The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-25

tions Oh May 8, 1909 to Hines and f.
r Conway asking about the Lorimer
contributions Conway said he knew
| nothing about them.
Hines" the witness said. de-
clined to answer. He came to my
Office that night with Mr.. Wiehe and
asked IL shat list Of questions was a
Joke. saying he had reputation in
Chicago and that, these questions
We're insulting.
He told me that he would sue me
tfor libel If | printed anything that
feoted ON him. replied that .sonld
print the truth and that the Tribune
building was worth $1,500, 900, that
| is he sued he might be able to use it
(the building) in his lumber busi-
ness
Keeley said he sent the same ques-
tions to Roger Sullivan explaining
that II had been his friend but that
| If he was in on this matter God
help you for was going to treat
him just as did the rest and !
thought the roof was about to cave
sin.'
Keeley insisted that 1t was upon
advice of counsel that he had not
told the previous Lorimer committee
about his knowledge of the story
| that Hines asked Funk to give a
Lorimer contribution to Edward Tild-
en-
Senator Kenyon suggested that a
| partner of Mr.. Austin, Mr.. Keeley' S
counsel, was counsel for Tilden and
FOR the wiskey interests which were
reputed to have contributed to a
lack pot"
Kelley said he did not doubt Aus
tins integrity, Keeley said the evil
dence Of a corruption jack pot was
common gossip.
Mr.. Keeley said he obtained pos
1ession of the White confession ap.
0roximately March 4, 1910, and =
was printed April following. ~
said its publication had no relatio'
to any unpleasantness with Lorimer
or Hines.
The only unpleasantness. Ii it could
be called such, between himself and
Hines, said Keeley, grew out of tn"
lumber traffic and Keeley said Hine
had come to see him about the lumber
traffic and when they disagreed as tc
the Tribune's course on lumber, Hines
remarked:
"Why, have given you 5000 re-
Gently"
The witness said Hines explained
he had page advertisement in the
Tribune and had given $500 for It,
81 explained that there was abso-
lutely no connection between the ad
vertising and editorial columns of or
paper and so ] gave him back tn
$500
Before the publication of the White
story, Mr. Kelley said he had dis
cussed it with Gov. Deneen He
asked the governor, who had beer
states attorney for eight years, hor
to verify the story. Kelley said
White was very mysterious the fire
day he came to the Tribune office to
tell his story.
81 told him | was not buying a pic
in a polk or a cat in bag and HI
would have to produce the matter If
he wanted to talk with me.
"'N'nn'lv" nv Keelev said he tolS
White he would buy the story If it
could be substantiated and detectives
and reporters were sent out to inves-
tigate White for the publication OF
the matter Much of this investiga
tion, he said, was under the direction
of counsel for the Tribune, Mr.. AL
fred s. Austrian.
Can you tell me what the cost to
the Tribune of this investigation
was?" asked Attorney Marble for the
committee.
about $4,000 Here are the
vouchers"
About month before the publica-
ton, Keelev said he turned the storv
over to the states attorney. The wit
ness was asked If White knew of 1t
''My recollection is that ! told
white that I had submitted the storv
to the states attorney and that he
might have to go to Jail, that he was
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