New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-05
Carmody's Advice Indicates 1t
Will Not Restrict lnvestIga-
ton to Kendall Telegram.
ALL THE AFFIDAVlTS IN
Witnesses Will Be Summoned
to Appear Tuesday, and Bride
Charges Are Expected To Be
Disposed of Next Week.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. J

Albany. April 4.-While the Senate Jul
dietary Committee plans to confine its IN
vestigation into the bribery charges
against Senator Stephen J. Stilwell 10 the
telegram sent to Governor Sulzer by
George H. Kendall president of the New
York Banknote Company. it is the oplh-
ion of Attorney General Carmody that
tho committee can receive any other IN
formation it sees fit.
This would indicate that the investlsa-
ton may be much broader than at hrs'
expected. Should bribery. which is fei-
ony, be proved against anybody IL Is u"-
dcrstood that the Attorney General iee's
that nc would have no alternative but 10
take the case into the criminal courts
senators Murtaugh and Wagner con-
ferred with Mr.. Carmody concerning 'he
Investigation to-day. and it was agreed
that the Attorney General should repre-
con, tho committee in examining the wit
ncsses and bringing out the testimony
The charges made in the telegram Oh WI.
Kendall allege that Senator Sui"ei
sought $500 from him TO get favorapie
action on bill before the senate Cooe'
Committee. of which Senator Stilweii Is
chairman. +,
The Attorney General has received III
tho form of affidavits the statements VI
Mr. Kendall and his associates IN t"e
Office Of the banknote company, VINO IT,
norted a conversation alleged 10 nave
heen held over the telephone between nm
and Senator Stilwell Other documents
/, tho case are letters and kilograms al
,orcd 10 have passed between the two ana
records of messages and telephone o""'
obtained from the telephone ana 'e'e-
graph companies
: Tho Attorney General this AFTERNOON
received a telephone message from Yep
MY Attorney General Franklin hehheuS
stating that he had affidavits oil all III
yolvod i'm the case in New YORK anu
would have them ready to present 10 the
committee when II begins its first session
on Monday afternoon al O'Clock III the
Assembly parlor. The serGeant-at-arns
of the Senate has been provided WIN
slbpnnas 10 serve on all the committee
witnesses so that they can appear before
the committee not later than TuesdaN
afternoon In fact. it is expected that
the session on Monday will be a perfume
tory one and that the examination or Wit
nesscs will not begin until Tuesday.
Unless some new and unexpected infor-
nation is brought out by the eXamina-
ton of the witnesses or comes TO the
committees attention from other sources
il is thought that the investigation Will
DC completed before the end of next week.
Mr. Kendall will be represented by
counsel. and the name Of James w. Os-
borne was mentioned to-day in this con-
nection. Mr.. Osborne was the attorney
for Senator Conger in the Senate investi-
cation of the charges against Senator
Aids.
Attorney General Carmo1y to-day de-
MED the statement attributed to him in
several newspapers that he would not
want TO he in "Stlwells boots II de-
sire to say" Mr.. Carmody declared, that
! have made no comment whatever upon
the guilt or innocence OF Senator Still
well