The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-12
tell LS1IER STORY ESTERN LEAGUE
Mrs. Bond the First Witness to
I Take tho Stand
In Her @sO,OOO Damage Suit
Against Senator Gore.


Oklahoma City.Feb. 12.-Mrs. MINI
ME e. Bond OF Oklahoma City today
gave her version in district court here
OF what occurred at q Washington
hotel March "a last when. 1t Ii alleged,
she was attacked by United States
Senator Thomas r. Gore of Oklahoma
Mrs. Bond Is seeking to recover $780,
600 in damages from the senator.
Mrs. Bond charged that she was
ing with him, In q room at the hotel.
the prospects of her husband. Julian
Bond. obtaining appointment to fed
eral position. She declared she met
the senator at his suggestion. A jury
was obtained after Sc talesmen had
been examined.
Against the contention Of the plain
tiff, counsel for Senator Gore charged
In the open court that the suit was
the result OF q political conspiracy,
and that he met Mrs. Bond at her re-
quest. Twelve witnesses have been
summoned by the defense and about
the same number by the plaintiff. or
the latter T. e. Robertson. James
Jacobs and Kirby Fitzpatrick. all of
to the alleged occurrence.
The meeting between Mrs. Bond and
the senator was in Jacobs's apart
ments, which were used because Mrs.
Bonds room had not been put in
order.
The majority sos the jury Is farmers.
and all are comparatively young men.
In politics. six declared themselves to
be Democrata. f1ve members OF the
Progressive party and one Socialist.
Before court adjourned yesterday
District Judge Clark ruled that only the
present regulations Of the parties to
the suit would be considered. Under
this ruling q number of dispositions OBJ
tanned by both sides will be excluded.
Plaintiff Takes the Stand.
Heavily veiled and apparently agi-
tated. Mrs. Bond took the stand today
Introduction during the state legisla-
ture in 1908. was her first meeting with
Senator Gore, she said. Just before
Governor Cruces Inauguration in jan
uary. 1911, she met the senator at an
Oklahoma City banquet when she
broached the subject of Bonds appoint
ment. The next meeting, the witness
said. was March 8. 1913, in Washing
ton, when Senator and Mrs. Gore enter
tained with an open house for Okla
homa people. This was followed by a
visit to the senator's office. she said.
Reaching the time of the alleged as
sault, the witness said she had tele-
phoned Senator Gore to come to her
hotel, saying she did not like to wait
in his Office. where there were so many
men. w ucn lQ0 ScudIOT AIT1Vcus SAo
went with him to a room occupied by
James Jacobs of Oklahoma. In their
talk, she said. the senator asked many
personal questions and tried to take her
hand. II told him I was a different
kind of a woman from those he had
been associating WITH" testified Mrs.
Bond.
She alleged that the senator took hold
Of her and tried to pull her toward him
and that her glasses were broken in the
struggle, cutting her in the fAce. When
he pushed her over onto the bed, the
bed covering was stained with blood in
several places.
At this juncture the witness said +.
E. Robertson of Oklahoma entered the
room, together with Jacobs and Kirby
Fitzpatrick, and she went to the toilet
to wash the blood stains from her
hands and face. She declared the sena-
tor followed her and told her to tell
the men present there was nothing
wrong. Mrs. Bond was expected to re-
main on the witness stand throughout
| the days session.