 Skolnick contacted several members of the media, and the story was broken in the Alton "Evening-Telegraph" before being picked up by all the major papers.After four expensive but inconclusive investigations The Illinois House of Representatives unanimously voted to appoint a special committee to investigate the matter, but before it could act, the Supreme Court, acting on its "inherent powers", granted a motion filed by Skolnick to appoint a special commission to investigate.