Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-04
Prosecutor Burke Finds
Dealer Who is Anxious
to Talk.
GOES TO GRAND JURY
Chairman Foster of Committee
Also CaIIed-Senator Hoist
law Resigned.

Springfield, Ill, June 4.-As a re-
suit Of a trip to Peoria and the in
formation he received from Illinois
river fishermen States Attorney Burke
today issued a subpoena requiring the
instant presence of Representative
Foster, chairman OF the fish and game
committee, before the grand jury. 1t
is expected Foster will be questioned
concerning the money which is said
to have been contributed to defeat the
fishing license bill.
Dixon Goes with Burke.
John Dixon, one of the leading fish
men of Peoria, who is declared to be
the collector of the fund designed to
defeat the fish bill, accompanied Burke
on the return to Springfield and will
be examined by the states attorney
before taken before the grand jury.
Tells of Fish Fund.
Peoria, H., June 4.-Inside details
of how legislation affecting the fish
ing interests was fought in the Illinois
legislature was given States Attorney
Burke of Sangamon county last night
by Henry Lemm, wealthy fish dealer
of Pekin. The names of other fish
dealers were named and Burke also
has the names of the democratic mem
ber who went south" with the entirS
fund contributed for use in the last
session.
Money Every Year.
eo;5 H.. hoay, ~, h,,z{
ness in Pekin since 1888, that there
had not been session of the legisla-
tive assembly in which the fish dealers
had not put up" money to fight the
legislation opposed to their interests.
He said that the past session had cost
them the most. He said he then put
up 500.
He also declared that until the death
of Chaplain Schultz of Havana fast
year Schultz was the collector of this
fund. but that he had been succeeded
by John Dixon of Peoria.
Dixon Drew on Him.
He said that while the fish bill was
on the first reading in the legislature
he went to Hot Springs on May 2,
1909. Before he left, Lemm said that
he told Dixon to do what he could to
defeat the bill and that he would stand
his share of the expense. Lemm de-
MED that he was a partner of Dixon,
but both hold stock in the Havana
Fish company.
Before leaving, Lemm said that he
told Ralph o. Lord, his bookkeeper
formerly of Springfield, that he ex-
pected Dixon to call for a contriou
tion, and if he did so to pay Dixon any
amount he asked for. First he said
that he did not know the amount
which Lord gave to Dixon, but later
he remembered that the amount was
5000, this being borne out by a letter
which Lord wrote TO Lemm telling him
that the contribution had been made
and asking if he had any suggestion
regarding the fight on the bill.
Letter Tells Amount.
Lemm said that the only other fish
dealer in Pekin of any consequence
was R. Dieckman, but said that he did
not know how much Dieckman had
contributed. In the following letter it
is shown that Lemm was Informed.
The letter in part follows:
Pekfn, May IT. 19O9.-Henry Lemm,
I1OL SpTIuSS, AEh.- JOnn DI&On WAS
just down and gave him a check for
$500 for the affair at Springfield He
also got a like amount from Dieck-
man. l made the check payable to
!curself and endorsed it on the back
He suggested that l DO it that way in
order to keep us out Of trouble in case
this ever got out. He told me to have
you get after the Grafton Fish COM
pany and see if you could not get S1OO
out of them He is afraid he is going
to have trouble raising the required
amount. Perhaps you had better take |
this up with John. (Signed)
r. o. LORD.
HoIstIaw Resigns.
Springfield, ILL.,, June 4.-Senator
D. w. Holstlaw of Iuka is the first /
of the self-confessed bribe-takers of |
the Illinois assembly to accede to |
the demands of the public and press |
of the state and resign his Office.
The following telegram from the |
senator's home was received by Sec
retary of State Rose:
"Iuka, ILL.,, June 3.-Secretary of /
State James A. Rose: l hereby re-
sign as senator from the AID district. |
d. w. HOLSTLAW."
Holstlaw was a ''holdover" sena-
tor, elected to serve until 1913. His
resignation will make necessary a
special election to fill the vacancy.