The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-31
It Was over Telephone Line Howev.
or and He Had Been Called One
Himself Several
Times.
HANDS HANEcY oNK
Detective on Witness Stand in the
Lorimer Case Created Consider.
able Interest During His
Examination.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON. Jan. S1.--Detectiye
VIM. J. Burns told the Lorimer inves-
| tigating committee today the result OF
his Investigations into the testimony
of Charles MCGOWAN, one OF the Wit
nesses produced in rebuttal by the
Lorimer defense.
Burns said he was employed by the
! Lorimer committee from July 10
4 October, 1911. He then dropped the
4 case because the committee stopped
his fees.
i Afterwards he said he met Joseph
Keely, managing editor Of the Chi
cago Tribune, in New York.
"Keely asked me whether was still
at work on Mo4owan,' said Burns.
Il told him no. Then he declared that
McGowan's testimony should be In
vestigated and that he would pay the
bill il would continue the work. |
I. did so and found that MCGOWAN lived
: with his father In little town near
Toronto.
81 telephoned to the elder MCGOWAN
I and asked that he and his son call on
. me in Toronto. He said there was no
reason why he should come, and ask
: ed what had in view. said that
would show that his son had perjuret
;" himself in testifying before the Lori
& mer committee.
e You Sire L liar, he shouted.
T. aYou come here and will shoE
= you told him.
"He kept on calling me liar AM
finally called him d. liar.
How far apart were you?" inter
z jected Kern
well, we were at the ends OF
e telephone wire," said Burns with
smile.
"Then he asked me to come to se'
him and assured ME that would no
i he in danger. answered that Woui'
# not be in danger anywhere.
- .I left the service of this committe
!" because it appeared that the comml'
If tee regarded my expenses as proh1f
le tive
g. .sWas 1t because no results were az
q. complished ? asked Chairman Dilline
ham.
ar 81 think not answered Burns.
al Asked as to his purpose in seein
n McGowan, Burns said: Il wanted
,r advise him to return to the comm
We tee. admit that he had commute
in neri,1ry and tell the truth
I'd Burns described his agency and no
r. he investigated cases At one poir
be Judge Hanecy, counsel for Lorime
is remarked audibly something about I'll
be detective mending his ways
81 think that my reputation WI
ar. measure up with yours, and that it WI
We he found to be even better" Burns
RS torted.
he Dillingham called for order, b.
in Burns glared at Hanecy and exclair
n. ed.
nd ANY time you hand me anythir
ty. like that ! will hand it right bac
TO We did not investigate the Lorim
In case but only the MCGOWAN end
it"
All the afternoon session Judi
Hanecy asked Burns to detail his wo
on the case. The detective said tn
Il those who worked with him at Toro
to were a Mr.. Kerr. Of Detroit, al
at three Burns detectives, A. G. Bale
Charles Carter and Harry Martin
"Martin is stenographer," sa
the witness, "and was called to Tore
e. 10 to transcribe a dictagraph ms
OF sage"
or ewhat was Kerr doing there?" as
of ed Hanecy
my Nothing .
er- We'll, he wasn't dead?"
aY- "You will know he was not de
when lie gets on the witness stand
he How did you register at the no
len in Toronto9"
en- b. J. Williams, or w. j Burns,
cen first is my name backwards
cen "Do you do other things ba
Try wards?"
yes" said Burns sarcastically.
.Why do you use the name of
liams?
20. "To escape reporters and half b
frs. ed private detectives"
lur- What is a half baked detective
last MEN who class themselves as pl
ate ate detectives to rob their clients" I"
mis- My son, in charge of my Chic;
and branch, told me MCGOWAN had writ
at to Bailey saying he had shaken do
wo- the Hines crowd and had made th
come through"