The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19
TRAVIS TELLS OF
100000 BRIDE
CONTINUED :fr'7 FIR" rc5s

er, member o. TIE association carried
o.! AZ .he :racEs'-
-yo.. -.eaa q he lA.. year asked the
s:tues-
to,:a-.' eain that re did. ard 'hen the
witness said Wei. 20. know 7 ar uEder
I'D. mont
VIZ B-iee .l.d ina: h. was ~ aware
Il ira; FAC. ard wi: adr-w n. question.
In answer - further questions ~. Wit .
rs,- laid tia. he knr~ 'EA' -" anti
b"-.ias ri!S w.u'. prastICaly put the
la"r-. ..I. e t;I-.: 49, ',,.; -. den ..d that
A. a.,assi,.sa' wa- .v,"d -" the as-"cia
ton :r he apes" y isf"at ne the
h,!l or Ia. -" El-:uuers individually
bad 'ou,r.bu'"d Tor hat purpo-". III"
witness aid however. that ASSESSMENTS
w.r. levied fo- the laNy"r~
The LAYERS w.r. very rli.~n sa-asSsd
during those lines ard 1, was uec..~.ary
10 .!nplOy lawyers Ne rDvIG ~ ell
how much the-. assessments S"rs. ~
bought that ts Ts.-hie: Night nA"'y. a'.d
N. .yronlI-ad - inform hi- "asfl"- tt.d-
The committee wanted "a eSamlr" n!.n.
He thou gh, thar u. iancry Nicoi' "a- on"
VI ~. -DInsel employed when tn" lpyrr~
yer. haras-ad
III. r-Ii witness was Francis X Hi ch
c"CS. treasurer 81 the 'oney Island
Jockey club The president 81 the club
- Schuyler 4 Parsons. one II thUs. -aid
To- hay-r' been AZ tn. DelmOnicu dinner
and who IL now travelling in Europe
The Gomez Island Jockey Club has about
spo members who pay annual due- OF s,5
Zach The members hav" not been a.
-.-~-ad. the witness SAID. for Legislative
Or any other PURPOSES.
Cnun-. BRUCE then read from tn" rec
o~Ts n. r-rtItnony oi Assistant Dlr'rlSt
Attorney Elder II Kings concerning the
D-.:noEiCo dinner. whcr. Elder testified
4 legI-lafIve corruption fund had been
ra sod AID which III. VII n'.-- lad at ended
IN. witness denied "mnhd' lCaily that he
Rad attended an such h'nn"r or meeting
a D"lInoniCo'- or cl-"v . -. 80 TAX" steps
20 d.f.a, the au'I-be' ira; h,l
III. jockev Club. he said. had sub
counsel 10 present rhe clubs views IL The
mater Of IN. hill II. did no. know
the amount but he books Of tn" club
would show.
Then senator Eugene y Travis was
called as a witness II. testified that
ne was state Senator and believed
he had been reelected The police
reports say so. anyway
senator Wagner commented: You are
one Of he few that survived, them
Tn" witness told tn" story Of rhe AZ
tempt 10 hrIbe him IN this way
Il was sitting az my desk one morning
lin the senate chamber and one Of the
men ! had seen around the chamber a
great many times came and sa' down
alongside Of me and opened up con
vcrsaiion. which finally led up 10 the
rac-traCk legislation lie asked IN. II
I knew there was nothing doing that
there WIS a juicy watermelon To be cut
. said had heard gossip about ~. aud h..
said. Well. they need NOR" votes TO
thai | replied that my Vote had already
been pledged III favor of IN. bin and
there wasn't any further u-a Of talking
I Mt To.
mo and said there wa. a man wanted me
on rh. phone ! went io th. phone ard
II was ex-senator Gardner. who was
exceedingly an xIo'Ls 10 have M" corn.
down 20 the Hampton Hote! III. asked
n. "A sp.Cisl favor that would com.
and see h,rl itold him that u b. wanted
10 SO. me To cali at nv hofei He said
tho man who had called mo 20 the phone
would give me AN mixing. and told him
that | knew what tho man wanisd and
wha, he GardnerI wanted. and that ]
was not going TO see him. rs We had
nothing IN common.
q. II thar all you recall OF that conversl.
ton -. Ys- except that hc -ad the
amount that was intimated rs thi- man
would he paid
q Did he say how much that wa-'
Twenty i've thousand dollars down before
the vote and sT5 IN that afternoon ar
evening or the n-Et morning
y after the vote was taken? 4 No..
after the vote WAS taken.
The witness was examined at len n b az %
his kno " ledge NJ the man who had carried
eN senator Gardner's offer 81 "a gIDOD $50
bTibo hut hc said he msrsly recognized
him ~ one Of tho hsngsrson about the
Capitol. whose name lac had never known
Gardner had referred To him "a his mes
senger.
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