The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-20
PA|O MUCH COIN
To KILL MEASURES
"Slush Fund" of $500, 600 to
Beat Anti-Betting Bill
Not Only Bride
LEGISLATORS PAID TO
STIFLE OTHER LAWS
Detectives Are Making Rigid In
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Men
Loudly Deny Being In
on the Deal.


NEW YORK., Oct. 2o.--.Not a.llE WIS
tremendous siush ioilo Faista ~
the effort to XIII the anti-Faes TRACK
canning oiils, but the legislative to'n
mlttee which Is no" uneoVerihs gIait
III the Empire state has It's detectives
investigating report tfiat iuao
almost as large was As.a III eolltise-
ton Win BINS aHecUhS VIII stfest
anu STOCK gambling Seiltrah9. At ~
expected tnat Il number OF inen vino
were active in connection Win the
nassase 10y the Legislature oil the anu
buektfsnop bill and vain Inc measures
OF similar character ttla9 haNe eeeh
acted ola by the Legislature curing TUE
past ten years VIII be asked 10 ten
what they know
The race track "slushH fund, re-
ported Ia have been half a million dol
lars. was the biggest ever raised in
Ne~ York to defeat legislation. All
the persons so far implicated In the
distribution of the money. according
Ia the stories told Yesterday on the
stand. absolutely DENY knowing any
thing about the matter.
Scrbes Indignant.
The newspaper correspondents i'm
plfeated by Assistant District Attorney
Elder. af Kings county. Yesterday. be-
day and characterized the author as
absurd. They pointed out 10 chief
Counsel Bruce that most Of the news
papers mentioned enthusiastically
st4uDortad the anti betttuen laws and
thev said that the story was started
10 get square" with them. Bruce In
yitsd ali If fbeu ga annear before the
eotnmftte. later and get their deniats
into the record
All of tha rnaul,.rs If the Jockey
eltih a,ny tho existenre of nm iIleeaI
fnna they s,nnlied money for the
avn.,.ses ~ tbai,. tsu,,ays in Hvbtfnv
against tho Minis thnv saw hui they
insis, that me amount when Elder
$3.50 cardner ,o,d htr, Was anhaer,hea
h,a M existanra .ycantfnv nossihlv In
C.arfrer.s l,,ain
According RI Eadnr Gardner told
fiu, M. = ,naa,in,, a. D.ina,tcota
,I'f,t. ~. roaino ,.Il1s ,yar., ,sngsns
I've veara 400 at which we're nresent
Ja,nsss - xaa,a ;4arrr, p wbitnay
.sba,,,as n MA trat. ,tty ,ban,fsr'
-, nj, i.,(,s1I ,I,y..na n wooa
- - 49,, 4 aa l9f,e.ht.e.l, 80
mr. ,,'e,t,,er nan'ea rarsnns : ,ne f,',a a.
ssno mn a>as raised az mis- amount
ns,sa. -, Garara -. w., e. ona
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,e,1 r. 40 ,ha taiLino for MIN
ff.hl aS,x,,s,it,.',N ha,s = 49,, s,ve...t,,a
saais.,, h..,,,,,,;,s, ~ ,',ffic heart,, :,
~ - J,,..,.,'7i,,, ~, 60 ~, ~,
te,rth.r a,tia,
Sbo,., and Holy rsaa
Louis Saih11d whe Us n1ha,y cor.
/ r4snsnaan, az No NJ ynrL warla
Yas ac,.usad T., Elders ,astir,nnv AZ
bs,iny h.sar, nra nf tho M, ,hat
t;araner ,old him vas maid "a 400 ~
IN "sl,,aS T,,rd" uas tha sr.t VI
,,ass ,n-d,,
"If Mr. cor,,rnr ,,,d I,ldar +hat !
eaa nafd "A 0oo or three. ttnnsan MI
eants hts an nnni,t,a,sd uar,. sasa
seihald - NAV, never had any rsla :
Mons Win Mr. Gardner ANA Mad orIv
a lssrat a.ca,ioin,arca wtth btn, =
The wurid Sribold said md en-
INTELLECTUALLY sdyncs,aa ~ assaca
If tba arr .raca ,rack hills ana he
tdentit,ed rertain stories no had writ :
Ton ,nlltna Of ,ba s+nri.s c,,rr.,,, =,