Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-10
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1919.
tell his story. but he finally yielded
It was said, to the advice Of his at

tell his story, but he finally yielded
1t was said, to the advice Of his at
torneys.
In preparing for this story, as well
as that expected from Mrs. Sulzer,
counsel for the impeachment man
ayers had several whom they had
expected to put on in rebuttal. Two
of these witnesses were called before
court adjourned today, but Judge Gull
len excluded their testimony. They
were George W. ,Egbert, a bank ex-
aminer in charge OF the books Of the
now defunct Carnegie Trust company.
and James c. Miller. an official or
the Fifth Avenue bank OF New York.
y Judge Cullen held that the intro
duction of their testimony .would In
ject new evidence and reopen the
case"
The closing of, the taking of .tes-
tifnony by the defense which began
only yesterday morning was announc-
ed by Mr.. Herrick Immediately after
Judge Cullen had refused to admit
into evidence story Of alleged graft
involving Duncan w. Peck superin-
tendent Of public works, who ttesti-
fed early in the trial that Gov. Sulzer
had asked him to deny under oath
that he had made a $500 campaign
contribution.
This story counsel announced, they
proposed to prove through John A.
Hennessy, Gov Suffers special inves-
tigator and personal friend, who was
called to the stand. .F sin iti,
I'VE offer to show" pleaded Mr..
Hinman, "that Hennessy conducted an
investigation in highway matters
which extended back to 1912, when
Duncan w. Peck was q member Of the
highway commission and that later
the powers Of this witness were 80 en-
larged as to enable him TO investigate
the department Of the superintendent
of public works, Of which Duncan w.
Peck was the head. We propose to
show that Duncan w. Peck, when he
went on the witness stand In this court
the other day, knew that an investi-,
cation Of his department was being
made. that frauds were being discov-
cred therein, and that II the respond.
ent remained In Office Peck must Co."
that" Judge Cullen declared. That
will involve an entirely collateral is
sue." ~
The exclusion Of this testimony
practically placed the crux Of the gov
ernor's defense on the evidence given
yesterday by Louis A. Sareciy, the
governors campaign secretary, In
which he assumed the blame for the
governors failure to report his cam
lpaign contributions. Today John B.
Stanchfleld put Sarecky on the stand
and continued throughout the morning:
session and part Of the afternoon. q
searching cross-examination In an at
tempt to discredit his story. is{a
+ It was a. battle OF wits Imper-
turbable and serenely poised. the gov
ernor's. youthful looking lieutenant,
parried the attack of his inQuisitor.,
thrust for thrust.
In addition to insisting again that
the governor had no knowledge that
his campaign statement was inac-
curate. Sarecky testified that notwith-
standing general knowledge OF the
law requiring a strict accounting Of
moneys, he had destroyed
all documentary evidence relating
thereto.
Sarecky declared he had received
and deposited In eatrust company to
his own account about $12.500 OF the
Sulzers contributions. OF this amount
he accounted for the expenditure OF
i$7,724. Pressed for an explanation
of the disposition. Of the, balance. he
said he had paid between $500 and
$500 to settle judgments obtained
against Sulzer by Fred Hastings and
his father Of Seattle, Wash. He said
he advised the; governor that tEis
claim had been settled out OF CAM
lpaign contributions before the state
ment was fled. In spite Of continued
questioning Sarecky said he was "ut-
terly unable" to account for addition
al expenditures, He denied all knowi-
edge OF an alleged $500 contribution
by the late Charles Kohlef, wealthy
New York piano manufacturer and
race horse breeder. A letter to MT.
Kohler, thanking him. signed will
liam Sulzer," was placed In evidence.
The contribution had not been mem
toned previously. s @ 10,
: This occasioned q lengthy cross-
questioning of the methods employed
by Sarecky in acknowledging icontri-.
buttons. Earlier In his testimony Sar-
ecky declared he prepared q form
reply" to meet all emergencies.
Mr.. Stanchfield referred to the fact
that the form" never specified con-
tributions. - ~ .4i9s Lsx-ff, tS
Briefly questioned on redirect ex-.
animation, Sarecky said that 30 far as
he knew "Mr. Sulzer did not keep any
books of account" ,s'f4 ~ ~ ~
To a query by a senator the witness
answered that when the campaign was
over there was only $50 left in his
trust company account. .,lrar
"The governor said to me, Buy
yourself q suit Of clothes with II,
said the witness. 'tif Gi
Counsel for the Impeachment man-
ayers placed Webb Floyd, president
of the Mutual Alliance Trust company,
on the stand in rebuttal Of Sarecky
but as In the case of the two other
rebuttal witnesses his testimony was
excluded. =
The only other testimony introduced
by the defense today was by Hugh j..
Reilly, contractor for the Cuban
government, that he had loaned Gov.
Sulzer $685. 900, and by John N. Car
Isle, state highway commissioner Tor
New York, who identified document
in which he had recommended the
passing of q legislative bill which the
governor signed. This was the bill
Of AssembIyman Prime in respect to
which 1t was alleged In the impeach-
ment charges the governor bartered
his political influence.
It was announced by counsel that
Louis Marshall for the defense, would
begin the summing up at tomorrows
session. He would be answered by
Judge Alton B. Parker. On Friday,
Judge Herrick will close the summing
up for the defense and Edgar 7.
Bracket will close for the board OF
Their plans are subject to
change, however.
Until after midnight tonight there
was doubt as to whether the governor
would break his silence. Then 1t was
that any statement at this
time would have to come from Judge
D. Cady Herrick, the governors chief
Judge Herrick said 1t was
the governors plan to issue a state
ment after the return Of the verdict.
Several friends called on the gov
ernor tonight and found him cheer
full.