Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — PAT DON’T WANT MUCH. [ARTICLE]

PAT DON’T WANT MUCH.

Governor Charles Sr Deneen, of Illinois, has been made defendant in a suit far the recovery of $500,000 filed by a former Carroll county man, Patrick O’Donnell, ex-public adminstrator, who was twice prosecuted by Governor Deneen as State attorney on charges of jury bribing. Of the sum O’Donnell seeks ito recover from the Governor, $250,000 represents the amount of fees, forfeitures and fines which O’Donnell claims Deneen collected and retained during his two terms of office in excess of the amounts to which he was legally entitled, An equal sum O’Donnell seeks to recover for himself, in accordance with the statate under which the suit is brought. This marks the latest move in a lengthy feud between Deneen and O’Donnell, which has been marked by much bitterness on both sides It showed itself, according to O’Donnell’s friends, in the relentless manner in which Governor Deneen, when he was State’s attorney, prosecuted the charge of jury bribirg upon which O’Donnell, then connected with the legal department of the Union Traction company, was indicted. The first trial resulted in conviction and a fine. Tue lawyer seoured a new trial and was finally freed. Later he tried to enjoin the county board from making an app r opriation for the expenses of tne Spate’s attorney’s office, but was unsuccessful.