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Show PROBINS DEEPER IN GORESENSATION McAlester, Okla , Aug. 10 Six hundred hun-dred Indians, assembled at a '"war council" at Sulphur. Oklahoma, and. using up almost an entire bottle of, Ink, wrote their signatures, individually, individu-ally, to tJbe McMurruy land contracts. Although informed that J. F. McMur-ray, McMur-ray, holder of the contracts, would net a pr.llt of from $2.unil,n00 to $3,ooV tiuh In "attorney fees." the Indians were advised that the contracts afforded af-forded Ihe quickest way to realize on their land, estimated to le l.u,ofm acres In extent and valued at from J.ln.ooiV.t'M) io $lii,ii.o,ifo. In addition to Ihe Innd contracts. McMurray's" ugenta had the Indians sign contracts for tax cases against ihe government at a fee of $o por head. The land feo was In per cent contingent upon the sale of the land. James H. Godfrey, a Chickasaw Indian In-dian by Intermarriage, gave this tep.l i-nioay i-nioay before the congressional investigating inves-tigating committee today. Godfrey said he induced the Indians 10 assemble at Sulphur to persuade them to sign the contract;', almost 10..-OOi) 10..-OOi) of which McMurray had previously previous-ly secured. McMurray, lie paid, had been successful u previous litigation for tho Indians, and 1he Ind.ans believed, be-lieved, If they paid him P per cent attorneys' fees, he would be able to urge the authorities at Washington to expedlro the sale. ' Do you mean to say that you told the Indians it would be a bargain to pay McMurray soveral million dollars 10 do something which tlw government govern-ment has already agreed to do? ' "Yes. we thought It would be a bargain, for the government had. not done anything." Tho witness ,aid that in securing the tax contracts, McMurray allowed him fl a head. He said also lhat part of his expenses wro paid. "Who paid your expenses to go lo the meeting at Sulphur?" "A man named Bates gave me J.i. He lives at Robbers Roust, Okla." "Was Robbers Roost the headquarters headquar-ters of McMurray's agent::?" "I don't know." Jake L. Hamon, who was charged ly Senator Gore with having offered him (Gore) $25,000 as a, bribe In connection con-nection with, tho contracts, again went on the stand today II anion was questioned regarding his counter charges that Congressman C. E. Crea-y-e-r had solicited "sums" of money front McMurray. Hainon also repeated his previous testimony, that he was in Washing-ten Washing-ten In the interest of C. N. Haskell, governor of Oklahoma, who was under un-der fed?ral indictment in the Muskogee Musko-gee town-lot cases. Despite Governor Haskell's denial, Hamou maintained lhat Haskell had paid his expenses 10 Washington and was to allow him a fee. "DIJu't you in May last ask Congressman Con-gressman C. D. Ciirtor to urge me to w'thdraw my bill, holding up tho McMurray Mc-Murray contract?" Hamon was asked ask-ed by Senator Gore. "I did not," replied Hamon "Cou-f.ressman "Cou-f.ressman Carter Is here and may be asked what, if anything, he kuows about the alleged bribery." Called to the stand, Mr. Creager repeated re-peated denials given previously. I Io said he once had asked McMurray for a loan of $4,000. but it was to be a regular business deal Involving security. secur-ity. The loan was never made. Lat-r Lat-r ho had talked politics with McMurray, Mc-Murray, but the latter never had as-sibted as-sibted him financially as it was agreed It would not look proper. The committee probably wiP go to Sulphur, Okla.. tomorrow. That a partner of J V. McMurray had -offered him a "present" of $10.-000 $10.-000 two years ago. when the land contracts were under discussion, was testified to by E B. Uatham. a former United States attorney, at the afternoon after-noon hearing. Latham testified that McMurray's partner agreed to turn over the money after the contracts were "put through." but Latham said it was not stipulated that any service would be rendered by him for the money. His appearance as a witness was at the instance of Senator Gore. |