The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-06
KOhlsaat Discl0ses Some h. side Secrets of Alleged
 Election Bribe
ATTEMPT TO REOPEN
 CASE IS CERTAINTY
Clarence Funk Testifies That Edward Hines Came to Him Soliciting for Lorimer Slush
 Fund

Springfield Ill., April 5.-Clarence .. Funk, general manager of the Interna- tional Harvester company. today before the state senate bribery investigating committee, exploded the biggest sensa- ton of the Lorimer bribery case. l MT. Funk testified that Edward Hines of Chicago. millionaire lumber dealer, asked him as manager of the Harvester company to contribute s1o.ooo to re- imburse certain men who had put up a S10o.co0 "slush fund" to elect Wm. Lor- inner to the United States senate. l The Harvester company manager fur ther testified that MT. Hines named Ed ward Tiden, wealthy Chicago packer, as l the collector of this fund to reimburse the men who, as Mir. Hines was quo- as having said. had ''underwritter
 election of Lorimer l MT. Funk declared that t 5fD scr had in giving this testimony seye H. H. Kohisaat. publisher of cfi- eago Record Herald from possible jall sentence as the result of Mr. Kohlsaats refusal to give certain information de-
 nanded by the committee last week.
 The witness said he had given Mr. Kohlsaat information in confidence upon which the Chicago publisher had based an editorial. The publication In Febru- ary last of this editorial which charged the use of a slOo.0o0 fund to elect Lor- inner resulted in the calling of Mir Kohl saat as a witness before the committed
 MT. Kohsaat refused to make known the name of Mir. Funk | The Chicago publisher was then given one weeks time in which to divulge this name or stand in contempt of the senats committee.
 Funk testified today that he voluntarily eleased MT. Kohlsaat from the pledge of confidence when he felt that the pub
 fisher would be sent to jail unless the information was given. Disclosure Was Unexpected
 The disclosures made by Funk occurred
 unexpectedly at a specially called meet ing of the senate committee members
 The committee was not scheduled to re- sume its inquiry until tomorrow, when MT. Kohlsaat had been ordered to reap pear. But MT. Kohsaat and Mir Funk arrived in Springfield this morning from Chicago and Chairman Helm of the in- vestigatng committee at once called q special session.
 | Chairman Helm was aware that Mr. Kohlsaat stood ready to give the name of his informant, but no one outside of | the committee knew it. News of the disclosures swept from the supreme | court building to the state house nearby within few moments. The house was still in session, while the senate had just adjourned for the day. The re- ports caused excitement and much dis cussion and hurried consultations among certain members in both branches of the legislature.
 Mir Kohlsaat preceded Mir Funk on the witness stand He briefly stated that he was ready to give the name of the man who had furnished him Wl fa1rsz port of the alleged sloo. 900 "slpsh gsa5 | Attorneys, members of the crrnittfea and spectators leaned forward tsf.asly sS Mr. Kohlsaat gave the name of MT. Funk As the latter was called the com mittee room filled rapidly with spectators some of them members of the legislature
 who had left their seats in the state house.
 | Kohlsaat Testifies | To the first question of Attorney | J. J. Healey Mir Kohlsaat identified 8 telegram sent by him to Chairman Helm, saying his confidant called at the Record Herald office and was willing | to appear before the committee. When | I arrived at my office Mir. Clarence Funk called and told me he would be | less than a man If he held me to my l confidence,' testified MT. Kohlsaat. MT. Funk told me that he talked | with Cyrus H. Mccormick. president of the company. and told him he thought he ought to release me. whereupon Mir. | Mccormick said:
 | "'Good that Is exactly what I want l do not care for the consequences to the International Harvester company q met MT. Funk about 30 days after | the confession of White. He did not | seek me out at all.
 MT. Funk told me the man who came | to him told him they had an oppor- | tunity to elect Lorimer with a fund of $100000. They sent 1t down and MT. Funk told me they were looking | for reimbursement" MT. Funk was the next witness call ed. His attention was called to an in- terview with Edward c. Hines short | ly after the Lorimer election. The witt ness said:
 The conversation took place in the | Union League club. It was an acci- dental meeting. He said he had been l Iounging room. Hines said to me with out preliminaries:
 "'Well, we put Lorlmer in, but it cost s100,000 to do it.
 He said: We had to act quick l ly, so that it became necessary for us to put hp the money. Now, we are seeing some of our friends to get 1t | fixed up.'"
 Wanted to Be Reimbursed | He gave me to understand they want. ed to be reimbursed and I asked him why he came to us and he said: | "'You are as interested as anyone in | having the right kind of a man in Wash | ington
 1 q told him I would have nothing to do with it. He said he could only go to big people and wanted to get $10,OOO from each of them"
 Whom did he say they were to send 1 the money to?'' asked Attorney Healy. | Chairman Helm ruled that Mr Funk must answer the question. | Edward Tflden. connected with the stock yards at Chicago. Is the maa to whom was told to send the money" an- swered MT. Funk.
 ''You told him you and your company
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