The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-15
BANKER TELLS OF
OFFER MADE HIM
Says That Jacobs, One of the
Chief Witnesses of Mrs.
Minnie Bond Offered to
Have Case Against Blind
Senator Dropped - Wit
nesses Swear He is Victim
of a Plot BY His Enemies.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Oklahoma City. Feb. 14.-Senator
Gore will probably take the stand Mon
day in the hearing Of the fifty thou
sand dollar damage suit instituted
against him by Mrs. Minnie Bond. The
senator had expected today to tell his
version OF the meeting in a Washing
ton hotel. when Mrs. Bond alleges the
senator attacked her, but his counsel
at the last moment decided to call
other witnesses.
Just prior to adjournment. william
Bonner. an Oklahoma city banker. tes-
titled as TO an alleged offer made him
by James Jacobs. q witness Mrs.
Bonds counsel is holding for rebuttaI
testimony. "Jim Jacobs told me-" said
Bonner. that for twenty five thousand
dollars ne would see that the case
against Gore was dropped Bonner
said Jacobs told him he would "go
somewhere else and start q news
paper" with the money.
State Senator McMeehan testified
that he introduced Mrs. Bond to Gore
in Okiahoma City In 1913 and that
Gore at that time told Der that the
place OF Internal revenue collector. for
which her husband was an applicant.
l3nd heen prs missed to another man. IS
AA- ~ y - - - - ~ ~ - Ne$<a
The argt witness today was w r.
Fisher. ar Oklahoma City lawyer.
Fisher testified that he had loaned
T.. z. Robertson. the lawyer who was
present and Witnessed the alleged at
tack on Mrs Bond $4s and when Rob-
ertson came back from Washington
after the Gore Incident he demanded
that II oe repaid. At this point OBJ
1ectfons by counsel for Mrs. Bond
caused Fisher to be excused until Rob-
ertson could be recalled and founda-
ton laid upon which to predicate his
examination
Deputy Sheriff EzelI testified about
@ conversation he had with Rober: son
the day before the suit was filed
against Gore. Hs said Robertson told
him 81 have q paper want you to
serve tomorrow"
EzeIl asked about It and he said
Robertson rerlied: Never mind now.
You'll know what 1t is about when
you see the headlines in the newspa-
pers tomorrow I want you to serve
the papers on a man who has done
me dirty. II will be sweet revenge
for me-" The next day suit against
Senator Gore was fled
The Rev. R. D. Licklider. pastor OF
about the efforts or Mrs. Bond and her
husband and James r. Jacobs to have
the ministerial alliance OF this city to
get the Gore case before the United
states senate. He said Mrs, Bond, ac-
compauied by her husband and Jacobs.
attended q meeting of the ministers
shortly after the episode in Washing
ton. They were granted hearing and
Mrs Bond told the details of the al
legged attack. They asked that the al
Nance adopt resolutions and place the
case before the senate. The alliance.
he said. after hearing their sta sements,
voted TO have nothing to do with the
case.
Mr.. Lici.iider said Mrs. Bond was
member OF his church. but that she
had not attended IL during the past
two years.
Attorney Robertson, when recalled
TO the stand denied having had a con-
versation with Fisher, but admitted he
had gone wi Mrs. Bond and James
r. Jacobs before the ministerial alli-
ance.
Fisher was recalled and testified TO
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