The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
TALE OF GRAFT
uE,s:S.sv EVIDENCE or Col;i;Jr-
rlON N RlGH PLACES.

| assistant District Attorney Ecreal'
.t,se.sd Confession OF ssribrsy 1.
i,-.ca, .inti-racin. isill>.
,-,s.-u;.tiv- Otto G. Fo:ik-r
~. man who waS carried from h's
,:.k ,s.d ;a:o ,h. New York seua:.
chamber 70 cas-, the deciding rot" :"'
| he an,;-racias bills urged by Gov.
Hughes. look the stand ~ d s~o::'
! witness and told :a- Merritt Joint ,-s-
,s,a,!v- committee he details .: An
alleged at;emp, in :."> by Former
State Senate. Frank J. Gardner. Sso
is now under arrest. 20 buy HIS vote,
Briefly i: told o: 4 dinner a; iri-
moa:cok O: phom:nen; mrn friendly
% ID. race track. o; sa.p"".ooe suA-
,c-;b.d 20 a corruption :und o; ,h'.
distribution Of this fund 20 pol:::-
.:aas and we'll knoHa press CORES
ponoents OF ID. New York ne"S-o"-
oe-s ., Albany and o: he secret
grievance 0: the ia,e Patrick McCar-
rem who worked :o- TIE bill against
Ais ovr wishes aod his own asSo-
cia;eS.
In the month OF March. testified
". Elder. u sent 20. Gardner.
h.ouss AiS lawyer. who wanted 20
,oov xha: for. :old him 70: d
personal caa;. and shortly af.e:Hs.d
Gardner came 20 my private ONCE.
;o:e a.:a wanted to know aoou:
he efforts made at Albany 20 de-
"a. 70. race track bills. ,o!I him
hat | lad indictments against ces-
ain men and TIA; his information
nigh: help.
Finally Ga.dne, said. ! dron'i
mind telling YOU that :ae'e was /
meeting AZ De!mon:co.s a: wa'ca
money ~as subscribed. He mention
d the names Of several men wao
we're there including members OF tie
Metropolitan Turf association and
he book-nake:s. He said ;aAt
,mons the men there :has .enem-
,e, were James Z. keeue. David Nit
bell. Nj. Parsons. Harry Payne
Whitney and Charles II. sIyde.
Charles IL iiyd. IS nov chamber
ain Of New York City and ass form
5ly ;aw partner o: AaS". Ga:no'
lanes +. kccnc IS iae well known
-acinS man and millionaire s;ncH
narke; operator. Nj Parsons
ras no; further identified.
He Gardner. continued NJ.
Elder. said there was dISput"
oou, ~ho should handl: ;he money.
.:aally h. said sI:s.o"0 Mas gwen
James GaEnsy 10 ;ake c"Ee o;
h..c o. four members o! ID. !eS!s-
a;ure---Tammany men. ne said.
James GaHrey IS pveSid-n: o: %"
:arney Construction company. "a:cn
vas handled many municipal! con-
rac,S.
II asked him the io;a! amoun;
). :h!S fund" The witness re>a1acc.
and he >aid. On. considerable.
Old him ,ha; heard ;ha; Il was
<an0. 400. !,e said tha; i. had
Guessed SIuV.o00 would hare bees!
,earer :hs mark.
..Ot this sum h- said. senate:
:-aty go, only s+0.e"" and l :n!sai
naSin- what ta- Others :oi-
Senate: McCarrcn. he sad. "a>
n--v SccauS- he did not have th'.
,,ndl:ns D: :h: fund and because a
;!ang~ Man VAS So:nS ny ;N'r" ~
.ec:.as to get away with such
proposition. Hs attributed -" pas
az. o: :ae bill 20 NcCar.-n's DIS
.leasu-c. McCa.7co was secretly n
avor o: ,he bill. b.. said. and ean:e"
o be revensed because a- had not
-.en consulted.
Then came mention o; ;he press.
He tGardner,. resumed NJ. kld"'.
said the newspaper mea were HocT-
liz taken care o: on; o: 'he FUND
asked :ha names OF h" men. vi:
.ld.r said:
-, recall. a man named Zoe Nc
:ntee Of To. Sun so, $4,000: saA'
-a;-;ck Relihan o! The Press 30;
q 900: :ha, Louis Seahold OF ia.
Nor,d got sS.oo": George Jand:a
): The Brooklyn Citizen. $@.""o. aad
!-rel! o; the Brooklyn Eagle. s3"e'
I. said To. Times man OF H.o"S':n
o: 5000"
Geo-s. T:r--;!. s.cCetHry 20 c"'"?-
roller Pr-ad~-=aS, a.d un::i Jaaa..'F
Asbaav correspondent Of "a Brook
N Ea=,e. took ;A- stand aad test
.e4 :ha: Ca,dne. had oa~:.d h:G
:s0.. a, Albany ard ae had d-cs."-
i.
I.it:l.. hight Was thrown on "a.
az. take. a. Albany by Mr. Ny.i.
He iGs.da.rl. sid N-. Elder.
oia me- he ~en: 20 Albany viz
iy6c because Hyde did no; know
he ways o: Albany and Ao~ 10 ar-
roach people.
III. said Hyde had secured a
DC meeting a: De:mon:ccS :or W.
lam Ensera.an Who had tailed 20
,av. and ;hs, :ivde had Hu: IN =
iii for persona! expenses 10 reid
s,rse himself; !is said n. mad Al
,,noin.ncMt with HYDE by which ae
a-as 20 DC pai.! 20: do;ns III: work a.