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READ WHAT JESSIE A. POWLER, PHRENOLOGIST, HA$ TO SAY ABOUT WOODROW WILSON'S HEAD THE DAY BOOK SQO SO. PEORIA ST. 398 TEL. MONROE 353 Vol. 2, No. 37 . Chicago, Saturday,. Nov. 9, 1912 One Cent EVIDENCE OF PROTECTION GIVEN BIGAMIST SIMS BY STATE'S ATTORNEY MULTIPLIES New evidence of the protection afforded John Sims, bigamist, Daily News thug, deputy sheriff and lieutenant of Boss Jimmie Quinn by the state's attorney's office was uncovered today. When Sims first was 'held to the grand jury for bigamy, his bond was set at $1,500. Deputy City Sealer Seymour P. Simpson, also a lieutenant of Boss Quinn, went on that bond. Sims' case was presented to the October grand jury. The'evidence was such that the grand jury held him for-trial on the charge off bigamy. ; It is customary for the grand jury to set a new bond for men thus held-for trial. It is then theduty of the state's j attorney to cancel the municipal court bond, and to see that the in dicted man provide new bond in accordance with the grand jury structions or go to jail. - Owing to the fact that the greater part of the state's attor ney's staff were out playing golf or spmething today, it could riot be found out whether or not the October -grand jury set a new bond for Sims, But this much is certain. There is no record of Sims having pro vided such a bond in the records 'of the criminal court, and there is no record of his providing such bond in the state's attorney's of ficial records. It looks very1 much as if the wholeJtmsiness had been framed up to give Sims a chance to beat it ou,t of town, and-Simpson a chance'to get out of parting with the $1,500 bo'nd if 'ever light were thrown on the case . " As far as could -be"learned to day, Sims certainly has left town, and perhaps the state, taking with him the girl he trapped into a bigamous marriage, Hilda uass. Driven into the open by The Day Book's exposure of the case yesterday, Victor Lawson's other paper, the Record Hefald, took note of it this morning. The Record-Herald had a story about Sims, but? it was a very pe culiar -story. , For instance, not once was it mentioned that Sims had been an employe of the Daily News, li censed through that paper's pull