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Show IDEA PJ1ISE CHICAGO, Sept. 30. Representative Henry A. Shephard or Jerseyville, III., a Democrat, testified before the I. "rimer "ri-mer Investigation committee t.lay that he was Induced to ote for Senator Sen-ator Lorimer on a promise oi" Mr. Lorlmer that he would do all in his power to prevent the appointment of two Jerseyville men to the postmas-tershfp postmas-tershfp uf thnt town. Shephard said that he still hoped tbe promise would be performed. Six witnesses were heord by tho committee of whom four . were members of the legislature that elected Senator I-orlmer. Would Nqt Vote for Lorimer. George Myers, the only legislator of the f,.ur who did not vote for Ixri-mor, Ixri-mor, testified he had refused to vote for Lorimer after being Informed ly Democratic Leader Lee O'Neill Browne that there were good state jobs and "plenty of ready necessary" in prospect If he voted that way. "What did he sny to yon then?'' '"He asked me the name of a woman with whotu he had seen mo." said Shephard. Later it developed that the vounz woman was a relative of the witness with whom he was dining at the St. Nicholas hotel in Springfield. Lorimer Made Shephard Promise. The promise Shephard declared wa made lu person by Senator Iuimer. The witness related hi experience before tbe graud jury In Chicago and said be bad been threatened with indictment in-dictment for perjury if be did not de-claie de-claie that hp received money from Browne and Wilson. Representative powolf was rlo-ely questioned concerning his investment lu real estate since the election of Senator Lorimer. He told of borrowing bor-rowing money to buy two farm tracts and testified that for a long time he-fore he-fore tho election i.r lvurlmer be bad been ready to ote for a Republican. |