The sun., 1910-05-01
TO PROBE LOUIMER SCANDAL

Corhngsi rom First Pass
whirh have been connected How we'll
h has sue, ~.ded anybody in chicago to day
NAV Judge for hiu'-elf
A. 10 White never had any but casual
meetings with him. aud as h happens. 2
never -aW him aiOn-
~ general hi- story is - impossible
that H. fal-shood j. apparaent at glnnCe
Anybody who was In Spri, gheld during the
Senatorial contest or h az all familiar with
Springfield Affairs. would knoW IN q minute
that h could not he true such fantastic
things don't happen.
if YOU ask me why white tells this im
possible story I cant tell YOU some time
ago Ia Washington got letter from him
saying that he vas going 20 write q story
of his life in the LEGISLATURE He said he
had written lo.uo words. for Which he had
had an oTrT OF a. So word. A. that would
mean e. .Uo concluded that the man was
crazy
Nv secretary suggested that the letter
vac q blackmail letter. but did not belis, =
10 40 th" time. Now lean 500 n more clearly
But iusi sent White a reply To tho effect
that was glad he was doing ~ Well
I might say herr that q little before I
r,.,ai,ed this letter I had b@en told that
White was very poor and needed sOrk
and that I asked -1me friends 10 get rm-
ployment for him. a. the man had voted for
me. However. he never APPEARED io take
tho place whkh IA as Uiigu Tor hltu
The premediiated untruthtulne-> ol
White whole story h shown hy his quot
ng charles Luke a. his authority az the only
,altnt where he attempts 10 hiring me iu d.
regtiy Luke b. dead
There j. the 9otnt 10 the lls there can be-
no reply from the crave. The trick h 80
much a newspaper trick thai I can hardly
think White did o. am confident that the
people iu the TrtbHHT office Who made u
an object for him TO -ign b. article supplied
him With this srook ed talsehOod
Incidentally after reading the time novel
stul printed in the IrtbuH' aud comparing
u with the letter he NrOtr 10 me can -ay
that White had about a. much 70 do Nth
writing the IrshHH' story a. u h~ had never
been born.
In conclusion would say hat the
TrtbuHe's snimu- and purpose should be
plain to anybody who noticed that whites
pack II lie- was printed right next 10 thu
announcement ihat ] was To D" president
Of The two bank- that am organizing
Sr. LoUts. April ~ Interest in the
L0rimer legislative scandal ~ directed
tOward ST Louis. White says that SsD
was given to him az the Southern Hotel
IN this city On July l5 by Representative
Robert E Wilson This was according
% White his share Of general slush fund
that amounted to about S3D.Oo. -Four
other member e this Illinois Legislature
were present at the meeting at the South
ern 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 -
Room ~. large room on the paTlor
dOor. Whites name nor the rame uf any
other legislator. aside from Wilson's. ap-
pears on the register.
Attaches Of the hotel do not recall
clear rly the visit of Wilson 20 the Southern.
but Il u the impression Of the clerks that
the roosn was obtained for a meeting of
some kind. The room is an exceptionallv
spacious apartment desi gned for meetings
where privacy IN desired
The room was taken on the European
plan and was used only during the day
The name of Wilson. with the word Chi
cago following. u appears on the register
In "a clear legible firm hand. and h grace
fully written. II ~ recalled az the hotel
that a " ,-s-k ~ ten days agD a large man
with a black mustache called az the
southern and made an investigation
of the alleged meeting. The clerks
cannot recall this mans name, but they
gained the impression that he was an
Official from Chicago The list u names
that be- had h. the same that appears
IN Whites signed statement
White. who makes the charges against
Lorimer, H. member Of the Illinois
Houzs Prior 20 his election 10 the Legs
lature b. was a conductor on the Fast
Side Suburban line and his run was from
Edgem0ut 10 O'Fallon
White until eight months ago was In
tht, Insurance business On Fast ~ Louis
and maintained an 0fiCe m the Metro
pOlitan Building After the Office was
closed he did not pass much Of the time
IN Fast 81. lsOuIs he returned few
days ago. but remained only a short
while aud IL now supposed 10 be IN Chi
CaHo.
senator Iyorimer was in ~ Louis much
before and during the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition. Lorimer at that time
waz a member of Congress- and aided the
passage of legislation favorable to the
fair He was In possession ot the pho
tographic concession and ~ is said he
made a fortune ont ~ IL
ALTON. III April ~ state Repre-
sentative Michael = Link - Madison
county. one II the Democrats who voted
for LOriinsr for senator. was interviewed
to-day on his farm Mitchell concerning
Representative Chores Whites story Of
bribes paid IN Illinois legislators.
After asserting thFt hs believed Whites
story o. be- % d. wEod lie. he told piece
meal and with evident reluctance ~ a
visit White made % him three or four days
ago On this OCChsiOn White told him.
Z Lauh fa'u mt ue ~ NltHl Uatu nlhfe
clean hre . ~ the Jackpot business
I 20 Gov To-oen.
When .-ked Why White should come
20 him with such a tale 0. he had no
hand in the bOodlinR Link said he thought
White wits trying 20 blackmail him He
faid he trea ted White with contempt
Whites visit WIS followed by that "
two members 0f the Legislature who we're
seeking informs lion on the White story
Link when pre- ased Tor Information as
20 whether h. was N Nt Louis in July
1912. ~ tho time White says tho money
Was paid over by Wilzan at the southern
Hotel there. sPid that several times last
summer be- Vas in ~ LOUIS and met
fellow members ~ tho Illinois Legislature
He recalled meeting Wilson on one ~ two
occasions but thought IL was 90 th"
Planters Hotel Asked II u might not have
heen the southern Hotel he fRid he vas
not sure lie zaid several legislators
wer" % the hotel az thsse times. Then he
repeated hi= gsEartiOn that no bOudle
money was pazsed - far a. h. knew
DOGTOR GIILTI az va RIDER.
Jury WithhsI'iz D-ath PrnaIty IN stFRREr
Louisiana Ease.
BAlON RO~GF la April ~ H-Guilty
a. CHARGED without raTftai punishment %