People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1896 — Exonerates Mr. Spear. [ARTICLE]

Exonerates Mr. Spear.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 19.—8 y a vote of 58 to 21 the house decided to exonerate Representative James A. Spear, of Clinton county, who was charged with having accepted a bribe for Ms recommendation of a constituent for a penitentiary guardship accredited to his county.