Arizona republican., 1910-05-01
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 WAS WHITE Says Men He Accuses Of Buying loPimer's Election \ PARTIAL C0RROB0RAT|0N Of His Disgraceful Story. Widow of One of Legis- lators Says Her Husband Received Money About Time Mentioned
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CntcJSO, Apf1l oV.-hepresentdtiN' Charles Whites sensational copyright cd story printed in the Tribune that he received sl00o to cast his vote for William Lorimer for the United States senate and that he also accepted 5000 as his share of an alleged legislative ''slush fund" has met with general denials. Lee O'Neil Browne of Ottawa the democratic leader at Springfield, arrived, as did Senator Lorimer. both denying the use of bribes, in the most emphatic manner.
 MT. Browne alleged by White to have been the distributor of the Lori mer money. declared that White had rushed into print because he had failed in an attempt to use his story to se- cure hush money,
 Robert Wilson. democratic repre- sentative from Chicago. declared by White to have doled out the jackpot" at St Louis. joined the chorus of de- nidls. Brov,ne aumits having been at St Louis at the time White alleges the Jackpot was distributed and he declares that democrats who had as- sembled there were partisans of Broivnc's who wished to arrange a banquet for him at his home town. Browne. according to himself frowned on the enterprise, of his partlsans and the banquet was called off.
 According to Browne. White was formerly a street car conductor at East St. Louis and later appeared at Springfield at a lobbyist in favor of labor bills. Then he was elected to the lower house.
 '- White in his charges stated that the public might expect to hear him call ed d biackmailer, but tha; he was pre- pared for that: he vas willing to sui fer ignominy in order to expose the corruption which he declared exists at Springfield.
 In the course of an interview today Browne said: Since became ac- auainted with White at the last ses- sion of the legislature he appealed to
 me several times for loans. saying that he was in debt. hard up. etc. On three or four occasions I let him have $50 pr so, for which I hold his notes Finally this borrowing habit of his be- came too common and I wrote him letter advising him to go to work and earn a living like other people. I even secured position for him. but it paid only s75 and he refused to take it. Then a coolness sprang up
 White was interviewed by states attorney Wyman today but the latter you'd not divulgc the nature of the talk. White. however is expected to ,on t.;s s,,r next week.
 The Tribune tomorrow will say that in relating his charge. White gave the Of four other democratic mem- bers of the general assembly who met him and Representative Robert Will son of Chicago in the Southern Hotel at St. Louis. when a portion of the alleged bribe was paid.
 The names mentioned by White are those of Joseph S. Clark. of vandalia: Michael Link. of Mitchell: Henry of Jcrseyville. and Charles Luke. of Nashville. all of Illinois. Luke is now dead.
 The Tribune declared that in order to ascertain what these men knew of the matter it sent an experienced in- vestigator to each of them twice and sent two of its staff to each of them on another occasion
 Mrs. Charles Luke. widow of one of the men said to have been with Will son on the date on which White claims he received the bribe money. was found at the home of her brother. l. C. Adderly of St. Louis. Mrs. Luke was asked according to the Tribune, if she knew of her husband meeting with Wilson in St. Lopuis on the 15tl, of July. 1909. She replied: .Yes. he did. I don't remember the exact date. Wilson notified him to meet him at the Southern Hotel in St. Louis some day last Summer. My husband went there and when he returned home he told me he got some money from Will sou. but he did not say how much"