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Show COLORADO S0L0H IS LOOSED II PRISOI Scandal Results of Effort to Pass Bill Abolishing Ju venile Court DENVER Colo March 13 An n formation charg ng perjury was filed here today by D str ct Attorney John A Bush aga nst W 11 am W Howlan I of Den er a member of the Colorado ho se of rep esentat ves Howland was taken into custody and n default of $2000 bond was remanded to the coantj ja 1 The action of the district attorney was based upon testimony given by Howland before a spec al Teg slative co nm ttee Monday n ght regard ng the rece pt by Howland of a package con tain ng money wh le at h a desk in the house February 9 Howland test fled the money wh ch he sa d was $lo was sent to h m by George C Waterman h s ranch partner, and was the proceeds of the sale of a hog Last n ght How land before tho comm ttee testified h s former explanat on was untrue Howland later ampl fled h s story bv sajing the money was sent by Dr Mary Bates president of the Woman s, Protective league, to be paid to a woman detect ve Mrs L L Hartzell test tied she had been employed by Dr Bates to shadow Officer John S Phillips of the Denver ju en le court over which Judge Ben B L ndsey pres des Carl G bson a messenger boy who delivered the money, was arrested to day at Sterling Colo G bson is re ported to have said the money was given him not by a woman but by a man B Us are pend ng in the legislature for the abolition nf the 111 An Ia flrtitrf I The whole affa r according to D s tr ct Attorney Rush will be placed in the hands of the grand jury Judge L ndsey today applied to the A strict attorney s office for warrants for the arrest of a numbeT of persons supposed to be connected w th the af fa r alleging conspiracy to blacken his character The warrants were not s sued At the first session last Monday of the special investigating committee George C Waterman appeared voluntarily He testified that as a partner in a ranch Howland received $15 as his share of the proceeds of the sale of a hog How land then corroborated the story There vas no other testimony as to the amount of money in the package The name of Judge Lindsey was brought into the case through quest on ng by the committee at last n ght s hear ng. with respect to the purpose for wh ch the money was sent. Howlan i denied that the money was to be used I to influence the passage of the juie I n le court bills now pending the effe t of which would be to abolish the offic now held bv Judge Lindse-v 1 |