Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-28
lawyer CARBOHYDRATES
WRIT COOK TESTIMONY
Story of Long-Distance Phone
Conversation in Lorimer
Case Repeated.


| Gated today. when Alfred E. McCordic Of
Chicago. attorney for Writ H. Cook, testi-
fed that the very day Cook had his
much-disputed conversations with Edward
Hines Cook repeated those conversations
to the attorney.
The attorneys account of what Cook
told him at that time agreed in general
with what Cook testified to before the
Senate Lorimer committee a few days
ago.
Cook had sworn that Hines telephoned
from Chicago to Springfield on Lorimer' s
election day that he would be down with
all the money necessary.
Tells Of Conversation.
On May 26 or May %. 1909, McCordie
said, Cook and William OBrien, Cook S
business associate, came to his Office
and that Cook related a conversation he
had just overheard Hines holding over
the lon distance telephone Will, a man
who purported to be Gov. Deneen at
Springfield.
''He said Mr.. Hines had told the gov
ernor that he had just come from WASH
ington." testified McCordic. in recalling
what Cook told him, land that 1t was the
desire of President Taft and Senator AL
drich that Lorimer be elected and Hop
kins defeated, and that he was prepared
to furnish all necessary funds and would
be down on the next train.
AS matter of fact, are YOU not
promoter and a broker?' asked Mr.. Han
ecy. in cross-exanination.
.'Oh, no." replied McCordic.
Other questions were asked which. coun-
sci explained. were intended to show that
McCor(ic had been connected with an at
tempt to make Hines buy certain STOCK
from Cook and that the witness was pref
udiced against Hines.
Matter of Indictments.
The multiplicity of indictments growing
out of the so-called White confession was
a subject to which counsel for Senator
Lorimer devoted much time today In
ross-examining Detective Thomas Nc
CURE, witness before the committee.
Mcclure described his work in several Of
these cases.
Mcclure told of an attempt to persuade
George o. ,riavis to turn over to James
Kelley. general manager of the Chicago
Tribune, the books for which Kelley
CLAWS is alleged to have said would show
Lorimer's connection with lobbyists. The
detective. said Mr. Kelley, was not sure
whether the books ever existed or
whether they had been sold In Other mar
kets.
Detective ON Stand.
Thomas Mcclure, of the Mcguire &
White detective agency was before the
committee yesterday afternoon, and testi-
fed to working on the so-called White
confession. He was employed by the
Chicago Tribune for the first ten days of
his service, he said, but when he turned
over to States Attorney Wayman the in
forIna ton which he had gathered during
that period and entered the service of
the states attorney. Mr.. Wayman not
only paid him for his work during the
ten days he had been employed by the
Tribune, but reimbursed him $25 Mcguire
had advanced to White for q board bill.
at the suggestion of the Tribunes coun-
sell
The witness said he knew both Lorimer
and Edward Hines because both had been
his clients He changed this statement
later, saying that he did not mean he
knew Lormer personally. but had been
employed by his bank
Chairman Dillingham; read a telegram
from former Representative Tawney OF
Minnesota, emphatically denying he had
been mixed up in an alleged magazine
lobbying matter. George Kelley had
told the committee George CLAWS had
said Mr.. Tawney was mixed up" in the
matter. Senator Dillingham; said as
there was no testimony before the COM
mittee in any way duplicating Mr.. Taw-
ney he would not be asked to appear be-