The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-28
s. B. Jones and William O'Brien Contradict the
 Witnesses
LATTER DIDN'T HEAR
 PHONE COLLOQUY
Marquette Druggist Declares Hines Never Said in His Prsence That He Put Lori
 mer Over

Washington. June 27.-Contrsdictions in testimony concerning peeuniary assist ance Edward Hines. the Chicago lum- herman. may have rendered in the cleo ton of Senator Lorimer. marked to- days session of the Senate Investigating committee.
 The most significant of these was the direct denial by Shelby B. Jones. drug gist in Marquette. Mich.. that he had ever said Mir. Hines had remarked in his presence that he had put Lorimer over. as a United States senator. and that he had collected fund of $1oOoOo to do It.
 | In SD testifying the witness contradicted affidavits of E. D. Mosher, deputy United States marshal, of Marquette. Frank J. Russell, editor of the Mining Journal of Marquette, and Robert (. Lowe, d Chi- cago newspaper reporter. made before the committee. His statement also con tradicted the testimony given by Nor ris B. Coan, an investigator for the com mittee at that hearing.
 Cost Barrel of Money
 According to Mir. Jones statement the conversation in which Mir Hines fig ured occurred in Marquette in 1907, or about two years before the senatorial election. He said MT. Hines remarked he was friend of Lorimer and some thing was said about the latters elec- ton.
 'I suppose it cost barrel of money," remarked one of the men with MT Hines but whose name the witness could not recall.
 ''Yes, sir, the witness said Mir. Hines responded. "All those elections cost a lot of money"
 William O'Brien of Duluth Minn vice president of the Virginia and Raney Lake company, of which Mir. Hines is president and of which W. II. Cook another witness. was a director eontradicted tho testimony given to the Helm committee by Investigator Coan. He denied Mr Coan had requested him to appear before the Helm committee as Mir. Coan is cited with having testf- fled he uid so on request.
 Both MT. OBrfen and MT. Cook said they were in MT. Cooks room at the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago about the time of Senator Lorimer's election and that Mir. Hines held a telephone conversation from that room.
 The Telephone Conversation
 MT. Cook repeated the testimony he gave to the Helm committee concern ing that. varying it, however. by de- claring that when the telephone opera tor rang up and asked if MT Hines was there, she said
 Here is Governor Deneen."
 MT Hines was quoted as saying Lori mer must be elected and that he would be down on the next train, prepared to furnish all the moaey necessary.
 MT. O'Brien testified he was expect ing a telephone call and heard MT. Cook say when he answered the telephone:
 MT. Hines, the governor wants to speak to you"
 Did you hear the telephone conver- sation?" Attorney J. J. Healey for the committee asked the witness.
 No, | am a little hard of hearing and it was none of my business"
 The witness denied he had ever claimed MT. Hines was talking to ex- Governor Yates.
 Washington. June 27.-There was an- other dramatic episode in the hearing of the Lorimer case today, when Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the Interna- t1Onal Harvester company an0OunCeu that three of the four detectives about whose surveillance he told the committee yes terday were present at today's session. The committee summoned the detectives as witnesses. MT. Funk called attention to the matter at the opening of today's hearing before the Senate committee. No time fixed for the testimony of the detectives, who, MT Funk declared yes terday, were hired from Chicago agen- cy to trail him and one of whom MT. Funk declared had confessed the nature of his employment and the identity of his employer.
 Counsel immediately proceeded with the cross-examination of MT. Funk regarding the alleged request made to him by Ed ward Hines for an International Har- Vester company contribution of s10.000 to reimburse those who contributed s10o0oo to put Lorimer across at Springfield
 From Chicago Agency
 Mrs Funk today publicly announced that the detective who admitted he had been employed to shadow him was named Blaine and belonged to a Chicago agency.
 Attorney Hynes asked the witness fur ther about his testimony that Mir. Hines did not seem to be under the influence of liquor when the alleged request for. Lorimer contribution was made.
 Mir. Funk said he had never seen Hines take a drink nor even smoke cigar.
 
 investigation?" inquired Senator Kern.
 "Oh. no offense was meant" interjected Mir. Hynes "I smoke too" q didn't think that 1t would be offen- sive to a man from Chicago to ask if he took a drink" said Senator Kenyon.
 Mir Funk left the witness stand. W. H. Cook of Duluth, Minn, lumber man, was sworn.
 Hines Had Deuce of Time ! He related an alleged conversation with MT Hines at a Chicago hotel In May. 1909. | It was at that time Mir. Cook declared. Mir Hines remarked The was having & lh-l of a time" at Washington. | Now, for instance" MT. Cook testified, MT, Hines said There is old stephen son. After I got him elected, he has gone down there and started working for free lumber The southern democrats are the worst of the whole lot. Hines said he would have them all, fixed up one day and the next day they would hop.'' The crowd in the committee room in- cluding MT. Hynes, laughed over this testimony. but not with Senator Johnston of Alabama. southern dem ocrat. Finally Senator Fletcher of