Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-02
WHITE ON THE GRILL
Cross.Examined Before the
Lorimer Committee.
QUIZZED AS TO HIS MOTIVE
Is Questioned About Reasons for
Taking a Bride.
DELAY IN HIS EXPOSURE
Denies Statement That He Wanted
$4,000 for His So-Called
Confession.
QUIZZED AS TO HIS MOTIVE
DELAY IN HIS EXPOSURE

Charles A. White, the former Illinois
legislator. while telling the Senate Lori
mer committee today about how he spent
the $1,000 he claims to have received to
vote for William Lorimer for senator,
was subjected to an impromptu cross-ex-
animation as to his reform motive in
accepting the bribe.
eff you were doing this to expose cor
ruption for the good of the public why
didn't 1t occur to you to ask what bill
paid?' asked Chairman Dillingham;.
White had just testified that Lee O'Neill
Browne told him Of such an occurrence.
well, the way l looked at it." replied
White. was that the money had all
been paid in collectively
How much Of the money you received
did you turn over to the labor organi-
zationsT'
81 don't know.
when did you make your expose"
April %, 1910"
Delay in His Exposure.
"A year after the legislature adjourn
ed?'
81 began to prepare to make it right
away. I did expose it right away to some
labor leaders"
did you take these trips Of riotous
living. spending the money you received,
for the good Of the public?'
II took them to get data"
IF you wanted to make an expose why
were you so afraid of the 500 bill being
marked?" asked Senator Fletcher.
II didn't want to raise suspicion at that
time"
White added he had not received his
t. ~~~A %hAO
why didn't you make your exposure
after you received the Jackpot money!"
asked Chairman Dillingham;.
II hadn't had time to write my story"
You could have written 1t afterward?"
Denies Asking for $4,000.
White said that he did not think that
wise. White said James Kelley. editor of
the Chicago Tribune. was mistaken"
when he testified White had wanted
$4,000 for his so-called confession.
"Why didn't you make memoranda
of these conversations with Browne and
others IL you were going to make an
exposure?" asked Senator Johnston Of
II was not accustomed to taking
notes.
1.-The riotous living to which Senator
Dillingham; referred was trip White
said he took with Lee O'Neill Browne to
lake resorts, when the expenses were
estimated at 800 day. White claimed
he spent about 800 at this time.
White explained in a statement today
that he had not meant to say yesterday
that Thomas Tippit had anything to do
with the $500 Charles s. Luke said he
had been offered from the Jackpot"
Why White Took the Money.
Relating to the committee the same
story, of payments of money to him for
voting for Senator Lorimer as during
the first investigation. Mr.. White
was asked why he took money to vote
for Lorimer.
"well, did 1t to obtain what I
thought would be information that
could use afterward." White answered.
use how?"
"For the interest Of the public"
White maintained.
I'm what way?"
"By exposure"
White told the committee, in the
course of his story, that Lee O'Neil
vote for LOrimer, and during the
course of their talk, White testified,
Brown assured him there would be no
Chicken feed" either.
When White went down to st. Louis
to get his share of the alleged Jack
pot" White testified, he met Represen-
tative Charles g. Luke and Luke COM
planned that 5000 was not enough
II made my deal direct with Lori
mer," White quoted Luke as saying.