Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-03
DETECTIVE IN
lOR|M|ER CASE
IS questioned |

A. G.. Bailey, Who Trapped
Witness MCGOWAN, Ex-
plains How He Gained
Confidence Of Man.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 2-lns
story of how private detectlVe ana
a phonograph figured IN the a1ieseu
trapping Of Charles MCGOWAN, a WY.
ness in the Lorimer Investigator, was
continued today before the speclai sen
ate committee. A. G. Bailey, a oeeec
tive. who has alleged that When WY '
Gowan admitted" TO him that ne hau
received money for testifylng as q
Hines-Lorimer witness. pno.o-
graphic record of the alleged admls-
sion was made by machine conceateu 1s =
under table cloth, continued Oh .no o
witness stand. Attorney Hanecy, lot 1or
senator Lorimer, was waiting to start
his cross examination Of Bailey Wnen
the committee began its daily hearlns.
Attorney w. j. Hynes, represenIlns
Edward Hines, the lumberman, llrss
took Bailey in hand. For fifteen years,
the witness said, he had been 'roplns
u for detective agencies.
"We don't understand 'roplng, IN
terrupted Chairman Dillingham;.
'sThat is what we called getting a
mans confidence and leading him 10
tell things he otherwise would not
tell explained Bailey.
Attorney Hynes made the witness
give an account of all his detective
work.
For nearly two hours yesterday Bail
ey read from notes made from day
10 day of remarks MCGOWAN was al
legged to have made to Bailey, posing
IS a claims adjuster of the American
Bridge Co. These remarks were a.
ieged to have been made principally
on a hunting trip in Canada. =
On one occasion the detective salo,
MCGOWAN told him he had written 10 9,
Waiha that he "had to come across.
\ ia said MCGOWAN told him he only
asked for 900: /, I Z Z ],
.sYon should have. made it $4,000 4
told him, !. Bailey swore.
i.It certainly is worth $4,000 to per.
lure ones self, MCGOWAN was quoted
as replying. =.
Later McGowan was credited with
saving that he would "fix the Wnole
Hines bunch if they did not come
across"
Il. In another day, specifically desig.
mated. Bailey said MCGOWAN remarked
4 that where he made a mistake was
when he made an affidavit for Shlelds.
The name Of r. j. Shields had just
been used.
Pile Of Money on Table.
eshields had pile Of money on the
table before him when / signed the
affidavit," MCGOWAN was quoted as
saving. "Shields said: I do not want
to give YOU money for making this al
fdayit. but we want to do the fair
thing with you; the Hines people have
lots of money only took a IS Dill.
/ was too green, or would have taken
It all: that is what it was there for.
The detective told Of going with Nc
Gowan to Chicago, and OF McGowan 8
alleged attempts to get money from
Wiehe. One night MCGOWAN was
credited with saying, he spent as
guest at Hines residence.
"When Mrs Hines saw her husband
and me coming into the house she
tainted Bailey claimed MCGOWAN re-
ported. Bailey added MCGOWAN said
Hines told him he would be COM
pensated by Wiehe.
.It was the sorriest day for me
when met Mr., Lorimer,' Hines was
alleged to have been quoted as say
ling.
SS On October %, Bailey said Nc
sowan left note for him that every
thing was 80. K" and that he had
left for home.
Hired by Chicago Tribune.
It was here that Bailey's services
were discontinued by the committee
/ only to be resumed by the Chicago
Tribune in December. In again get
ting in touch with. MCGOWAN, Bailey
said he wrote the Subject" letter
telling of his presence in Detroit and
his intention to visit Toronto.
The dictagraph was placed In
hotel room prepared for MCGOWAN. 4
cat Columbus, Ohio. worked it un-
der sofa" explained Bailey.
Here we put the discs on table
with cover over it. Mr.. MCGOWAN
will probably recall there was cover
on the table"
MCGOWAN remained silent.
In the presence of H. E.. Kerr, a
brass expert" of Detroit, Mich, and
with Jimmy Sheridan on the dicta-
graph in an adjoining room, Bailey
9swore MCGOWAN said he got $1,000
from Wiehe the day he left Chicago.
Bailey quoted MCGOWAN as saying
that Wiehe wanted to give him only
two or three hundred dollars, but Me
Gowan told him he deserved more
than his expenses for having perjured
himself
Stephenson Case Up Tomorrow.