The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
WHITE |MPL|CATES MORE BR|BE TAKERS Witness COnfesses to AttOr= ney Hanecy That "He
 Deliberately Lied"

Washington, August 4.-To his story of how he was brIbed to vote for Lorimer, Charles A. White, former member of the Illinois legislature, today added for the benefit of the Senate Lorimer committee that he believed every one of the 53 democrats who voted for Lorimer did so for a money consideration. He added that he thought some of the republicans who voted for Lorimer got money for so doing.
 White declined to mention names of any republicans he suspected 'because 1t is just a matter of opinion, and I do not want to do an injustice to anyone"
 He said he based his opinion about wholesale corruption on the fact that he was bribed and that others had confessed the same.
 All day Invite was crosseexamined by Attorney Elbridge Hanecy, representing Senator Lorimer The cross-examination will be completed early tomorrow, after which former State Representative Beck E. Meyer will be placed on the stand.
 White declared the record in the first Lorimer investigation was wrong in re- porting him as saying, ''he would have sold' his story to Senator Lorimer if the senator had given him s75,ooo for his "con- fession" manuscript in response to his (Whites) letter.
 Ut should read might have sold,'" said White. He added that he might have turned his manuscript over to Lorimer for $150O0 because that amount might have been all the evidence necessary for him to prove his exposure which he said l,e was planning to do for the good of the public.
 Attorney Hanecy was allowed to ask White if detectives from the states at torney's office in Cook county took him to the red light district" White said he did not know the location of the dis trict, E but when it was described he said they took him there
 White testified that William Rossell, a labor leader, told him, in 19l0 that he was reliably informed that Ed Hull was sent message to bring $65, 900 to Spring field and that was where the money came from that was used in the Lorimer election"
 White said he was not permitted to tell this at the first Lorimer hearing.
 You deliberately lied when you wrote to Senator Lorimer on December 4. l9O', that you finished your story, didn't you?" asked Attorney Elbridge Hanecy.
 Yes, sir"
 When you wrote the senator that 3ou had been offered approximately S2.5O word you told a cold bold lie?"
 Tt was falsehood."
 What are you smiling at?" suddenly demanded MT. HanecyI
 At the way you put it."
 White said he had been coerced in degree ito let the Tribune print his story because they had turned it over to the states attorney. . White referred to a "so- o-called" con tract between him and the Tribune
 50 you did not regard contract any more binding on you than the truth did you?" MT. Hanecy inquired
 White did not reply.
 You. know you violated your oath made yourself infamous under the Illinois constitution and disqualified yourself from holding any office when you say you took these bribes?' asked Mr. ldanecy.
 Yes, and l knew those who were laying me were doing the same thing and so were the special interests who were putting up the money" replied White