The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14
FOELKER BRIBE STORY ARREST
EN-SEN ITOR GiRDNER"S TICk-
FITS ron CINlDa roo EtTE.
Graft CSn,mIIieelN AFTER suDprnainE hal@
In VAIN. Gets Him 81 ScTaniS0r Al.
legged 10 Have said lie Paid FSe'ker
slo.OO nAee1rArk Lobby MOney.

from Brooklyn. was arrested last night
in scranton. Pa, az the request Of the Dis
trsct Attorney % New York county after
a conference held here yesterday.
Gardner had got a lawyer before he
was arrested. and as IL is understood that
he will fight extradition District Attor-
ney Whitman left New York for Scran-
ton on the frat train thar he could get
after he learned OF the arrest.
The Grand Jury will take up the case
the fret thing this morning Assistant
District Attorney Frank Moss will pre-
sent information looking toward indict-
ment on the charge Of attempted bribery.
which il felony.
Gardner is wanted on tho charge Of at
tempting to bribe Otto @. Foelker. who
was State Senator in the Legislature Of
ieOs and is now a Representative in Con-
gress. just defeated for denomination.
Foelker has admitted that some one
attempted To bribs him to vote in June,
iSos. against the bills to stop racetrack
gambling. but has denied that he &C.
cepted any money. He voted for the bills
The infOrma ton that came To- the
authorities here through a Kings county
official isthatC Ga rdner has i'd that FoelkeT
did accept $1,000 with the understan dinG
that he was to get SIS no more and that
Gardner has said that he gave FOelker
the $1,000
Foelker did not get the SIS. 600 balance
according to the statement said To have
been made by Gardner To the Kings
county official To vote q ga inst the ra ce-
tracks Foelker went to Albany under
the care OF physician after keeping the
Legislature waiting.
The arrest Of Gardner is the result
Of the investi gations by the Legislative
COMMITTEES on graft 81 which VI. Lam
Bruce IL counsel The case was brought
befor. the District Attorney yester-
day by Mr. Bruce and lsIdoT Kresel and
a. soon "a thew had conferred with Mr.
whitman Mr. Bruce and Mr.. kresel left
for Scranton
Gardner had been subprnaed to appear
before the COMMITTEES and had not APP
peared He was married only few weeks
a GO and IN the meantime detectives 81 a
private agency have been keeping watch
upon him Hearrived AZ Scranton ye~ter-
day The detectives learned that he
Intended To go into Canada and they went
to Iona n Day. the chief 81 the Scranton
police. and asked that Gardner h. ar
rested. as he was about Ia l@sv. the United
Stat.- and was wanted as fugitive from |
Justice IN New YORK..
Dav immediately Called District Attor- !
4. -
and asked for instructions
~. was told that Gardner was wanted
here to appear ucfor,. TIA. Grand jury |
and instructed not Ia ct him get ont Of .
The city Dav was informed furthe-
hat MIR Bruce wts un his way to Scranton
and would arrive there about O'Clock
last night
soon aft"- that Dav called the District
Attorney Oh IA" ph"n" AGAIN IN! sad that .
GARDNER mad gone 10 ~" railroad station
and nnught ttrko'- for himself aud hi-
y f.. 'ur Montreal DAY was them told
q arrest Gardu-~ = Boz" gam '"f, h'- h"t"'.
shortly aft"r c',l,,t G,s' uigh NJ
iIrIc, got 'u S,'trr ~. lind thai GIrdu'r
D. 20 attempted ~ l"ly" 'h- ho'ai and had
cnn ar-r,t,-i Mr. Bruce t-l"phoned -
W Whitman nd asked i'm 10 com" a.
nee 80 ~c.Intnu ~ be- was an, III that
:, ranton magIst-.'. wpu'd rsl' n"
nan Oh hail and r- would get away
IL H. understood thai A--,s'. M DI-tri,t
,f'orr"- rldr- ~ Brpp!siyn vIll II, one ~
ne with $3.50 h"fu," the GrHni Jury
,-dav
The story ~ heard bv the authorrti,.-
= that Gardner had 10" handing of
md raised hv hlg men ~ the rA"InE gam. ,
tn" Information WAS thai IN" t'rount
~ .ad wa- NOR" han sADOSl t'ardn"r
: sslid To hava' told ~" Kings county
Hicial first referred 10 tha' the CONVEX
a. lnn he mad with fo"ik"r was on a -ps-
~ legislative tram between here ard
lnanv ~ ig'S End 'hA' on that train lac
ave him ,FoelkeT, the tio.eD and prom
.ad hin the rest later THIS va. ~ AMI.
prs The hill WAS 80 come up a. n spaclal
r~sion of IN. Legislature called hy Gov
Iughe- IN the early summer
Eos'k"r was taken III IN the spTing and ,
q Nav was operated an for appendicitis
. the home 81 his father in law AZ Staa,s.
uTR His recovery seemed show - IN, ~
1tare=ts 81 m the pending legislation and
rom time 10 time u WAS reported that ne
'puld not he well enough to get to Albany ,
, vote Foelker had voted for the bills
ns first time they came up AMI a. the
oting was close II was feared that HE ,
bsence might caus~ the defeat ~ the .
ills But 10 got ~ Albany and voted
zainst the raCetrackS Then he was
,sde a hero of and sent 81 Congress
Gardner entered politics IN 1897 when ,
trough the influence II Timothy l.
iocdrIn he was appointed Commissioner
Jurors for Kings county Later he
rcame leader 81 the Eleventh Assembly
l-'rict ~ Kings and in ipoa he was elected a,
, the State Senate. lie served but one )
'rm there. failing of reelection after he.
ad voted against the eighty cent gas
~ Ex-senator Gardner continued TO
cop IN touch with politics after his retire 4,
ent from the Senate. and with senator | !,
IC' 1Tren and sN Senator william n
evnolds b" formed tho Trio. Familiarity
, Sivl-d bv BrOoklyn politicians He .
~ been member 81 the Montauk and
rrscrni Athletic clubs for many wears =,
In first vii" got a divorr" and he after !
ara married Nav Josephine Isrby !
SCRANTON. Pa OCT ~ GARNER and
= Sif" have been az the Hotel Jermvn 4.
A.