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Show litis VERSION OF ILIJOIS GRAFT Story ol' Witness Before (iraml Jury Differs From That Told State's Attorney. SPRINGFIELD. June C Progress was slow todny In tho legislative Inquiry now centered on the fishing license bill, which, opposed by tho big fishermen of tho Illinois Illi-nois river, died In the closing hours of the general assembly. Three witnesses were examined by the grand Jury, and one of them, J. F. Traul of lieardstown, to whom the fund to defeat the bill has been traced, wns directed to return tomorrow to-morrow morning for further examination. examina-tion. Traut's version of the fund tola to the grand Jury differed from that he gave Saturday night to State's Attorney Burke when he declared, according to Mr. Burke, that he kept the money. To the grand jurors he said he spent tho money for tue tisncrmcn s jouuy hbhuisi m bill. F. E. Schwecr of Beardstown told the jurors of bringing tho fund to Spring-Meld Spring-Meld and giving It to John Dixon, wno has already declared he delivered It to Traut. Schwcor declared he knew nothing noth-ing regarding alleged payment of money to defeat the bill. Charles Grldlcy of Virginia. 111., who represented the fishermen In the Springfield Spring-field lobby, was given a clean bill by Mr. Burke after ho had testified before the grand Jury and declared that his work was purely professional. Ralph O. Lord, bookkeeper for Henry Lemm of Pckln. one of the contributors to the fish fund, was before the grand Jury and identified the check which Lemm gavo as his sharo of the fund. |