“As you know, the courts have held
that it is not a violation when you do
that to catch law violators,” said
Wright, "I know of no other way you
can get the evidence.”
The committee adjourned until 10
a.m. tomorrow, when Wright s exam
ination w’ill be resumed.
ILLINOIS LEADERS DENY SLUSH.
Declare Charge of $3,000,000 Cam
paign Made In Senate Ridiculous.
CHICAGO. June 28 (A 3 ). —Charges
that $3,000,000 was spent in the Illi
nois senatorial primary, called to the
attention of the Senate by Senator
Caraway of Arkansas, have been met
with emphatig denials from several
of the principals named in connection
with the alleged collection and distri
bution of money. Others, including
Samuel Insull. public utility head,
have declined to comment.
Mr. Insull was charged with hav
ing contributed $300,000 to cam
paign fund of Col. Frank L. Smith,
who defeated Senator William B. Mc-
Kinley, said he would not talk on the
subject.
"My reaction to newspaper stories
which I have read is just aa though
I had never read them," he said.
Senator McKinley, confined to his
home in Washington by illness, like
wise declined to comment on the
charge that he had spent $1,000,000
in his unsuccessful campaign, while
Col. Smith, in a hospital here follow
ing a recent major operation, has not
been permitted even to read the
newspapers.
