Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-16
Per
MONTH BRIBE
How Traction Interests Con-
cealed Albany y--Clerk
Tells Amazing Story.
CHECKS FOR $4,000

! New York, Sept. 16.-An 'accelera-
ton" fund amounting to $4,000 In one
month contributed by the Street Rail-
day association to the politicians and a
dummy" account In the name of a
forty dollar a week clerk In the bro
kerage firm of Ellingwood & Cunning
ham, through which this money was
transferred to Speaker Nixon, Louis r.
Goodsell and other legislators in AL
bany, were the most important new
disclosures in the legislative graft
inquiry,
While enough was brought out to
connect these ends of the graft game
as played in 1903, a year when there
was no state or national campaign, so
that these payments could not be cred
tied as campaign contributions, the
record will not be complete until GER
tain missing links are supplied by the
| testimony of Henry A. Robinson, H.
Fl. Vreeland and perhaps Thomas f.
Ryan himself.
Contributions From Assessment"
IhCUluSOAJ Who . tOuuSCl W lhC VlCI-
ropolitan Street Railway company, was
former treasurer OF the Street Railway
association Of the state when these
large contributions were made from a
special Assessment" fund, which, 1t
has been shown, Robinson and G.
Tracy Rogers controlled. In this fund
appears such items as $4,000 from the
M aArOpD1ytu 4. % sonoovrA ~ Trhird Ava
u Railway company" $3,700 from
the International Traction company of
Buffalo, nearly $1,000 from the Brook
Ign and Ooney Island Railway com
pany, smaller assessments from 9th
err traction lines up state and over
drafts on the Morton Trust company.
When these assessments" came to
the treasurer of the Street Railway
association, $4,000 In one month in
the summer of 1908, they were sent to
Ellingwood & Cunningham, where
Tracy Rogers by his system Of fnan-
cial legerdemain did the rest.
HaekIsy Tells of Letter.
Alex s. Hackley was confidential
clerk In that firm, and known to the
traction interests as Rogers "agent."
His salary was $40 a week. One day
Hackley found a letter on his desk
from w. w. Cole, treasurer of the
Street Railway association, containing
a draft on the Chemung Canal Trust
company of Elmira for $4,000 pay
able to Hackley. Rogers came in and
asked Hackley If he had received some
thing in the mail. Hackley told him
Of the draft, and Rogers said: Ode
posit 1t with the firm in a special
account In your W name. l will tell
you what to do with 1t later"
did you ever see this $4,000
againT Hackley was asked.
NO." he replied, 81 had nc personal
interest in It,"
Much of the money was paid to
members of the legislature.
Another credit of $500 was added
to this "Hackley special" account, but
Hackley swore yesterday that he had
nc knowledge OF that, Rogers occa-
~sionally would tell Hackley to draw a
check against this account and give
him the money, but one telltale check
WHICH maue It's appearance Was urdWu
to the order of 8. r. Nixon, speaker
of the assembly, for $4,000.
This draft was received on July %,
1903. On the same day this letter was
sent to Louis F. Goodsell, former sen
ator from the Newburg district: IF
you will call at our office at any time
after July % we will have 5000 to
deliver to you. Ellingwood & Gun
ningham."
Hackley denied all knowledge of that
letter or Of having dictated or signed
It.
Not Guilty.
as your husband q ~bibliomaniac? ?"
asked Mrs. Oldcastle as she was being
permitted to view the treasures In the
library of the new neighbor.
Mercy sakes, nor replied Mrs.
Packenham. He never bibles a bit.
Oh, Of course l don't say that he
wouldn't take a little at his meals If
the rest was dom it, but that's as far
as he ever goes in them kind of
things."-Chicago Record-Herald
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