This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912. Excerpt: ... Mr. Hanecy. These notes before the grand jury are in typewriting and were taken in shorthand; there was a shorthand reporter there, was there not? Mr. Tanner. I think so; yes. Mr. Hanecy. What was the first paper that you told your story to or what paper first published the story as you gave it to them, from your knowledge of Blair and this Mr. Tanner (interrupting). I do not think any paper ever published it. Mr. Hanecy. Did you not ever see it in print any place? Mr. Tanner. No, sir. Mr. Hanecy. Never? Mr. Tanner. No; only what my testimony here before this committee is. Mr. Hanecy. Was your testimony before the grand jury in Cook County in 1909 ever published any place? Mr. Tanner. No, sir. I never saw a word of it. Mr. Hanecy. And you never saw a thine you knew about this matter published in any newspaper until after you testified here last week? Mr. Tanner. No, sir; I did not. Mr. Hanecy. Did you go to anybody except the clerk of the circuit court and the hotel people there to find information in relation to this matter? Mr. Tanner. No, sir; I did not. As I said before, I simply took Mr. Marble there as a matter of courtesy and introduced him. Mr. Hanecy. I know; but where else did you go? Mr. Tanner. Nowhere. Mr. Hanecy. And was that all done last Saturday, a week ago to-day? Mr. Tanner. Last Saturday afternoon; yes, sir. Mr. Hanecy. You were not certain when you testified before the grand jury in Cook County here whether you saw ten $100 bills or eleven $100 bills, or whether it was either of those numbers? Mr. Tanner. I think I said ten or eleven $100 bills. I wanted to be safe about it, but after I got to studying about it I knew just how many he counted out. These questions were propounded to me without my having any chance to think about it at ...