New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
ELDER TELLS OF FUND
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Foelker had promised to divide It with
him.
Being busy man It may have es-
capped your mind" the letter read, "but
/ have red hot fight In the 5th AS
sembly District, and can use some OF
the $3.50 now"
The witness explained the letter by
saying that when he got the Hildebrand
contribution In the fall OF 1906 for the
purpose Of campaign expenses he had
then told Mr.. Sharkey that he could have
half the money IL he needed II. Sharkey
told him that he had plenty of money
for campaign purposes in his district
and didn't need 1t then. 1t was long af-
terward. in August. 1907. that Sharkey
wrote the letter in question reminding
him of his former promise, the witness
said.
Mr. Steuer spent considerable time in
getting In evidence a mortgage for $780,
900 which was purported to have been
made In Foelkers favor by the Finney
Godfrey Company in May, 1908. Mr.
Steuer led up to the introduction OF this
paper by asking the witness II he had
ccme into any funds not long after the
passage of the racetrack bill at Albany.
Foelker said he had not, and later, under
redirect examination by Mr.. Mott. ex-
planned the incident Of the mortgage.
He said that he was merely acting as
counsel for his wife's aunt, Mrs. W. n.
Watson, to whom a small estate had
been left by her husband. Though the
mortgage appeared in his name. he said.
the money came out of the estate, and
every cent OF it went to the widow. He
did not get cent Of 1t.
IF you had received that $4,000 as
bribe you would not have gone immedi-
ately and put it in a mortgage recorded
in your own name, would your queried
Mr. Mott
Denies Getting Bribe Money.
The witness fared UP at this question
and fairly shouted that he had never
received 81 in the form OF bribe. Mr..
Mott Gained the witness by putting the
question In another form and then drop
ping the subject of the mortgage.
Foelker admitted in answer to MT
Steuer's questions that he had once met
a racetrack man, James Ray, of Jack
sonvile, Fla, on the train coming from
Washington. Counsel wanted to know
II they didn't know each other well
enough 10 exchange the salutations
lin and Otto Foelker said he hao
never met the man before, but that nc
was a very affabe fellow and migh'
have called him otto. The witness
said they had talked in bantering mooo
and he had told Ray that Congress
man didn't amount to much during MS
first term, and no one in Congress palc
any attention 10 him.
Didn't Ray say to YOU in substance
asked Mr.. Steuer. Otto. you have pu
lis out of business; why did you vote 70
the racetrack bill?' and yoI replied
Why, all that NcCarren offered me Wa
Democratic assistance, and / didn't nee'
that. I have heard of money going U
some one, but none of it came to me
the other side treated me better?
NO such conversation took place
said the witness emphatically.
Didn't Ray say. ON, l understand
that YOU had been literally paid'?' con
tinued Mr.. Steuer
NO. he did not" replied Foelker.
The witness could not explain why tn
city directory of Brooklyn and othe
directories gave his occupation as ina
Of a lawyer for several years before n
was admitted to the bar. He had not tur
risbad them the information, he said.
IN redirect examination Mr. NOT
gain took up the matter OF the Hllde
brand check for $3.50 and the witnes
said in reply 10 questions that he did no
recall having seen Mr.. Hildebrand DC
tween March, 1906, when the stree
shrinking bill, in which Hildeorand Wa
,rtarested. was before the Legislature
and October 81. 1906, the date OF TN
check. The witness said he never go
e NJ the $3.50 He turned 1t over =
Mr. Hobley, district leader in brooAlS" "
for campaign purposes. he said AM
Hohlev never returned any OF the money
and he didn't know when Hobley had III
check cashed.
The witness admitted that he ha'
Given S75 70 a man named Radigan, VINO
Il developed. had acted as counseI IL
Sosinsky. the prisoner serving a term i
the penitentiary for impersonatlng other
in taking the Regents examinations
roeIker previously testified that Sosin
skv had coached him for his Regents
examinations.
SAYS He Took Pity on Radisar'
Foelker explained that he was not in
troduced TO Radigan by Sosinsky an
did not know Radigan was Sosinsky
counsel. Radigan had come to him an
told a hard luck story and he had loane
him the S15 out Of pity, the witnes
said. Foelker still had Radigan's prom
issory note for the S15, he testified. MI
Elder kept so close TO his story of IN
$500, 900 racetrack legislation fund as b
told IL before the legislative investigat
ing committee that Mr.. Steuer inquire
II he had not read his former testimon
carefully before testifying yesterday
Mr.. Elder said he had not read IL over.
Mr.. Elder repeated that the fund fa