New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

other day by the committee inVesu-
n eating the right of Mr.. Lorimer TO
sit in the United States Senate.
Revelations that detectives have been
seeking evidence with which 10 discredit
witnesses against Lorimer. and that even
members of the Senate had been threat
ened, broke like a storm over the inyesu-
cation and brought II to a temporary halt.
An hours executive session followed, dur
ing which Clarence Funk made startling
disclosures. The general manager of the
International Harvester Company repeated
10 the Senate investigating committee the
conversation in which Edward Hines re-
ouested him to contribute $4,000 TO a $780,
600 fund used in electing Senator Lorimer.
Upon being asked for the reasons which
prompted him to withhold this information
from the public 50 long Mr.. Funk said for
his own sake and for the sake Of his COM
pany he could not afford to get mixed up
IN the affair.
How could IL affect you personality
asked Senator Kenyon.
I'm many ways, such as being followed
night and day by hired detectives and re-
ceiving all sorts of threats over the tele-
phone and by mail" he replied.
DO you mean Indl you nave DeeH
watched?" pursued Senator Kenyon.
II have been watched by four detectives
IN the hire Of Edward Hines night and
day since i testified before the Illinois
investigating committee. They followed me
10 this room this morning"
Now, 1t is a fact we'll known in medical
and legal annals that one OF the most
terrible threats on the lips Of the type of
lawyer who squelches undesirable persons
for his employers is that he will put detec-
tlves on the trail
Conan Doyle and William Gillette have
given us a high class of investigator that
one wouldn't in the least mind having drop
into tea, but the average detective hired
TO get persons guilty or suspected OF crime
Is sometimes a lower type of criminal than
any he hunts.
He is paid s. or so a day 10 produce
certain evidence, and obtain IT he must or
lose his Job. He is provided with money
by means Of which to procure the spe-
cially desirable fact or falsehood about his
quarry He will annoy, harass and threat
en- a victim TO the point OF desperation in
efforts that are often planned TO create n
scene or disturbance which might lend It
self to the general scheme against the per-
son TO be run down.
The sleuth of this sort seldom or never
sees the individual whose work he is to do.
The big lawyer hires the small lawyer, and
the little one engages the agency
The agency assigns the sleuth to the
business Of shadowng the suspect and this
process means that he is TO force himself
into hotel rooms and apartments under the
various pretences that are made In such
cases, using money freely to fee walters.
bell boys. elevator men, and even telephone
operators.
Life becomes intensely exciting and dra-
natic-even amusing-to the persons SO
shadowed After a month or so Of 1T, when
the watch is taken off. after having proved
futile existence becomes quite tame and
spiritless TO the suspect
II a woman, she misses the JOY OF getting
the hidden note with the dessert asking fol
rendezvous or letter In some cases let
tiers are specially wanted And Hawkshaw
who sits at the next table twirling his scrub
by mustache and looking for all the world
like a shoestring peddler is the one who
wants her to please write. Sad, is it not?
Just as she begins to wish she were less
young and beautiful. up sides the faithful
PHILIPPE with a hngerbowl and projecting
from beneath the DOYLE is slip OF paper