Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-06
9. s. Funk Of Harvester
Company Was Approach
ed by Hines Regarding
Share Of 100000.
PROVES TO BE MAN
NAMED BY KOHLSAA1
Declares That Hines Men
toned Edward Tilden OF
Stock Yards as Man $1O,-
600 Was to Be Sent To.

saat told the senate bribery investi.
gazing committee that Clarence &.
FUNK, general manager Of the Interna.
tional Harvester company was the man
who informed Mr.. Kohlsaat q slush
fund of 100000 was put up to elect
Lorimer to the United States senate.
| Mr.. Kohlsaat identified Telegram
sent by him to Chairman Helm, say.
Ing his confident had called at tha
Record-Herald ONCE and was willing
to appear before the committee, when
he was asked regarding 1t by Attorney
J. ]. Healy.
When arrived at my ONCE Mr..
Clarence Funk called and told me he
would be less than q man IL he held
me to my confidence" testified Mr..
Kohlsaat.
"Mr. Funk told me that he talked
with Cyrus M Mccormick, president
OF the company, and told him he
thought he ought to release me, where
upon Mr.. Mccormick said: Go. This
is exactly what want. I do not care
for the consequences to the Interna-
tional Harvester company
Il met Mr.. Funk on jackson Boulo-
ward about thirty days after the con-
fession of White, while on my way to
the Chicago club. He did not seek
me out at all.
| "Mr. Funk told me the man who
came to him told him they had an op-
portunity to elect Lorimer with fund
Of 100000. They sent It down and
Mr. Funk told me they were looking
for reimbursement"
Hines Name Brought In BY Funk.
Mr. TYnlr wao tho uo~t v,i$unco
called. He said he had been with the
company nine years. His attention
was called to a conversation with Ed
ward G. Hines shortly after the Lori
mer election. The witness said:
"The conversation took place in the
Union League club. It was an acci-
dental meeting.
"He said he had been wanting to
| see me, and we sat in the lounging
room.
Hines said to me without pre-
liminary: Well we put Lorimer over,
| but it cost us 100000 to do It,
''He said: We had to act quickly so
that it became necessary for us to put
+ up the money. Now we are seeing
some of our friends to get 1t fixed up
He gave me to understand they wanted
to be reimbursed, and asked him why
he came to us, and he said: You are
as interested as any one having the
right kind Of man in Washington
"I told him we would have nothing
to do with it. ! said he could only go
to big people, as he wanted to get
$4,000 from each of ten.
HE left me and told me to think 1t
over"
TiIden Was Man Who Got Money.
"Whom did he say they were to
Healy.
II have no evidence OF that and do
not want to answer replied Funk.
The chairman OF the committee
ruled that Mr.. Funk must answer this
question.
Mr.. Funk asked to be allowed to
give his answer confidentially to the
members of the committee.
Edward Tilden, connected with the
stock yards at Chicago, is the man TO
whom was told to send the money"
said Mr.. Funk, when an answer was
forced by the committee.
"Was anything said OF Tilden col
lecting the fundf" Funk was asked.
mo"
Were other names used!''
mo"
Ibid he give you names Of any con.
tributors?'
"No, and did not ask him." replied
Mr.. Funk.
AFTER you told him you and your
company would not contribute did yos
talk to any one OF your officers?"
"Yes, told Mr.. Mccormick. Mr..
Mccormick said: Good. am glad you
turned him down promptly also told
Edgar A. Bancroft, general counsel for
our company"
Funk said he did not read the Roc
ord-Herald editorial which caused Mr..
Kohlsaat to be called by the COM
mittee. He said Hines came to his
Office after the editorial appeared.
Hines was disturbed" said Funk.
'tand undertook to refresh my memory
on our conversation. He said he had
not tried to get money from me and
had talked of money just in a general
way That was the first time talked
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