The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-04-02
N.Y.STATE SENATOR
IS ACCUSED OF
EXTORT|ON
Charge Brought BY Bank Note
Company President
SULZeR ASKS RESIGNATION
Stephen ]. stiIweiI Denies AIlesa-
tions and Asks for Official In
vestigatIon.
sULzeR ASKS RESIGNATION

Stephen j. Stilwell of New York, &C
cused by George H. Kendall, presi
dent of the New York bank note com
pany, of attempted extortion, refus-
ed to resign yesterday at the sugges-
ton of Gov. Sulzer, and demanded q
thorough investigation OF the charg
es by the Senate. The Senate order
ed that an inquiry be made at the
earliest possible moment. Kendall
charged that he was introduced by
Senator Stilwell to Samuel Lewis,
Jr., of New York, clerk of the revis-
ion committee, to whom he was ask
ed to send the check for $3.50 for
drafting the bill. Lewis was asked
to resign yesterday. He refused and
was removed, according to Patrick
e. McCabe, clerk of the Senate. The
Kendell telegram to Gov. ID. Sulzer
follows.
81 offer you evidence that Stilwell,
the man you sent to draw my stock
exchange bill, charged me $3.50 for
drawing 1t. He introduced me to
TO Senate Revision Clerk Lewis and
asked me to send check for that
amount to him and they divided pro-
ceeds of check. l offer you evidence
that Stilwell wrote me March II to
come to his Office next day and de
manded $500 each for four of the
codes committee members to report
the bill out of committee
Il offer you evidence that said
that would do no good unless AS.
sembly committee reported IL also
and that he said he would canvass
them next day and send me a wire
that / would understand how much
It would cost. | offer you evidence
of the amount, namely $500, OF his
telegram. declined his proposition.
He called me up next day and told
me there was nothing doing unless !
paid $4,000 in advance. / replied |
would telegraph the whole matter to
you and every legislator unless he
reported the bill out in "A hours. He
did 1t. Under same penalty / de
demanded that my bill be reported
out OF the Assembly committee i'm
mediately, and it was done in As
hours. Congitating the matter
think / ought to let you know any
way and II you want some undocu-
mentary hearsay evidence OF stock
exchange using a large amount of
money to defeat the incorporation
bill. | am willing to tell you at least
what Stilwell told me- No newspap
er has anything of this"
Senator Stilwell, when shown the
Kendall telegram to Gov. Sulzer
said: THE fact that Mr.. Kendall's
telegram ends with the words, No
newspaper has anything of this is
the best evidence of the reason why
Gov. Sulzer and Mr.. Kendall bring
out this telegram at this time. The
hearing on the stock exchange incor.
poration bill takes place on Thursday
afternoon before the Senate judici.
airy committee, and / supposed Gov
Sulzer imagines that the effect OF
this telegram will compel the Judi.
ciary committee to report his incor.
poration bill.
1 was just as amazed as you were
when | read this telegram which you
show me. The fact that Mr.. Kendall
could send such a telegram TO Gov,
Sulzer is the best evidence to my
mind, that the New York stock ex.
change officers knew what they were
talking about when they said that
Mr.. Kendall was irresponsible and
did not have that moral standard
which the exchange felt should be
possessed by any engraving company
handling stock and bond certificates
dealt in on the New York stock ex
change. The Entire story is so false
and so absurd that Il is scarcely
worth reply to.
Mr.. Kendall went to ALBANY yester
day at the request of Gov. Sulzer
with whom and Acknowledgement Ca,
mody he was in consultation i'm tbs
executive chamber. Later Senate,
Stilwell was called in and told by the
governor that he and the attorney
general agreed that the senate,
should resign Immediately.
The bill in which Mr.. Kendall /,
particularly interested proposed an
amendment to the penal law provid
ing that the refusal of any person
nrm, association or corporation L
list securities because the certificat
es are not printed or engraved b,
any particular corporation, although
IN proper form, shall constitute
nisdemeanor. Kendall claimed at