The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-26
The Telephone Conversation

The Telephone Conversation
 Hines took the receiver out of my hands and spoke in the telephone. He asked, Is this you, governor He said Well, l just left President Taft and Senator Adrlch last night in Wash ington. They tell me that under nc consideration shall Hopkins be returned Ito the Senate. I will be down on the next train. Don't leave anything un- done. I will be down on this next train prepared to furnish all the money that Is required. Don't stop at anything Don't leave anything undone; I will be down on the next train,' or word, to that effect, repeating it three or four times"
 Cook was specific regarding the mat ter of money being mentioned and on cross sseXamination repeated this part o. the conversation. On this same point Of the Grand Pacific hotel conversation by Hines, Wiehe testified as follows
 Why the conversation was substan. tially or practically as follows:
 "I have Just talked with the gov ernor on the long distance phone and he assures me he will do what yor ask. You know what the administra. tion wants. Now, leave no stone un. turned to be elected. I will get dowf tc Springfield if necessary in the morn. ing And when he got through talking he turned to those in the room and said, T have just been talking to Ser. ator Lorimer.'"
 wiehe stated that he Cwiehe), Cook O'Brien, Isaac Baker and Hines were present at the time. Almost a year later, according to the testimony oi both Cook and Wiehe, Cook and O'Brier were again at the Grand Pacific hotel The Lorimer story was then being printed in the Chicago newspapers.
 Cook testified that Wiehe came to him and O. Brien at midnight, saying that Hines declared process servers were look ing for the Minnesota men to subpoena them before the Cook county grand jury as witnesses in the newly opened bribery probe.
 Afraid of Newspapers
 ''Wiehe said Hines got him out of bed to warn us to leave Chicago at once, said Cook. ''Wiehe declared to me and to O'Brien that he was greatly con. cerned for Hines and feared those damned newspapers would get Hines for his part in Senator Lorimer's cleo tion."
 Cook asserted Wiehe repeatedly urged the two Minnesota men to leave Chicago and the state that night. Wiehe, when he took the stand, denied that he had suggested that Cook and O'Brien leave Chicago or the state. but admitted he urged them to evade the process servers whom he had been told were looking for O'Brien and Cook.
 "I thought it fool:shness on the part of MT. Hines at the time" Wiehe said 'but I was simply carrying out his or ders, that was all. MT Hines did no, get me out of bed, either. I found his phone call waiting me at my home when I returned from the theatre. .
 The testimony of Wiehe and Cook fur nished the chief features of the day be- fore the committee.
 Wiehe asked to question Cook and was allowed to do so. He charged Cook with trying to blackmail Hines and Weyer- heuser lumber interests.
 Cook admitted that he had sent let ter to the head of the Weyerheuser con cern and also to Hines, in which he threatened to tell what he knew of the Lorimer matter unless they agreed to settle @ fight among the stockholders of the Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber company.
 Springfield, H., April 25.-Sensational testimony in which Edward Hines, tho lumberman with big interests in the south. was said to have told Gov. c. s. Deneen, mistaking the executive for for mer Gov Richard Yates over the tele- phone, that he would be lin Springfield with all the money needed was pre- scented to the senate committee investi-