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Show COUNSEL CLASH IN THE L0R1MER CASE VASHINCTON. Aug. I. What prom-leed prom-leed for a few minutes 4o bt t personal rrcnurtter betwaea Attorney Elbatda rerrrrv. rapresanUiur Senator Loiimer, end - Atturney Joiirr rV Haaly, eounaal for me sonata Larimer commltta. martted the cloae -estrday of th Ions ero x inlnetlon of H. J. C. pcm'ar, former Illinois state representattv. who aays he received fiooe after votlrut for Larimer for senator. The claah between counsel occurred when Mr. Healy accuaed ttr. Hanecy. with havlna tha parpoaa of confualaa th record aad those who will read It. Ha was scenting of Mr. Hartecv' oues-tions oues-tions reaardrac teetlmooy Backmeyer Save Keturday concernlna hi tatnent twa year ajre to offlclale In Cook count v. that he anew nothing ot intereat to the grand jury relative to corruptloa la the legislature. "If the gen.lemsn mean what h ears. 1 deelre to brapd It In the manner It deserve ta be branded." ahouted Mr. Hanecy. luinptna to hla feet and facing the committee's attornev. Mr. HeelY declared de-clared he could not tell whether Mr. HanecV wee a akin about Beckmever's I teetimonr aiaturday or about the truth 1 contelned In the statement two year irA j Beckmever aald lie could not understand either. Aa a result Chairman DilUnahem ; ' conducted tlie exaatlnatloa eo tha point .himself. Rpatedr Mr. Hanecy reoulred th wltneaa to admit that he lied when he declared, de-clared, before he confeaaed to the Cook t aouatr grand lury to rcrvlng monev. that he had not received - monev and knew nothing about the corruption la the Icgislettire. Finally Beckmeyer annealed to. the committee- to be excused front anawerlrut ! similar oueetlon. Chairman Dilllegham : tulad that, after the witness had test I- I fled three -or foar er five time that he Mcl. It not neceeaary for counsel to re- i quire the wltneee to characterise the Ilea ! he told- Th chairman exureaaed irons- I tlerice that th hearlners should b drawn , r.ut bv siiclt inataten'-e. ! Thrtuahou Beckifiever remalaed firm I In declaring that he aeked to be aiven the J privilege of making a "clean breast" of the whole matter before the grand iurv. I because he did not want aa Indictment ta 1 be returned s gainst him at xhe lira, aa his wife wee la a hospital. . I |