Show S CONf RM I 11 STORY OF I I LORIMER BecKemeyer Considered the 1000 1000 Paid Him as Reward Reward Re Re- Reward ward Not Bribe CHICAGO Juno 17 The Tho Tho direct evidence evi l dence of the state against Lee a ONell ONeil Browne Browno charged with buying legislative votes for or United States State Senator Lorimor may may bo be completed by tonight who bo admitted re receiving receiving re- re 1000 aft after r voting for tor Lorimer lArimer finished his testimony today and Representative Representative Rep Rep- Michael S. S Links Linke whoso whose story was exp expected ted to be bo analogous to that of was waif called colled to the tho stand Mr Ir was as questioned by Attorney P. P H. H ODonnell tI Ho Ito said that thata a n da day or two before tho the election of ot Lorimer Lot Lori mer iner the general talk at the legislature laturo was that there was something In It for tor those TV who ho voted for tor Lorimor Lorimer He lie said that to friends ho had referred to the money received from tram Browne no as na n a reward not nol as a bribe What did Browne rowne say to you ou th the day flY before Lorimer r was WM elected 1 States State's Attorney y V Wayman mon Browne DO saId Bald You cannot afford to quit the bunch now hOW Stay with us us us U replied Anybody to Beat Hopkins Attorney Forrest of ot tho the defense brought out th that t had told O. O N. N Welsh a B friend t that ho he would voto vote for tor anyone to defeat Senator tor Hopkins At Atone ono one stage of ot the tho balloting hn ho had promIsed prom prom- to vote voto for tor Speaker Shurtliff When en Browno asked aked you and R Representative pro pro- White to to your rooms roomi at nt the St. St Nicholas hotel at Springfield ld were you trying to make a n speech In your our underwear Inquired Mr Forr Forrest st st. I dont don't BO so recall tho the Incident re- re D Late Latt today It Is expected that Robert E. E Wilson will appear nr before Judge Kersten ten to pl plead d to the Indictment charging him hini with perjury In denying that t ho distributed tho the le ive ivo jackpot at nt St. St Louis It Is bo- bo that ho will request that the tho In Indictment Indictment Iii In- ho bo quashed on tho the grounds that Judge Judie has ruled that tho the Jackpot testimony is not relevant to tho the trial of Browne rind that therefore he lie could not have perjured himself no matter what story ho lie told tho the Jury with reference to the tho Jackpot Link Liked Lorimer Larimer Link IM Is a lL farmer 52 2 yC years r old Ho He do- do dared that ho lie voted for oled for Lorimor because o oho ho liked hiked Lorimers Lorimer's position on tho thin deepwater deep doop water project one and because Lorimer personally per per- n nuked asked ked for lilt hili vote Ho lie was promIsed promised promised prom prom- no reward but later hater was given 1000 he said by Browno Browne in tho the Southern hotel In St. St Louis louls The witness r said paid that ho lived In Sn Mad Mad- Madison Ison county bordering on tho the Mississippi lI river Lorimer he lie said In tn a n speech to the legislature urged It to vote vole no money for tor deep waterway purposes until assured federal aidI aidI aid I OIl liked that argument said 1111 Link Linic If It Illinois went ahead on 13 ls own to dx jJ j J tho the canal It would cost inv my ol ci ri When Browne asked him to ro vote vole for Lorimer Link said he laugh laughed and ond sad aad Loc o. Ive I've beaten you to It asked mo me himself for tor my vote voto and I promised it to him Links Link's meeting with Larimer Lorimer tonIc look place In the tho Southern hotel I In iii St St. Louis Lorimer Lori Len mer ho Ito said asked him It If he had hod any Rny Influence with th the minority leader leador Link replied that he ho had bad not |