Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-26
swEARs TO coNvERsA.
TIoN OVER PHONE IN Lori
MER BRIBERY.
W. II. COOK, LuMsERMAN.
ADDS SPECTACULAR CHAPTER
says He Was Requested to Dodge Jury
By Absentins Himself From City
Names Of Taft and Aidriehg Used in
Conversation Between Hines and
Denssn.


converging toward the "men higher
up" were unearthed by the Helm COM
mittee. w. H. Cook. Duluth lumber
man. added spectacular chapter to
the inquiry by telling upon the stand a
story throwing new illumination upon
the $1o0, 900 fund which was raised for
the election Of Senator Lorimer as dis
closed by the testimony Of Clarence s.
Funk, general manager Of the Inter-
Harvester Company.
Christian F. wiehe. secretary Of the
Hines Lumber Company. and
Of Edward Hines, hav-
Ing distinguished himself by flourish
ing weapon on the street and threat
ening to shoot newspaper photogra-
pher, went on the stand before tho
Helm committee yesterday and cor
roborated startling charge against
Mr.. Hines in the Lorimer "slush fund"
wiehe admitted having been the mid
night intermediary used by Mr.. Hines
shortly after the time OF the White
confession last May. to induce two wit
nesses to evade the service Of sub
poenas from the Cook county grand
Jury, which was then investigating the
purchase of Lorimer's seat in the SEN
ate. ~
v-,r. II. Co~'l, Duluth ,ra,be rmcn,
formerly associated with Hines, one OF
the two men whom Hines last May
attempted to rush out Of the jurtsdtc-
ton Of the, grand Jury. tiad already
testified to tho incident and had told
OF the long distance telephone, conver-
sation Of Hines from Chicago to
Springfield on the day Of the Lorimer
election. which Hines was 50 anxious
to- keep quiet. go, !.
Ioath 60 Acen~ies siiass u Perjury
n. b. coan. Investigator for the
Helm COMMITTEES, also had testified to
an .intervtew with william O'Bflen of
st. Paul, the other man Mr.. Hines did
not wish the Cook county grand Jury
to hear. Coan said MT. O'Brien refused
to come before the committee at this
time because Of business dealings pend
Ing with the Weyerhausers and because
Of a desire not to Convict Mr.. Hines OF
perjury" 4e
Both Cook and Coan were uncertain
as to one fact In connection with the
telephone conversation Of Hines with
Springfield, but Mr.. Wiehe cleared this
up. -
talking to Governor Deneen when he
said that mo stone should be left un-
turned" in Springfield to elect Mr.
Lorimer and when he promised to come
down here con the next train" with
"al1 the money necessary"
Mr.. O'Brien thought Hines was
to former Governor Yates when
he said these things.
Governor Deneen and ex-governor
Yates each denied he was the gov.
ernor'' spoken to in the telephone mes
sage.
Following the recital Of Cook before
the investigating committee, Governor
Deneen issued a statement In which he
said he had never at any time held
such a conversation with Hines. Form
er Governor Yates also denied he ever
had any such conversation.
Early In his testimony Mr.. Cook de-
tailed a conversation with Mr.. Hines In
the course Of which the latter, accord
ing to Mr.. Cook, spoke Of having eff
fected the eelction of "Ofd Stephenson .
Cook said he was not sure. but thought
this referred to Senator Stephenson, of
Wisconsin.
According to Mr. Cook this CONVERSE
tion took place at the Grand Pacific
hotel in Chicago. and that Henry Tur-
rish, Of Duluth Mimi, was present. Mr..
gon.
r. At ewrk ~ ls5L 70,
Cook said In part:
"Mr. Hines was going thru the lobby
and saw Mr.. Turrish and myself stand
ing there. He stopped and spoke to us
Mr.. Turrish asked him how he was
getting on down in Washing tom. .Oli, :
he said, Tn having a hell Of a time
He said, Now there IS. for INSTANCE.
old Stephenson. After elected him he
has gone down to Washington and
started working there for free humber
Getting Them Lined Up. 81.
''He said: I had terrible time 9et-
ting him lined up Then he went on
and told about what q time he had with
the southern democrats. He said he
would have them all fixed up today,
and tomorrow they would flop and he
would have 10 go and fix them ali over
again.
Mr.. Turris1l asked him how they
were getting aaong down here. with the
senatorial deadlock. Well. he aaid, II
u all fixed He said, I win tell vol,
conndentially Lor1mer win be the NEXT
senator. He said, we had Boutell fx-
ed for the seratorship. He had prom
ised to work to keep the - Aar1ff on
lumber, but he said. when the lumber
schedule came up before the 1ouse ways
and means committee. he wzs working
for frse lumber s.
Hs said. 7 immsdiatslx took. It 4up
With Senator Aldrich ana 20 decided
that We had to have another man,
man We could depend on. Il was de-
cidsd that should have . talk with