The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-26
KELLEY AND
 HANECY TILT
ATTORNEY AND NEWSPAPER R MANAGER IN SHARP WORD
 WAR IN LoRiMER CASE.
Latter is Subjected to Chilling Exa animation But Holds His Own In Sharp Reioinder and
 Replies.

Washington, D. O., July 25-Jame' Keeley, general manager of the CI cago Tribune, was subjected toda, to a fire of questions from Elbridg' Hancey attorney for Senator Lori mer, about his testimony yesterda! before the senate Lorimer committed and when the committee adjourned this evening the cross examination had not been concluded. The session was repiete with sharp passages be- tween attorney and witness.
 At adjournment Attorney Hancey was directing Mir. Keeleys attention to the vouchers submitted to show that the Tribune spent $20,000 inves- tlgating the White confession. The attorney called attention to the bills of P. O. Phillips, and G. T. O'Neill reporters on the Tribune, who spent seveffai iiiiIidss, ;s,es e5 dollars in visiting members of the legislature.
 Here are the bills of John OLaughlin." MT. Hancey added. He is former assistant secretary of state and suppose high priced man isn't heT'
 He is our representative in Wash ington a ndfor his high prived work he gets a high price"
 Throughout the day Mir. Hancey had invariably repeated the "former assistant secretary of state" whenev- CT he mentioned MT. o'Laughlin's name.
 The first time MT. Hancey was saying former assistant secretary Of stiite of the latu--", when MT. Keeley helped him out by adding, "lamented," while MT. Hanoey fin- lshed his sentence with the word administration.
 On another occasion the witness forestal!ed the attorney, repeating the title by adding after MT. osI-anghlin's name. let cetera and etcetera."
 MT. oLaughlin's bills amounted to s1,131, of viich MT. Keeley said more than tS0) was for stenographtn work in the Lo~imer case.
 MT. Hancey A.ked MT. KeeIey when he had his second talk with Mir. Kohlsaat in regard to the Funk Hines conversation at the Union League Club in Chicago, in which a Lorimer election fund was mention ed.
 T have no distinct recollection was the response.
 Well, let us have your indistinct recollection.
 Mir. Keeiey replied it probably was a month later, but he could not re- call what was said. One thing he Fad in mind during the conversation he safd, was what made the fifty three democrats vote for Lorimer.
 You were thinking of the fifty three democrats rather than of the slo0,000 that was supposed to have been raised"
 My mind doesn't assimilate that question"
 ''Is that because of the $1o0,00O ol the 53 democr,fs7"
 Its because of the question:
 Did you thiik there was assimii' ation between the 53 democrats ant the s1oO.o00?"
 a think there was both assimila ton and digestion.
 MT. Keeley said he belonged tt little club 'n the Union League Club that had a room or two there but he could not recall that th' Funk story was discussed by 1t.
 It was not discussed at the din ing table. but it might have been a the other table. don't know.' MT keeley said this.
 What other table?"
 The round table. You know wha mean.p
 MT. Keeley gave the White comics Sion as his authority for an editoria about Bribery in the Legislature
 And that has been discredited il every court in which White has ar peared?" MT. Hancey suggested.
 There have been acquittals o nolle pressing of cases.''
 The slate has been cleaned oil except up in the offices of the Chi cago Tribune?"
 Probably F