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Show TESTIMONY ON lomir SCANDAL i'l' ! -. Washington, July 2J. AnetfjlJfrne; of Investigation was begun todavjjb'c-fore todavjjb'c-fore the senate Lorimer comiiiiU?e when Holtslaw, son of State Senator Holtslaw of tho Illinois leglslnturpithut. elected Wra Lorimer, took the witness stand. It was Senator Holtslaw who confessed to receiving $2,500 and $700 from Senator Broderlck after tho Lorimer Lor-imer election for what purpose he was not sure, he testified at the first t'orlmer hearing. The son was assistant cashier In the Holstlaw bank at Iuka. Ills , In 1909 He explained today that the bank was owned by his father. He Identified a deposit slip, which he said was In his father's handwriting, showing a deposit of ?2,500 In the Holstlaw bank on June IS, 1909, to tho credit of D W. Holstlaw Counsel for Lorimer had not completed com-pleted the cross examination of young Holstlaw when the committee took a recess until 3 p m , In order to be present when the committee voted on the wool schedules Attornev Hanecv, representing Lorimer. Lor-imer. insisted that Holtslaw tell if "any other charges" had ever been brought against his father Holtslaw Indignantly appealed to the committee commit-tee against the course of examination The attorney then asked about charges of stringing a boy up by the thumbs to mako him confess to stealing steal-ing money, about matters connected with the purchase of a tombstone for tho witness' grand father-' and other things The son denied that his father had anything to do with some of the transactions tran-sactions and In regard to others he defondod his father's action as entirely en-tirely proper oo |