The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-06-26
New York Lawyer Will Tes-
tify Tonight Before the
Senate Lobby Hunters.
JUDGE TOLD OF THREAT
Said Effort Was Made to Force
Lauterbach's Employment
in Merger Case.
Bv Samuel NJ. Williams.
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WARRINGTON. June 26.--Edward
Lautesbaeh. New York lawyer. &C.
cussA last night before the Lobby
Hunting Committee by Robert 8.
Loyett Of having connection with an
alleged plot to obtain fees. reached
Washington to-day. He arranged
with Chairman Overmaa to appear
before the committee and tell his
eide of the Story. He will make q
sepesal denial Of Judge I-ovetti
story. He will testify about talks
with Otto H, Kahn and explain hia
side Of the conversations.
lie win appsaf before the commistss
ut . O'Clock tonight
| Judge Lovett IL chairman OF the COM
6iasd Union Pacific and Southern
Pacinc railroad systems. now IN pro-
csou Of dissolution under undsrs Of the
United etates supreme Court. On the
witness stand last night he told the
,ohoy hunters the story Of . Wall street
conspiracy 10 coerce him into giving up
money.
R,ordsn, rsasMany CoagressmaR from
Ne Eleventh District. whfeA iDclvdss
the lower end Of Manhattan Island. was
msationsA by Lovstt - the advance
agent who opened the NEGOTIATIONS by
tsssehoas on behalf Of IAuterbach.
Behind these two there was the sus-
pssssa that Others we're u the con.
spsracy, but Judge Lovstr had no proof
and the revelations ended without men,
tSo0 ee etAer Names. .,
Congressman Henry Of Texas. Chair.
lnan q the Rules Committee Of the
House. fudge Lovett said. had been
ms~4Ss~sA ~ Mr.. Lauterbach ~ one
Of the radical leaders In Congress- who
might make trouble But Judge f-ovet'
Il ave NJ. lesury 4 etrQpS vindieetiou BY
saying 'nsftksr NJ nSf his aSsocfsts'
believed there was ~ fovadatSoa to'
such . ststemeut
: THn9ATO THAT sAvoREu Myct
i o., BLAckMAiL.
II II was q daring game for high stakes
ATTEMPTED o. this great railroad sysesa
that had been built up by the late Il. II
Hartman as the COST % his nfs. oniy
u b shattered by the strong arm Of
the FEDERAL Government In the mids'
Of its deepest troubles some Clever
persons sought to force themselves IN
n Judge Levstt AseiAsed, ~ inanua
tions and threats OF making more
trouble in nsvspoosrs ana IN Congress
Thu negotiations were on In Wash
! ingtou between ths Government an
he railroads for the dissolution ordere'
BY the Supreme Court IN December
last Judge Lovstt declared:
II believe there was conspiracy q
] M 70 foscs ~ to employ some one VI
didn't want to employ. and that tn
eonspirators. after trying various meth
ods- were about to 70 Into tho news
papers and create opposition b Cen
srsas TO the plan for dissolution tina
s was about to DO carried out"
There we're intimAtions, ~ said. Q
|, ATTACKS on Union Pacific. digging up n
old chicago aad Atea case. aao n
lopsuiux the Money Trust inquiry. The
he resolved to stop the conspiracy b
publicity.
A very calm and cool Witness vas Il
- railroad chief - he faced the Invest
d eating Committee late on swslterir
D hos nAeAt In the Senate once suilain
,. There was . mere handful Of an aud
sncs. senator Overman, the ehairma
= cast ssids coat and waistcost. IT
70 other Senators smoked and perspire
" Only Judge L0vett remained unrv0l'
1t And smiling a. he related In aui
II voice details Of the game that HI
II failed.
As was not the only one OF q
Union Pacific company who had be-
sppsoachcd. Otto II Kahn. OF kuh
Loeb h Co. Its bankers; Maxw'
~ Evarts. formerly general counsel {
~ the company; Lewis Csss LsdyArd Al
~ Paul u. Cravsth. Its special counsel. 1
60 had been solicited to take Mr.. Lauts
e' bach in to grease the wheels" Jud
Lovett, under direction Of the comm
tee related second hand what they h
or told him Of their experiences and add
that they could be summoned to CO
~ roborats.
ne With cautious precision OF . lawy
nu the witness gave Congressman Riord
% the beneAt of the doubt Neither
nor his associates had seen nor ihsn
Ned the Congressman.
piONT oEe RioRpAN, u
NAME WAS USED.
80 Only . voice over the telephone
ie6 sald that 1t was Riordan talking. q
a. the Judge said that he had known
"A instances In Wall street where nan
had been falsely used In mysterit
~ telephone conversations, and innoc'
men impersonated. Hs himself
NJ come to have misgivings that the c.
'e' gresham was the real advance agent
o. But as to Lauterbach. that gentieu
had called in person number Of Tn
d. on Mr.. Kahn TO urge that he be q
up; ployed a. counsel for the Union
Ill CHE TO ward OF further troubles {
m: to smooth the ways for IL In Wa
, iaStoa.
"a. Congressman Riordan later made Z
I'd. phattc denial that he had anything
: - With the scheme. saying he dld