The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-17
Relates How Sec'y OF Hines
Lumber Company Told of
Part Company Played in
Lorimer Election.
OTHER FACTS ALSO
GIVEN BY WITNESS
Says Cook. an Enemy of
Hines, Told Him of Tele-
phone Conversation which
Cook Told Committee.
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tNattonal news ASSoclatlonD
Washington. July 17.-Wiliiam NJ.
Burgess. contractor of Duluth. told
the Lorimer esnate investigating COM
mittee today that c. F. Wiehc. secre-
tary of the Hines lumber company,
boasted in his presence In a smoker on
a railroad train last March that
Jackpot" was raised to elect Lorimer
and he (Wiehe) contributed $4,000.
The statement was made during q po-
litical discussion between several men.
who were strangers to Burgess. EN-
phasis by Wiehe that he knew what he
was talking about, that 1t was impos-
sible to get bills through the Illinois
legislature without the use OF money
impelled Burgess to ascertain Wiehe's
identity. Later Burgess wrote the sub
stance of the conversation to the Chi
cago Record Herald. Wiehe is broth
er-in-law of Edward Hines. Cross ex-
animation failed to shake Burgess
testimony.
Burgess said he was in the smoking
compartment where he encountered
Wiehe and two OF the 'Weyerhauser
brothers. In the course OF the CONVEX
sation. said Burgess the Lorimer case
came up and Wlehe bnasted that he
knew money had been used to obtain
Lortmer's election. because he
| (Wiehe) had contributed to Lorfmef's
election fund. "Wiehe told me-" said
Burgess. that Lorimer had not spent
any. of his own money, but there was
Jackpot raised. know what l am
talking about. I contributed $4,000
myself Weihe said, according to
Burgess. e<......... -
He explained in answer to a ques-
ton by Senator. Kenyon that he
| thought 1t remarkable that an entire
stranger. such as Wiehe was to him.
should tell of having contributed
| $4,000 to Lorimer's election fund.
| Thought II Peculiar.
| Because it was so peculiar I made
| inquiries as to who Wiehe was said
the witness. Later, on the the advice
OF his attorney. Burgess said he had
written a letter to Editor Kohlsaat OF
the Chicago Record Herald, telling him
what he had testified to today. It
was because OF this that he was sum-
moned, he said. Burgess then related
the story he said he heard about the
, Chicago detective, whose name he did
not know, who was sent to get evi-
dence against Lorimer. Subsequent
! ly this detective went to Father Green.
Catholic priest, for confession and
!. told him OF his effort to get evidence
against Lorimer Chicago newspapers
learned OF this and threatened to pub
lish an account OF the matter. said
Burgess.
When one OF the Chicago news
papers first heard OF the story It
sought out Father Green to confirm
it. The priest told the newspaper he
had great influence and II the story
was published he would cause that
papers circulation to be cut in half.
The story was never printed.
Burgess said on the trip returning
from Virginia to Duluth he had met
W. II. Cook. Chicago lumber man
and an enemy to Edward Hines, who
has already testified. He told Cook
about what Wiehe said and Cook and
the witness discussed the subject of
Lorimer's election. Cook told the wit
ness of telephone conversation in
which Hines held with some one from
his room in Chicago hotel and OF
which he gave evidence before the
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