Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-07-07
PERJURY HUNT IS ON.
PROSECUTION ron FALSE TEsrL
MoNY IN LoRlMER CASE
EXPECTED sooN. N
EVIDENCE is CONFLICTING

1vIO6svS6 - esSstV0
inquiry u Adjourned Until July rs
But COMMITTEES will Make Effort "a
Verify Truth Of Statements Made
BY Witnesses.
washington Prosecution for per
Jury before the next meeting Of
the Lorimer investigating commit
tee on July Is is regarded here as the
probable next development In the case
OF the junior senator from Illinois.
In the ten days from now to July
13. to which date the inquiry has been
adjourned, the investigating commit
tee will make an effort to get at tn,
truth OF the testimony It has alread,
taken. It Is understood that investt
gators Of the department Of Justice are
already at work in various parts Of tn,
country, trying to find out how tn,
truth connects with the statements d
witnesses so far heard.
Attirneys John Marble and John j
Healy. counsel for the investigating
committee, will 60 to Chicago early
this week, admittedly ito look up Ger
tain matters"
The committee had been in session
but few days when the Testimony
which it was hearing began to show
n4or+1;nr dfccronancfea III
Clarence S. Funk, general manage,
of the International Harvester com
pany, testified that Edward Hines, mil
lionaire lumbermaH Of Chicago, ap
preached him in May In the Union
League club, Chicago, and asked him
| to contribute $4,000 to the 100000
Lorimer fund. Funk said there wer,
no other persons present at the con
| versation.
Wirth Cook OF Duluth. Mimi, lum
berman,i testified that Edward Hine,
had told him of putting Lorimel
over" He testified also that he heard
Mr.. Hines talking over the long dis
lance telephone to someone in Spring
field, the day of Mr.. Lorimers election
| and swore that Mr.. Hines said hi
would be down on the next train with
all the money that is required" Mr.
Cook thought Mr.. Hines was talking "a
Governor Deneen.
Testimony obtained before the IN
yestigating committee OF the Illinois
general assembly several months ago
and substantiated by the sworn am
| davits Of three men, was to the effect
! that Shelley B. Jones Of Marquette
Mich, had admitted several times that
| Mr.. Hines had boosted to him Of put
ting Lorimer over" at cost Of $780,
| 900.
That is the evidence obtained ON
the one hand. On the other, the ter
timony was just as positiye-but diff
| ferent. B
Mr.. Hines swore that Mr.. Funk ap
preached him in the Union Leagus
club, and asked for an opportunity
to contribute money'to Mr.. Lorimer'a
campaign expenses.
Mr.. Hines said that three other men
all lumbermen, and two of them IN
his own employ-were present and
heard part Of the conversation. The
one man who was not In Hines EN-
ploy was trying to sell him 100000
worth Of lumber at the time
Two of these three men have al
ready testified. They told of the In
cident just as Mr.. Hines recounted Il
| but on cross-examination they ad
mitted that their memories had beer
refreshed by Mr.. Hines, as recently 81
three weeks ago.
Concerning With Cooks testimony,
Mr.. Hines denied that he had spoken
of putting Lorimer over" Further, he
said that he was talking to Senator
Lorimer in the famous long distance
conversation, and the dialogue, as he
gave it. was unimportant. .
One other man who has been on the
stand, William O'Brien Of st. Paul
Mimi, also lumber man, was in that
AOC1A dAu Al q POSAIAOA " ASoA -
Hines end OF the telephone converse
tion. He didn't hear It, he said, be
cause he was trifle deaf. .3
Miss Frances Carroll. telephone op
orator for Mr.. Hines lumber com
pany, on the witness stand told thf
committee that she had connected MI
Hines with Senator Lorimer at Spring
field on that day In May, two year,
ago, and had listened In" on the con
versation. She thought she could
recollect what had been said. When
she was told to 60 ahead, she repeat
ed st almost word for word as MI
Hinesahad previously necited It.
Crossexamination disclosed thai
Miss Carroll had talked 1t over WITH
her employer several weeks ago, ano
that she could remember no oth tlesS5
long distance telephone conversation
that had taken place during all the
ten years she had worked for the !.
Hines company.
To 4 great extent. the Lorimer case
has narrowed down to 9 question q
the yeracity OF witnesses. .,$
Three Die In Auto Crash.
Providence. r. LIN . collision De
tween a large touring car containlnls
i've persons and Rocky Point eleo
trlc car near Grants Station, three
women were killed and two men serf.
ously injured @ II. i8