Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-17
SENATOR GOES ON
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carp to try to get Mrs. Bond out of the
; city.
The direct examination of the sen,
ator was completed shortly before
| noon and his cross examination taken
up at once. Senator Gore denied that
he knew Robertson. Jacobs and Kirby
! Fitzpatrick were in the next room
while he was talking with Mrs. Bond.
! Replying to question the senator told
of his acquaintance with Fitzpatrick,
Jacobs and Robertson. He said Fitz-
patrick wanted to be appointed assist
ant attorney general for the interior
department; that Robertson was seek
ing the selection of r. l.. Rogers for
| the post Of secretary Of the interior,
and Jacobs wanted somebody appoint
ed marshal for the eastern district of
! Oklahoma.
In reply to a question as to when
| he first told anybody that Mrs. Bond
had pulled him on the bed with her,
Senator Gore said: rt..
Probably the first time | talked
! about it,"
The senator then detailed the efforts
of the politicians and the alleged con-
spiracy in the securing of appoint
ments.
He did rot remember having talked
with man of the name of Graves
Leper about the appointment of Julian
Bond, Mrs. Bonds husband, but was
certain he never gave any one any en-
couragement. He said he might have
told DR.. J. II. carp he would recon-
mend Bond for clerkship.
When Mrs. Bond pulled you over on
the bed did you make any outcry?' he
was asked.
NO." the senator replied.
You knew it was conspiracy?'
u did. at least, l thought then it was
a conspiracy
When did you first think it was a
conspiracy"
When Mrs. Bond grabbed my hands.
fell back on the bed and began to
scream said the senator.
Did you ever file complaint against
any of these parties? Answer yes or
no.
Il cannot answer yes or no. I made
complaint that it was blackmail."
Didn't you, when the summons was
cash settlement"
NO"
did any one for you try to make
such a settlement?'
mot that know Of" said Mr.. Gore.
Reverting to the meeting with Mrs.
Bond in Washington, Senator Gore ex-
planned that he went to the hotel to
meet Mrs. Bond after she had tele-
phoned stating that she was to leave
Washington at GAS o'clock that night
and for him to stop to see her on his
way home. He said he asked her to
come to his office, but she complained
about having to wait so long there and
said she was busy packing to leave
for Oklahoma.
He went to the hotel, he said, with
Howard Keyes, guide, and when he
entered the lobby Mrs. Bond came up
and took hold of him, saying: III
take care of him.
He said she explained that the par
lor was filled with school children
and they would go to another room.
1t was not until after Mrs. Bond had
answered the telephone call that she
took told of his hands and sank down
on the bed Senator Gore testified.
You did not know anybody else was
around?" .l..-....
Certainly not replied the wit
ness. The senator said he always told
promise that it was an infamous lie
and that he would see them in - be-
fore he would compromise. He said
he took no part in the investigation
made by the department of justice and
denied that he had been called as
witness before the senate or that he
I'D or - 49,
it.
Court recessed shortly after noon.