The sun., 1910-05-01
TO PROBE LOUIMER SCANDAL
Corfinu,d rom Firsi Poss

C0pfinusi from FirH poer
whirh have been concerted How we'll
Il has zuo,~esied anybody in chicago To- day
NAV Judge for hin'-slf
A. 10 White I reyrr had any but casual
meetings With him aud a. u happens. =
never -qv hlm alone.
IN general hi- story is 40 impossible
that H. fal-ehood j. appaTaent at ginnCe
Anybody who vas IN spr,. gneld during the
Senatorial contest. or h al all familiar with
Springfield Affairs would know In minute
that h could not hs true such fantastic
things don't happen
II YOU ask me why white tells this ini o.
possible story cant tell YOU Some time
ago Ia Washington ! got a letter from him
saying that he vas going 20 write a story
of his life In the Legislature Ne said he
had written Iouno words. for whi"h he had
had an ofrr Of - ioa word. A. that would
mean e. Ogo ! concluded that the man Nas
crazy.
Wv secretary suggested that the letter
was q blackmail letter. but did not believe
it AZ tho time Nov ! can see n more clearly
but iusi sent White a reply TO tho effect
thar was glad he was doing ~ veil
might say herr that . little before !
r,.,,ai,rd this letter ! had h-en told that
White vas very poor aud needed eorS
and that I asked -ome friends 10 get EN-
ployment for him. a. the man had voted for
me However he never APPEARED tp take
the place whis b was ofsu Tor hitu
Tie prempdifated untruthiulneSs pl
White. whole story ir shown bN hts quot
ing Charles Luke - his authority a. me ONLY
,.llnt where he attempts to hiring me M d.
rectly Luke b. dead
There is the point 10 the ltp there can br
no reply from the grave The trick h ~
much a newspaper trek that can hardly
think White dtd o. | am confident that the
people iu the Tribune ONCE Who made u
an object for him 10 .ign be article supplied
him With this crooked talsehOod
Incidentally after reading the time novel
stun printed in the TrtbHH, aud comparing
n With the letter he NrOtr 10 me gan -ay
that white had about a. much 10 do NHh
writing the Tr,hHH' story AZ u h- had never
been born
In CONCLUSION would say that the
TribuHe's Rnlmus and purpose should be-
plain TO anybody who noticed that whites :
pack IT lies vas nrtuted right neNt 10 the
announcement hat ! was To be president
Of the two banks that am organizing
Sr. Lows. April ~ Interest in the
Iorimer iegislagiyc scandal is directed
tOward ST Louis. White says that SsD
was given 60 him az the Southern Hotel
IN this city on July IS by Representative
Robert y. Wilson This was according
% White his SHARE Of D general slush fund
that amounted To about S31OO. -Four
other member of this Illinois Legislature
were present ~ the meeting at the South
arn on July ij. White says. and received
money from Wilson
The register az the Southern shows that
on july rs Wilson was registered at the
southern and that he was assigned n
Room "a. "A large rom on the parlor
fiOOr White name nor the rame II any
other legislator. aside from Wilson, .. APP
pears on the register
Attaches % the hotel do not recall
olearly the visit Of Wilson 10 the Southern.
but Il u the impression Of the clerks that
the rOon WAs obtained for a nesting Of
some kind. The room Is an exceptionally
spacious apartment desi gnsd for meetings
where privacy ia desired
The room was taken on the European
plan and was used only during the day
The name Of Wilson, with the " ord Chi
caRo following. u appears on the register
IN a clear. legible. firm hand. and h grace-
fully written. II is recalled az the hotel
that a week ~ ten days agD a large man
with a black mustaChe called az the
southern and made an Investigation
of the alleged meeting The clerk
cannot recall this mans name, but they
i gained the impression that he was an
official from Chicago The list u names
/ that be- had il the same that appear
| IN Whites signed statement
White who max - the charges against
/ Lorimer. il "A member of the Illinois
/ Hou-e Prior "a his election 10 the Legi-'
I lature b. was a conductor on the Easl
| Side Suburban line and his run was from
EdgcmOut % O'Fallon
White until eight months ago was IN
| the insurance business IN Fast - l.0ui'
and maintained an 0fiCe IN the Metro
pOlitan Binding After the ofiiCe va
closed he did not pass much ot the time
| IN Fast ST IsOms He returned few
days ago, but remained only a shOr'
while aud il nOw supposed % b. In Chi
, CagO.
| senator I.orimer was in ~ Louis muct
/ before and during the Louisiana Pur
| chase Exposition. LOrimer at that time
was a member II Congress and aided tn
| passage of legislation favorable to th'
fair He was In possession u the pho
I tographic concession and ~ b. said hs
made a fortune out ~ II
ALTON. lll. April ~ State Repre-
sentative Michael y Link II Madison
county. one II the Democrats who voted
/ Tor AsnFlIuHf TOT 1HNlNIhIs NAN lNtFfNlFWs1N
to-day On his farm ? o Mitchell concerning
representative Chores Whites story q
brihes paid n Illinois legislators.
After asserting that hs believed White
I story o. be % d. uEod lie he told piece
meal and wth evident reluctance ~ a
. visit White made ~ him three or four day.
ago On this occasion White told him
Link sgid 'hst he White, had made a
clean hre . ~ the Jackpot business
! % Gov I0.oen.
When .ked why White should CONS
90 him with such a tale D. he had NJ
hand in the b0odlinR Link said he though
| White Wts trying 20 backmail him III
Faid he treated White with contempt
Whites visit WIS followed by that NJ
two memhers ~ the Legislature who wer'
seeking infOrna tiun on the White story
lInk when pre- 4sed for information a.
- whether be- was m w Louis In July
1872 ~ tho time White slys the money
was Paid over by Wilson at the southern
Hotel there. Eald that several times last
summer hs vas In 81 LOUIS and met
iailow members ~ tho Illinois Legislature
lie recalled meeting Wilson on one W tw'
OCCASIONS but thought IL was gt th'
Planters Hotel Asked if u might not have
been the southern Hotel he raid he VA
not sure he Haid several Legislation
Wer" 20 the hotel az these times. Then b.
repeated hi- gssartiOn that no bO1ds
money was psSsed - far ~ h. knew
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DOdTOR GIILTI ~ va RIDER