New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
GARDNER TO COME BACK
MIL Be in New York Before
Thursday. Says Whitman.
uow WATCHED I'M SCRANTON
r-dictment Won't Affect Bruce s
Inquiry Into Racetrack Legls-
lative Scandal.

..s-.rce that Frank J. Gardner. indicted by
- New York County Grand Jury on Fri
A., for attempted bribery, would be in
=,,er York on or before THURSDAY
-r .ardner's application for release On a
-, 81 habeas corpus, which came up be-
.,-s Juaee Newcomh. in the Lackawanna
,-ountv Court. in Scranton. yesterday morn
uas continued until THURSDAY
Inactive Thomas. Of the New York
-oli,e force. who was sent up 10 Syracuse
m Friday with the certified copy O. the
.rs,-r-rent OF Gardner. ard a request for
..,-fsi-ion parors for the former state sen
Tor left the upstate city at O'Clock yes
,,-,7av morning. after arousing Governor
,kpte at midnight on Friday. and started
fo- Harrisburg, where he saw Governor
smart OF Pennsylvania yesterday.
- Vas found. however, that. even with
she best possible train connections II
world be impossible for Thomas 10 reach
sr-.r-o1 from Harrisburg with the extra
,zi-ion napers before 10 o'clock last night
- IRE attempt 10 finish the case yesterday
had 10 be abandoned.
= snIte Of District Attorney Whitman's
lar--T7f
ken I'D on Monday. the Pennsylvania au-
tborities decided TO postpone further hear
~ of the case until Thursday. It ap-
resred also that Gardner, in spite of the
e. that Governor Stuart had signed has
,v+-s5irjon papers. was entitled. under the
,.z-s ~ PENNSYLVANIA. to hearing 10 de-
,o---i7a the identity Of the man sought IN
the extrsdition warrant
Gardner Agreed TO Come.
N, +be face Of II. Of course, II is a mere
-,s-rer Of form 10 identify Gardner. and IN
new Of the fact that such a hearing could
have only one result-the legal ldentlncauon
IF The former state SenatOr-he agreed 10
,oroe 10 New York City some time before
thursday and enter bond for his further
ennesrance here when required
The District Attorney, though he left
,-sr5na- in Scranton and Is apparently
thoroughly satisfied that the indicted man
will appear here on Wednesday, did not
leave the Pennsylvania city without taking
other safeguards TO keep Gardner IN slghI
Detective Thomas viii remain in Scran-
ION and besides the regular police officer
there will he & pair OF detectives hired by
the legislative Investigating committee, all
Of whom VII keep e close watch on Gard
1er's movements.
Unless Gardner Is here on next Wednes-
day said District Attorney Whitman last
night when he returned TO New York. he
vii he taken into custody by Detective
Thomas whom left n Scranton for that
purpose, and brought back TO New York.
The situation now is practically the same
as II Gardner were already in New York
I an perfectly satisfied with my trip to
Scranton, and with its results, and ! am
convinced that Gardner VIII be in New
York by Wednesday at the latest
Te Lay Bare Racing Scandal.
With the advent OF Gardner on the scene
Of the investigation In this city it was
promised yesterday that every effort would
be made 20 lay bare the entire scandal
surrounding the great fight on the Agnew-
Kart Ea1t-ganbling laws IN the 1908 Legis-
latgre.
N Linn Bruce. counsel 10 the legislative
investigating committee. whose detectives
started the hunt for Gardner. had nothing
10 say yesterday about the possibility Of
the former state Senator and acknowl-
edged lobby agent Of the racetrack inter
ests appearing before the Merritt COM
mirlee.
On Friday. however, Just after hrs re-
turn from Scranton. where Judge Bruce
had labored in vain with Gardner In the
effort 10 persuade him 20 return 10 New
York without formal arrest, the counsel
70 the legislative committee intimaued
strongly that no other prosecution Of the
lobbyist would interfere n any way with
the plans Of the committed
TIE handling Of the entire Gardner situa-
uon has shown that there VIII be abso-
lute.T 10 friction between the committee
and the District Attorney. but with Gard
ner back in New York where he would be
heiC ansVerable 10 a subpoena Of the leg
-siative committee, there would be nothing
70 prevent his appearance there. as well as
IN The Criminal Courts Building.
Tie District Attorney. who was quoted in
Scranton dispatches az saying that he
anew Gardner had handed fund OF close
20 $50 "o. said last night that he had not
beer 80 specific as the dispatches indicated
Il did Say that there was 4 general
charge before tae legislative investigating
.rmmittee thar s5po. go had been used TO
eefr@t t-e tul.'' said M. Whitman. and
-aGod strongly upon the Scranton au-
7-orIies taat II ~as Of tremendous impoF-
isneo 90 THE people If this stale that Gard
ae- should re Kept lu custody Until the
arrival or The proper cxrradition warrant"
Nay Demand Jockey Club Books.
The prospective appearance of Gardner
h A'w York aI nE- az again The posi-
'.a| d" To- legislative committee having
af 'ehait. .proruntv - getting at the
'a. .a''s n pnnection with me bitter oo-
position n' the racing interests 70 the anti
= e=@a.k 1'.urE laws. The books Of the
H@- '.HH. 90 New York. and or the
7-s -2 49, citations. which it il sup