Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-06
TELL OF HIS SCHEME
TO CATCH LORIMER
Young Lady and Others Relate Plan
= Told Them by the Legislator in His
Attempt tc Compel Friends Of the
Senator TO Pay Him Money-Wouit
Make il Hot for Them.

CHICAGO, ILLS. Oct. 5.-Whcihcr
Democrat Minority Leader Lee
ONiel Browne. of the Illinois iecis
lature, who is under indic m.nt IL
connection with the election OF Sen
ator William Lorimer is to be a wit
ness before the senatorial inyestigat-
| ing committee that is inquirlng into
the cleo ion of Senator Lor.mer, was
not finally decided today. IT was
ruled however, that he could not be
allowed to go on the witness stanL
! and answer only certain questions.
/ Browne and State Sena or John
Broderick were on the stand for 4
/ few moments today. but on the plea
| of Attorney Dawson, their counsel
that he wished To confer with asso
! ciate counsel before adv sing his
/ clients what course so pursue. the
committee reluctantly granted com
sci until tomorrow morning t.
decide his course Broderick is I'M
| der ind ctment on the charge of hav
| ing bribed State Senator d. W
| Holstlaw to vote for Senator Lori
mer The witnesses will then be IN
der the necessity of answering the in
terrogatories or pleading const tn
tional privilege and declining to an
swer on the ground that their words
might be incrim.naiing.
Didn't Vote for LorirneT
Representative DonaEue. Demo
crat frcrl bloomington, testified thsi
he did not vote for Senator Lorimer
and that he sought to PIevcnr Lori
mer's elect on because he believed that
if the session had adjourned without
electing a senator. q Democrat couIH
have bsen elected at the next SESSION
! Donahue said he had no recollection
of having said 10 Representative
Groves that he believed money had
/ been used IN the election Of Senator
! orimer. although he said rumors of
the use OF money in that connection
and in behalf of other Republicans
were frequently heard before and al
I ter the election.
ITdy Tells Her Story
Attorney Hancey. for the defense.
summoned Miss katherine A. Wocds-
of East st. LOUIS. Ills. TO Tebut testi
timony Of Representative Charles
White. Miss Woods declared that m
.he fall of 1909 White took her to
dinner and told her hat he was writ
ing a history Of his lfe and the g
currencos in the legislature and ex-
pected to make a fortune OEt CT Il.
ard that Iorimer and his bunch
would have 30 pay him enough to
keep him for lfc CT he lid make
IL hot for I.orimer and his friends.
The witness said that White TON
her that he was going 10 run for
congress and that he had spent $4,000
limo ctao n shrdiu shEdlu shrdlu sard
on his history. He said he did not
fer results. for he had infren- iai
friends.
Her Testimony was IN direct con
tradicfion to what White said on the
stand.
WoUid Swear Falsely.
William ". Sfurmcr. assistant man
aver 81 the Briggs Hotel. wh ch IS
Prcwnc's headquarters in Chicago.
sid he had heard Whrc fheraten that
he would falsely swca- thai be haf
been hrihcd ~ vote FIR Senator Isroi
mcr and 50 compel Sc-at1r Lorimer
and his friends 10 enrich him.
Tho conversation. the witness said.
was in The presence II himself. White
and travelling msn. Fred zentncr.
Sfurncr testified hat Whtc was
drunk a. the tine. ami that zcut-
nor hal bccn drinking All the evcr.uV
before The alleged threat ~ White
wa mafc
Frcd zcniner sci7tcd the same cir
/ curn~ss nccs and conversation
u. S. Sunboats AZ ccnos.