Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-08-04
BOUTELL IS INVITED
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
Minister to Switzerland Invited
to Lorimer Inquiry.
MIR. RoutelPs Denial of Hines Story
further CompIicates Evidence
Already Replete with
Contradictions.

Cablegrams have gone to Henry
Sherman Boutell, minister to Switzer-
land, inquiring in behalf of the Lori
will be able TO appear before that body
and give his version of his talks with
President Taft regarding the Illinois
senatorial situation of 1909
Senators on the committee saw a
denial of the story Edward Hines told
of those talks cabled from Bern, Silt
zerland, and over Mr. Boutell's sigma
ture.
1t is anticipated that the former
Chicago congressman will reach the
shores of this country for visit be-
fore the committee ends its work and
that it will not be necessary to urge
him to make a special trip to explain
his position.
The scrap of paper which Mr. Hines
presented purporting to be note from
Mr.. Boutell is in possession of the
committee The only reason the com.
mittee has to believe it came from the
present minister is Mr. Hines declara
tion that It is his handwriting. 1t is
unsigned, undated, is on plain paper
and lacks even superscrlption.
The writer says he was able to
bring off the goods for Senator Lori
mer by seeing President Taft. Mr..
Boutell says he never wrote anything
on the subject
His denial further complicates the
evidence before the committee, which
is replete with contradictions and per-
jury.
Governor Algelds pardoning OF
Louis A Hillyer, former cashier of the
Chicago Tribune, convicted of embez-
element, and the claim that know
ledge of differentiation of the Tri-
poses might have been a factor in the
young mans downfall, figured in the
hearing before the senate Lorimer in
vestigating committee.
Elbridge Hanecy, attorney for Mr..
Lorimer, continued the cross-eXamina-
ger of the Tribune. He submitted in
evidence the Hillyer pardon, in which
the governor said the cashiers moral
courage might have been weakened by
seeing that the Tribune had failed to
pay, by about S25000 a year, enough
rent for school lands it occupied, and
also that it undervalued it's property
SO that it paid $4,000 a year too little
in taxes.
Smiling one minute and irritated the
next, Mr.. Keeley countercd on many
of the questions The Tribune's print
"Lorimer's bank" at the end of the
White confession story was taken up
H. d. Holstlaw, son Of the confess ed
bribe taker Of Iuka, had the unpleasant
duty of testifying to his fathers con
fession. Holstlaw, Sr., had been sub
his son presented medical certificates
of bis illness, which prevented his
coming to Washington. The witness
was cashier Of the Holstlaw bank oil
luka and produced deposit slips and
the banks books to prove that his
father first teroslted the $4,000 he re
ceived for voting for Lorimer in the
State Bank Of Chicago, and latel
transferred it to his son, who deposited
it in his own bank at Iuka.
Young Holstlaw then told how, after
his father had returned from his con.
fession at Springfield May 27, 1910, ht
talked it over with him, his mother
and his sister.
WAS there any talk relative to the
truth or falsity of the confession? 2
asked Attorney Healy.
HE told the family he tod the alb
solute truth in his confessions" de
clared the witness.