The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-18
{ilIiam Burgess Tells LOrimer
'Committee of Hearing About
Il 100000 Jackpot"
lYS HINES'S PARTNER
MADE THE STATEMENT
'F. Wieke tie Individual Who
is Said to Have Betrayed
Himself OH Train.

IN hS III NJ w guy
, o,oOO legislative Jackpot about
shch reyolved charges affecting the
'etion of Senator Lorimer figured IN
testimony at the opening OF to-
Ms haaring before the senate Lori
.k committee.
nNilliam Burgess, manager and treas
h of IN electrical company at Du-
.h. Mimi. testified before the Helm
.restiqating committee of the llllnoiS
hate that on train running out OF
iluth about March 10, 1911. Z, T.
stehe. who is associated IN business
itb Edward Hines. declared TO, him
III "there was II jackpot raised TO
nt Mr.. Lorimer ] know wnat am
king about. because subscribed
0O00 to it myself.
Mr. Burgess testified today about TINS
hversation He said he and Wlehe
III not met before that day. They be-
Ii conycrsing in the smoking car.
jrpess said he made remark about
q Lorimer election, which finally led
IL stranger, whom he said was Wiehe,
REMARK that Burgess "did not know
fy damn much about it, y
81 Subscribed to Jackpot
n
Shortly afterward, according to the
mess today, Wiehe said:
0fThere was a jackpot for Lorimer S
ottiou. know what am talking
ibnt, because | subscribed $4,000 to
myself. -
itDidn I YOU think it strange that 4
s]fect stranger should make confes,
h of wholesale corruption to you:'
.sted Senator Kern,
81 always did That was the reason
askcd who the man was when we got
1.-THE train.
On cross examination. Burgess testl-
II that he was acquainted with w.
,ICook of Duluth. whose versions OF
versations with Edward Hines have
nfn disputed by Hines. Burgess said
had talked with Cook about coming
washington to testify, and Cook had
7inrl,cd:
RYoa III have a hot time. -
l&Didn't he say Give 'em hell'7''
pired Attorney Haynes.
fHe did not 4"
u Some Uncertainty.
Burgess declared that G. i. Wiehe
II 100000 was raised to elect Lori
III tShl dlNct DOHbS dchei
n he did not tell that to the Helm
and suggested that he might
re got the ideas from the newspapers
4 ikequently, Burgess told the commit
1he WAS not certain whether Wiehe
ga jackpot had been raised to
St Lorimcr, OF whether 100000 had
in raised.
= IN affidavit made by Burgess April II
- rrpilIynI al. rho Of
~ II declared that during the train
SFcrsation Wiche said a detective en-
ned by Editor kohisaat had confessed
Fnther Green that he WAS employed
ket "trumped up charges against
|Vr Hyncs asked why the witness did
\mcnuon 'trumped up" charges today
tris direct examination
Y don't know" responded the witness.
{, Icannnt say whether he used those
)0NS or not. but that WAS the Subsi ance
enry Turrish of Duluth. MINI. was
next witness.
iNrrish said he and W, II. Cook were
t.}ent during a conversation with Hines
ltEh'cago In 1909.
~. said. declared Mr. Turkish "I sup
Ftd Senator Stephenson. being a lum-
man. was all right. and Mr.. Hines re
" NO. Stephenson Is an uncertain
h'ne witness said he did not hear
nhenson referred 10 as "old Stephen
,E Hettlcr Sticks to Story.
N'frman II. Hettler. the president of
az man II. Hettler Lumber company of
'' sago. was the next witness. At the
4 m investigation he swore that Hines
ne MN at the Union League club In
" Ted:
eiected him: I did ii myself person
Incs on the Witness stand denied max
The speech.
Ht,er: who admitted that there had
lH-leelin" between Hines and him
n repeated that Hines at the Union
VI sne club asked if he CHeitler) knew
nstne OF the new senator (LorjmcrI
that Hines then added:
elected him; did It myself person
was The formation of his sentenc.
- caused II TO he impressed on my
Iory,, because ! considered It quite
~1stiGal. declared Mr. Hctncr
- Eettler said that afterwards a
stand employees Al the Union League
10 1iettlcr. Hettler said some Tum-
Zen were Joking him about what
had told him, and he questioned
fmploy"e In order 10 ascertain how
found out.
hey chc lumhermcn> would say to
1nlsher" goes YOUR cousin Eddie whor.
dis passed by" Mr.. Hettlcr tesiincd.
Hines pressed the witness for IN,
OF the joEera Mr.. Hcttler OBJ
Illhr fellow who was responsible for
peinS here isn't, popular with me-"
pallN. Mr., Hcttlcr reluctantly gave
vcaAmcs II James +. Sopcr. Gene Pier
= IL li,,i,