The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
OFFICIALS OF | HINES COMPANY IN L|MEL|GHT c. F. Wiehe Alleged to Have
 Contributed to the
 Jack Pot" NAME OF A PRIEST BROUGHT INTO CASE William Burgess Testifies Wiehe Told Him While on Board Train
 That He Gave S10,0O0 to
 Elect Lorimer

1 Washington. July 1.-The part officials of the Edward Hines Lumber company
 took in the election of Senator Lorimer
 to the Senate claimed attention again to-
 day at the investigation by the Senate l Borimer committee. 1 William Burgess. an electrical eontrae-
 tor of Duluth. testified that c. F. Wiehe. | secretary Of the Edward Hines Lumber | company, remarked to him last March l that he had subscribed slo,oO0 to a jack
 pot to elect Lormer. Herman H. Hett- I Ter, president of the Herman H. Hettler | Lumber company of Chicago, a rival to
 the Hines company. testified that on the day of the election. Hines said to him
 that he personally had elected Lorirner.
 On the other hand, Henry Furnish, an
 other business man of Duluth. failed to
 bear out the testimony of Wrist H. Cook. l a business associate, to the effect that l Hines said to them about the time of
 Borimer's election that "old Stephenson'' l (meaning Senator Stephenson of wiseon-
 sin. so Cook believed). after I elected
 him he was working for free lumber.'
 and that ihe southern democrats fluetu-
 ated in their attitude. Furnish said he remembered nothing about the southern
 democrats. but heard Hines say that
 Stephenson was undecided l< During the testimony of MT. Burgess
 the name of priest, Father Green,p was brought into the case as having re- ceived a confession from detective that 1 the detective was employed by Chicago newspaper to gather 'trumped-up charges | against Lormer
 | Tomorrow it is expected that James Keeley, editor of the Chicago Tribune. 1 will be on the stand. Burgess Talks MT. Burgess discussed on the stand today his testimony before the Helm Investigating committee of the Illinois senate in which he said that on train running out of Duluth about March 3. laeOe, (. F. Wiehe. who Is associated lin business with Edward Hines. de-
 clar ed to him there was a "jackpot' l raised to elect MT. Lorimer; l know
 wtat I am talking about because I
 subscribed s1O,0OO to it myself"
 | MT. Burgess said that he and Wiehe
 had not met before that day. They began conversing in the smoking car.
 Burgess said he made remark about
 the Lorimer election, which finally led
 the stranger, whom he said as Wiehe.
 to remark that Burgess did not know very damn much about it.' l Shortly afterward, according to the
 witness today. Wiehe said: "There was jackpot for Lorimer's election. I know what I am talking about because l subscribed s10,000 to 1 it myself
 Didn't you think it strange that a perfect stranger should make con- fession of wholesale corruption to you?" asked Senator Kern.
 T always did That was the req
 son l ked who the man was when we got off the train On cross-eXamination Burgess testi- fled that he was acquainted with w. H. Cook of Duluth, whose versions of con- versations with Edward Hines have been disputed by Hines. Burgess said he had talked with Cook about com ing to Washington to testify and Cook had merely remarked: You'll have a hot time" Didn't he say; Give em hell?'" in- quired Attorney Hynes. He did not"
 Paper Concerning Priest An affidavit made by Burgess on April IT, last, was produced at tho afternoon session. It declared that dur ing the train, conversation Wiehe said detective employed by Editor Kohl saat had confessed to a Father Green that he was employed to get "trumped up charges against Lorimer. The priest was reputed to have refused absolution until the confession was In writing MT. Hines asked why the wit i ness did not mention "trumped up charges today in his direct eNamina- | ton.
 'sI don't know responded the witness | "J cannot say whether he used those words or not, but that was the substance l of it."
 Henry Furnish of Duluth was the next witness According to w. H. Cook. MT.
 Furnish was present at the Grand Pa cific hotel in Chicago about May. 1909. when Tynes remarked he was having a | hell of a time in Washington; that old | stepbenson, after I elected him, was working for free lumber, and the south ern democrats would not stay out" Hines denied this alleged conversation when on the stand.
 Turrish who was a business associate of Cook, testified today that during this conversation the demand for lumber on the Pacific coast and in the south and
 the tariff fight at Washington were dis cussed.
 "I said" declared Mir. Furnish. q sup posed Senator Stephenson, being a lum- Der ma, was all right, and MT. Hines replied No. Stephenson is an uncertain quantityS i"
 The witness said that last December Cook asked him if he remembered the conversation.
 ' "When asked him why added Turrish .he smiled and said he just wanted to see if remembered it.' The witness was not crossedvexamtned MT Hettler said afterward hat cigar stand employe at the Union League club told him he overheard Hines remarks to Hetrler Hettler said some lumbermen were Joking him about what Hines had told him and he questioned that empoye in order to ascertain how they found 1t out
 1 "They the lumbermen) would say to me there goes your cousin Eddie when Hines pa ssed by," MT Hettler testified. MT Hines pressed the witness for the