Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1911 — ADMITS USING MONEY [ARTICLE]

ADMITS USING MONEY

J. W. Stone Testifies at Stephenson Investigation. Committee Gets Hold of Trunkfui of Papers that Are Expected to Throw Light Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 20— J. W. Stone, former Wisconsin state game warden, now of Minneapolis, Minn., charged with receiving $2,840 of the Stephenson campaign fund and unlawfully distributing it to state officials, testified. He admitted having received the money in cash. A trunk filled with papers which are expected to throw light on the bribery charges in connection with thje election of United States Senator Isaac Stephenson was taken before the senate investigating committee. W. E. Black, an attorney for Senator Stephenson, explained the trunk contained documents relative to the senator’s primary campaign in 1908, when he expended $107,000. After the primaries the papers were shipped from Milwaukee to Marinette, Wis., and then to Escanaba, Mich., so that, being out. of the state, they were beyond reach of a legislative committee investigating the senator’s campaign expenses. Attorney Black said the trunk was sent from the state because Senator Stephenson felt the legislative committee had no authority to pry into his affairs. The papers are now in the custody of the senate committee.