Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
WOMAN IS
PLACED ON STAND
To SAVE LOR|MER.
Beauty Says the Chief Witness
Against Senator Revealed
Plot at Dinner
WIDOW OF LUKE ON STAND
Witness Terrell Causes Stir by
Statement That Bribe Money
Was Available
OF LUKE ON STAND

CHICAGO, Ill, Oct 5.-A beautiful
woman took the stand today as chief
witness in behalf of Senator Lorimer
She was the mysterious witness often
hinted at during the progress of the
investigation and she gave evidence
intended to show that the man who
has given the strongest testimony
against Senator Lorimer wass inf1u-
enced by expected gains to make the
revelations he has given.
Attorney Hanecy summoned Miss
Katherine A. Woods Of East st. Louis
to rebut testimony of Representative
Charles A. White. She declared In the
fall of 1909 White took her to dinner,
and declared he was writing a history
of his life and the occurrences in the
legislature, and expected to make for
tune out of it, and that Lorimer and
his friends would have to pay him
enough to keep him for life or he would
make it hot for them.
Lee O'Neil Browne, Democratic lead
er of the Illinois house of representa-
tives, who is under indictment in con-
nection with the election of William
Lorimer to the United States senate,
will be called to the witness stand
before the Lorimer congressional com"
mittee.
The same ruling was made by the
COnlnlJLe6 IOudy III ISSdIu " OSASS
Senator John Broderick, now under in
dictment on the charge of having
bribed state Senator d. w. Holstlaw to
vote for Senator Lorimer. and applies
also to Representative Robert e. VIII
son, against whom bribery charges are
pending.
Neither Browne nor Broderick, who
were on the stand for a few moments
today, were questioned, because of the
plea of Attorney Thomas Dawson.
counsel for each, that he wished to con-
fer with associate counsel before ad-
vising his clients what course to pur-
sue. The committee granted counsel
until tomorrow morning to decide his
course.
TELLS OF LoRNIER VOTES
Representative Daniel d. Donahue, a
Democrat from Bloomington, testified
today he did not vote for Lorimer, ana
that he sought to prevent his election
because he believed that If the session
had adjourned without electing a SEN
ator a Democrat could have been elect
ed at the next session.
'I was asked to vote for Lorlmer,
said Donahue, "but 1 refused. No offer
of money or any other thing was made
to me, or any intimation made that
would profit by so voting"
William H. Sturmer, assistant man
ager of the Briggs hotel, Chicago, which
is Brownies headquarters in Chicago,
testified concerning threats he SAID
White had made to declare falsely he
had been bribed to vote for Senator
Lorimer and to compel Lorimer ana MS
friends to enrich him.
SAYS VOTE NOT FOR SALE
Representative Henry Terrell of Col
chester, Republican, and Representa-
tive Homer e. Shaw, Democrat, were
witnesses today. Terrell caused a stir
on cross-examination when in answer
to a, question intimating he had sought
a brihe he exclaimed:
my vote was not for sale. If 1t had
been, 1 could have got the money from
Lorimer himself"
This was stricken from the records.
Representative Jacob M. Groves was
recalled and repeated his statement
that Terrell and Shaw had told him
they could have obtained $1,000 each by
voting for Lorimer.
The widow of Charles e. Luke, Dem
ocratic representative from NASHVILLE
III. was one of the witnesses today.
Her husband. who died February 2l'
last, was one of the representatives
who is said to have met Representa-
tive Wilson at st. Louis when leg1s-
latiye jackpot is alleged to have been
distributed. Mrs. Lulke's appearance
was stripped of much of its interest
when the committee ruled in favor or
Attorney Hanecy, representing Senator
I.orimer, eliminating conversations be-
tween her late husband and herself
from the testimony,