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ADMITS BRIBERY
New Confession Made by
Illinois ASSembIyman.
THREE MORE ARE INDICTED
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S250C 20 Vote For Senator
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1850 Promised

Chicago MAY 50 - Senator d. W.
Holstlaw. OF luka Marion county. For.
ty-second senatorial district broke
down before the SAngamon county
grand Jury at Springfield and made
/ ,ht amazing confession that be was
I paid $500 for his vote In support Of
| Senator Lorimer. and that be received
500 Tn addition. The senator alleged
that the money was handed him by
senator John Frederick. OF Chicago. .
Lorimer Democrat
Later Senator Frederick. of Chicago
Sas Indicted by the grand jury on
bribery charges based upon Holstlaw 8
'onfession. A capias was ordered at
once for Broderick and a bench war,
rant issued for his arrest.
Immunity from prosecution was
granted Holstlaw by States Attorney
Burke and the senator left for his
! home
Holsuaw's confession came Just al
The time that Senator Lorlmer's reply
IN the United States senate. denying
the charges that bribery was used in
| connection with his election was in
print,
The Marion county senator further
confessed that he was promised $500
IN connection with the letting OF the
contract for desks and chairs for the
assembly halls which contract has
been under investigation lie was Ia.
| dicted by the Sangamon county grand
jury for perjury In connection with the
desk and chair scandal He was offered
immunity If he would tell all he knew
about the alleged senatorial vote brib.
ING and the minor graft. and accepted
the offer
Two More Indictments.
Senator Holstlaw's confession re
garcng the furniture deaf was cor.
roborated before the grand jury by
Otto FREEZER. who rs agent for the
FordJohnson Furniture company. OF
Chicago. obtained the furniture con.
tract
The two confessions regarding the
furniture contract resulted in two ad.
ditional indictments on a conspiracy
charge. the accused men being State
Senators S c. Pemberton. Republican.
OF Oakland. III. and representative
Joseph $. Clark. Democrat. OF Van
dalia. ILL.,
AS In the cases OF Senator Broder.
lex. capiases and bench warrants were
issued Immediately for Senator Penn.
berton and Representative Clark on
the conspiracy charges In connection
with the furniture contract. and their
bail was fixed at $4,000
Confession Stuns Politicians.
Holstlaw's confession stunned the
politicians. who believed that the last
OF confessions in connection with the
lsorimer election had been heard. The
confession opens the issue afresh. and
startling developments are expected
before the affair reaches trial. Hoist
law said he did not know what the ad.
ditional 500 was paid for. but sup
posed It was his share In the lack
pot fund put up by a syndicate OF
corporations TO pass or Kill certain
bills. He charges that the smaller sum
was handed him by Senator Broder-
lex. who merely said: 1T is coming
TO you"
This makes the fourth confession in
the senatorship scandal. One material
difference is that while Holtslaw re-
ceived $500. the others assert that
they received but $1,000 and $500 from
the Jackpot"
On April 30 Representative Charles
a. White. OF O'Fallon. Ill. man
whose renufafion x.os No. - ~, -.
In the legislature confessed that Lee
O'Neill Browne. OF Ottawa. Ill. Demo
cratic leader. had paid him $1,000 to
vote for Lorimer. OF this sum $3.50
was paid in Chicago. States Attorney
Wayman, on the ground that he had
jurisdiction. summoned a special grand
Jury and Indicted White ami then gave
him immunity. White further confess
ed that he aad Representative Michael
Link, Of Mitchell. Ill: II. ]. C. Becke-
meyer. OF Carlyle, ILL.,. and Henry A.
Sheppard. of JerseyVille. ILL.,. we're
summoned to St Louis after adjourn
ment OF the legislature. by Represen-
tative Bob" Wilson. OF Chicago. At
the Southern hotel. White said. he was
paid $500 Jackpot" money by VIII
son. He was confident the others re-
ceived IKE sums.
Representatives Link and Becke-
meyer were subpoenaed before the
grand jury and are alleged to have con-
fessed not only to the Jackpot" divi-
sion. but that each received $1,000 from
Lee ONeiil Browne for voting for Sen
ator Lorimer. Link denied several
times after his return home that he
had made any confession involving
Senator Lorimer