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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY! AFTERNOON, AUGUST 4, 1910.
3c PER COP'S
IS lit Wlifc-:
If They Are Married It May Spoil
Crown's Case, Since a Wife
Need not Testify Against
Her Husband.
SHE CABLES RELATIVES
SHE KNEW OF NO CRIME
Highest Assurances Are Given by Scot
land Yard Officials That Crippen :
Has not Made Any
Confession. :
London, Aug. - 4. Superintendent
Forest of Scotland Yard gives personal
assurance that not a single word has
been received from Inspector Dew, In
(Heating that Dr. Crippen has con
fessed. He added that if & confession
was made he would have been In
formed. The question as to whether Crippen
and his companion are married has
been revived . because of Us bearing
on the status of the woman as a pos
sible witness against Crippen. It Is
known that the police are hoping that
Miss Le Neve will be one of the
crown's witnesses. If It Is proved
that she is the wife of Crippen she
may refuse absolutely to take - the
btnnd against her husband. Official
Investigation failed to disclose evi
dence of such a marriage. ' 1
MM I Neve Declare Her Innocence
"I had seen or heard nothing until
the blow fell." This message from
Ethel Clare I Neve was received by
her sister in Tendon last night. It
brought great relief to the relatives
of the woman who la to be charged
jointly with Dr. Crippen with murder, j
The mother and sister have sent num
erous telegrams to Ethel Lo Neve ex
pressing their confidence In her inno
iencnV -urging her to tell a U to the
police. V '.."
inspector Dew testified at the In
quest that Ethel Le Neve did not
claim to be married, but said that she.
was Crippen's housekeeper. She told
her parents, however, that she was
married, but made excuses when they
asked her to show her marriage cer
tificate. Newton Make First Move.
London, Aug. 4. Solicitor Newton,
who was retained to defeud Dr. Crip
pen, made the tlrst move today when
he riled a formal application asking
the authorities to permit an inde
pendent physician to examine the bits
of human flesh found In the Crippen
cellar. It is understood that Newton
will contend that they were not Iden
tified as having belonged to the body
of Belle Elmore.
Quebec, Aug. 4. Quebec provincial
authorities are Insistent that Dr. Crip
pen has not made a confession. They
maintain this attitude In the face of
persistent rumors that some sort of a
statement had been secured from the
prisoner that threw light upon the
mysterious death In London of his
actress wife. Belle Elmore. Dr. Crip
pen has changed much In facial 'ex
pression since Monday. He is not al
lowed to shave and four day's
growth of beard gives him quite a
different Ion'' Jail Governor Joseph
Morln said he would not be allowed
to havs a raxor nor'ttusted In . the
hands of the Jail barber. Morln said
the Canadian authorities expected to
get the pair oft their hands by August
1 or 1. The time set by law for
their detention on Canadian soil ex
Plrea at midnight August IS. Morln
said the prisoners probably would not
appear again In court here.
EIHOGEII.raD
AGREE O'i AM!.U POLICY
Contemplated Plans Wilt Bring Nation
al Guard into Closer Relation
With Regular Army.
Washington. ii i
l Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
United States anmy, returned from
Beverjy this morning with President
army policy In his portfolio.
President and Gen. Wood. It
aw. are In perfect accord over the
probable Increase of officers contem
plated In connection with the plans of
bringing the national guard of the
states Into closer relation with the
regular forces. ,
KILLED by LIGHTNING.
Saratoga, New York, County Farmer.
wo Harvest Hands and Team
Aro Shocked to Death.
Schenectady, N. Y Aug. 4 Spencer
Lockrow, RarntoKa, countv farmer, and
o harvest helpers, Andrew K. Coker
Bimon Watson were today killed
y llRhtntnff. Th. Instil (h.u rirnv
as aiso shocked to death.
Great CornoUst Dead,
T,os
hrll,
Angelis. fill.,
Auk. 4. Iml
PILED
MOUNTAIN HIGH
There Are 215,000 Bales in N.Y.
Warehouses and Piers, Which
Must Be Moved With Great
est Possible Despatch.
UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION
IS WHAT BROKERS CALL IT
The Fight Between Those Holding Cot
ton and Those Who Must Deliver
It Is Apparently not Yet
at an End. -
New York, Aug. 4. With 260,000
bales of cotton In warehouses and in
piers, which must be moved with the
greatest possible dispatch, New York
is today the greatest eotton port In
the world. Brokers who say thut cot
ton is not being sold on speculation
and that they are more occupied these
days signing bills of lading than In
stock accounts, declare such a situa
tion has never existed here before and
that no part of the world ever had
so much cotton "on the move.". In
South Brooklyn the bales are piled
mountain high.
Fight Is Not Kmlod.
At a single term I naL there are 110,-
000 bales. The supply now on hand
is made up largely of July and August
cotton although. It Is said the May
staple Is also in evidence.;
Many steamships have been booked
by cotton men for cargo space
throughout this month. On the other
side operators who are short on the
market are engaging freight for 120,-
000 bale. - This means that the fight
between those now holding cotton and
these having to deliver It is not ended.
OB. PRATT TALKS
OF
Survey of Road from Asheville to Alta
Pass and Linville to Be Finished
by Middle of Month.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
; Hollemon Building,
Raleigh, Aug. 4.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, who by the
way, Is one of the most zealous and
able officials this state has ever had,
la here and spoke to me today about
the survey for the road, a really not
able mountain highway, between
Asheville and Atla Pasa and Linville.
He says the survey will be completed
the middle of this month. Much hard
work la being done. The distance
from Asheville to Alta Pass Is about
75 miles. It Is found. The cost of the
road varies from $1000 a mile under
good conditions to $4000 where there
atone to be removed. This highway
means a great deal to an tne west;
Indeed to the whole country. Your
correspondent has walked over much
of the route. Asheville can well afford
to give the most generous aid to such
roads, and to make Itself the center of
a great system of mountain highways
f tine type.
Dr. Pratt tell me the state geolog
ical and forestry departments fwiu
make a small, but well arranged ex
hibit at the Appalachian exposition at
Knoxville, embracing minerals, wood
products, etc., all of Industrial value,
etc.
J.C.
LOSES HIS SEGPETABY
H. S. Barger, for 1 6 Months Private
Secretary to Judge, Resigns to v
Accept Another Place.
M. S. Barger, Vho has Been private
secretary to ' United states circuit
Court Judge J. p. Prltchard for the
past IS months has reslgnea to ac
cept a position under the civil service
In the war department at Washing
ton. Mr. Barger will leave about the
first of next week to assume his new
duties whl'e Mrs. Barger will go to
Washington in the fall.-
Mr. Harger, for four years, was
connected with the Hlltmore office of
the Vanderbllt estate, leaving there to
accept a position with an Insurance
romnany at Columbia. While there
ha w tendered and accepted tle
position with Judge Prltchard. which
oosrtion he has since held In a cred
itable manner. Some--while ago he
took a civil service examination and
his name was placed on the waiting
.list and this week he received notm
ration of his appointment Mr. Bar-
rer has many friends In the city who,
while regretting to see him leave, will
lie Klad to Irarn of his new position
In a wider fl"M. J"1k Pritchard has
,.,,t .,.t,-,-!l n sui'i-i H-r to Mr. Iinr-
OIGIilY
PLAN
Weyler Threatens
Merciless Fight
It Revolution Breaks. He Says, There
- Will Be No Wounded or Prison
ers, But Larger Cemeteries.
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-general "We-yler.
TMort TDK BVSInOUl..r
Carcelona, Spain, Aug. 4. -All dan
ger of serious disturbances In Catalo
nia appears to have been warded off
by Captain-General Weyler's energetic
precautionary measures and his well
known decision of character. .
"The moment a revolutionary out
break In Barcelona compels me as cap
tain general to assume the "supreme
command I want the revolutionists to
know they must prepare for a merci
less fight. There will be neither pris
oners nor wounded.' The walls of the
hospitals will become useless and the
cemeteries will havo to be enlarged."
General Weyler is credited with
making' this statement. At the same
time he assured the strikers and work
ingmen that they would have nothing
to fear while remaining orderly in
thoir disputes with their employers.
Clashes on the Streets.
Clashes occurred this morning on
the streets between Carllst adherents
of Don Palme, pretender to the Span
ish throne, and republicans. The po
lice charged the lighting crowds, dis
persing them. ;
Twftnlniruei Will Support Canalejas.
jw Madrid, Aug. Aj Field Marshal
Lopex Domlnguex.'who' W ex-presiaem
of the senate and ex-premier, in an
interview said that he ,would support
Premier Canalejas in his struggle for
reforms, but he doubted tne success
of the movement on account oi me
Immense power of the clergy iU'd, the
influence over the women, whJ. he
declared," are completely under their
dominion.
Statement for the Vatican,
Rome, Aug. 4. The note hlch
Cardinal Merry Del Val, the fapal
secretary of state, la preparing In an
swer to Premier Canalejas will- be
submitted to the committee of extra
ordinary affairs. The contents will be
keDt strictly secret, the holy see not
wishing to follow the proceedure of
ihe Rnanish premier In making It
public prior xo its receipt uy
nremler. 1 .
the
The Glournal d'ltallana publishes
an Interview with Cardinal Vancenso
Vanneutelll. who describes Premier
Canalejas as a terrible man, adding
that It is impossible that King Alfonso
approves his methods; Cardinal Van
neutelU points out that the king Is a
fervent Catholic by sentiment and tra
dition, but that he Is too young to
grapple with the situation.. He adds
the Spanish people disapprove of the
policy of the premier as shown by the
altitude of the people oi unooa ana
other Important places.
THE llll ISSUE
Voting In Tennessee Heavy up to Noon;
No Trouble Reported Many Ne
goes With Democratic Badges.
Nashvllle. Aug. 4. Tennessee today
Is electing- a Bupreme court. Court of
Civil Appeals, Chancery, circuit Judges
nd attorney general ana is nominal-
ins: four congressional canoiaaiea,
successors to Congressmen Padgett,
Sims. Garrett and Gordon.
The overshadowing interest in tne
contest centers In Its bearing on the
oolitlcal fortunes of Malcom R. Fat
terson. twice governor of Tennessee
nd the nominee now for a third term
before the November election.
A supreme court free from the donv
lnatlon of the executive Is the prime
Issue Involved. This Issue grows out
of the celebrated Cooper case, three
Judges of the present supreme court
havina chargd ratterson wun aitnnpv
ed coercion In connection with the
rase.
Voting was heavy up to noon. An
unusual thing Is the presence of
score of negroes about the polls
wearing straight democratic badges.
No trouble Is yet reported. A small
vote la being polled In Memphis.
heavy vote reported In other sections.
Murders Woman, Shoots Her Hus
band and Himself.
Oakland, Cal.. Aug. 4. 'Despondent
t-ncause he was being turned out of
the house of friends, William Cooper,
formerly of New York, shot and kill
id Mrs. Hurley Itnss, dangerously
, , I h- r i.-s'-i.n-l anil f !!'
FREE JUDI
CIARY
BRIflBS REPORT
FROM THE WEST
Chairman Lloyd of Democratic
Congressional Committee Tells
of Political Conditions as
He Saw' Them.
PARTY'S PROSPECTS BRIGHT
ACCORDING TO CHAIRMAN
Says He Will Carry Three Districts in
California and Elect Governor; Will
Get Kansas "Regular"' Re
publican Vote, etc.
. , Has Nothing to Kay.
Mackinac Island, Mich., Aug.
4. Speaker Cannon, when
asked to comment on the
recent Insurgent victories In
the west, declared:
"I shall probably not say
anything In regard to the elec
tions. It is a case of if your
aunt had been your uncle,
what would have happened?.
" "I am up. here to have a
good time and would prefer
to let politics alone; I Just
6 ii
0
want to be. a boy."
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Washington; "Aug. 4. Representa
tive James Tj... Floyd of Missouri,
chairman of the democratic congres
slonal committee, has returned from a
tour of the west.
Fresh from conferences with his
party colleagues, and observations in
a number of states, he claims that the
democrats will parry three congres
sional districts and the governorship
In California; that the regular repub
licans will vote for democrats in Kan
as, aa a result of the-recent insur
gent vtctorle7triin Insurgency - ha
developed among the republicans In
New Mexico, In the selection of dele
gates for the constitutional convention
and that the democratic prospects are
good in Utah and other states.
HE 1ST FACE
. . . .
Chicago Judge Refuses to - Quash In
dictment Against Lee O'Neill Browne,
the Democratic Leader.
Chicago, Aug. 4. Judge Kolsten
today refused to quash the Indict
ments against Lee O'Neill Browne, the
democratic minority leader of' the Illi
nois legislature, charged with pur
chasing votes for William Lorimer
for United States senator. Browne's
first trial resulted In- a disagreement
after the Jury had been out 115
hours.
T;
F. H. Revis, a Prospective Purchaser,
Comes lo Grief in Attempting
to Pass Wagons.
An automobile accident late yester
day afternoon on North Main street
at the Intersection of that street and
Hillside attracted quite a crowd of
people to the scene. Fortunately no
serious Injury befell any of the ocou
pants of the car although the machine
was badly damaged.
It seem that K. H. Revis and
chauffeur from the garage of the
Western Carolina Automobile com
pany were out in one of the company'!
cars for the. purpose of teaching Mr,
Revis, , prospective purchaser, how to
run thw.car. Everything, went along
nicely until the car was coming to
ward town on a return trip. Mr. Revis
was given the steering wheel when, at
a point at the Intersection of North
Main and Hlllrlde. where there la
10 or IS foot embankment. Mr. Revis,
In attempting to pas a wagon, was
unable to atop the car and It plunged
across th road, through a railing
fence, over the embankment and into
a lociMt tree, where part of It hung up,
the other going on flown the hill. But
for the fart that the car first struck
the tree It Is probable that some one
would hav been killed or maimed
As it was about the only damage to
the occupants were severe bruise.
Following the accident the Cltlaens
Dray company telephoned and
two-horse wages waa sent to the
scene. Th msohlne. In a budly bat
tered-up condition, warn loaded on the
wanon and hmil'rt to town for repairs.
Mr. Itevlu said today that he was on
the look out for a well broken hleer
'hut he-whs cured of '( nutom.it. (
T.M. Osborne
Himsel f as
. r Vt-v-' t
Would Restore "an Almost Forgotten Economy" to the Gov
ernment of New York State
Bryan and Was a Palmer
Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 4. Thomas M.
Osborne, three times mayor of Au
burn .president of the Junior Repub
lic, a seceder from Bryan In 1896 and
delegate to the Palmer and Buck
ner convention of the gold democrats,
and chairman of the Democratic
league,- has formally announced him
self as a candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor.
In his letter to John ' C. Healey,
chairman of the democratic general
committee of Cayuga county. In which
he makes known his candidacy, he
says:
It is certainly very pleasant to feel
that my fellow democrats of Cayuga
county think so well of me as to wish
to present my name to the state con-
entlon as a candidato for gover
nor.
'In justice to myself as well as to
others I ought, Instead of taking
refuge in those ambiguous phrases so
often used in politics, to make my
personal position clear by answering
the resolutions of the county com
mittee with entire frankness.
"The governorship of New York of
fers to any democrat interested in
public a (Tii Irs what may well be term
ed a 'glorious opportunity;' an oppor
tunity to reiterate with renewed em
phasis the basic principles of our par-
THE STANDPATTERS
ARE BAM BEATEN
Portrait of President Taft Brings Forth
Jeers Administration Given Luke
warm Endorsement.
Des Moines, Aug, 4. Republican
Iowa ' wrote herself vigorously fpr.o- j
greesive .yeaierutty at . a. , convention
which wa.ln uproar most of the time.
Senators Cummins and Dolllver and
the insurgent delegation at Washing
ton were enthusiastically endorsed.
The new tariff law was branded as
failure In the light of the party
pledge of 1908.
President Taft received only a luke
warm endorsement.
A sop to harmony waa flung out in
the indorsement of the administration
of Governor Carroll. An attempt was
made to use the "steam roller" and
make the state central committee over
whelmingly progressive but was call
ed off presumably at the hint of Sen
ator Cummins. - Senator Cummins was
temporary chairman, Senator Dolll
ver permanent chairman.
The progressive majority ranged
close to 300 oa every question. The
resolutions committee was progressive
six to five.
Jeers, Applause and Hisses.
The foregoing is a synopsis of the
day's events. To it may be added
cheers and Jeers, applause and hisses,
music, and howls of discord. The ap
pearance and disappearance of the
'pteam roller" was one of the divert
ing incidents of the day. It came
about through the insistence of the
standpat members of the platform
committee In demanding an unquali
fied endorsement of the Taft admin
istration, the legislative acts of the
regulars and hostility to Cummins and
Dolllver.
What may have been an attempt
to stampede the delegates In favor of
the "stalwart" ' resolution was made
when former Congressman Ellsworth
hoisted a portrait of President Taft
amid standpat cheers, but the other
side answered with silence or with
Jeers. Later another delegate among
the progressives exposed a picture of
Colonel Roosevelt, occasioning a dem
onstration. The Taft portrait was
again hoisted and the two likenesses
held so as to confront each other. The
demonstration Interrupted a roll call
for several minutes.
The standpat delegates went down
In defeat with their colors riveted to
the mast. They fought on every com
mittee where a fight was possible, In
sisted on roll call, and battled every
Inch for their principles. .
Kcculara' Resolution" Voted Down.
Their resolutions Incorporated In
the minority report of the platform
enmmlttee and voted down by the
convention, referred to:
'The record of achievement of
President Taft' administration and
the sixty-first congres is unequalled
in our history," and Indorsed th Taft
policies In fulfillment of th work in
augurated by hi predecessor and con
gratulates the party and country upon
its achievements in securing raliroaa
regulation and declare that the "Taft
administration Is entitled to tne un
equivocal support of every republi
can." It also endorses the action of
"President Taft m approving the tar
iff bill." and commend hi "prudent,
businesslike administration of all the
affair of the nation." In conclusion
It Indorses the Iowa deelgatlon In
congress "for all effort In support
of the administration of President
Taft and for such aid and assistance
as they have given him In carrying
forward hi administrative and legis
lative policies. "
Former Congressman Hepburn read
th minority ruport As the purport
of the concluding paragraph became
spparent his voice was drowned In a
M.iriM if leers nd hisses. It was
, ,. i (fi.t.' uiie 1 on pr.ge ,)
Announces
a Candidate
He Is a Seceder from
and Buckner Delegate.
ty; an opportunity to render valuable
assistance In the promotion of self
government for all the cities of the
state; an opportunity to help the at
tainment of better administration
methods state and municipal and
to restore an almost forgotten econo,
my to the state government"
SLAYER OF HA'GEE
PLACED ON TRIAL
J. B. Allison, the Accused, Must Fight
for His Life In Superior Court
The Jury.
J. B. Allison, formerly night jaril
tor-, at "CHy hall end.' thesltiJer, of
Flpycl McGee, Jate . 'patrol ''wagon
driver for th, city, Is on trial for1 tils
life -today In Superior" court.
Practically all the morning of court
was taken up with the selection of a
Jury. For the,case a special venire of
100 men was drawn Monday after
noon and from this and the regular
Jury, from whom three men were se
lected, the 12 men were drawn. The
Jury is composed of B. L. Sams of
Flat Creek. V. G. Sorfrells of Swan
nanoa, T. C. Foisom of Asheville, T.
L. Maney of Ivy, C. S. Ball, W. A.
Ball, B. F. Clinton, all of Flat creek.
George B. Glenn of Avery's Creek
C. M. McKinney of Lower Hominy, N.
D. Allman of Flat Creek, J. H. Shroat
of Limestone and Z. B. Debruhl of
French Broad.
Judge Thomas A. Jones and Rob
ert R. Williams of the firm of Jones
& Williams are assisting Solicitor Mark
W. Brown In the prosecution of th
case, while W. G. Fortune and Galla
tin Roberts of the firm of Fortune A
Roberts are defending Allison.
Jim Miller was found guilty of
larceny and lined 125 and costs. Tim
Cocke, who recently waa found guilty
before Judge ,T. G. Adams In police
court of exceeplng the speed limit for
automobiles, and who appealed with
drew the bppt.I and paid $10 and
costs. R. H. Tyre was before the
court upon the charge of assault with
a deadly weapon and fined $10 and
costs, while J. J. Reed, charged with
carrying concealed weapons, waa fined
SIS and cost.
Witnesses Separated.
When court reconvened this after
noon and after the Watklns case was
disposed of. Judge Council Instructed
the state to call Its first witness.
Judge Jones, of counsel representing
the private' prosecution, requested
that all the witnesses. Including state
and defense, be separated and that
only one witness be allowed In the
curt room at a time. Judge Council
trranted thn request; the witnesses for
the state were sworn and Instructed
to remain In the grand Jury room
while the defense's witnesses were ex
vused until tomorrow morning and
directed to leave the court room.
Mr. Davis' Testimony.
Hall Davis, an. employ of the black
smith shop where the killing occur
red, testified. He described the black
smith shop and the shoeshop adjoin
ing. He was shoeing a horse about
1:20 o'clock on the afternoon of July
6; J. B. Allien entered the shop and
looked around as though looking for
something; witness made some refer
ence to the work he waa-ngaged I
and Allison made some reply. Wit
ness Bald that he continued with his
work and Allison leaned against th
east wall of the shop and faced wes
looking into a window in th shoe
shop. Witness testified that McGee
waa In tho ihoe .shop at the time.
He alio testified that any one passing
the window could have been seen by
Allison from the position In which he
waa standing. Davis testified that AI
llaon stood there for a minute or few
minutes; that witness was stilt shoe
ing the horse r. hen he saw Allison1
form going outside around .the door
toward the shoe shop. Almost
stantly witness heard shooting.
In
He
dropped the horse' foot and went
to
the window; didn't see anyone; heard
a noise behind and turning saw Bo-
den, the shoemaker, run toward th
rear of the building-; then he saw Mc
Gee come out and fall at the anvil.
Allison followed. Witness testified
that when '-'! fell Allison stooged
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JiSHEVS
NAME iNVOLVED
Senator Gore Says the Man Who
Tried to Bribe Him Said Vice
President of United States
Was Interested.
E ALSO GAVE THE NAMES
OF CURTIS' AND M'GUIRE
Oklahoma Senator Gives - Committee
Details of His Charges That He
Was Offered $25,000 as
Hush Money. r
Utlca, N. Y., Aug. 4. When
an effort was made to see Vice
President Sherman it wan
learned that he had gone to his
country place in the Adiron
dack. He will not arrive
there until a late hour this af
ternoon. Denial By Curtis.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 4. Sen
tor Charles Curtis thi after
noon denied emphatically that
he had any connection with
the McMurray contracts.
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 4. When the
special committee appointed by the f
national house of representatives to
investigate the McMurray contracts
with the Choctaw and Chickasaw In
dians, involving the sale of land, esti
mated to be worth $30,000,000, con
vened today, Senator T. P. Gore an
nounced that he was prepared to give
additional details to the charge of at
tempted nnoery ne maae in tne unit
ed States senate June 24. Mr. Gore
said he was ready to name the indi
vidual who, he said, offered him and
v. t i. ...... 1, tor AAA
to -withdraw all opposition to the
paid for "attorney's fees.". The latter -
sum, he declared, represented ten per
cent, of tme amount which a New
York syndicate would pay for the coal
and asphalt lands belonging to the .
Indians. '
Senator Gore gave the name of the '.
man who approached him as Jacob '
Hannon.
Senator Gore declared that when lie
frowned upon tlte bribery proffer Han
non said the amount uiiglit be raised
to $50,000. "Hannon aim told nte
uiai senator manes innis oi nan
sad and Congressman B. 8. McGuIre .
of Oklahoma were Interested In the ,
McMurray rontracts," testified Sena
tor Gore: "and while I am about It I '
might as well tell that he said an of-
ftelal hlirli tin In IliA m-AmiiiMfit WHJI
also Interested In It." Vice President
Sherman was named by (Sore as the
man quoted "higher np" In connection
with the McMurray contracts. -
v neu lie imiiteu wic pieuit ihbiici
ud' I held ud my hands In astonish
ment and said, 'Is it possible that a
person so high in the United States
government could lay hlmsftf open to
such Imputation?'"
Well," replied Hannon, "this I
lots of money, you see."
The attempted bribery. Gore ex.
plained, followed hla opposition to
approval by congress of the McMur
ray contracts uffectlng the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indian tribes.
By these contracts, he said, CapL
1 V MrMnrrRV. Attorney, and asso
ciate were to receive ten per cent.
of the profit on the Bale of 450.000
acres of coal and asphalt lands be
longing to the Indian. As a New
York syndicate stood ready to pay
f 30,000,000 for the lands ten per
cent to McMurray Interest for "at- .
torneys' fees" would realise $1,000,
000, said the senator. i ,
Creagcr Also Approaclied.
Gore said Congressman H. E.
Creager. representative or the third
Oklahoma district, also had been ap
proached in connection with the brib
ery offer.
Creager told me so," said Gore,
lie also told me to go ahead and
make these charges and ha would
stand by me, giving hi testimony."
(lore' Charge In Detail.
The commltfee Is headed by Chair
man Charles H. Burke of South Da
kota. Th charge a made by Sena
tor Gore in the senate on June 14 and
which form the basis of the present
Investigation were:
That J. F. McMurray of McAlester.
Okla., and hi associates had obtain
ed 10,000 Individual contracts with
Chickasaw and Choctaw- Indians for
the sale of 4(0,000 acre of coal and
asphalt UMim estimated to be worth
from $30,000,000 to $1(0.000,000.
That th profit to McMurray and
his associate waa to b 10 per cent.
or a sum ranging from $1,000,000 xo
$14,000,000.
That a New York syndicate wis al
ready prepared to take over th land
at $30,000,000.
That when opposition to approving
th contract arose In congres be
(Senator Gore) wns approached and
wa told that $2$, 000 or perhaps $50.
000 would be available to him and
that a like sum would be available
to a member of the house of repre
sentatives If all opposition was re
moved.
That If the contracts bad l,, , -n re
proved the Iii'iUms -H-Mil i I - ' i
deprivi'd of 1 (I p r- i M f
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