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Show Received ' ' Contributions. ' ' CHICAGO, jJIay 14. Indictment is not a new experience for Francis A. Backer, former Republican state committeeman, who testified today in his own defense in the graft tcial that he had received "contributions" in hi ward, all for political po-litical purposes. He said lie was born in Iowa and was graduated from Notre Dame university. Under examination by the prosecution he admitted he had once before been indicted in in Iowa, "for stealing a watermelon." |