The sun., 1910-12-08
BELMONT A VExED WITNESS
rms rHE vTTTEE THEY
hNOU an ar Gan TELL
i,anA Loses Ledger or the Nets Account
Amasa Tharntoos s1so for necoa-
ciiing th- clergy To Racing - .0ssU
TO LEADER of Politically tnrtn pioye cal.

TO LEADER of Politically t'nrm pioy esl
august Belmont rcappeared In tho Wit
-..,- hair otsh- Legislative Investigating
..mruittre Yesterday afternoon AMI had
-..I INTO the record his letter published in
IHr >uN Tuesday morning. Then Judge
ru,su rr"Na mined the witness on some
.n'. touched upon IN the letter and
.,l'ulned him also on the test irnony OF a
r-rrrtnI witness concerning expend,-
ru~,-- hv the Westchester Racing Asro-
cation which operates Belmont Park.
Before this examination was completed
VIZ Belmont had testify accused Judge
kricr of asking misleading questions
arl irving Ia confuse him. Judge Bruce
,-ldrd not guilty and resumed his in
terrIr''d questions. hut the encounter
rar ,ud"l in muddle Of misunder-
Standing. when tho witness frankly con
is-...i that he could no longer follow the
Naulner's meaning and counsel gave up
avn. To- make himself Understood
1.hu 4 Coakley. assistant treasurer
q ne w-Stchesier Ractng Association,
me witness preceding Mr.. Belmont. had
AIMED part Of the association q
ST. ,u; 10 legal expenses in isOS Part OF
" Wa check for 1880 given to Amasa
..prnGon. When Mr.. Belmont was .x-
ahmed on this payment he said that the
money had been paid to Mr. Thornton
'p- rs services in creating among minis
'er, an opinion favorable 10 the sport Of
-a,uG
VIZ Belmont was unable to enli ght en-
me committee IA To the precise means
VI Thornton took TO incline the minds
of uIuisters favorably toward the sport
e racing hut Mr.. Eresel produced a
-r;er showing that Mr.. Thornton pre-
f.vf~d that the check he was To receive
n payment for his missionary work
should not come from tho westchester
Racing association. but from Mr. Belmont
gersoualIv The letter read
Personal
t,g.sf R.imonf Esq.
DEAR SIR Unless " makes n great differ
sncr IN YOU would rather YOU would send
r-r YOUR check. The amount is not large
srd prefer to have my relations with you
= possible Yours truly.
AMAsA THORNTON.
An interesting development Of the day
came through the testimony Of Q. Kirk
and cashier OF the Mutual Bank. In
he sGhprna served upon him he Was
directed To produce the banks ledger
showing the account OF the Metropolitan
Turf association Cthe bookmakers' club
with the Mutual Bank The witness
sad that the ledger showing that account
from january l. 1908. until June II. isOs.
the latter being the date OF the passage
II the anti-racetrack gambling bills.
could not be found. The witness could
fer no explanation. The ledger had
oeen used as late a. January. 1910. but
since that time had disappeared The
n
N produce the Metropolitan Turf Asso-
cations deposit slips for the period COW
cred by the lost ledger.
tharles r. Calhoun. chief clerk of the
IIncoln Trust Company, produced a
transcript OF the account Of the Metro
folitan Turf Association with the trust
co-rpany upon which he is to be further
examined
Nlr Coakley testified that the West
hester associations legal expenses in
lso5 we're SIS ne2 10. and In 1908 $50 3n5 ~.
rut in 1919 there was a credit balance
TO- the accounf caused by the refunding
~ some contributions previously made
In 1919 Maurics NJ. Minton had been
aai s.; 500 In various checks drawn by
~ Pelz. treasurer OF the association.
,ri countersigned by MIR. Belmont.
r.rnar and for the same purpose Z. J.
raid was paid 81 cis 80 and W. b.
H rter -. 500. and as has been mentioned
. s-na~s Thornton $50 The associations
2ra-. blreau received check for s75s. IS.
which appeared to be the N.stchcster's
rare 4 a total pavment Of S0OO on
.n.u4u, II the press bureau Of tn. Jockey
Inc next witness was 4. Mel. Ear
-H"r who when asked what his bust
-"-- ~a~ Answered: Well. that ~ hard
--I am jack of all trades. | paIess
'7u ug his trades he further testified.
70. assistant To ell the officials of the
'.-stos1 Racing Association. He was
.".Hg "SaInined aboit salaries 81 officials
Z he association and said that the treas
-"r although not formerly paid "a sal
."- waS pad one now. and told this story
"yplanatiOn:
W Hitchcock N our president and he
rr'."tad 20 any of the officials drawing
BE- st-4ry. a. ne did not draw any himself.
Nt~"v Miller. our treasurer WAS rather
.'Nou- 10 r"ceivs salary. but when
al N N" liable They outvoted Mr.
Tr.rcpck. however at one Of the rnest-
<. # our stockholders and after that
~ twlrd.d salary TO MIR Millsr.
''l' - they paid him back salary since
ITO. rsanization and put him on a regular
.Arv Il $3.50 year
Nllll'f-r -stisi Nlbt Whr
q. Ihli.har Of Life. and the matter Of
- back salary had been much discussed
70 HU,..lr- that Mr. Miller received SIS. .OOO.
r.- sIps0 pf that. tho Witness said. was
T.. -"'yic-- for organizing ths present
~.t-.'Dga Racing Association. II WAS
~."'y a coincidence that the payment
'.Inn 70 Mr.. Miller appeared inrn.-
a'"lv under an entry 81 payment
..'r 10 r. r Coyns for legal expenses
y"rnon Daingerfieid. assistant secrs- .
-..r II tn. Jockey Club. testified 30 tho
r'.' amounts paid by each Of tho racing
.--.. rt'lons to make up the Jockey Clubs
r-..fnnni in 1913 II SCI 90 for legal
-r ..1-..- and sI2 80 for publicity.
..'I Mr. i;-lmont took the witness
Nir BrIc. first asked him as 10
.urwl"dg. of the -o-called Cassidy |
..p hIl 81 IgrG His memory icing
." .-'.i ~ counsel Mr. Belmont te~ti- |
.ns' i" kn.w that the bill related TO |
...itv IMPOSED after conviction for !
..ug prov iding that upon such |,
'.pu the guilty. parsons shoui he
roo. Tor not lsssS than one year in /,
II B..l,noni Said that the Jockey .
,t- u.,-tII,. "a, the bill His memory ,
80 h..I ha.