Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-10
OTHERS To Be
NAMED ALSO
New York Senators Cannot
Now Hush Up the Conger
Scandal Over Bribery.
NOES STORY USHAKEN

Albany, N. Y, Feb 10.-It is posi-
lively stated that the efforts of Repub
lican senate leaders to keep secret the
names of the legislators who got So,
600 of the Conger bribe fund will
prove futile and that even If Senator
Benn Conger or Hiram G.. Moe are not
asked for the names while they are
on the witness stand they will be
made known nevertheless. Two Of the
alleged receivers of bribes are assem-
blymen now dead.
Until today 1t was generally sup
posed that the $4,000 envelope was
handed to very prominent member
Of the assembly, but 1t now appears
that he got one of the $1,000 envelopes
and Senator Aids the other. while the
$4,000 envelope went to an Individual,
an asSemblyman, who divided 1t among
some of his colleagues. 1t is also inti-
mated that besides this $4,000 there
was another $1,000 involved In this
transaction and that members Of the
assembly were not the only ones who
participated in the distribution.
Moe Not Shaken In Cross Examination
Hiram G. Moe, the agent Of the
Conger brothers In the bribing of
Senator Aids, continued on the wit
ness stand under the cross examina-
ton of Martin w. Littleton of counsel
for Senator Aids, but his story was
mistaken.
Mr. Littleton went sharply at the
witness as to the extent of his knowl-
edge that Aids and the two other
assemblymen were brlbed by the Con
ger $4,000 fund.
Mr.. Littleton asked him II he
thought he was doing an honest act
when he lugged a Doodle fund to AL
bany to bribe legislators. Mr.. Moe
said it never occurred to him that he
was Il party to any bribery proceed
ing. He brought the money to Benn
Conger's room on the morning of April
%, 1901, and at the latter's direction,
witness said, he put money in three
envelopes-first the $4,000 parcel. then
the two envelopes containing $1,000
each.
Did Not Know Object of Payment.
"And you mean to say that you
tucked these envelopes carefully in
your pocket and went to the capitol
with Benn Conger, not knowing the
purpose for which this money was to
be paid?' asked Mr.. Littleton.
Mr.. Moe professed that he did not
know.
Didn't 1t ever occur to you or your
conscience when you were handing
out $4,000 what the money was forT
insisted Mr.. Littleton.
Mr.. Moe said
81 wondered"
Mr.. Littleton had Moe describe his
visit to the capitol with Benn Conger
on the eventful morning the legislative
session of 1901 wound up. Mr. Moe
told Of going to the assembly entrance
and handing the $4,000 envelope to
the member designated on the envel-
ope; then going to the corridor front
ing the assembly room with the second
envelope and finally being introduced
to Senator Aids by Senator Conger
and of the trio proceeding around the
assembly corridor to the ways and
means committee room.
Name Was Nearly Revealed.
During Noes recital of his distrlbu-
ton of the three envelopes the identity
Of the member alleged to have been
given the second $1,000 envelope was
nearly revealed. Mr.. Osborne inter
posed an objection in time to prevent
Moe from giving that away, and it
was not followed up.
Moe said he never knew that the
$4,000 of the $6,5O0 Frank Conger had
sent down for Benn to have dlstribut-
ed IN the assembly was for bribery
purposes until Benn told Moe that was
the purpose while Moe and Benn were
on their way home to Groton.
Asked if it was the bridge compa-
nies' money or Frank Conger's money
that Moe took to Albany, witness said
he wasn't sure, but thought 1t was
the bridge companies.
Corruption Fund by Bridge Companies.
isn't it fact" asked DIr. Little
ton, that the bridge companies met in
Syracuse in 1901 and raised corrup-
ton fund.-"
Mr., Osborne jumped up and object
ed, but Mr.. Moe had already an
swered:
Il never heard of 1t in my life"
Mr.. Osborne then said, Il think I
would be prepared to concede that a
corruption fund was raised" He ad-
mitted that the bridge companies had
raised a corruption fund, but said it
was raised at Syracuse In 1908 and not
in 1901.
"You mean that Senator Conger's
companies raised the corruption fund p
continued Mr.. Littleton.
ooh, will give you the names of
all of them in it If you want me to-"
replied MI Osborne.