Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-02-25
GORE ExoNERATED BY JURY.
Evidence bv Plaintiff Was Declared to
BE Insufficient for Suit.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 1S.-United
States Senator Thos. P. Gore was to-
day e&onerated of charges Of impro-
per conduct by verdict in his favor
returned in District Court here in the
suit for $4,000 damages, instituted
by Mrs. Minnie h. Bond, of Oklaho-
ma City.
The verdict was returned ten min
utes after the case was given to the
jury. Only one ballot was taken
We find" the jury stated in the
verdict, the evidence submitted by
the plaintiff entirely insufficient upon
which to base suit; that said evi-
dence wholly eXonerates the defend
ant, and had the defendant, at the
conclusion of the plaintiffs evidence,
announced that he desired to intro
duce no evidence and rested his case,
our verdict would have been the same
in that event as now returned by us,
in favor Of the defendant.
Verdict Brings Applause.
Despite the efforts of bailiffs to
maintain order when the last words
of the verdict, "Favor Of the defend
ant" were read, the crowd, which
taxed the capacity Of the court room,
turned into a cheering throng, order
ly, but no less determined, to give
vent TO their feelings.
Those displeased by the verdict
forced their way to the doors and left
in silence amid the bantering of tho
Senator's friends
Senator Gore heard the iury's de-
ciSion without change Of countenance.
Mrs. Gore was the first to grasp his
hand. When she turned and shook
hands with Henry Carpenter, the
fnrnnopn orc hn nl, @D0,, .
both herself and the aged farmer.
''The verdict confirms my faith
that truth will triumph" said Sena-
tor Gore. 81 never for q moment
doubted the outcome at the hands of
the jury"
From the time the jurors left the
room to prepare their verdict until
the demonstration was under way,
Mrs. Bond sat in silence, leaning on
a table and sCribbling on a piece Of
paner.
Appeal to Supreme Court.
e. j. Giddings, chief OF counsel for
Mrs. Bond, stated tonight that an
appeal to the Supreme Court would
be taken on the grounds that ap-
plause and demonstrations in the
court room during the trial had infiu-
enced the jury.
NOIG SldJeu lUdC lie would
remain in Oklahoma City until Sat
urday, when he will go to Hot Springs
for short vacation before returning
to Washington.
The termination OF the trial, which
has attracted more attention and has
been more vigorously contested than
any held in Oklahoma in recent
years, came at the end of a day de-
voted to argument by opposing coun-
sci, in which words were not spared
in denouncing witnesses and opposing
parties to the suit.
Robt. l.. Rogers. of Little Rock,
Ark, Of counsel for, Senator Gore,
made the direct charge that j. F. Me-
Murray, prominent Oklahoma law
yer, now living in Washington, plan
.hnedpthe alleged conspiracy which the
defense declared resulted in the
charges that the Senator attempted
to assault Mrs. Bond in a Washing
ton hotel last March, the basis for
the suit.
Accuscrs to BE Prosecuted.
Oklahoma City, Feb. 19.-The
Federal Department of Justice is eX-
pected to take action in short time
in connection with the alleged con-
spiracy of Oklahoma politicians
| dSdlllSl cclldloI IOlS, dS charged DN
Gore in the $4,000 damage suit of
Mrs. Minnie Bond, decided in favor
of the Senator late yesterday. This
was the statement Of one Of Cores
attorneys to-day, after the Senator
had declined to discuss the jury's YER
dict.
Operatives from the Department of
Justice were here throughout the
trial and detectives employed by the
Senator worked with them
Notice Of appeal was given to-day
by attorneys for Mrs. Bond Mrs.
Bond stated to-day that she and her
husband will remove to Dallas, Texas,
where bond has secured employment.
HE SPOKE TO COW AND MULE.