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Show M'AIURRAY ON THE WITNESS STAND Sulphur, OUla . Aug. 18. J. F. Mc-Murray, Mc-Murray, whose contracts with the Indians In-dians allowing him 10 per cent fees (ii the sale of $30.000,no0 worth oi land, is tho subject of an investigation investiga-tion by congress, went on the stand belore the special congressional committee com-mittee today. Mr. McMurray described describ-ed his contract as a "plain business d-?nl." Mr. McMurray taid hi relations v. ith tho Indians begau in 1S99 when .he was employed by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians io appear before the JHawej commission The com-nssslou com-nssslou was empowered to determine lor the government who should be admitted to the Indian tribes. There were many who claimed they were wrongfully kept off the eu-roMracnt eu-roMracnt of the tribe, and enrollment with Its claim on the government was estimated to be worth $3,000. Mr. McMurray was asked by Governor Gov-ernor Douglass Johnson of the Chlck-rsaw3 Chlck-rsaw3 to protect the interests of their tribe by keeping as many claimant ns possible off the rolls This would prevent further division of Ihe prop erly. In this way, ultimatHy McMurray McMur-ray professes to hac kept 3100 claim-ants claim-ants off the rolls. Estimating that tiiese claimants each would have reduced re-duced the tribal property $j,000. It vas held Mc.Murray's firm got a $7.r.o,-000 $7.r.o,-000 fee. These details were testified to by McMurray before taking up the present pres-ent contracts. |