Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-26
aR,haa HILlYER PARDON INTO
Loa,mER CASE TO PROVE TAX
popolNc.
AlroELp ASSIGNED MANS
WEAKNESS TO BAD EXAMPLE
" orimsrs Bank" Story, Following
White. Confession, Explained by
kssIsy-Used to Fill Space ~ Paper
-Detsetives and Reporters Sent to
~atrsnsthsn" Story.

washington, July z6.-doW 1o'e'o
Altgeh pardoned former Cashier LOUIS
A. Hiliyer. Of the Chicago Tribune con-
vfcted OF embezzlement, and the claim
that knowledge Of undervaluation o'
the Tribune's property for assessment
purposes might have been factor IN
the young mans fall. figured at the
outget for tho hearing before the sen
ate Lorimer committee today.
Attorney Hanecy for Lorlner con-
tinued the cross examination OF 1aliaes
Kelley. general manager OF Tue 4r!U 1r!,'
une. He submitted in evidence the Hlll.
v.r nardon. in which the governor said
the cashiers moral courage might nave
been weakened by seeing that the IT'D
me failed to pay by about $2o.oOo
year enough rent for school LANDS II
occunied. and also that 1t undervalueo
It's property so that 1t paid $5S'ooo
year too little in taxes.
Smiling one minute and 1rrt:ated tne
next Mr.. Kelley countered on many VI
the pointed questions fired at MIN. iae
Tribune's printing Of an item about the
onenine of "Lorimer's bank at the emu
Of the White confession was taken up.
Mr. Hanccy purported to repeat tha'
Mr.. KeeleS had testified too as TO the
,,v the l.,rimer bank item happened
To AT in the vacant newspaper space
under the White confession about the
election bribery.
.when YOU quote me please reao
from the records" Mr.. Keeley Sharply
reminded. "You put words in my mouth
that did not say.
Mr.. Hanecy said he was not pre-
tend ding to quote the witness Woros
hut was calling attention to the mel
dent. Mr.. Keeley insisted that the
lust position of the Lorimer bank item
and the White story was accidental
that the former was picked from oen.
er newspaper copy IN the maxe-up
room in order to "fit the. hole IN the
:. : =. 90 ana not because Of the subject
matter.
Mr. Hanecy asked about the sending
q, detectives and reporters to
"strengthen" the White story.
Eve did not send them out to
strengthen the story and 1 have not
said so. It was to investigate 1t"
"well. you put it In any way that
YOU want, strengthens, 'corroborates'
and investigates are syninynes in this
case. Analyze, parse and diagram them
if you want to-"
White Was Usually "srots."
Mr.. Kelley denied that any detec-
tives employed by the Tribune kept
White. the legislator who confessed, In
custody, and said $3.50 was paid for
Whites keep and board" Mr.. Keeley
said White was broke and had been
"broke" at other times.
Mr.. Hanecy produced copy Of the
Tribune of May 8, 1910. This date was
few days subsequent to the publica-
ton OF the White story. In it another
item about Lorimer's bank was printed
in proximity to the Legislative scam
DALI
The witness denied that it was
placed there maliciously but said
probably the same makeup men
placed 1t there who placed the first
item after the White story.
Another clash occurred when Han
ecy asked Keeley If he was "after"
Lorfmer rather than Lee o'Neil
Browne.
II was not after Lorimer," Kelley
explained. II believed that Senator
Lorfmer was not in his position in the
United States senate by legal and
proper means"
Many questions were asked the wit
ness about "men being killed and
manned" In the Tribune Office. Mr..
Kelley said men had been hurt but de-
MED it was laWless place.