The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-28
Funk Tells Of Detectives Follow
ing Him
HOW HE ACCOSTED ONE
Mr. Cook of Duluth Reveals Some
Politics. He Explains How
Hines FIXED Up" SEN
ators.

sistance, Edward Hines the Chicago lum-
Der millionaire, may have rendered in
the election OF Senator Lorimer marked
yesterdays session of the Senate in
vestigatng committee The most sig
nifieant OF these was the direct denial
by Shelly r Jones, Of Marquette,
Mich, that he ever said Mr. Hines had
remarked in his presence that he had
"put Lorimer over as United States
senator and that he had collected fund
OF 100000 to do it.
According to Mr. Jones statement
to the committee yesterday, the con-
versation in which Mr. Hines figured
occurred about two years before the
senatorial election He said Mr.. Hines
remarked that he was friend of Mr.
Lorimer and something was said about
the latter's election
q suppose it cost a barrel OF money
remarked one of the men with Mr. I.
Hines
eyes sir" the witness said Mr.. Hines
responded. "All those elections cost
lot OF money
Mr.. Jones declared to the commit
tee that this was the only report OF
the conversation he had ever given.
William o'Brien, lumberman, Of
Duluth, Mimi, contradicted the testi-
mony given to the Helm committee by
Investigator Coan, denying that Coan
had requested him to appear before the
Helm committee
Both Mr.. O'Brien and w H Cook
another witness yesterday, said they
were in Mr. Cooks room at the Grand
Pacific Hotel in Chicago about the time
of Senator Lorimer's election and that
Mr.. Hines held telephone CONVERSE
ton from that room.
Mr.. Cook repeated the testimony he
gave at the Helm committee concern
ing that, varying il. however, by de
claring that when the telephone oper-
ator rang up and asked if Mr. Hines
was there she said Here is Governor
Dineen"
/ Mr.. Hines was quoted as saying
Lorimer must be elected and that hs
would be down on the next train, pre-
pared to furnish all the money neces-
sary
Mr. O'Brien testified that he was
expecting telephone call and heard
Mr.. Cook say when he answered the
telephone; MIR Hines, the governor
wants to speak to YOU
The witness denied he had ever
claimed Mr. Hines was talking to Ex
Governor Yates
He related an alleged conversation
with Mr.. Hines at the Grand Pacific
hotel in Chicago in May, 1909 It wa
at that time, Mr. Cook declared. Mr.
Hines remarked he was having 1
i hi of time" at Washington
"Now, for instance" Mr. Cook testi
fed Mr.. Hines said, there is ole
Stephenson After | got him elected
he has gone down there and started
working for free lumber The southern
Democrats are the worst in the Who'll,
Hot. He (Hinesl said he would have
them all fixed up one day and th'
next day they would flop"
The crowd in the committee room
including Mr. Hines, laughed over this
testimony, but not SO Senator Johnston
of Alabama, southern Democrat
Finally Senator Fletcher OF Florida
nudged Mr.. Johnston and the Alabame
senator joined in.
Mr.. Funk announced that the detec
tive who admitted he had been EN-
ploved to shadow him was named
Blaine, and belonged to Chicag,
agency At the instance of Mr.. Hines
the witness discussed his experiences
with Blaine
Mr.. Funk said that when he cam,
to Washington he recognized a young
man standing by him on the street
He had last seen him in Chicago
II spoke to him" declared Mr. Funk
ut was on Pennsylvania avenue, and
was waiting for car He crossed tn
street as did, and when got OF
the car he did so. I asked him TO ST
BY me.
"'You are back on the job said
eyes he responded
"'How do you enjoy itf asked
"T am not proud OF my work. h
replied
eThen I gave him some fatherly adj
vice. telling him l didn't think much o
the detective business and that he ha,
better get into some business that ha,
a future.
"Just before we got up to the Sen
ate Office building he said that ha'
'ditched' two of his associates. and h
supposed that he would lose his jol
If he lost me I told him I though
we could fix IL up all right, and that
would promise not to ditch him"
THAT isn't a sweatboxf" interrupts
Mr Hines TELL us about that +"