Cat.No: 271089 The plot that failed; official records which show that the Chicago Tribune employed Burns Detectives, who manufactured evidence intended to convict an honest man of the crime of perjury. Startling evidence of a deliberate conspiracy against William Lorimer and Edward Hines. Frederick Upham Adams.

The plot that failed; official records which show that the Chicago Tribune employed Burns Detectives, who manufactured evidence intended to convict an honest man of the crime of perjury. Startling evidence of a deliberate conspiracy against William Lorimer and Edward Hines.

Hastings-on-Hudson: the author, [1912]. 24p., staplebound pamphlet, neatly ex-library with stamps in blind; faint rubberstamp on cover states "Donated by Barton Warren Evermann."

William Lorimer, who represented Illinois, was removed from the Senate in 1912 on charges of corrupting the legislature through practices such as vote-buying. This pamphlet argues that he was targeted by a fraudulent media campaign.

Cat.No: 271089

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