Show MONY IH ift N II CORE GORf 0 GASt GAStI I Murray McMurray Is Alleged to Have Attempted to Bribe the Choctaw Indians for the Past Four Years I SENATOR CURTIS AND CONGRESSMAN Ef Y BE NG IN CONTRACTS GOr Chief of Choctaws Chg ta vs Says Murray Offered Him Kim to Withdraw Opposition to toL I L E the Tribal Contracts I d I Okia klu Aug C GNot U Jake L Hamon by J F v Mc McMurray Ic Murray was wag as ns a IL would be bilber in hi the tue of the thc 30 Oklahoma Indian laud lanti deal be uc fere the special cong com committee today 1 t lc Ls to the holder of oi the lie con COli contracts 1 tracts with the Choctaw and amI a iw JW Indians Indiana to promote which in con COli conr r Senator Thomas P Gore charged d he hI was offered a bribe bribeD t D a C McCurtain a Choctaw Indian rind rend a delegate to Washington for Cor h 1 t I lube charged that McMurray In II offered a 0 bribe of 2 to with withdraw I draw the opposition to the old oki tribal I contracts which were vero sub suu t disapproved by br President r i Roosevelt Tried to Bribe Indians Gr Grf n chief ot of I hOrt lf a venerable Indian of I curs then look took the stand and mid the committee that one George W v Scitt whom he ho h believed acted In Un Ihl 8 of ot McMurray had offered oft rell Mm lini one of the profits to b realized n from the land the deal dea pio that ho induced tho tribe tri t to t toV V nfl all opposition apposition j offer rt 1 fer od ed c to new contracts ontra hold held by b Mc McMurray Ic Murray which are tho the cause causo of ot o the Investigation The Tho amount of the tho bribe mentioned by h D C McCurtain who is II a Man aon on of the Is the same samey as that which hi h Senator Goro Gore was tendered on My In C Ghr by Hamon tp t pui lU r through the pending contracts which to Senator Gore Gorp would re reo reit It In the of at acres t t r coal eoal asphalt and aud timber lands and x ned noci b by the Indians to a New York Yorki r i j on a basis basla that would woul give I Me Murray fc anti and his associates an at a Ice fee of ot ten per cent or 8 I I CUrtis Denies Denle Charge The lh presentation of the ho ChaS charges McMurray rc followed another d II I 01 of of sensational testimony in n which Charles Curtis of Kr isag su suid ag id Congressman B 13 S ot f Oklahoma appeared appealed on the stand to tou toh toU u h fut s that wore were inter In tor i lt ted l In the tho kill deal The rhe name of or J President Sherman was again mentioned and conferences held by b I I President Taft over the McMurray Jc lIrra I was to Both Doth President Taft TaCt and Sherman according to Senator Curtis irtIs had declared that the ten leD per nor tent cent attorneys f foe o asked for tor was ox ex The opinion was unanimous PT tiT T the nt ji conference he be h benid nid that in the sale zak of the tho land no 00 J attorneys assistance was needed Hooded as a aIh ahle the Ih government by hr u treaty treat already alJ lol I nJ stipulated to sell the tIll land laud on Its lt responsibility Spirit of Indian War Council Something of or a spirit of or Indian War was wa presented when Chief ln known as the tho governor go r squatted himself in a n chair before the I A and brushing the oft off tuB his head with a n large handkerchief I ra tan rave his bin hl testimony I A long Ions time ago aso he hl said many UHn I of ot tho Choctaws protested agaInst n th be he big foes toes that would ho bo allowed under tho the McMurray contracts I ii sent n a protest to the secretary oi OJ the thc interior Just before the nd al of oC the tho last congress Geo V w Scott came to my house and asked V Wo nIl to lo sign a letter I refused to do doThen it ito o 1 Then Thon he lie came again and find told n nc c to lo write a letter to the secretary or of the Interior or withdrawing my 01 pro pr lf Jit t ngat Iga pt t tho the II c con of Indian Chief When Whon I said I would not do that I ho he h said hs he was authorized to agree o 0 give hc me nie of f the profits Ir If I did Yes he lie said wo we are aro going to get a ten per POT cent fee fue out ont of or It ml nd n 1 you OU will get of th Now you sign tho the letter aud and it will he be a great grent bargain J I ij y refused to do it and ho away j i awayA A good ninny mau of ol your tribe dl T I f 1 the contracts with they asked C 11 Is 1 Mule Yes they the did lid that because they thc are arc losing all faith in the tho govern They Tho have hae lost all faith in th officials and an their th it tribal officials too It is because they the hll been con given ghon so many man promises and the have not nut been kent kopl Tho The ThoI I promised It H would sell tin till land and distribute the profits In 1900 It Jt has hns nol not done so yet Tide The Indians Indiana I n TI bOCO ln disheartened over the tho I governments promises and hats wh why I they signed the contracts They The thought It would be e better halter to get ge geC I l ome C of the money than none at at all Indiana Needed Money Are Arc tho they In a hurry hurr to lo get money mone Yes they thc certainly lire are They rhey The need it They are arc poor for they tho ha have been living on promises for fol so so long Wit do 10 you Indians have IWO so ao many nany Ulan lawyers 11 7 Because Da we c want to set get tH l t tI I Can you vall ou estimate how much your tilbe has luis paid out In IU attorney aL foes In III the last met ton ten years oars t tOur Our tribe Tibe In that time has paid out Jut about a Among thu tho developments of today were I Senator Curtis told lold of or having been heen to 10 the White house hougo to dl dId cuss with President Taft Tart and anti VIc President Sherman Sharman the merits of the tho contracts President ent lart laft hid had pr tho the belief that tha th ten jI r cent cont fee too loa high and his lil hi agreed with him This the tue I thought though l sufficiently refuted l the lie imputation on that he lie was wan Inter Interested I ested esterl In the thc Jaud Jand deal The rho senator knew McMurray lc for years and had ever known of his attempts to In legislation I I Curth a Friend of Gore Senator Curtis also testified that hr ho also knew of o no animosity existing between het weun himself and Senator Goro Gore ox that thal Mr Ir Gore had harl remarked that Curtis was meddling muddling too much touch 11 hi Oklahoma affairs by lIy fair menus means aol and by II foul Congressman Con essman C 13 IJ i Creager of oC Ok attacked tho the testimony pre pie previously re given by Hamon whom ho ac nc accused of having suggested that he lie might obtain an nn interest In the contracts Human Hamon denied d Hainon hud lud asserted tha that the confer conCer conference ence at nt Washington Creager hatE hall call called called ed cd him up on the telephone and mad inada madalie the lie 1 Creager In a n long circumstantial of riding on 11 street cais meeting at nt a restaurant und going to the Occidental hotel em ont emphatically declared that Hamon lint hm called him up tip and Rn that the meeting was ivas at Hamons solicitation McGuIre Denies Deniec Being Interested denied h iho he was WIlS ever exor 01 In the COD coo tracts or had sought their approval by y congress He Ho said he knew know Mc McMurray McMurray Ic Murray and Hamon Flamon Hamon had some sometimes times stopped d at Ills his suite of rooms at his hotel at Washington had asked him if he had hud opposed the lie contracts and mind on his answering ho he had hall not nol he lie agreed with h TO tell toll President Taft that tho the entire Oklahoma delegation was not op to do the contracts He lie said lie he I Ver had n improperly Q approach approached I ed ld in regard rc rd o 0 the contracts and he h heIss was Iss nOVel never Interested lu them Item to the Ul UlI extent of one penny lenn I R L l I Murray of or the tribe said sahl Governor Johnson of QC had repeatedly urged him to o Induce as mapy Indians as 18 possible II ti send telegrams to Washington tc to t nave have the contracts approved which he had bad refused to do Delegate te Testifies D C who himself as a delegate to Washington for or the Choctaw Chocta preceded his hla father Cather Catheron on the stand He TIc testified that be before b before fore the disapproval or the he old tribal contracts by b President Roosevelt In lu lOS 1908 and while they wore oro still pend pending pendIng ing he was approached by McMurray Ic in m the lobby of the Raleigh hotel at Washington Wash Ington 1 McMurray cMurray tlc M had nd been lIeen talking with Cecil Lyon Ion national Re Hc Republican publican committeeman of or Te as but L Lj n went nt away awa before the subject of the was discusser D C McCurtain testified I i met Mr 1 lr r McMurray lI In the lobby and ho lIP sold said 11 You know we e have hare a contract for forthe forthe the sale of tho lands I r said I heard It but hut had ne neVer or seen oen u a copy coP of the contract He lie said suid We Ve have de do decided decided we will give Si e you If II you will not the McMurray IId Hod for Him Himlie lie He snide If rr the secretary of or time the Interior approves tho tIme contracts In its present form oral wo we will wili give you on If It he scales the Ule contract then the theS S probably will be cut down ac accordingly acI I cordingly cortlin I r I want to talk to you OU fur further further ther tIler about this matter matterI I J did not SIP see for several days but ut In the meantime I got to Ie thInking about the and aud I I knew that lint they the were gain J to 10 brIn powerful political Influences to bear bearIn bearIn car carIn In In support of oC that contract I thought nay may ma be If I I did not manifest too much i opposition oPIO to that thol contract 1 I would be bein bein in a position ultimately to o defeat It I but hut if it I J became too antagonistic I r might e no opportunity to get got my m mI I forces together anti and that they the might In some way av secure the tho approval of tho contracts Several days after th tl saw sa Mc McMurray McMurray Ic Murray in the capitol and anti I said I T r I have decided ta ti accept pt your I bu but I did net oct learn leuin any anymore nn anymore I Imore more about the contracts by hy that I means The matter nH lo wont on for to some Home sometime sometime time and no effort was wag made to get getho gethO UW ho contracts Then the tho matter went rent alanE until the constitutional convention of Oklahoma ap op appointed appointed pointed a 1 committee to lo Investigate whether cr it were Vore pO to pui purchase chase the coal lands from f m the Indians McMurray Arpin A jain Active I McMurray 1 active again he I wanted to o appear before this commit committee t tee us mis the representative of or the Choc Choctaw Choctaw taw th Indians Ho endeavored to obtain I a L written witten statement from Crom Governor Govern r rl r I l to the effect that McMurray ray ra represented Um Choctaws Choctaw and aud they th so recognized him hlin him lc came out ont to my Dl house to see mc me He I stated ho lu h thought he lie was WIB In a position pOSition I tion lion to do ell d the nuton Duton p ru great deal eal of or i good Then I T says Mr I McMurray I dons doni don want anything to do with your jour our contracts ceo tracts Mr McMurray In an Interview de denied denle denied nied he lie had bad made the th offer He said Lyon had boon been financially nn Interested with him In tho ho contracts Much luh of oC C McGuIres I testimony related to whether he lie h oc cc occupied part of or a 1 suite at a Washing Washington ton hotel with Herman He Ue said suld he ho paid for the apartment anti and it was wag the i custom fr for his friends from Oklahoma ma to stop step there Hamon he aid Rahi had stopped there thero two or Of three times limes Never Nevor Received Financial Aid Have Haye you over ever received re any an finan financial cial assistance from any an person ha hav h t a contract with the Indians Chairman Burke Eurl e asked d lOr T I never neve have h c replied Mr 1 r Mc Ic Quirt There never was tho the suggestion nf or oraId aid to ho given g ri uie mc by j McMurray or OJ OJan any an lIe cite no else elc It there any reason why Senator Gore should feel f ol iI unfriendly toward you None Nene one that I know Inow of Yet ho Imo has lias done his ils utmost to give Ie mo inc o a black blackeye blackeye eye Moreover ho has hOG done a good I deal heal of fabricating Tic He showed this in his attitude e toward t ward our efforts err to tos secure s cure for Cor federal i i buildings s at and King ICing Fishier Fisher Oklahoma He wrote I letters n saying he would do all ho lie hoI I could coull to help got get the buildings and andI j I then thon wrote letters saying ho lie had bath done deno i nil he lie could to pet pct thorn thora but to a I I dead certainty he lie did all nIl he lie could to toI I I I have hae the appropriation knocked out omit I Made Apartments Apartment His Home I I How lIow many mans time did Hamon stop at your our apartments in j I I Well I r novel HOVel locked the door at atI I those apartments Anybody from Crom OteI Ok I lahoma could come como and make them themselves I selves at nt home hOlDo Tinon Haon capte there thore i I because I had known know hi for years ean but Hamou never discussed cd with willI me roe m the j I McMurray contracts 1 J J 1 Milton Turner Tumor of SU St St Louis LOllis for or ormer mer nier United States minister to Liberia testified as aB to his efforts to Improve j i conditions among amons the who Ue live on the Indian lands i The jle committee will continue its la lu laMonday nt at on j I i Monday I |