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Show TELEGRAM In Which the Names of Sherman and Curtis Are Used McAleiter, Olila , Aug. 9. Senator T. P. Gore, at the congressional investigation inves-tigation of the Indian land deals, today to-day Introduced and read to tho Investigating Inves-tigating committee telegrams In which the names of vice President Sherman and Senator Charles Curt?.-? of Kansas were used. Que of the telegrams tele-grams read: "With McMurray thorp to state our claims, with Mr Curtis and Mr. SV r-man, r-man, who understands better than anybody else what we want, and v.uii the assistance of our president, it begins be-gins to loon as if we were coming into our own." Ths telegram was dated at Kinta, Oklahoma. May 2 bst, aud was senr to Richard C. Adams, an attorney at Washington, by George W. Scott., J. P. McMurray's agent among the Indians. In-dians. Its relation to Senator Gore's charger; of having i?en offered a $25,-uih) $25,-uih) bribe to "put through" congress the !:;u,O00,oon McMurray Indian land deal was explained by the senator. "It merely shows the activity of tho McMurray interests at Washington." said Senator Gore. ' By offering this evidence, I do not w ish to reflect either on Mr. Sherman or Mr. Curtis," said the senator. "Do you mean that its an exoneration exonera-tion from oa of Mr. Sherman?'", asked ask-ed Dennis Flynn. attorney for McMurray. McMur-ray. . - . "It Is merely to state, that if the names of these men were taken In vain at ono time, they mar have been at another," replied Mr. Gore. Another telegiam from; McMurray at Washington was read. It ordered that McMurray's agent among the Indians In-dians send fifty telegrams urging con gress to approve the contracts' allow-Jut; allow-Jut; a 53.000,(1110 attorneys' fee. |