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Show II oo THE INSIDE STORY OF THE LO RIMER CASE Fortunately, the day of supreme A control by the n-actlonarv politicians in passing. Of this we are reminded by a re Ital of a phase of the Lorl-mer Lorl-mer case, by Clarence S. Funk of Chicago, in an interview In one of the San Fntncicco papers. Mr. Funk, who Is general manager of the International Interna-tional Barretter company, is on n I I lour of the Pacitlc Coast. "When que?, tloned as to hit? part in the famous case, he ald' i Three ears n, Cln ago was undergoing un-dergoing one of her periodical spasms of reform J.ist prior to the Lorlmer election." srMd Funic. "1 was entering the T'nion League club on afternoon following Lorl-mer's Lorl-mer's election to the senate, when Hlnes, a big lumber operator and an accredited millionaire, approached Id nie He told me I hat I would have to I contribute to the fund being raised to reimburse Ixrimor'g friends, who V had spent a great Mim ot money on his election. "I absolutely refused. Hlnes cajoled k me, but 1 remained eteaufasi 1 told "f him that ! positively wouM hove nothing to do with the scheme. "Some time later I happened to be talking with H. H. KohUaat. editor I of the Chicago Record-Herald In th conversation I mentioned th.- f above facts Kohlsaat commented on ) the situation In an offhand way. Six . months later he wrote or published ar. editorial on the situation without ' Bj using my name, i "The first investigating committee oi the sena'.e had meanwhile aired the Ixirlmer election, witliout bringing bring-ing much light to bear on the Inside I - of the proposition. Lorlmer was acquitted ac-quitted amid much acclaim. "Then the Illinois legislature took I the matter up with a great deal of vigor. Kohlsaat was summoned to testify as to where he got his material mate-rial to write the editorial which appeared ap-peared In his paper He refused I point blank to divulge my name. I Threatened with jail on a contempt charge, he remained steadfast. He said his Information had been confidential con-fidential and he would keep it so "Matters were thus when I went to I eee him personally and told him to go ahead and use my name He refused re-fused so I took the liberty to sign his name, in his presence, to a telegram tele-gram addressed to the legislative Iconimlttee paving he was willlu to I tell all 'Dramatics followed dramatic! I I was called to Washington and I gave I my testimony. W hat followed is a (matter of history probably kuown to lever", man and woman In the country. coun-try. While 1 was In Washington ugly l report concerning my private life were circulated by m, enemies. I was sued by a man named John Henning for $."iO,Om,i on a charge of alienating his wife's alfeclions. This was merely mere-ly to discredit ffiy standing. 'I had never voen oiihe; Henning or his wife Ai riving in Chicago, I was told that Mrs. Henning was a checl.er in a hotel at .1 salary of 116 a month Her Husband was a 9tevv-ard 9tevv-ard in the same house. "The case came to trial My at torneys proved (hat I was the victim ( of a black conspiracy They discredited dis-credited everi- witness called to the I stand A host of bellboys, cab drivers driv-ers and dlsolule women testified under un-der oath that they had seen me with Mrs. Henning Two or three days before the case closed Hennlm- and his wife fled to Alabama T had de-leciives de-leciives follow them. They were lo-'catcd lo-'catcd in Mobile. living in luxury My enemies had paid them high In their i efforts ro ruin me. "The Jury exonerated roe In nine : minutes and each of the blackguard witnesses. Including the attorneys, were held for perjury. Their cases icome up in Chicago In about two months I will be on hand to see that the get their just desserts ' When Lorlmer first was under fire, land while vet the reactionaries were I able to suppress many of the facta pointing to his guilt the Illinois senator sen-ator was shielded, supported, defended, defend-ed, cloaked by the big men of his party. Including Vice President s'ner-, s'ner-, -van who made a secret visit to !orl-mer, !orl-mer, when the crisis wat. reached, to I urge the senator to resign In order I to prevent further disclosures of I part y scandals. No wonder the people have turned irom these political rogues to .1 demand de-mand for a cleaning out of the rascals' ras-cals' Oniv through the Instrumentality of 6trong men. who could not be suppressed sup-pressed by threats or rulued by j business pressure, was a victory for I decency and honor won in the lorlmer lorl-mer case. Mr Funk was made the object of nil kinds of attacks. His home life was Invaded and even the Company of which he Is the general manager, was made the object of an J attack, at which the president of the United States Is said to have winked The Progressive movement, which has had much to do with the breaking J down of the power of the reactionaries reaction-aries of the lorimer and Balllnger I stripe, was started none too soon. |