The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
LINK IS PuRCED Of
COURT CONTEMPT
Answers Mooted Question in
Legislative Bribery Quiz.
MORE sUBPoENAs ARE ISSUED
officers Of Illinois Manufacturers As
ISOLATION Are Cited 70 Appear
at Springfield, Ill With
Concerns Books.

Springfield, Ill. May l7.-Repre-
sentative Michael $ Link Of Mitchell
was purged Of his contempt OF court
when he went before the Sangamon
county grand jury and answered the
question put to him by States At.
torney Edmund Burke in the legisla.
tive bribery scandal He did this
after being ordered to do so by Judge
Robert B Shirley
Link Answers Question.
In answer to the question: Did
any person or persons In Sangamon
county Illinois, offer, or promise you
any money, or other valuable thing
in consideration Of your vote in the
Fortysixth general assembly of this
state for a United States SENATOR
Mr. Link is said to have replied No, "
This was the only question put TO
him by the states attorney, but Link
Is said to have told the jurors and
Prosecutor Burke that he would be
glad to tell his whole story but for
the fact that States Attorney Way.
man at Chicago had found q contra
diction in his testimony before the
Cook county grand jury end had
threatened him with indictment tor
perjury If he told anything elsewhere,
Following his determination to
deIve into the alleged Jack, pot bri.
berry, States Attorney Burke Issued
two subpoenas "duces treum' for
John NJ. Glenn, secretary, and S. NJ
Hastings, treasurer, of the Illinois
Manufacturers association, together
with the books of the concern
The subpoeDas are made returnable
next Thursday, at which time Mr.
Glenn and Mr. Hastings are ordered
to be present with the books.
Corporations to BE Investigated.
Prosecutor Burke's latest move In
summoning instanter the officers Of
the Illinois Manufacturers association
is said to be only the beginning Of his
Investigation into the Jackpot" and
that before he finishes every big cor
poration with its officers and books
that could have been interested in any
of the bills before the last regular
session of the legislature will be sub
poenaed to Springfield.
The Sangamon county grand jury
begin today considering evidence In
connection with any possible interest
the Illinois Manufacturers association
might have had in the passage of any
bills at the last regular session of the
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.. Brownies Trial Postponed.
Chicago, May 17.--The trial of Lee
O'Neil Browne, Democratic leader IN
the lower house Of the Illinois legisla
ture, on charge of bribery in connec
ton with the election of United States
Senator Lorimer, was postponed IN
the criminal court until May "a.
States Attorney Wayman OF Cook
county made application to Judge Nc
Surely to have all witnesses placed In
direct custody of the court, in order
it was said, to prevent any witness be
ing taken to Springfield to testify Ii
the Jack pot" investigation while tbs
Browne case is on trial in this city.
Case VIII Be Pushed.
There will be none of the laws de
lay in the trial of Browne.
States Attorney Wayman said thai
every other case pending would be
pushed aside If necessary to get {
speedy hearing of the evidence in the
Lorimer scandal.
Judge McSurely insisted on al
agreement by both sides that nothing
should interfere with the trial mex
week That agreement was made.
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