Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-02-13
MAKING A STRONG Case
TELL or hI.EGED ATTEMPTS or
GORE ATTORNEYS TO IN
IlIINCE WITNESSES.
MRS. BOND Tells STORY
Woman In the Case Tells Details ~
the Alleged Episode In IA
Washington Hotel.


o\LAllpMA CITY, Okla, Feb. II.
. lSpcciaD After Dr. j. II. Earp Of
Dll,b,u,, rit. u,b, u.,s surnosod a.,
'' an u"" "'''"s "'''SA u. '''e c"s''
gave strong evidence for mrs, Minnie
+. Bond I'm her suit against senator
Gore Thursday afternoon. attorneys
for Gore announced That they expect
ed TO be able 10 impeach his testi-
mony ana would recall him as soon
Hs certain documents could be se-
cured. II was also aseerted that
Enrp's attitude of reluctance was as
sumed merely to give greater weight
to his testimony Earp stated that he
was In Washington last March looking
after his candidacy for L. $. marshal
and after the affair In the Winston
hotel Gore called ON him and asked
him TO go. TO Mrs. Bond and get her
out of town to promise her anything
ana Gore would back him up, Just so
ne got ne rout of town before her
husband arrived. lie claimed that
Gore told him about the affair and
said that he had made mistake,
mat ne was mistaken in the woman.
lie testified that he went to Mrs.
Bond and told her IL would be better
To let the matter drop, as Gore was
man or lriIuen~' and people would
not believe her story II She told it.
She first promised TO go, but the next
morning ne found she was still in
town ana went To her again. That
limo she refused. lie said that Gore
was greatly disappointed when he
made his report and insisted that no
70 back to her and keep at II, that he
would depend on him TO get her out
OF town. He said Gore asked him to
bring Jim Jacobs to his office. but
ihat Jacobs refused TO go. Earp's
deposition had previously been taken
but the court refused to allow 1t to be
read. An attachment had 10 be is
sued Tor him at that time to get him
10 testify lie stated on the stand
Thursday that it was understood at the
time that he was not TO tell all that
he knew, and that only to answer
questions asked him by attorneys for
Gore lie said that he was stlll a
candidate for office and that Gore
had promised to take care of him.
asking whether the oklahoma city
postoffice or another place of equal
importance would be satisfactory and
that he said II would.
Witnesses for the plaintiff exam
ined today were Mrs Minnie Il. Bond,
DR.. J. II. carp, Kirby Fitzpatrick and
r. T.. Robertson, the latter being on
the stand when court closed.
The remaining witness whose namo
has figured prominently in the testi-
mony Of each Of the witnesses so far
examined is James r. Jacobs. Mrs
Bond, Dr. carp, Robertson and Jacobs
were all boarding at the Washington
hotel at the time the alleged occur
renee took place
Each Of the witnesses so far exam
ined has testified that they were in
Washington at the time attempting TO
secure appointment to a federal posi-
tion.
Mrs Bond said that she was seek
ing the appointment of her husband
as internal revenue collector at Okla
homa city Dr. carp testified that
he had been promised one Of three
positions; Fitzpatrick said that he
sought am appointment as attorney
general I'm the department of the intc-
rlor and Robertson said that ho was
Jon Washington anticipating an ap-
p'intmcnt iu the department of the