The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

as receiving money under such clrcum'
stances would be accepting hribe.
IN all the interviews had with Rep
reseutativs Clark, he declared that he
was unable to remember the st. Louis
meeting with Wilson. He could not re-
call receiving a telegram from wilson
requesting him to attend the meeting.
Representative, Sheppard declared
that he happened to he in st. bouls on
the occasion referred to and met Wll'
son, Link, Luke and Clark there as
White had previously stated, but de
clared that he received no money there
and furthermore, that be got no money
at any time for voting for Lorimer.
Mr.. Sheppard explained his vote for
Lorimer by saying that he obtained 2
promise that neither Of two of his local
political enemies would be appointed
postmaster at Jerseyville.
Mrs, Charles Luke, widow of one OF
the men said to have been with Will
son the date on which White claims
he received the brihe money was found
at the home of her brother, j. &. Ad
derly, 4199 Cleveland avenue. st. Louis.
Mrs. Luke was asked, according To
the Tribune, if she knew of her hus'
band meeting Mr.. Wilson in st. Louis
on the 10th of July, 1909 She replied;
eyes, he did. I don u remember the
exact date. but Mr.. Wilson notified him
TO meet him az the Southern hotel IN
st. Louis some day last summer, and
my husband went there and met him
and when he returned home he told
me that he got some money from Mr.
Wilson, but he did not say how much.
At this point in Mrs. Luke S state
ments Mr.. Adderly interfered. saying
be did not object to his sister telling
all she knew TO any investigating com
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not think it advisable for her to talk
further at that time,
Attorney General Stead cf Illinois Wis.
tied State Attorney Wayman s office
this afternoon, but was unable to find
him. Later Mr.. Stead said the state
of Illinois would do all in its power
to clear mp the charges made in con
nection with the election of Senator
Lorimer He declared, however, that II
would not he possible for him TO do
anything until indictments had beer
returned
Senator Lorimer late today issued the
following statement:
THE White statement is absolutely
false from start to finish. 1t is lie
on the face of it,
What is the matter with White is
beyond me. What is the matter with
the people behind him-the Chicago
Tribune-is easier to tell. They are
trying. by deliberate lying. to wreck
the financial institutions which I am
known to be starting. II is an old
game with these people.
''For twenty years the Tribune has
imagined that it could ruin me, not
only personally but politically, but in
every enterprise with which I have
been connected. How well il has sue.
ceeded. people in Chicago today may
Judge for themselves. As for Mr.. White
! never had any but casual meetings
with him, and as it happens l never
saw him alone.
''In general his story is so impossl bic
that its falseness is apparent at a
glance. Anybody who was in Spring
field during the senatorial contest, or is
at all familiar with Springfield at
fairs. would know in minute that il
could not he true. Such fantastic things
do not happen.
''If YOU ask me why White tells this
story, ] can't tell YOU. Some time ago
IN Washington ] got letter from him,
saying that he was going to write a
story of his life in the legislature He