The copper era., 1910-10-07

his second wife, who was much younger than he, was a centenarian. Voted For LOrimer; Was Handed $25OO.
 Chicago. Holstlaw, one of the democrats who voted for Senator Lorimer, witness on the stand be- fore the senatorial Investigating committee, testified that after he voted~for Lorimer, be received S2, 300 and that he supposed the money was paid him because of his vote.
 Holstlaw is a state senator, who un til recently was banker in Iowa and of some prominence in the Baptist church, he was the second legislator to tell the committee that money was paid him because of his vote for Lorimer. Senator Holstlaw, in re- sponse to a question by Attorney Austrian, twas anything said about the payment for your vote for Senator Lorimer?" said. "The night before the Senator John Frederick outside St. Nicholas hotel, in Springfield. He said they were going to elect Lori mer."
 "I replied, yes, think so. I am going to vote for him.
 "He said; well, there is B, 300 in it for you"
 "That is all that was said. I in tended to vote for Lorimer anyway, 1 had made up my mind three or four days before that, and did not know there was thing in it for me-"
 "Were you offered auything?" was asked. The witness replied:
 "He did not offer me anything. He simply said there was 8, 800 in it for me-"
 "Did you get the g., 5OO?"
 "Yes," was the answer, ''I went to Chicago about June 16, 1909 to Brod- ericks office where he gave me g., ,5OO, which he counted out of an envelope. He merely said here's that money said nothing to him beyond greeting him when I met him."
 On further examiu ation, Holstla " said he supposed the money was paid for his vote for Lorimer.
 On response to questions by Senator Frazier, Holstlaw said Frederick was the first man to speak to him regard ing voting for Lorimer.
 "Did you ask what the S2,500 was for, and who was paying it?" queried Frazier. "No" he replied, 'I asked nothing"
 The witness declared he had no other conversation with Broderick, relative to his vote, and that he went to Chicago to see Frederick in re- sponse to a letter, the substance of which was request from Frederick that Holstlaw was to meet him in his office.
 "Did Frederick owe you anything?'' Frazier asked.
 No" was the reply. He made the same reply to the questions: Ibid you have any claim upon him?" and twas there any reason other than your conversation before the election for the payment.
 Further, Holstlaw said that later Frederick paid him S7OO When Igot the S7OO, Frederick simply said that much was coming to me and I simply took it. I don't know what it was for"
 The s7OO has been referred to as a part of the alleged jack pot" fund.
 Senator Paynter asked the witness if Lorimer, or the senatorial election was mentioned when he received the S2,5OO from Broderick.
 "Neither Lorimer nor the senatorial election was mentioned then, replied Holstlaw.
 A confession signed by Holstlaw on May 2S, 1910, when he was before the Sangamon county grand jury was presented by Attorney Austrian, who called the attention of the witness that his statement there was that "Broderck told me there was S2,50O in it for me if would vote for Lori mer."
 Cross examination from Attorney Hanecy brought out the fact that Holstlaw told many persons prior to the Lorimer election tbat he had made up his mind to vote for Lori