Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-03-15 | Page 8 | Committee Probing Loss of Document In Lorimer Case

Committee t Probing Probing- I Toss Loss of Document In Iii Case Vt Washington ashington March larch 11 A H.-A A Senate committee spent four hours tolJa today In Investigating Investigating In- In the charges made mad by b- Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Gore that an assistant doorkeeper of bf the Abo Senate Carl Loeffler was 10 te- for fOI the disappearance In 1911 o of the tho Holstlaw certificate of or deposit nn incident which figured prominently in tho the trial of Senator William Len Lori Lori- mer For over two and a u. half hours of or that time a n. 14 year old elI page pape bo boy bov William W. W Harris faced raced the eight senators senators senators sen sen- present at the tho hearing and antI sustained sustained sus sus- a severe examination which did not alter his assertion that he believed he lie had given iven the lime paper to Mr Ir Loeffler Mr lr Loeffler declared the paper nevor UC had been In his possession After beIng beIng be- be Ing Produced produce In th the Senate February 14 1911 by 11 Senator Cummins It passed into the tho hands of or other senators he her r r- r said and he never ne saw sate It or heard of it In his charges In the tho Senate yesterday yesterday yester yester- da day against Mr lr Loeffler Senator Gore Goro gave th the tho page as RS his source of or mation The boy bo who was accompanied by his mother said Bald ho had taken a paper paper paper pa pa- per from Senator Dalley Dailey during tho the latter's lilt lat t ter's rg speech and had shown It to other senators senator fI and that as he started toward the desk dese with It Mr r. r Loeffler Locffler Intercepted Intercepted Inter Inter- him and took it front from himI him I Facts brought out l b by tho the examination i t examina- lion tion indicated that the paper per ta taken by bythe bythe bythe the page might havo have been another document document document doc doc- that S Senator Bailey Daile was wag exhibit exhibiting ing to the tho Senate Tho The Investigation I will not bo ho resumed until tho the committee commit commit- tee teo has been reorganized d b by the Demo Demo- Demo j I