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Show ALLEGED BRIBERS ON TRIAL IN OHIO COIATMBUS, O.. Feb. Charged with having onerod a bribe to former Senators Drake and W. L. Atwell for their votes against a county local option bill, former State Senator Thomas A. Dean of Fremont Fre-mont and former Mayor Charles Aneon Uond of Columbus, now of Cleveland, were placed on trial here today. In outlining tho case of the defenso-Attorney defenso-Attorney William 71. Uoyd of. Cleveland declared that the bribery charges against hfr. clients were tho result of political ..itnncitv. iMiri flrHr wci'ii mado when Dean opposed Senator Drake for nomination. nomina-tion. Senator Drake was the first witness wit-ness called, and loatUicd that Dean and Bond hud offered him nionoy for his veto against the option, bill. |