New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-27
SULzER CHAMPION PUTS
HIS HOPE IN WHITMAN
Arnold Says He Will Stay Here
Until He Can See District
Attorney.
MURPHY EVIDENCE WEAK
But Albany Editor Is Sure He
Will Be Able to Have
Frawley and Levy
Indicted.

The militant wing OF Suffers army. as
represented by eX-Judge Lynn J. Arnold.
Of Albany. made it plain Yesterday that
its plan Of battle contemplated a counter
attack as the best defence Arnold an
nounced in the most positive terms that
no intended TO remain in New York until
he could see District Attorney Whitman
and lay before the prosecutor the evil
dence he has in his possession.
81 have i'm my possession now" said
Judge Arnold. evidence which warrants
the indictment of Murphy. Frawley and
Levy. and ! will turn II over to District
Attorney Whitman and to no one else"
The Albany editor and lawyer declared
he would not reveal anything more spe-
cifc in his information until he had gone
over it with Whitman. but he said he had
been advised by other lawyers that he
had enough TO warrant Indictment
Privately Judree Arnold was Just as
emphatic in expressing his confidence in
the Frawley-Bevy evidence. but he has
admitted 10 friends that he is not so sure
Of his Murphy evidence. His accusations
against the boss OF Tammany Hall. II is
understood. are based entirely on the
coercion" section Of the penal law,
which he does not feel confident will hold
before either a grand or a petit jury.
The split-up in the Sulzer forces. how
ever. was brought out plainly yesterday by
Arnolds admission that former Judge D.
Cady Herrick. Suffers personal counsel,
was entirely correct in stating that he,
Herrick. was not responsible in any way
for the actions Of Arnold or others in
Suffers behalf. which have as their sole
purpose a counter attack upon Murphy
and Tammany.
Judge Herrick is not responsible fol-
my ats. nor am l responsible for his,
was the way Judge Arnold put it, and he
added that ne did not hold himself in any
way responsible for what ne termed the
Mysteries Of James g. Garrison, the
Sulzer press agent,
This admission practically segregated
the Sulzer camp into three divisions
first the lawyers marshaled by Judge
Herrick, who will conduct Suffers defence
on his Impeachment trial and who are
straining every nerve. unsuccessfully, tc
keep both Sulzer and his more radica
supporters bottled up second, the mill
tant crowd, led by Judge Arnold, who
believe that Suffers only defence must be
a bitter counter attack upon Murphy anc
Tammany. and third, the personal pub
licity agents, directed by Garrison. who
are closely associated with the Governor
and who are flooding both metropolitan
and upstate newspapers with vitriOli'
attacks upon all OF Suffers enemies.
From a lawyer high in the Tammany
councils yesterday came the story tina
the Sulzer Impeachment trial would b'
centred around the single charge OF viola
ton Of the corrupt practices act. This
charge. il was said would not permit Of
any shouldering off Of the blame by Sui
ger 10 any one else because the statute
was specific in fixing all responsibility
and blame upon the candidate himself.
Senator James J. Frawley, who started
Cor albany at { o'clock Yesterday after
noon announced that the Frawley com
mittee would meet at the city Hall u
New York next Wednesday morning. j
is expected there will be further evidence
produced with reference TO the checks o.
Jacob H. Schiff and others not listed u
Suffers sworn statement Of campaign
contributions. the idea back OF this I'M
OF attack being to pile up mass o
srecifc evidence against the Governor OF
the charge that he violated the cOTrup
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