Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-31
PAID WITNESS TO
TESTIFY AGAINST
FUNK
PROSECUTION uNCOvERS MORE TESTI.
M0NY MADE TO ORDER IN SUIT
AGAINST FUNK FOR ALIENATION
or MRS. HENNINGS AFFECTIONS.
WITNESS SAID had
never Seen FUNK

Chicago, ILL.,. Oct. A witness
ahoe and Isaac Stiefel charged with
conspiracy to defame Clarence s.
| Funk, today linked the name of Ed
ward Hines, the lumber man, with that
OF Donahoe. The witness was Edwin
W. Deuter, bell boy, who testified
that he was hired by Steifel and Dona-
hoe to give false testimony against
Funk, in the alienation suit brought
by John Henning
Deuter was testifying as to conver-
sations held in Donahoe's office and
elsewhere,
''Did you and Donahoe discuss the
suit in his officer" witness was asked.
Counsel for the defense objected,
but were overrlled and Deuter re-
FLIED: Yes, be asked if | HAD seen
in the newspaper where Hines had
sned Funk for 100000, said that |
had and he said: He's our man.
He's in the game we are and he'll be
our friend.'"
The Hines suit never came to trial.
He charged Funk with SANDER in quot
ing him (Hines) as saying ''it cost us
100000 to put Lorimer over"
Deuter said that Steifel had paid him
as much as $S7 ut time. Stiefel
showed him picture Of Funk he said,
but he told Stiefel that he had never
seen the man.
ale told me about the Henning suit
and said be wanted some of the hotel
employees for Witnesses said Denter.
He said ! wouldn't have to work for
couple of years and that / would be
well taken care Of. told him
would consider being witness and he
gave me $25, sayin, here is a little
change"
Deuter said he was introduced to
Stiefel by Dennis Martin. said to be a
states witness, who is missing. Site
fel met him and Martin together a
few days later, he said, and gave them
$25 apiece. 4N
'He said we were using up money
too fast" said Deuter, "and told us we
would have to see Donahoe. He took
us to Donahoe's office.
AT my second visit to Donahoe he
told me Funk and Mrs. Henning had
been seen at the hotel together and
he wanted some bell boys as witnesses
He said | would have to remember the
face of Mrs. Hennfng, as she wouldn't
be at the trial. He said 7 would be
we'll taken care of. that he would be
like father to me, and that was the
way lot of big men got their start.
"He gave me money every time |
went to see him, sometimes four or
five dollars and again as high as sS5
and $S7. He gave me $S7 in January,
1912, a few days before I was mar
ried.'
Deuter told of Donahoe having OBJ
tanned for him position getting or
ders for a grocer. The state asserts
that this position was blind"
Deuter testified that he received s25
a week and worked in the place seven
months during which time he OBJ
tanned three orders
Mrs. Henning, principal witness for
the state, who became i'll while testi-
flying will not be able to take the
stand again until Monday it was sail
today.
Patrick J. Enright, former bell
boy, told of meeting Stiefel, who
showed him photograph of Funk and
later employed him at So day after
he lost his hotel position. Enright
said that all he had to do was to go
to the hotel and watch what the
Funk people were doing"
Enright said that he reported to
Stiefel talk he had with edwin Sla-
vim hotel employe.
"Slavin said he knew Mr. Funk and
Mrs. Henning and that he had seen
them at the hotel" said Enright