The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04
THEN ARRESTED
FOR CONTEMPT
Outbreak Of Official Reporter
Comes With Statement That
Stcnographic Notes Used by
Detective Burns Are Faxed.
Friends Attribute Actions
to Nervous Breakdown.
lSpecial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.

the Senate, brought the session or tho
Lorimcr Investigating committee to a
sensational close this evening. when
ne broke into the proceedings without
invitation and dramatically charged
that notes produced In cviIcncc by Dc
,ectivc William J. Burns'J stcnosraph
or were faxed. BlumcnbcrG talked
hacked to the committee when mem
bcrs sought to rcbuke him and finally
picked mp all the pens and Ink, and
sum moDing his corps OF stcnoEraphers
who were taking the Testimony. march
cd naiestically out of the room. Tho
members OF tho COMMITTEE, being left
without stenosraphers, mad TO adjourn,
but before they did so they had Blum
cnbcrg hailed before them under ar
rest for contempt and ordered him TO
he held in the custody nf tho sergeant
at-arms of tho Senate until 1890
o'clock Monday morning.
Calls II Fake.
j. f. Sheridan was the Burnss
s;cno-rapher who was In the witness
chair before the committee. Sheridan.
representing the Bu,nss Detective
Agency. had operated the dictograph at
Toronto OF the time OF tn. alleged ad
missions of Charles McGowap. the
Canadian witness in the Loriuer case.
Suddenly Blumenherg, vino had been
sitting beside William J. Hynrs. at
torncy for Edward Hines. the Chicago
lumbernan. arose and started to I'D
dress the committee. lie declared he
had inspected tho notebook IN which
Sheridan had taken down the alleged
conversation recorded by the dicto
graph and pronounced Il fake. He
WAS explaining to the startled mem
hers OF the committee. when suddenly
one OF the members demanded
What do YOU mean by that tnlk?'
.T mean that this alleged report Is
a fake, pure and simple" Raid Blumcn-
berg, with a chow OF excitement. II
have examined It carefully ana ] find
that 1t Lac been faxed"
You are mistaken suggested Sheri-
dan. from the witness stand.
Are YOU tho official stSnographer OF
the committee" demanded Senator
Lea.
II am" replied Blumenoerg.
who have you been talking to
about this natter" inquired Senator
Kenyon.
The stenographer replied that he
had talked with William ]. Hyncs, the
attorney, and Edward Hines, and
named number OF other persons, In
GLIDING Miss LAWYER. special clerk
TO the Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
-littee of your discovery" inquired
Senator Kenyon
1T have not" replied Blumenbers.
Why nct?" persisted Senator Ken
yon
oh exclaimed BlunenberE, with
wave of the hand, this committee
Is not the most important thing in
the world
.It would seem not" replied SEN
sefr
parently except tho members of tho
committee have been told about your
discovery
Committee Startled.
There were only three members OF
the committee Observation-Disclosures Ken
yon. Kern and Lea. They were so
completely startled by the remarkable
performances of the stenogra pher that
they seemed dazed for the moment.
Biumenberg continued to address them
and finally rema rked that he had taken
pains to corroborate his own conclu-
sions, and had sent the notebook be-
longing to Sheridan, the witness, out
TO ono of his expert assistants to
have him examine it.
The knowledge that the notebook
had been taken out OF the room
created something or a stir. ana the
committee demanded that Blumenberg
recover the notebook and bring il
back. 1t appeared that he had given
il TO Fred ireland, ono of the STAFF
of official reporters of Congress, and
MIR. Ireland had seriously gone about
tho task of examining the notes. He
soon brought the book before tho COM
mittce. and Blumenbcrg continued to
address the startled members of the
committee
The excited stonograDher continued
10 haranguc tho committee He said
he had talked with young Sheridan
this morning, and had examined him
closely and found he had never had
sufficient training for the work which
lie had undertaken with the dIcta-
graph.
1t had become manifest to tho com
mittec that Mr. Blumenberg was labor
ing under some excitement. The three
iucmbcrs OF the committee began quiet
ly to confer on the case, and Blumen-
berg went over and stood In front of
Senator Jones, who was pres ding, and
continued to address the committee
Senator Jones warned him that the
members were comforting privately.
and asked him to withdraw. Blumen-
berg then took a seat back Of the Wit
ness Sheridan. but quickly shifted his
position to the attorneys table, and
resumed his seat beside Attorney Will
liam J. Hynes.
This seemed to arouse John j.
Healy. ono of the attorneys for the
prosecution, and he rose and asked
that a record be made In the proceed
ings at this point, of tho fact that tho
official reporter. of tho committee was
seated beside the attorney for Eds
ward Hines and conferring with him.
Attorney Hynes, with a chow of emo
tion. explained that Blumenberg had
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