Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-11
0'HARA ON STAND
|N0WN DEFENSE
Lieutenant Governor of ILL.,
nois Denies the Charges of
immortality.
MAKES OFFER OF PROOF
TO TRUTH OF STATEMENT
Testimony of Maud Robinson. His
Accuser, Differs from His in
But One Particular.

CHICAGO. May 10-Maud Robinson.
accuser. and I-ieut Gov Earratt O'Hara
respondent, in accusation of immortality
presented in the Illinois senate against
the latter. today offered before the SEN
ate Investigation committee testimony
which differed in one detail. but agreed
in essential matters.
Both denied improper relations and diff
fered in the single statement made by
Miss Robinson that on the night OF Jan
uary u O'Hara visited the suites at the
Hotel Sherman. occupied by Miss Robin
son and another woman. according to
Miss Robinson. O'Hara called at the
a apartment after he Thomas VreJen-
burgh Harry Gibbons. Chicago court
bailiff. Miss Robinson and another wom-
an had visited the cafe of the Hotel
sherman and the Lambs Cafe. across the
street
O'Iiara stated. and in this testimony
he was supported by Frank j. Jacobson.
an advertising man. that after leaving
the Lambs Cafe, the second one visited
that evening. he pet Jacobson at the
Press Club. took a midnight lunch with
the latter at short order restaurant
and then went home. accompanied by
Jacobson. In this connection he offered
to produce as witnesses his mother and
his father.
Testimony Covers Following Days.
O'Hara accounted in similar detail for
his public appearance on the next day.
January is, at a luncheon. banquet and
at the theater. He named numerous wit
nesses who would confirm his testimony
on these points During the remainder of
the 18th he played poker with members
of the Press Club. naming a number Of
them. until g o'clock Sunday morning. In
support of this story re offered to pro-
duce checks ainst him at the Press
Club. This was the morning of the 10Th.
The most OF the day he spent at his office
and at the home of his parents. He at
tended the Olympic Theater late in the
performance and sat in box alone.
His appearance at the theatcr was ex-
planned by him rs follows:
The manager of the theater n friend
he said. had given him a box to attend
the first performance of play on the
through a performance, he offered the
box to Vredenburgh. who accep ed It
1t was Nredenburgh who showed great
courtesy in securing q home for him at
Springfield and who introduced him to
Miss Robinson on a train coming from
Sprin .field to Chicag so January II. O'Hara
dropped into the plar late because the
manager OF the theater desired to obtain
his OPINION Oh ne pTO0tCIOH- Leaving
the thcater, O'Hara met Vredenburgh
and the two women and being urged
took a sandwich with them at cafe
He then returned to his home.
Unable to Recall Name.
In his testimony. O. Hara said he could
not remember the name o. the woman
who vas with Miss Robinson. tie stated.
however that Nredenourgh had told hin,
that he had registered the women rs
having busoa nds at the request of the
women. who had n parlor in common.
Vredenburgh explained that this was he
cause the women desired to receive their
friends. including several men. without
having their guests annoyed by possible
questioning on the part Of the hotel man
agement. The lieutenant governor also
stated that at no time during the period
under investigation did he take drink
Of anything intoxicating.
In interviews at Madison. Wis, with
Mrs Mabel Davidson 1nbusch daughter
of former Gov. James c. Davidson OF
Wisconsin,. whose name had been brought
into the story as the companion of Miss
Robinson. Mrs. Inbusch denied that she
had ever met a Miss Robinson In Chicago.