Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-23
SUL-ZER LIVED IN
A NET OF SPIES
Dictagraph Placed in Desk. Tele-
phone Tapped and Guests
Bribed by His Foes.

New York, oct. 22.-That william
;ulzer was constantly surrounded by
detectives in the executive mansion In
he executive chamber and wherever he
vent from the time of his nomination as
Governor to the day of his Dismissal
hat dictagraphs installed in the "Peo-
,le's House told his enemies everything
,c said. that his telephone was tapped,
lis guests bribed, his servants paid by
agents of his foes this was the dec
aration yesterday of Colonel William n.
Amory, widely known for his exposure
If New York traction corruption.
Colonel Amory. after returning from
Albany, where he had been with the
governor in the last days of the i'm
oeachment struggle received letter
from Chester c. Plat, secretary to
Suffer- confirming the discovery of dicta-
graphs.
you are right" writes Plat "They
were installed not only in the executive
mansion. but in the executive offices
N the capital as well. Besides, the tele-
phone wires were tapped and every tcle-
graph message sent out copied
D1CTAGRAPH IN DESK.
A dlctagraph expert from New York
UnpartncN Int SuDllt llltl' lNSl9l'iS III
the peoples House" one, it is said,
was inserted in the back of the gov
ernor's desk and even caught everything
he said over the telephone.
The surprised attitude of certain wit
nesses at the impeachment trial. partE-
ularly of Allan Ryan and Henry Nor
genthau, when examining counsel showed
full knowledge of their telephone con-
versations with Sulzer. gave CirCum-
stantial verify to Amorys statements.
you have taken me by surprise"
was one of the statements of Mr..
Nlorgenthau on the stand when his con-
versation with Sulzer, the governors
request to "be easy with me-" was being
brought out.
Colonel Amory, long a friend of Sulzer,
tells an amazing story of the subtle ma
chinery put into operation to gain evil
dence against Sulzer.
SUSPICIOUS OF SERVANTS.
"On August IL last" he said last night,
"thc governor sent for me. l became
suspicious on my first visit to the eX-
ecutive mansion, that spies surrounded
the governor. The servants fingered toe
long in the room where guests were re-
ceived. | visited the governor eight
times within the next few weeks and
each time my suspicious increased.
81 spoke to Mr.. Suzer about it; showed
that one of my kilograms to him had
been opened, and finally the major dome
was dismissed. At another time we saw
through a glass door panel the profile OF
a maid listening. Next day | had that
maid followed, and she met a detective
tectives were employed tracking the gov
ernor by the mighty political powers tina
were afraid of him from the first.
"Meanwhile the governor, II peculiarly
trustful man. listened only deprecatingll
to my assertions that spies surrounded
him. why, one of his oldest friends, whC
lived for months in the mansion, is {
man ! suspect of taking a leading par
in writing the House with dictagraph'
and tapping telephone wires.
WIRES LAID EARLY"
ITO tap the wires the agents of sulze
foes must have obtained charts of tn,
telephone system leading to the man
SION The dictagraphs may have beer
installed even before Sulzer took posses
sion of the house.
IN other words, While the powers tina
nominated and supported him We're hail
ing him governor of the Empire State
they were literally laying the wires t.
remove him should he become dangerous
to their interests. ] have good reason
to believe that detectives were after
him soon he was nominated,
Not only the governor himself, blu
everyone who visited him was Swallowed
1t was probably the most complete an'
astute system of surveillance to whicl
a representative of the people in higl
office was ever subjected"