The evening world., 1911-02-16

fcCted street ~sprInkling IN mannattan,
brooklyn and the Bronx.
.. bid YOU meet Hildebrand when
he cane .eSore your committee? a.
Yes. Previously | had been introduced
to him by Naval Onicer OF the Port
Richard Siarkey. then u district leader.
y. Wouldn't the bill, II passed. have
destroyed Hildebrand's business? A. |
cant say.
Suddenly the purport OF all this pre-
Rmlnary skirmish.nE came out.
.. That same fall you became a cam
didaie for senator. didn't you? A.. Yes.
q And didn't you see Hildebrard
then and talk 10 him about the bills In
which he was Interested \ I saw hlm,
but didn't discuss the bills.
O. Did you tell him that similar bills
might be offered at tho next session Z?
\. No
q. Did you ask him for money? A.
No.
q. Dll YOU get from him any money?
a. | got a check from him. but
q Never mind our explanations
nov. Where was II YOU met him." A.
At the custom house in Brooklyn. We
merely met there In S~harkey's office"
q DID you wlen you left there that
night carry a check OF Hlldebrand's In
your pockot2' 4 / did not.
q. You know that at that, tlme-and
the date on the check shows 1, was Oct.
81, 1D6-that ltildebrand was not =
voter In your district? a. Yes, ! knoN
that.
. INA he owe YOU anytNfng9 A.. No.
. Had you ever rendered him any
service Of any sort? A. No.
Admits His Signature.
Is that your Signature IN this pa
per- said Steucr. showing a check for
$3.50 under Foelker's nose.
"Yes-that's my signature said the
Congressman, but ] never pot the
money personally from Hiidcoran1. The
check was made out by IIlldebrand, but
the money came to me through mis-
frienA and mine-Robcrt S%harkey."
q But the bill In which Iiildebrani
was Interested died In the committee.
didn't 1t? And you failed - vote either
for or against e., didn't yDu?" A. The
bin remained In committee. But here IL
how I came TO get that check. Sharkey.
who was my district leader, mailed 1t to
me with "A letter saying II was IA cam
paign contribution from his friend Hi
dobrand. IT was entirely voluntary and
unsought on my part.
q. Nave you Sharkey's letter? A. I
think | might be able to find It.
q. Isn't 1t "A fact that you Went to
sharkey and told him that IIildebrapd
ought to come across? 4. No.
.. Didn't Sharkey Ian YOU this
check in person. \. lie did not.
.. Isn't II strange that Hildebrani
should have made the check out plya-
BILE TO himself and then indorsed II
over to you? A. | don't think so.
.. Isn't 1t true that Hildebrand re-
fused to part with the check unless T.
bore your Endorsement? A. That Is a
falsehoOd.
q. You turned the check over to
former Sheriff Albert T. Hobley. didn't
you? A.. Yes. lie was a member OF
our Executive Committee.
q. bic you In Ming your sworn sched-
ule OF campaign expenses after cleo
ton include any mention of this $500
A. | can recall.
q. Well. why was It that this check
was dated Oct. 81 and yet you did not
use It until Dec. 3? a, NV only expla-
nation to that woul be that Sharkey's
letter must have oeen delayed.
q. Wasn't the campaign over before
Dec. =? A. Oh, yes.
q. Then way did you accept a cam
raign contribution a month after the
campaign ended? A.. My letter from
Sharkey would no oub explain all
that. I do recall that | told Ho0ley I
had this check from Sharkey and
urned II over to Hobley, and he In turn
got Edward Callahan. a Brooklyn hotel
keeper, to cash II.
Thinks letter Would Explain.
q. DO you pretend to claim iIoblcy
kept this check from Oct. II to Dec. 2?
A.. No-I-I'm not sure. If ] car find
Sharkey's letter II will throw plenty OF
lllgh, on this whole matter. Personally
I don't recall all the minor details Of
the incident.
q. But YOU insist 1t was n campaign
contribution. even though the dates show
YOU couldn't have used il in your cam
paign? a. | do.
q. And even though 1t Is not set forth
In your affidavit OF election expenses?
A. NY answer IL the same.
Going Jack now to Foelker's main
testimony. touching on his story of tho
meeting with Gardner aboard the train
coming from Albany, when Gardner, he
said. tried to brihe him, Mi, Steuer
asked the witness to detail the cir
cumstances OF that Interview once
more. The lawyer wanted to know
who shut the door of Gardner's state
room on the Pullman before the sub
lect of buying Foelkcr's vote was
preached. Foelker said Gardner got M
and closed the door.
At this point court adjourned until
tomorrow. with Flelkcr stu on th'
stand. II was stated hat he woul,
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