Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — LORIMER ACTS FOR COOKE [ARTICLE]

LORIMER ACTS FOR COOKE

Places Documents Bearing on Embezzler’s Case In Governor’s Hands. Springfield, 111., July 13.—At a conference between Governor Deneen and Senator Lorimer, Lorimer placed in the hands of the executive a score of letters and documents, urging executive clemency in behalf of John A. Cooke, formerly circuit court clerk of Cook county, and now serving time in the penitentiary at Joliet for embezzlement. The documents will be submitted today to the board of pardons.