The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-20
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BRIBERY STORY
Elder Testifes That Senator Gardner
Said Corruption Fund TotaIIed
Half Million.

NEW YORK, Oct. 0.-Represent-
alive in Congress Otto g.. Foelker,
the man who was carried from his
sick bed into the State Senate cham
Der to cast the deciding vote for the
anti-racing bills urged by Governor
Hughes, took the stand as a witness
Wednesday and told the Merritt joint
Legislative committee the details Of
an alleged attempt in 1908, by former
State Senator Frank j. Gardner, now
under arrest, to buy his vote.
Gardner was called to the stand,
but refused to testify. Robert Elder,
First Assistant District Attorney of
Kings County. repeated converse
ton which he says he had with Gard
ner in March last and which had been
referred to as confession"
Mr.. Elder did not vouch, as of his
own knowledge, for the truth of what
he repeated, but he gave. for what
it might be worth, testimony that in
volved more names of men now liv-
:ng and names Of men higher in social
and business and political life, coup
led with the distribution of bigger
sums of money than anything yet
heard in either the Aids bearing oil
any of the previous sessions OF the
present committee of inquiry. -lt.
The narrative created a sensation.
Briefly it told of dinner at Delmon-
ico's of prominent men friendly to the
race tracks; Of 100000 subscribed
to a corruption fund; of the distri-
button of this fund to politicians and
to well known political correspond
ents at Albany of the New York news
papers, and of the secret stand of the
late Senator Patrick McCarren, who
worked for the passage OF the bill
against his own wishes and those OF
his own associates.
Elder continuing his testimony SAID
"Finaly Gardner said: 4 don't
mind telling you that there was {
meeting at Delmonico's at which mon
ev was subscribed He mentioned
names of several men who were there,
including members of the MetropoE-
tan Turf Association. lie SAID !:
among the men there that | remem-
Der was Jas. R. Keene, David Mitch
ell. Mr.. Parsons, Harry Payne Whit
new and Charles H. Hyde.
81 asked him the total amount OF
this fund.-" the witness resumed, land
he said: ooh. considerable told
him that had heard 100000. He
said that if l had guessed $5OO,OOO'
I would have been nearer the mark.
Of this sum he said Senator Grady
cot ONLY $4,000 and | might imagine
what the others got.
Senator McCarren. he said, was
angry because he did not have the
handling of the fund. McCarren was
secretly in favor of the bill, he said
and wanted to be revenged because
he had not been consulted.
| Then came the mention of the press
Asked for the names of the men as
told to him bv Gardner, with the
amounts Gardner said they received
the witness named Patrick Rellhar
of the Press $4,000: Louis Seibold OF
| the World, $4,000; Joseph McEentre'
of the Sun, $4,000; George Jandrlr
of the Brooklyn Citizen. $1,000
George Tyrrell of the Brooklyn Eagle
$4,000.
After Mr.. Elder finished his test
mony George Tyrrell, secretary Of
Comptroller Pendergast, and. unit
January l. Albany correspondent o.
the Brooklyn Eagle. took the stan'
and testified that Gardner had pai'
him 5000 at Albany and that he hat
declined it.
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