The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-04
BRODERICK MADE
WAY FOR MINOR
WITNESSES
Alleged Principal in LOrimer
Case Excused
EXPECTS TO APPEAR LATER
State Senator Accused Of Paying
Bride Money To Be Tried in
November

Chicago, Oct. 4.-State Senator
John Broderick, who is directly ac-
cused by his colleague, Senator D.,
w. Holstlaw, of Iuka, ILL.,, of paying
him $2500 which he (Holstlaw), sup
posed was for his vote for Senator
Lorimer, was called as a witness yes
terday before the Lorimer Investigate
ing committee. He did not testify be-
cause his counsel, Attorney Thomas
Dawson, asked that the examination
be confined to the main question of
his client having promised or paid
bride to Holstlaw or any other per-
son and that he be not questioned
specifically concerning the time and
place of the alleged payment Of the
money to Holstlaw
The committee after considering
the request in executive session an
nounced that it could not entertain
the propriety Of examining the wit
ness with cross-examination suspend
ed must proceed if the witness testi-
fees until the interposltion of some OBJ
lection to a specific question: said
Burrows, Therefore, the committee
asks that the witness be withdrawn
at this time and after further consid-
Grafton, the matter will be determin.
ed tomorrow morning"
Before making his request to limit
the examination, Attorney Dawson
said that Broderick was ready and
willing to testify on any points CON
nected with the investigation. but
that he and associate counsel for the
accused state senator who is under in
dictment in Sangamon county for
bribing Holstlaw, were convinced
that TO allow cross-examination on
the question of time and place and
the attendant circumstances in the
alleged payment of the bribe-money
to Senator Holstlaw would be pre-
judicial TO Senator Broderick's case
II Is expected that Minority Leader
Lee O'Neil Browne will appear be
fore the committee today Counsel
for Frederick said his client after his
trial, which he said would probably
be early in November, would be will
ing and ready to appear before the
committee and answer any questions
asked OF him.
George f. Gloss and his wife, Mrs
Ella Gloss, two of the witnesses
heard yesterday. testified that OF
May "a and May %, 1909. Sidne,
Marlborough, said by Representativ,
Charles A. White to have been II
Springfield. Ill.,. the night of May q
when Browne asked White to com,
to his room, was at their home II
Chicago and left the evening Of Ma,
20 on an Illinois Central train 70
Springfield. A pass in the name O
Charles A. White was Identified b,
G. oss as having been signed by Yai
borough on trip to Springfield tn
night OF May %, 1909. This sam
testimony was given by Mr.. and Mrs
Gloss in the second trial of Brown
and was followed by the indictmen
of Mr.. Gloss on a charge of perjury
II. J. Bella, motorman on a Chicag
street car line, testified he saw Yal
borough with Gloss In Chicago O
May "a, 1909, and +. G.. Hall, cler
employed by the Illinois Central raj
road, identified the pass coupon sigr
ed with Whites name and dated Ma
! 20 as having been issued by the raj
road to Representative White.
William NJ. Rossell, vice-presider
of the international association {
machinists and for years labor lol
byist at Springfield. ILL.,, testife
: that he had heard nothing more sui
stantial than rumors that there wa
, bribery in the Legislature at III
time Senator Lorimer was electe
and that he had never known of an
graft at Springfield in the SIEVE
years he attended the sessions OF IN
Legislature. Rossell told OF col
versation he said he had with Whit
In Chicago last spring. He said tn,
White said he had not been treate
right by the leaders aud was "goir
to make them put him on easy sire,
or rake Il hot for them" Attorne
Austrian announced that he had on
: a few more witnesses In his ma
I, case although he would summon
. number on rebuttal II necessar
The defense made no statement
the number Of witnesses Il won
subpoena.