The evening world., 1910-12-21
ME GROWS SHORT,
nut HYDE AVO|DS
gRAFT HUNTERS
Legislaprs Anxious to Hear
City Gamberlain's Version
OF Bibe Fund Story.

IL his been more than two months
Nhce the nane Of Charles IT,. Hyde.
Snamberisn, was first coupled by
"on evidenrs with the corruption
'-"a Of half ambition dollars that IS
a'a o have bee raised to defeat the
"'nAsnew Hart anti-rsce-track
'"o''ns bills beore the General As
s OF 1905. 1yer since then The
sis'ativs commieion, which is go
ns through the motions OF INVESTIGATING
s' other aiier,d legislative scan.
A' mas been waiting with
aone patience for NJ. HYDE to come
,Maro n vindlcate himself.
mr. Hyde has not seen nj 10
"nseir OF suspicion. Even his
...N" Is In n measure
"n' Nobody about the Office OF
nayor' VINO appointed Mr.. Hyde to
present once and whose court favor
N 10 No. processes to be able 10 tell
eSaetiy where he may be reached.
cay He 10 on Huntlno Trip.
In In Y department hi, underllngs
content themselves with Tho simn,e
',etement that Mr.. Hyde is down ON
Bay some where .hootlnp
rucks and that until he come ashore
ma calls up over the lonu distance
's'ephone they will be unable 10 give
Aini any message or take any from him.
apparently Mr.. Hyde IL even on, OF
reach or his brother-ln-law. william
r.hseman, president OF the Brighton
"esch Racing Association. which is one
o' the companies that was most vitality
interested In beating the bills aimed
~ gambling on horses. And, In the
Tagging meanwhile. the Legislative
commission. having passed to other
ana more congenial subjects, Is likely
o adJourn sine die next month without
niving ever drawn a word OF test.
mony from the City Chamberlain. Hyde,
ne n man who ought to he able &c
'eny or admit the truth OF the allega.
'ion hat at n dinner In Delmonlco's
an enormous slush fund was raised to
light the acts by the buying OF State
senator's n Assemblymen.
II will be recalled that Mr.. Hyde was
IN the Mayors ONCE when Assistan,
District-Attorney Robert II. Elder, OF
brooklyn. on the witness stand. before
the Legislative COMMITTEES. detailed the
ileged admissions made to him by ex-
tate Senator Frank Gardner OF Kings
ounty tnow under indLctment) to the
fleet that Hyde. along with other
,rominent men, was an active partici-
pant In the movement to raise the $780,
- corruption fund.
AS he issued from the sanctity OF
Mayor Gaynor's office accompanied by
II. Baldwin. mother man who
high In the favor OF the Mayor.
90 porters accosted him. To all their re-
,,uests that he make some statement
ne replied simply. Nothing to say"
That. after the lapse Of many days. Is
.,ill Mr.. Hyde's attitude.
Expected Him to Appear.
The excuse given by former Judge NJ.
LIN Bruce. counsel to the committee.
.or the failure to subpoena Mr.. Hyde as
4 witness is that Hyde was an official
office was almost under the caves
~ the building where the committee
It's and that as an official whose name
1ad been assalled 1t was expected that
would voluntarily appear 10 testify.
Like every one else who reads the
= ewspapers Mr.. Hyde was. Of course.
ware that he had been mentioned In
sc testimony adduced early in Novem-
er." said the sanguine Mr.. Bruce 10
N Evening World reporter to-day. III