Arizona republican., 1910-09-28
WHITE \ BLACKhAhfR
The Efforts of the Defense Directed Entirely to the Breaking Down of Evi- dence of Self Confessed
 Bribe Taking Legislator.

Chicago, Sept. 27-Direct and cross examination of state representative Charles A White, the principal wit ness in support of the charges that the election of Senator LOrimer was procured by corrupt methods, IS com pleted before the committee.
 In the session Senator Burrows of Michigan, chairman of the com mittee barred hearsay evidence from the proceedings. specifically upon the right of Representative White to re late conversations which he declared he had with Representative J. $. Clark of Vandalia, in which White said Clark admitted that he too had been bribed to vote for LOrimer.
 Later the same ruling was invoked to bar manuscript story of Whites alleged experiences in the forty-siXth assembly in which are detailed his assertions of the bribery of himself and other legislators in the LOrimer cleo tion and which was published in the Chicago Tribune.
 The latter part of the cross exam ination was devoted to an analysis of the testimony of White in the two trials of the democratic leader. Browne. on the charge of bribery, in an effort to establish ground for i'm peaching the present testimony of White by witnesses who testified at the other trials This examination was objected to repeatedly by At torney Austrian. The witness re peatedly declared that he could not remember just what questions were asked him and what answers he made.
 It is expected that Representative Beckmeyer, who has also declared that he was bribed in the senator ial election, will be the first wit ness tomorrow.
 Beckmeyer was followed on the witness stand by Holstlaw, of Iuka who is credited with having confessed to the Sangamon county grand jury that he was paid 2,500 for voting for Lorimer.
 White admitted on cross examina ton that he was now, and had been since March, in the custody of off cers of the Cook county states at torney He admitted that his travel ing and hotel expenses had been paid
 
 so far as he knew he was not under indictment in any court.
 White said that between the close of the legislature and July 15, 1909. he had received $1,90O-s1.0OO from Browne and $500 from Representa- tive Wilson.
 Attorney Hanecy then introduced a letter written by White to Browne September 8, 1909, asking for a loan of $50, saying that he, White, had only 90 cents. In the letter was a note for $50, signed by White and made out to Browne. This was in troduced. White said he paid the note after Browne's first trial.
 In another letter under the date of October l, 1909. White told Browne not to be surprised at any action he (White) might take in the future, that life was full of surprises"
 A letter under the date of Decem- Der 4. 1909, from White to Lorimer, telling that Whites manuscript re- lating to doings of the Illinois leg islature had a value of $25O a word on the writing, was also read and admitted in evidence
 Hanecy questioned White closely concerning his acquaintance with Miss Catherine Woods of East St Louis a witness in the second trial of Browne. White admitted that he had taken the young woman to a theater and a dinner, but denied that he ever told her of a writing of the history of his experiences in the legislature which would make the ''Lorimer bunch" pay him enough to keep him comfortable for life, or that he would make it hot for them.