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Show Senator Gore of Oklahoma Creates Sensation in His Testimony Before a Special Com-mittee Com-mittee of the House of Representatives -Men Involved in Attempted Bribery en me up. "Mattle" Navarra. a boy o 17, charged with Intoxica.'Ion on lb street, exhibited a badly brnir-'-d .( hee' and accused the officer who arrostoil him of beating hi in with a night stick. He was lined $1. The mayor asked for the policeman's police-man's number and wrote it ('own cprefully. "1 want that," he said, aJ be lucked it awiy in lib pocket. .Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 1. Vice President Sherman was named by Senator Gore as the man "higher up" in connection with the Mc.Miirray con-irrcts. con-irrcts. Vice Presient Sherman was named by Senator T. P. Core in conneetio:i vith what are known as the Murray Land contracts, an Investigation of which was begun here today by a special committee of the hotiie of 1 epresentatlves. ! Senator Gore, after declaring that he had been approached by Jacob 1 taninmn with an offer of a bribe of $25,000 to remove all congressional opposition to the contract, asserted ' that a man "lusher up" in the ,ov-ciument ,ov-ciument was 'inierested" in the con-' tracts. Senator Gore at first, said he was icluetant to name the man mentioned , as ' higher up" but later, ou being I pressed by Congressman Burke, ! chairman of the committee, declared ' that Hammon had used the name of I , Vice- President Shermau. j j Senatcr Gore sai l Congressman C. ' U. Crsager (Republican) of the thlri Oklahoma district, also had been ao I .roached in connection with the brlb-ciy brlb-ciy offer. "Mr Creager told me so." said Sen- ator Gore "He alio told mo to go ' i head and make these charges and : he would stand by me, giving his ) testimony." ! Muskogee, Okla.. Aug. 1 "When I scoffed at the offer of a bribe, even if it were raised to $50,000, as Hammon Ham-mon suggested it might be." testified Senator Cor?, "my sitor (Hamiaon'i i in m office at Washington went or. I to say thai other members of. con- gross wore Interested in the con tracts. He eaid Senator Curtis was j interested and Congressman McGuir ot Oklahoma was--Interest el ajid-theu j be mentioned the name of a men i b glier up In the government. 1 w as appalled when I heard that name." "What was the name of that man "higher up,'" asked Chairman Burke. "Well," replied Senator Gore, "I don't like to say. Indeed I ro ild not ie;eat It without a great deal ot re-luctance." re-luctance." "Now, Senator Gore," explained Congressman Burke, "this committee has come here to get all the facts rnd we. want you to tell all you I know." I "WeH, :.s that is true." responded I Senator Gore, "1 will tell nil 1 kv.ow. I The man mentioned by Hi'inmon I being higher up anil Interested in tbe Murray contracts was Vice Prcsid?nt Sherman." On cross-examination by C. B Ames, couusel for Mr. Mc.Murrny, Sen-i.ior Sen-i.ior Gore testified as to the relation existing between himself and Hani men. He said Lie relation was "I-ways "I-ways extremely friendly and he frequently fre-quently had biisliie.s dealings with Hammon which entailed loans o' money. "Do you retard Hammon as a trull-ful trull-ful man?" asked Attorney Ams. "In most cases I do. but I think he would deviate a little on ocea 1 sions." Senator Gore declared that when h? Irowned upon the bribery' proffer. Hammon said the amount mi?'it be ra.'sed t? $-r.o,(Mio. ' Hammon aloo told ' me that Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas and Congressan McCuIr? of Oklahoma were interested In tLe Mc-Murray Mc-Murray contracts." testified Senator Gore. "And while I am obout it, ! might as well fell that he slid an of-Pclal of-Pclal higher up in the government was also interested In flic contracts. "When he named the person higher up I held my hands In astonishment and said: 'Is it. possible thut a person per-son so high in the United States government gov-ernment could lay himself open to such Inmiitatlou?' . "'Well.' refilled Mammon, 'tbls is, lots of money, you see " j The bribery offer, Senator Gore ex- plained, followed his opposition to the approval by congress of what are known as the MeMinruy contracts which affect the Choctaw and Chicka- I saw tribes of Indians. 1 By these contracts, he said, J. F. j I McMurraj', an attorney, and his asso- I elates, were to receive ten ner cent I ! of the profits in the sale of ICO.ooo , I acres of coal and asphalt lands be- lonuing to tbe Indians. I "As a Now York sjndicuie stood ready to pay $::r.nno.nno for the lands, the ten p"r cent to the McMnrray in forests for 'attorney's fees' wruld realize .43.ion.onn." sa.'d the senator. Senator oGre appeared before the , special investigating committee which . ' convened here todev as a direct re- j j suit of charges made by him In the United States senate ou June 24th. ( l When the committee adjourned at.j noon. Senator Gore was still on tlu" stand. ! |