New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-16
AFTER GARDENERS SCALP.
STREET CLEANING OFFICIALS AhOCSED
OVER HIS REMARKS ABOUT
THE DEPARTMENT

Colonel Warng Captain Gibson and other OIL
GERS of the Street Cleaning Department were talk
ing Yesterday about having Colonel Asa BIRD Gard
nsr Tammany Hall candidate for District-Attor-
ney and A retired officer OF the Army, court-mar-
tla;cd for saying. at a public meeting on the even
ing Of October e: Gentlemen. when anybody
speaks you aoout clean streets under the reform
administration you tell them that told you that
they have been stealing about a million year In
cleaning the streets"
Colonel Gardiner denied In an Interview printed
yesterday that he had made use OF the language
10 which the Street Cleaning Department takes
umbrage But Colonel Warning was not satisfied
with this denial apparently. He published cir
cular letter. In which he quotes n letter sent on
Thursday by Captain Gibson, Deputy Commits
sloner to Colonel Gardiner. asking II he had said
that the Street Cleaning Department was stealing
100000 a year. Colonel Waring then quotes from
a letter to himself from Captain Gibson The lat
ter who Is also retired officer OF the Army. wrote
yesterday TO his superior as follows:
Yesterday. to save time. / sent my letter 70
Major Gardiner by MESSENGER The reply y. came anne
to reply afierward sent twice to his office. with
no better result and this morning sent again.
have yet to receive written reply to my query.
which, Major Gardiner knows. desire TO make
public with my own letter o..,,,. s,oo,,ro
In the Department prompts this action
Captain Gibson says Major Gardiner. because
Mr. Gardiner was retired as major in the judge
Advocates Department, ana not as colohci' WIFI"
was his brevet rank
Colonel Warning also includes a letter received by
him from Major H. G. Gushing, another retired
officer OF the Army. who Is Assistant Superintend-
OF the Street Cleaning Department. as follows:
Referring to certain remarks ALLEGED to have
Bird Gardner as reported in this morning ;
World" in which he attacks this Department. !
have this to say. Some few months ago, l met
Colonel Gardiner broadway cabe-car. Dur
Ing conversation, which was on various topics;
- hat I
should come into power and control the Greater
NswY9rk thet we the present Would
havo to get out Colonel Gardiner said he did NOT
think so-that the Department had been gren.
not recall his exact words. but his opinion was so
said last n!ght that I was surprised when I read
his speech this morning.
Another OF Colonel Warnings subordinates, Thomas
A. Doe chief clerk OF tho Department. wrote 10
tho Colonel thus:
Is true then Colonel Gardiner is so many kinds or
liar that hardly know where to begin In de-
10 this Department: accredited to him. no Is UNI
qualinediy DANGEROUS liar malicious mar
and profare liar. discredit to the Army. as
a discredi, to humanity and to the civilized age In
which he lives. discredt 70 all instincts OF an
officer and gentleman which belong 10 tho honorct
body OF which he is n member. and. were It not
that feel that should take no action without
your full approval. ! should myself because ns
intmated above feel personally concerned in
tho matter ard personally offended and insulted
and my integrity brought into question. state TO
him that he Is A liar In the very strongest IAN
guage could command. should be glad to have
your permission to act freely In the matter
Colonel Warlng ends his circular as follows:
7 am told that should not NEEDLE with politics.
and n Is well known that do not need the caution
But II any man. I'm political speech or elsewhere
undertakes 10 question tho honesty win whlch |
manage tho Department OF Street Cleaning shaii
NEEDLE with him-cvery time.
II was said yesterday that II Colonel Gardiner
did not positively deny. over his own signature
that 10 SPOKE as reported ~ the meeting or octo-
ber 49, captain Gibson would prefer charges
against him 20 the Secretary OF War.