Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-05
ZIMMERMAN HINES
BADLY CAUGHT IN
THE LORIMER CASE
More Details of the Plot to Foisi
Illinois Boss on Senate
by Using Hard
Cash.

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Cook, AN official OF the Virginia and
Rainy Lake Lumber company, or Du-
luth, Mimi. t~estifying this afternoon
before the Helm committee, which Is
Investigating charges Of bribery I'm
connection with the election OF Will
am Lorimer to the United States Sem
ate, admitted that he held a confer
snce with Edward Hines at the Grand
Pacific hotel In Chicago shortly before
| he election of Lorimer as United
States senator. Cook testified that
Hines met Cook and Mr.. furnish, an
,ther lumberman from Duluth, in the
obby OF the Grand Pacific.
How are things going down at
Washington" ook said furnish asked
| Hines.
Cook said Hines. answered, 'iike
HE'LL
Cook stated that he decided the lum-
Der interests needed a better senator
at Washington and that Lorimer had
been settled on as the proper man to-
take care Of the tariff on lumber.
Relating another conversation which
he said took place at the Grand Pacific
hotel, May %, 1903, Cook testified that
ne met EDWARD Hines by an appoint.
ment arranged by G. f. Wiehe.
mr.. Hines said Cook, was COM
ing back from Washington that day.
Mr.. Hines came into the hotel and ask.
ed the number of my room, SO that he
u receive a long distance telephone
call which he had put IN. william
eORrten. of Duluth was also with us.
Aldrich and Taft.
During our talk the telephone rama
and / answered IL and the girl said
heres Springfield, the governor Is on
the wire Hines old the governor tina,
he a just left Senator Aldrich and
President~Taft In Washington the night
before, and that they insisted Senator
Hopkins could not be returned to the
senate.
Hines said over the phone: IT'S all
settled governor, I'll be down tc
springfield or the NEXT train with al
the money that win be needed. Don'b
stop at anything"
Cook then stated that he had q meet
ing with c.. +. Wiehe. a year later H.
May or June. 1910, This also occurred
with William O'Brien at the Grand Pa
cific hotel.
"Wlehe seemed extremely anxious foi
us to get out OF town at once. He said
that we would be called before the
grand jury which was Investigating tho
Lee O'Neil Browne bribery case"
Cook stated that this meeting With
Wiehe occurred at midnight.
u Drien ami / expressed SOME re-
luctance to hurrying u of town in am
such way without having had any
sleep. So we finally decided to go ts
bed at the Grand Pacific, which wa
did. Wiehe expostulated and decided
Hines was in serious danger and thai
h newspaper would get him III some.
thing did not intervene"
Talked to Wrong Man.
Cook e related a meeting with
Edward Hines in the Offices OF Attorney
Alfred L. McCordic In the Rookery
building In Chicago.
AT this time" Cook testified, Hines
referred to the telephone call which.
had taken place In my room at ina
time the telephone girl said the gov
ernor was on the line"
Cook said that Hines was greatly ex-
cited because he (Hines) said that hs
had just discovered that instead OF
talking to former Governor Yates al
that time, by a mistake he (Hinesl had
been connected with Governor Deneer
at Springfield.
Cook testified that Hines insisted that
II it ever became public a lot OF Min
nesota and Illinois people would be
ruined.
Hines demanded" said Cook, ''that
O'Brien and / never mention the matter
to any ore or repeat any part OF the
conversation Under any conditions"
C~orroborates Burgess.
Cook also testified that he was
aboard the Winnipeg flyer on the night
OF March 7 last, at which time William
Burgess, also or Duluth, says c.. +.
Wiehe poasted OF having put up 10000
to aid the election OF Lorimer.
II did not hear the conversation be-
tween Wiehe and Burgess said Cook,
tbut that night on our arrival at viz
GINA, Mimi, Burgess told me OF wha
Wiehe had said to him.
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