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Show NEWSPAPER MEN DENY THEIR STORY . NEW YORK. Oct. 20 The IceiPla-live IceiPla-live Investigating conimIlte begged the question this afternoon anl for the nicnieni abandoned all attempts to llnd out who raised tho money subscribed sub-scribed at Dclraonicos to Jefeat the race track bill, where ii went to, or even if any money really was raised. Dut elsewhere, following the atory told on tho wiineea stand yesterday by Rohm Elder, first aaslRtant district dis-trict attorn1' of Kings county, of his conversation with former State Senator Sena-tor Frank J. Gardner, details were not wanting today. Instead of pushing push-ing forward on the path taken yesterday, yes-terday, the committee turned its attention at-tention to the bridge scandal accounts ac-counts in the Allds trials at Albany during the last session of the senate. sen-ate. Tell6 Story of Bribes. Former Senator Den Conger, who made the charges that led to the explanation ex-planation of Senator Allds. retold the story of bribes paid to legislators. Previous to bis appearance, positive posi-tive denial was made by four newspaper news-paper men mentioned In Mr. Elder's testimony yesterday that the Albany correspondents of New York newspapers news-papers had been paid money by the racing lobby. Louis Seibold of the World, Patrick Relihan cf the Prens. George Jau-rln Jau-rln of the Brooklyn Citizen and Joseph Jo-seph A. McEntee of the Sun said they had never receded a cent. Will RcBumc Inquiry. Tomorrow the committee will resume re-sume its inquiry Into Gardner's tale lis related by Sir. Elder of the use of $a,000 to defeat the bills. In order that the GarJnor story may be thoroughly probed, 6tib)ioenas were drawn today for James R. Koene. Harry Pajne Whitney aiid other men who, Gardner was quoted as telling Elder, attcnJed the dinner at Delruonico's when the corruption fund was subscribed. No suhnocna has been ordered, however, how-ever, for Charles II. Hyde, city chamberlain, cham-berlain, who, Elder testified, also was charged by Gardner wllh attending this meeting, and no explanation of t the omission was offered I Keene Issues Denial, I James It. Keene this afternoon is-jited is-jited a statement which anticipates a denial on the stand He said; "I never attended a meeting at Delmonieo's with the gentlemen named, nam-ed, nor have 1 eer heard of such a meeting I have never, directly or indirectly, in-directly, paid or caused to be paid one penny or other sum to any in.ii vidunl r individuals, or person or poisons, for oilier individuals, or to .my fund as charged in respect of Any such race track legislation." |