The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-26
LOR|NER TRIAL
BEGINS TODAY
REPRESENTATIVE WHITE Ac
cEPTED SERVICE YESTERDAY
AS FIRST WITNESS.
Be ON STAND ALL DAY
Others Within Call, Including O'Neil
BroWne--Beckemeye and Holts-
law Ready--Trial Opens at
10 This Morning.

Chicago. Sept 25.-Representative
Charles A. White of O'Fallon, whole
confession that he was paid $1,000 to
vote for william Lorimer for United
States senator, precipitated the scan
dial in connection with the elevation
Of Lorimer 20 the upper house OF con-
sress, will be the first witness to tes-
tify before the senatorial inyestigat-
ing committee assembled in Chicago
to determine Senator Lorimer's right
to his seat.
1t had been known that White and
the other two state legislators who
admitted receiving brides Represen.
tative II. c. J. Beckemeyer OF Carlyle
and Senator D. w. Holtslaw Of Inka-
would be among the first called. That
Whites testimony Is desired first OF
all was indicated yesterday when he
was served with a subpoenae by
by Charles X. Nixon. sergeant-at-arms
OF the committee.
White had been informed in adj
vance that he was to be served He
went to the office of Attorney Alfred
s, Austrian, who is representing the
Chicago Tribune and the Legislative
Voters League at the hearing, and
was met there by Nixon, who read the
process to him, He accepted service
willingly.
Others Within Call.
White will take the stand at 10
O'Clock Monday morning in clubroom
6 of the Congress Hotel, where the
sessions are being held. 1t is expect.
ed that he will be on the stand all
day, and perhaps for some time on
Tuesday, but Beckemeyer and Hollis.
Law win be within call on Monday
should White be released.
The testimony Of these three then
will be given in more minute detail
than that of any other witnesses, 1t
is expected. unless it be that of Rep
resentatiye Lee ONeil Browne, whom
White accuses OF brlbing hin, in case
the minority leader is called
That }rowne docs not fear service
was evidenced yesterday when he ar
rived al the Briggs House, registered
AMI then spent an hour or two cnat-
ting with acquaintance in the lobby.
He made no attempt to conceal his
presence in Chicago. Beyond ex-
pressing his indignation at newspaper
accounts Of the Kisses with white. ne
was greeted In the Democratic state
convention at East st. Louis. ne had
nothing to say to reporters He re-
fused to say whether he expected to
be called as witaess In the Lorimer
hearing.
Neither the list of witnesses who
will testify against Senator Lorimer
nor Of those who will appear for him
has been made public by the commit
tee. In fact, the list of witnesses
wnom former Judge Elbridge Hanecy
counsel for the senator, will caH has
not yet been given the committee.
Escape Not Easy.
Little fear that any OF tue witnesses
will fee the country after they have
been served with subpoenas Is felt
by the committee. The nature of the
subpoenas IL such that after they
have ben served ~ any Judge OF any
court in the United States nay issue
a bench warrant for the arrest of any
one wNo Is suspected of an Intent to
leave the jurisdiction of the commit
tee. There Is also a provision !. ,Ae
extraiition treaty with Canada ny
which witnesses could be brought
back from that country to testify.