The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
HEARD HINES MAKE BARGAIN.
w. III. COOK, A MINNESOTA LINZ
HERMAN, MAKES STARTLING
STATEMENT.
Declares on Witness Stand He Listen
ell While Hines Made Bargain TO
Get LOrimer Elected-BOuntaII
Considered and Then Discarded.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 25.-C. f.
Wiehe, brother-in-law of Edward
Hines Of Chicago, a lumberman. to-
day admitted before the senate brib-
cry investigation committee that
Hines sent him on midnight mis-
sion to the Grand Pacific hotel in
Chicago in an effort to have w. Fl.
Cook and William O'Brien, Minnesota
lumbermen, evade Cook county pro-
cess servers at the time the charges
that bribery was used in the eIecti>
or William Lorimer to the r <
States senate were first pub ~ IN
May, 1910. W
Wiehe's statement follow Il the t7s-
| timony Of w. H. Cook Of Duluth who.
it was brought out, had written a
threatening letter to Hines. Wiehe
corroborated some Of Cooks state
ments, but denied the pungent part of
his" charge.
Cook declared that he was in a
room at the Grand Pacific hotel, May
26, 1909, with William O'Brien and
| Edward Hines when Hines telephon-
| ed to some one called Governor" at
Springfield. During this alleged tele-
| phone conversation by Hines, Cook
said that Hines declared to the
| governor" that he was ready to
take the next train to Springfield with
! all the money necessary to effect Will
ham Lorimer's election to the sem
ate. Lorimer's election occurred lat
| er that same day.
NJ. B. Coan, investigator for the
viewed William O'Brien in Duluth
| within the last week and that O'Brien
| told about the same story as Cook,
| only differing that O'Brien got the
impression that Former Gov. Richard
Yates was on the Sprinfield end Of
the telephone.
Following the recital of Cook be-
| fore the investigating committee Gov.
| Chas. S. Deneen issued a statement
in which he declared that he had
never at any time held such a con-
versation with Hines.
Former Gov. Yates also denied that
he ever had any such conversation
with Hines as that related by Cook.
Wiehe stated to the committee that
he, although not in the room when
Hines got the Springfield call, be-
lieved that Hines talked to William
Lorimer.
Wiehe testified that on May &c,
1909, Hines set out for Chicago from
Washington at $3.50 a. m. Hines said
he had put in several telephone
calls to Springfield on that day but
did not know whom Hines was call
ing Hines at a previous hearing tes-
tilted that he talked with Gov. De-
neen on that morning from the Con-
tinental and Commercial National
bank
! Cook today declared that he ans
wered the telephone in his room at
the Grand Pacific when the call came
| for Hines.
Il understood the central girl to
say, Here's Governor or "The gov
ernor Of Springfield for Hines" He
then related the conversation as he
remembered it as follows:
Hines took the receiver ont of nv
hand and he spoke in the phone. He
asked: Hello, hello hello is this YOU.
! governor? Well l just left President
Taft and Senator AIdrich last night
| in Washington. Now they tell me
that under no consideration shat
Hopkins be returned to the senate
Now, l will be down on the next
train. Don't leave anything undone.
| will be down on the next train pre-
pared to furnish all the money re.
quired; don't stop at anything: don't
leave anything undone; | will be
down on the next train. Or words to
that effect, repeated over three or
four times"
Cook was specific regarding the
matter of money being mentioned ana
on cross examination repeated this
part Of the conversation. ON this
point of the Grand Pacific hotel con
v"rsation by Hines Wiehc testified:
"Why, the conversation was sui
stantally or practically rs follows. /
! have just talked with the governor (
on the long distance telephone and n, /
assures me he Will do what you ask. /
You know what the administration !.
wants. Now, leave no stone unturn- /
ed 90 ho elected. | will ret down ~ /