Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — LORIMER INQUIRY ENDS [ARTICLE]

LORIMER INQUIRY ENDS

Senator Refused to Take the Stand in His Own Behalf. The senatorial bribery investigation that is to decide whether William Lorimer will retain his seat in the United States senate concluded with as remarkable series of omissions as characterized the trials of Representative Lee O’Neil Browne After listening for three weeks to stories of wholesale vote purchasing in his interest, told by men who said they had received bribe money, SenatorLorimer refused to go on the witness stand and either deny or affirm their charges.

Representative Browne and Speaker Shurtleff of ‘he Illinois house were among the last to testify. They emphatically denied any knowledge of bribery in the election of Lorimer Attorneys for both sides have started work on the briefs to be submitted to the senate committee in Washington.