The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-05
FUNK TRIAL
GROWS WARMER
Lorimer's Name Goes Into the
Records When Witness De-
MES Ever Having Known
Mrs. Henning.

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CHICAGO Nov. 5.-Clarence S.
Funk. former general manager Of the
k,4ernational Harvester company and
5 victim Of an alleged plot to ruin
/. n after his testimony in the Lori
Ter Investigation, took the witness
stand today in the trial OF two of the
alleged conspirators and over the bit
ter objection of the defense, repeated
to the jury his statement that he was
approached by Edward Hines, million.
aire lumberman and asked to contrib
ute to the 100000 fund he said Hines
told him had been raised to put Lori
mer over" Counsel for Attorney Dan
iel Donahue and Detective Isaac Steif.
fel, the two defendants. fought for
nearly an hour to exclude the state
ment that again brought the names of
Ex-senator Lorimer and the million
aire lumberman into the record. Judge
Pam over-ruled the objection that the
testimony was i1revelant and declared
it could be admitted as furnishing
possible motive for the plot against
Funk.
Funk took the stand at the opening
of today's session after the state had
withdrawn as witnesses, Marjorie
Hamilton Cunningham, the calendar
girl beauty, and Mrs. Maud Evans.
Through Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs.
Evans the state expected to show an.
other feature of alleged conspiracy
that women were to be employed to
assail Funk with their charms. The
defense objected to their testimony
and Judge Pam was not convinced of
its value after memorandum had
been submitted to him by the state.
Funk's testimony was brief. He re-
peated the statement made when he
was witness in the Lorimer trial and
added that after he testified he learned
detectives were following him. The
defense asked that this statement be
stricken from the record but Judge
Pam again overruled the motion on the
ground of possible motive.
The witness declared his drst knowl-
edge of the alienation suit filed against
him by John G. Henning who confess
ed his part in the conspiracy, was OBJ
tanned from newspaper reporters. He
said he did not know Josephine Hen
ming with whom he was linked in the
alienation suit and declared to the best
of his knowledge that he had never
been inside the Grand Pacific hotel in
his life. Two former bell poys at the
nj Go hor ,o,r
testimony in the alienation suit trial
that they saw Funk and Mrs. Henning
together in room at the hotel
Did you ever maintain proper or i'm
proper relations with Mrs. Josephine
Henning?" was the last question put
to Funk by Assistant States Attorney
Bell.
q never did," answered Funk en-
phatically,
The defense occupied but few
minutes in cross examination of the
witness. Funk said he had eaten a
Mrs. Henning was formerly employed
as check girl but did not remember
that he had ever seen her.
Assistant States Attorney Bell an
nounced after court recessed at noon
that the state expects to rest this af-
ternoon. Bell said that he had two at
taches of the states attorneys office
who will be put on the stand this az
ternoon to testify regarding the mys-
terious disappearance of several wit
nesses subpoenaed by the state. The
defense is keeping its plans secret. 1t
is reported however that Attorney
Donabue will take the stand as the
first witness and enter a general de-
NAL of all the charges against him.