Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-05
LoRlMER AND FRIENDS IN RUSH
To ENTER oENlALs OF PUB.
LlsHED STORY.
AsSEMBLYMAN WHITE STICKS
TO HIS TExT-wlLL TELL
GRAND JURY.
BLAckMAlL SUGGESTED AND
TALES TOLD TO REFLECT ON
cREDuLITY OF WITNESS.

Chicago, May Representative
Charles A. Whites sensational story
that he received $1,000 to cast his
vote for William Lorimer for the Unit
ed States senate and that he (White)
also accepted 5000 as his share of an
alleged legislative "slush fund" met
with denials on the part of all 9TH
ers yesterday.
Lee O'Neil Browne of Ottawa dem
ocratic minority leader at Springfield,
and Senator Lorimer were here yes
terday, and both denied the use OF
brides.
Browne, alleged by White to have
been the distributor of the Lorimer
money, declared that White had
rushed into print because he failed
in an attempt to use his story to Sc
cure hush money.
Robert E. Wilson, democratic rep
resentative of Chicago, declared by
White to have doled slush money at
ST. Louis, admits it, but declares that
the democrats who assembled there
.
Subpoena for White.
Chicago, May 1.-State's At
tnY11ou DYIrIyo If Go ~ no y,,.>,, oo,,,
ty, at Springfield, last night is &
sued a subpoena for White, re-
turnable May 8, when the coun-
ty grand jury meets. The sub s.
poena was sent to ST. Clair Sc
county, Whites home and also
to Cook county so as to be sure $
TO get service. Burke has re- y
celved no official information j.
regarding the alleged bribery,
but believes the circulation of
the alleged confession justifies
an inquiry. According to the y
printed confession, Whites por- s.
ton of the alleged bride money
was paid him in Springfield. s.
This would make the matter 3
actlonable in Sangamon county.
were partisans of Brownies who
wished to arrange banquet for him
at his home town. Browne frowned
on the enterprise and the banouet
was called off.
According to Browne, White for
merry was street car conductor in
East st. Louis, and later appeared at
Springfield as lobbyist in favor OF
labor bills Then he was elected to
the lower house.
White, in his charges, states That
the public might expect to hear him
called blackmailer. but that he was
prepared for that.
In an Interview yesterday, Browne
said that White, during the session,
appealed to him several times for
loans. He says he let him have fifty
dollars several times for which he
holds notes. He says the appeals
came so often that he got White a
job paying SIS a month which White
refused to take. Then the GOODNESS
sprung up. He next said he received
letter from White saying:
I have written the full story OF
my experiences at Springfield at the
legislature. Those who have seen it
declare it is the best story that the
world has seen. wrote it for pub
LEGATION. I have used your name in
it with deep regret, but cannot
avoid it and still set forth the facts.
/ also have told Senator Lorimer
about it."
Browne said further:
He did not ask for money, but in
tlmated, as plain as if it had been in
scareheads, that, unless money was
paid the story would be published. It
was my first intimation that he had
gone into the thug business. 1
looked at the situation from every
angle and at last concluded there was
but one thing to do-to ignore the
letter and its writer"
White was secretly interviewed by
States Attorney Wayman yesterday
He is expected to tell the story to the
special grand jury.
At Jeffersonville, Illinois, Represen-
tative H. A. Sheppard, named In
Whites story as being one present
at the ST. Louis conference where
the alleged ''slush'' money was div1d-
ed, yesterday denied that he was a
party to any such deal or knew of
any one paid to vote for Lorimer
At Knoxville, Tennessee, Whites
parents received a letter from MIN,
dated at Chicago, saying he was pre-
pairing to enter a great fight to clear
Illinois of corrupt practices in legis-
lative affairs and saying also that he
was taking a clean and honorable po-
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