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Show 1 TALKED I TOOJUCH I Hines Was Too Garrul- ' H ous-New Sensation j H in Lorimer Case IH v ijjH Washington, July 21. The office of 1 H the secretary of state of New York vas. brought into the Xorimer investi- 1 j dH gatlon today' when C. F. Wiehe, one I iH of the central figures in the present H'nl hearing before the senate Lorimer ( JJf committee, testified that $1,000 had ' iW been asked of him as the price of a (Jfl copy of the list of contributors to IS tho Taft campaign fund in 1008, on xH file in Albany. ' W He testified that he had been in- formed by telegrams, from either the fH secretary of state or his office, that the list, consisting of 128 pages, had IH been destroyed, but later an offer to IH furnish it for $1,000 was made. Wiehe fil explained that he wanted to know if i Sims McCrom had contributed to the ' fund, but said he did not consider tho M information worth $1,000. Washington, July 21. C. F. Wiehe, secretary of the Edward Hines Lum- . jM ber company of Chicago, was sub- lH jected to a detailed cross-examination nil today before the senate Lorimer com- i 'MM mittee as to the part he and Edward . . 1 1 L Hines, president of the company, took Ul In the Lorimer election. Attorney J. i B H. Marble, for the committee, directed. , Bl attention to the night when Wleho ' 91 asked W. H. Cook and William O'Bri- VH en, at Hines' request, to keep out liffl of the way while the grand jury was liM in session in Chicago. 'IhI "Did you know it was a violation. Jfl of the law to advise persons to avoid ' l subpoenas?" asked the attorney. oill "I did not think about It at that ' H time; I was just a messenger for Mr. i p 11 Hines." ! Chairman Dillingham wanted to fl WM know whether, as- a matter of fact, jH subpoenas for Cook and O'Brien had j JH been Issued. Attorneys for Hines j M stated that they had not been but H Sonator Kern led the witness to say H that Hines said to him that night ! that he was advised subpoenas had M been issued. i a M "Did you say that Mr,. Hines was M H talking too much about the Lorinier j tt M case," asked Mr. Marble. Ifjj H "I might have. I know Mr. Hines M felt that by his message to Governor . I M Doneen he believed he had been ln- IK H fluentlal ln the election of Lorimer, MI H nnd I thought as .has been shown, II H that, if he kept repeating his part ln M the election, he would get Lorimer's M enemies down on him.'' , 1 WU After thinking of tho matter over 1 jH night, Wiehe declared that one of the . MttH roasons why he asked R. J. Shields, I 4 flH the affidavit collector of Superior, j ifH Wis., to meet him In Chicago about 'H ten days ago, was to discuss sending llfH him to Albany, New York. II H "Why didn't vou recall that yester- ! ftH day?" asked Mr. 'Marble. HH "I don't know." IH Wiehe explained that tho Hines IflH company desired to ascertain if Slrus ijfH McCrom contributed anything to the illH Taft campaign in 1908 and that he had R&H been advised the list of contributors jPH (Continued on Page Eight,) ')H HE TALKED TOO MUCH (Continued from Pago One.) was on flic with the secretary of state at Albany. "I had wired the secretary of state and had got a roply that tho list was destroyed, only being tretained for fifteen monthB "Since coming hero I havo received a wire from Albany, saying the list would be furnished for 51.000 " Wiehe did not think the charge was solely for copying the 12S pages of contributors "Do you mean to say there are 12S pages of contributors to the Taft fund." asked Senator Kern, late candidate can-didate on the vice presidential ticket opposed to Mr Taft "Yes, sir," replied the witness. "I see how It happened, then.'' responded re-sponded the defeated candidate Wiehe was asked why he had called call-ed in Shields about the Albany mat- I ter Ho said Shields claimed to know I some one at Albany that might help him get tho list. j "Haven't you men in your office i who could get tho list without coming all the way from Superior'" "Yes, but I talked over other matters mat-ters to Shields," he replied. oo |