The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-11
Lieut.. Gov. 0'Hara Tells of Incidents
That Led to immortality Charges
Against Tim.
SAYS HE CAN PROVE ALIBi
Which viii Convince Committee and
Public of H Innocence Of
the Accusations.

Chicago. May 10--- Maud Robin
son, accuser, and Lieut.. Gov. Barrat
lO'Hara, accused OF immortality, pre-
jsented in the Illinois Senate again
today, offered before the Senate in
iyestigating committee testimony
(which differed only in one detail, but
agreed in essential matter. Both
denied improper intimacy and their
Testimony differed only in the state
lment Of the Robinson woman that on
1.-The night Of January II O'Hara had
visited suite at the Hotel sherman
occupied by herself and another We
Imam.
| According to the Robinson wo-
man O'Hara called at her apartment
latter he and Thomas d. Nanden
burgh, Harry Gibbons and the other
woman had visited the cafe of the
Hotel sherman and the Lambs cafe
tacross the street
| O'Hara's side to the affair and the
incidents that lead up to the
lcharges made by the Robinson wo-
Imam were given out by him in the
following statement:
l AS to the story told by this WOO
Imam Robinson, no fair-nninded man
tcan fail TO acquit me OF blame when
lthey know the real facts
cit Is true, as she alleges, that I
left Springfield at noon on Saturday.
January II, with Thomas d. Vred-
lenburgh, a wealthy lumber merchant
lof that city. We took the Alton linn
lifted for Chicago, and in the party
lwere Maud Robinson and another
lyoung woman whose name think
Twas Mabel Davidson,
| "yrendenburgh, with whom | was
Ion friendly terms, and from whom
had rented a house in Springfield,
HAD told me he was going TO Chi
cago on that train and asked me If
Ibid not want to meet couple OF
good fellows Out of courtesy
said yes, and ! found the good fell
lows were two young women.
After we boarded the train the
L
Iconduet. They We're so flip and loud
| hat we had to engage private room
l On the Pullman parlor car for ouI
lparty.
when we reached Chicago We
went TO the Hotel sherman, wher,
Vredenburgh registered for tn,
: party ] had no hand in it and die
g not know that he had registered ex
cGpt for himself
a '1n the course OF the evening VIZ
c went to the Lambs Cafe and to thu
4 Far East restaurant. During thu
q evening | wanted to leave the party
and thought 1t would be matter
of good judgment 10 get someone
! else to take my place. called M
, Harry Gibbons, bailiff in Judge Nc.
n Donalds court, and he came. About
midnight left Gibbons at tho
! Lambs Club with the party and
, went to the Press Club.
: Ny intention in introducing Glib
bons was TO Introduce him to the
girls and let him entertain in my
stead with Vredenburgb. | did not
stop at the Hotel sherman at night
, though ! did so up to the rooms oc.
! cupied by the party the next after
moon.
'On that Saturday night went
again TO the Press Club, and on Sun.
ttday | gave the party box which
lhad been presented to me for the
performance of The Top of the
j Morning at the Olympic theater
lit was not my intention to go to the
: ltheater. but ] afterward dropped in
Il land occupied a box next to the party
Il II saw no more of the party until
the next day. when went to the
: door of the suite and talked to then
: for a moment
II have certain evidence which