Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01
-FOUR ALLEGED
BR|BE TAKERS \
ARE c ALLIED
LINK, sRopERlcK, SHEPPARD AND
CLARKE WILL TESTIFY TO-DAY
BEFORE LoRlMER COMMITTEE;
LINK MAKES DENIAL.

BEFORE LoRlMER COMMITTEE;
LINK MAKES DENIAL.
Chicago. Sept. 30.--The senatorial
,nnuisitors expected to have before
them as witnesses today at least four
Illinois LEGISLATORS who voted for Sen
ator J,orimer. These were Senator
! Frederick. Representative Link, Shep-
pard and Clarke.
Representative Link, who received
III 600 he says, after voting for LOTT
sn7er and 5000 from the Jackpot was
the Arst witness and told the COM
n,ittee today that when he received
1 money he thought it was for cam
paign expenses.
In his testimony Representative LINK
admitted he received $1,000 from
!. Brnwne. but fatty denied it was given
him for his vote for Lorimea ana de-
clared he never was PROMISED any 1nine
to vote for Lorimer.
erecksmsysr's Testimony.
Representative Fl. y, G. BreckemeSei en ;'s
on the witness stand ses.eluas ,,, ~
J mittee testified that he received ~,
ooo after he had voted for senator
I,ori1ner and that the money was palu
tn him hecause OF his vote for the Jun 4
ior senator from Illinois.
Beckemeyer was the third leglsla1or
. =, his rearing to confess that he was
ni,,n.. srs ,,onav for his vote in the ,sena-
Z elv.i esv.ai a,ont;on Representative White
lO5 .ol,se - san.tor Holtslaw being the
others o,,..,,+
~ +, cross examination that Becke-
y ,,,avar.s vote for Senator Lorinler was
,ao.,rnant Reckemeyer. who has been
Z p..t..a.ss,,, pa hnth the trials of Minority
I raar prnwna testified that the ST.
: nnn ~. ,,aid ~ him by Browne, who
4 81 ..ya J. wben he rave the witness roll
- h,,ls..s..TJere r. the Lorimer money
n s Senator Frazier of Tennessee short
i ,.,s,S .r.,re Reckann1eyer left the wit
y s;a.s -. "a IA questioned him closely on
III i'll the incidents tfie witness had test.
eaaHtng ana Reckemeyer said In re-
.nonse that prior to voting for Sena :
for' Loririer he had not had any con :
versafion with Browne or any one IN
which anything was said abouf re-
senator Lorimer; that he had never
had any dealing with Browne Which
n,nnld call for the payment OF the
money and that he took the money ana
used It for his own benefit and never
rave ii back.
For His Vote for Lorirnsr.
Il understood when / got the money
MAT It was for my vote for Senator
4 L I.nrfner.n the witness said.
on cross examination, Beckemeyer
. was questioned about conversations he
had with Representative Mtcheel LINK
another democratic legislator who
vofed for Senator Lorimer and who is
eYnected to be witness before the
committee today.
In one OF these conversations Becke-
never testified that Link said to him:
"My testimony does not fit with yours.
nromised to vote for Senator Lomi-
mer long before the election and did
not receive any money for it.
Details Of what occurred while the
witness was in company OF an oficer
from the states attorneys Office the
ilay that he first went before the
grand fury in Chicago were related.
on redirect examination Beckemeyer
.aid that he testified only once before
E fi1e grand Jury regarding the 1000
which he said was given him by
Browne and that later ne expialneu