Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1909 — GIRL TELLS OF PLOT FOR RUIN OF BROWNE [ARTICLE]

GIRL TELLS OF PLOT FOR RUIN OF BROWNE

Says Politicians Hired Her to Annoy Minority Leader.

Springfield, 111., Feb. 5. —Alleging a political plot to bring about the downfall of Lee O'Neill Browne of Ottawa, Miss Florence Miller, who claims to reside on Indiana avenue, Chicago, told her story of a sensational attack on Browne attempted by her in the house. Representative Browne is a prominent Democrat and the leader of the minority. The woman was arrested in a rooming house at Fourth and Jefferson streets in company with Michael Gibliu of Chicago, stenographer for tha minority side. The two are held by ‘the police pending an investigation. The woman says that the plot was laid last October in the College Inn. Chicago She refuses to give the names of the men who promfled to reimburse her for her work, but says they are prominent Democratic politicians. She also admits that she is the woman who visited Browne in his office in Ottawa last fall and took poison in order to avoid arrest.