Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-08
Lorimer Committee Listens to
Loose Ends of Testimony.
CANADIANS FATHER HEARD
Wiehe Tells of His Dealings With
Young MCGOWAN.
INQUIRY NEARLY FINISHED
Attorney Hanecy Announces He Has
No More Witnesses But
Expert Stenographers.

With every plan laid to close quickly
| the investigation into the election of SEN
ator Lorimer, the Senate Lorimer COM
mittee today listened to loose ends of the
testimony touching the statements that
Charles MCGOWAN, the young Canadian,
had admitted receiving money for per
juring" himself last July before the COM
mittee
MCGOWAN was subjected to cross-exam-
| ination by Attorney John ]. Healy for the
committee.
The attorney asked MCGOWAN to ex-
plain what he meant by the letters 80. X"
on card he left for Detective Bailey
the day he settled with c. +. W'iehe The
witness had already said Bailey knew he
was trying to get settlement with
Wiehe. The card read: Am leaving at
8 Ok for Elora.''
'''O-k' meant o'clock replied the wit
ness.
ooh. you spelled phonetically," suggest
ed Attorney Healy. (
Chairman Dillingham; asked Attorney
Healy If he commended the card could
be susceptible of more than one meaning.
Ihe attorney said he regarded 1t as pos
sible.
Although in the middle of "a SEN
tence?' inquired the chairman.
said 1t might mean correct
The chairman announced the card would
be photographed for the. record.
DR.. j. p. Jupp of Toronto was called
after 10 pm. January 6. His testimony
was intended to show McGowan was not
IN the room with the detectives the hour
they swore he admitted having received
money for ''perjuring' himself.
McGowan's Father Heard.
John MCGOWAN, father of Charles NJ
Gowan of Flora, Canada, was the next
witness. He told of Detective William j.
Burns asking him to come to Toronto to
talk about his sons testimony. After
promising to CO. MCGOWAN said lie de-
cided ii was not worth while to chase the
fellow around when a son, John. could
not find Burns at the Toronto Hotel
MCGOWAN said the next day when
Burns told him over the telephone his son
had perjured himself he called Burns a
liar.
Burns said he wondered that a man
Of my position would back my son up in
such thing said the witness, land
when / told him / didn't know he had
done anything wrong he called me
ltar."
MCGOWAN was formerly a member of
the Canadian parliament
Senator Kenyon asked MCGOWAN if he
was not a wealthy man. The witness
hesitated.
Il don't suppose + would be so con-
S1dered In Washington
Story Agrees With McGowan's.
c. F. Wiehe, secretary of the Edward
Hines Lumber Company, was next
called. His account Of dealing with
young MCGOWAN coincided with that of
the latter. He said he Knew no sub
poena would have been effective to
bring MCGOWAN to Washington, and so
1t seemed reasonable to pay him for his
actual LOSSES
Senator Lea wanted to know if Nc
Gowans statement that he sometimes
lost and sometimes made 800 q day
struck Wiehe that MCGOWAN was "sug-
gesting" he wanted 500 for thirty
days time lost
Wiehe said he didn't know what was
in McGowan's mind
The answer did not satisfy the SEN
ator but Wiehe insisted he had no idea
of the amount MCGOWAN wanted.
Only Stenographers to Be- Heard.
Attorney Hanecy announced before
lunch recess that he had called all the
witnesses he desired except the expert
stenographers