The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-30
FAIL To INTRODUCE
EVIDENCE OF
JOBBERY
Judge Makes Three Rulings
favOring SuIzer
c0LWELL IN SANlTARlUM
Governors Alleged Dummy" viii
Testify If Not Put Under
Arrest
COLWELL IN SANlTARlUM

Albany, ~ Y, Sept. 29.--Gov. Sui
ger today won triple victory over
his aceuse.s at the trial of his i'm
parchment.
Presiding Judge Cullen of the
High court, barred the introduction
of evidence to prove that the COVER
nor had made corrupt political bar
gain with Assemblyman Patrie Of
Green county, and held that the evil
dence brought forward to show that
he had made similar bargains with
county. and Assemblyman Prime of
Essex, was incompetent.
The legislation had to do in each
case with certain Improvements,
highway and bridge, which the as
semblymen had advocated in bills
subsequently passed by the Legisa-
ture to which they were DESTROYS Of
getting the governors signature. In
the Patrie case, however, no charges
We're brought in the articles of inn
parchment and it was on this ground
that Presiding Judge Cullen threw
the charge out Of court.
The Sweet and Prime cases we're
specified in article VII of the inn
parchment where it was charged
that the governor had vetoed in one
case and signed in the other the bills
OF the two assemblymen. One had
failed to support the direct primary
bill and the other did so after con
sulting Sulzerl che managers charged.
With the Introduction of evidence
OF three more campaign eontribu-
tons not reported in the governors
sworn statement of campaign re-
ceipts, and OF more evidence concern
ing the governors alleged Wall
street speculations the Assembly
managers drew near the end of their
case today. II was announced that
with the calling of possibly two more
contributors and one or two other
witnesses tomorrow the case against
the governor would probably be com
pleted.
The long missing Frederick l.. Col
well, the governors alleged dunn
my in Wall street transactions is in
a Sanitarium according to counsel
for the governor, but will consent TO
testify as the governors witness un.
der stipulation that he not be placed
under arrest for refusing to obey the
subpoena of the Frawley investigat.
ing committee
Counsel for the managers had not
decided tonight whether to agree TO
this stipulation.
II a subpoena can be served upon
him, J. b. Gray of The stock ex-
change firm of Fuller and Gray
where the governor is alleged to
have speculated with some of his
campaign contributions would be
witness tomorrow Thus far. coun-
sci have been unable to locate him.
His partner, Arthur l.. Fuller. who
was on the stand today. said that
this was the fault of the subpoena
servers as Mr.. Gray had been max
Ing no effort TO eyade service.
Fuller and his employees gave ties.
umony today tending to show that
Colwell had purchased 300 shares of
Big Fou-' stock through Fuller and
Gray for which was paid $4,000 in
cash.
Counsel for the impeachment man.
ayers made no effort to prove the
stock transactions shown in the ac.
count as had been done in the case
OF NJ. b. Fuller's examination before
the Frawley committee They mere
~ brought out that during November
and December of 1912 Gov. Sulzer
paid into the account $4,000 in cash.
Just at the close of the session to-
day the Assembly managers introduc
ed into evidence a bank contractor
and railroad builder for the Cuban
government. who recently announc.
ed that he had loaned Gov. Sulzer S26
ooo in cash. Reilly had relations with
Sulzer when the latter was chairman
OF the foreign affairs committee in
congress. He may be a witness to-
morrow.