Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-07
BURNS ANDHAEtCY
CLASH ATuINQU|RY
Questions by, Attorney Raises
Detectives Ire.
MCGOWAN LETTER is READ
Young Canadian Declares He Made
Hines People Come Across
After Threatening Them , -, -
with ExposuEe. nrl.t.nt q.

4 Washington. = william J. Burns
who was . witness before the
Lorimer inyestigating commit tee. sun-
der crossfexamination lyef Attorney,
Hapecya counsel foErMD LerimeBs out.
Hned the evidence (which his deteetss
lives lIaveannearttled 10 pfpwelGthat
Z CHARLES NEG 65Fan.I thes young Uanas
dian, had co1nm1fted perjury bBef5re
J that body ia 81 stifhtne flos 2 . 1870 y
Ny fopsFadss, ME~ Bailey, told me,
the. yaHng nan had cpmmittedo peTjpyy
ibsforen the a7eommistees'ro saidss Mr.
BuEns. f'He.aajd fze hadIa Letters from
him making zach admissions and ALSO
a dfctagrapAas reeofdgf He 1safd the
young man stated that afS1tness Here,
BurgsssI think tfAts the fIameL-
1l46 tod the truth and that the o,het''
had NOT .tcId the, truth" arsyss ., 81,
slj Had ayou amy right to promise him.
?YcaAked Attorney Hanecy. y
( mo, and didn't intend to- promise
bit; but / felt, continued Mr.. Burns
with rising toice,9 tettfat This com
pmittee would take into consideration
that thFsp solIngi man had been bribed
by a lot ofasbrfbers anaa that. there
were extenuating circumstances"
B mir Baileyqsaid MCGOWAN had been
at his room lnsthe thotelSs continued
Burns, and admitted he got money!
! IN the letter he Acknowledged he had
shalkeR S0wn hstifslBHpi HINES Or ne Hines ines
\ Did he tell you. MCGOWAN had adj
! mittedi 10 anybody that his, testimony
heral wae1not trne?''Js asked attorney
.Hanecy. & Viafsay1 80 - s75a 20,
Fmoughoaefghe Iebgthy eross-esa.
-anination, Mr. Burns engaged in freli
qhent clashes With Attorney .Haneey.
Atone TINE the attorneys QUESTION:
caused Burns ste lose his seif-confroll.,
SHe rose from the witness stand and
ishook his flst-fn Haneey,s-
b Il donatlIaht YOU It's fthiasltlift fft tasain,
pair" shouted Burns. Tn not here Tor
isha y Jnrrpo You 1askqme tar qqesr
r.Aons and you'll getss feiHio aRswerse
|! lAseem moaentaiSatenithe lawReriFes
ferred to a man who halfuanllad BnrHs1
|, Sstlts blg dedecuvessUo sssnisu raw
IS l9He7aHiait caEi1Rie thatY Baads saS7u
DHected the lawyer. He called me az
cst3 dfteeSlye aos'is sa.' ' 5sIo.. z -
'@ Arr Ok gssA aPsEtn Ssbl2ss 4sffSpBaBS
ecy, Observation-Disclosures err nst ianolss
~ 'JUfidSS BtEps5sanlieSs apst tiDss
auors laughed. .9sosi sno
rl D1deRtive3a3aiisysnoas siASougFstl on
'eo%iap fbunRaizof aacGet7ah' 81 leftaFn
\ Another fight. befofa othey cS5}fR2ifmittisee
"a t5sseet 81 MI Rhf9s,a1 1d@ 1tfea "'6Rs
xdat@d NoSenbsr.01sf ), as fhe sqHe, IN,
pquestion A long wrangle Proceeded
pits introduction It--said- IR-part:
ol "Eatingsale asAssssn snsRfiinA1all
hans TOT stnGaaA dapoorssS afters1 rvt
turn 9Someidhg Hines people wired
Che, no oRfeetn oneiof tlfeiF en- IN sFbl
rorrt26. II wired thsfritto coufs to Elora..
They, would be sho8n What, toii;iSsed,
HOSPITALITY Yasobr5bbe aDld7sgshetgnn
wosld be taken doNnEl and loaded swith,
a couple Peters No. q. stlomade them
como aeTosSfab that acknowledgement
ed and had ae--ao OF a time getting
II. tool 1 had "a. threaten sHines @atRa
all Kinds 6f'eexposuTe." ss' la21ssl :
EfcGo@an was Che Strongest witness
introduced 70, fefpte tie testimony OF
William n. Rprgeson, OF Duluth. who
Flsaid he heard G. F. Wiehes brother-in-
Flaw of Edward Hines and secretary of
/ the Edward Hines Lumber company
of Chicago, make the following state
ment in the smoking car of train be.
/ tween Duluth and Virginia. Mimi, on
March Z. 1911: ~ sa,aa
There was a Jackpot raised for Mr..
Lorimer's electiona know what l am,
talking about because / subscribed
$1,000 to It myself ~ ls9ss9 os