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uto iWilliam D, Bennett DeclaredWilliOisub' derecitymee Tli latii Ththe vate ami(XX),(to Be the Lawyer for ManWho Backed Plot,ToiRethewaysu-cithe by 1 Th ban it w It Rail st ret to 111lt; napifro 11:Th mini the of t undf Newby t thejuricCotMrs. Josephine O’Reilly Henning, the woman whose name was used in the bogus alienation suit against Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester Company, yesterday named the go-between—the agent who represented the Lorimer interests and the “man higher up’’—in framing the suit.The man she named was William D. Ren-nett, an attorney associated in business with Attorney Patrick H. O’Donnell, defender of the Lorimer bribers and bribe-takers.Mrs. Ryan Is Lolated.With this development came the locating of Mrs. Catherine Ryan, the womak detective who handled the money provided by Attorney Daniel Donahoe to care for witnesses. The third development of interest was the exposure of a private detective agency which represented the Lorimer in-trests and is said to have been used to suborn the perjured testimony of bellboys who testified for John C. Henning.“Attorney Bennett was the man who came to me 011 various occasions and furnished me with money,” Mrs. Henning told an Examiner reporter yesterday. “He never made it clear whom he represented, but I was impressed with the belief that he did not represent Attorney Oonahoe.He often carried messages to me and gave me instructions as to what to do.Bennett Rushed to Mobile.“It was he who rushed into Mobile after the Examiner had discovered Mr. Henning and me at the Hotel Bienville, and gave us money with orders to hurry back to Chicago by different trains.”Bennett disappeared the day that Henning went on the witness stand and was subjected to a gruelling cross-examination by Funk’s lawyers. He was not seen until yesterday afternoon when lie was recognized corniug out of the Corn Exchange Bank Building. He was followed and a grand jury subpnonn returnable instantc was sent after him.Bennett is the man who was identified by Harry M. Friend as the go-betwe :u ,ho[p€r8lt; represented interests higher up the caseTh aud in si It Itepi by licai panjauto Law port on t in dAllpanjandcretjtiou.vioubrouthatister in qiAutAhtom*and liad personal cbn -e of Henring. Mr 'l ^os Friend me Bennett In Lo?- At - do- J uejnnd 14. when he went to take Ilenning moneyand *e him orders. JJfce t'0 went to2d Column.forcestreere co iS'
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 16, 1912
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