
gratters ana the hel less indian
Iudge Clark threatened to clear the
court room II another demonstration
occurred
pruiett named ! f. MaMurrag, In
Han attorney, as the one to whose
room in Washington meetings OF the
ileged plotters against Senator Gore
we're traced he twitted the opposing
COUNSEL for THEN failure to produce
NE blood stained FELLOWSHIP and towel
bearing The blood from Mira Bond's
niger cut, which she declared sne had
received IN the struggle He also at
Qcked ~ J. Jennings, candidate tor
he Democratic nomination for gov
srnor, as man who sought to make
,0litical capital Of a criminal past.
Jennings was witness against the
senator
e. j. Giddngs opened arguments
or the plaintiff and Mrs Bond wept
'opiouslg as ne pictured the scene
lf the struggle in the hotel room.
He declared that not crooked Off
-iai in the state OF Oklahoma had
leen charged with crime who mad not
made The defense that E. eas a plot
20 ruin him lie declared that grant
ng for the sake Of argument that the
'ase was q frame ap, the men had eyi-
IDENTIFY known that the senator had
,neh incllnations or else they would
never attempt such q plot agains.
him He closed with a dramatic ap-
esl FOR the protection OF womanhooi-
Senator Gore was the recipient dur
Ing the day oi may kilograms from
friends in ail parts Of the United
STATES one aAs from Mrs e. " Gar
-isou. Venice cal. regent Of the
Womau's Republic which read. "Ar-
cent our sincere sympathy in your
hour of persecution II We can be Of
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