The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-18
COMMITTEE WILL
QUESTION NURSE
Crucial Point in the Dispute
as to Who Is New York's
Chief Executive Is Ex-
pected Today.
By JAMES j. MONTAGUE.


BY International News Service.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 17.-Tomor-
row is likely to mark a crucial point
in the dual governorshiD dispute involv-
ing William Sulzer and Martin II.
Glyun. Sunday passed without any
warlike demonstration.
Mr.. Glynn tonight began an inquiry
into the escape of Harry *. Thaw
from Matteawan. He sent the follow
ing telegram to Superintendent of Pris-
ons John B. Riley and to DR.. r. F. C.
Keib. superintendent at Matteawan.
Please telegraph me Immediately
all details you have about the escape
from Matteawan state hospital of
Harry K. Thaw
"MART1N H. GLYNN,
Acting Governor.
Sulzer announced that he would or
der an investigation and direct full
report from the state prisons depart
ment, one of the few that still rec
ognize Sulzer as governor,
Deputy Attorney General Parsons
says that if Thaw has escaped into
another state he cannot be brought
back unless it can be established that
he has committed some crime other
than that for which he. has been
tried.
Test of Strength.
A decided test of Sulzer 6 strength
is expected to come if he attempts to
attend the meeting of the board Of
trustees on public buildings tomorrow
in the capacity of governor. He says
that he will do go.
1t was learned definitely tonight that
the Frawley committee has determined
to make the confession and illness of
Mrs. William Sulzer the subject Of a
rigid investigation. The purpose is
to shatter, if possible, the sulzer de-
Tense, which will be based chiefly on
Mrs. Sulzer's statement that she and
not her husband signed his name to
the checks turned up in the Boyer.
Griswold account.
The first step will be the issuance
of Jane Doe subpoena for the nurse
who up to Friday attended Mrs. Sui
ger. Information has come to the
agents of the committee in Albany
that this nurse was discharged by the
governor for "talking too much J"
The committee believes that ''talking
too much consisted of telling stories
Of Mrs. Suffers condition which were
not to the liking Of the governor.
Says Sickness a Sham.
Assembly Leader Aaron j. Levy has
already been quoted as saying:
"'Not only is this Mrs, Sulzcr 's)
confession sham, but the pretended
illness of Mrs. Sulzer is sham Of
which Sulzer is the chief perpetrator. -
The idea Of attacking the confession
of Mrs Sulzer has been in the minds
of the committeeman since the night
when the news that it had been made
was broken to the assembly by Mi
nority Leader Hinman. Frawley has
publicly announced that he is loath
to call Mrs. Sulzer and that he did not
believe she should be summoned before
the committee even if she were per-
fectly we'll.
But the leaders in the fight on Gov
ernor Sulzer have nvowed their dis
belief in the confession and their de-
sire TO show before the trial that Mrs,
Sulzer is merely trying to shield her
husband.
Believe Nurse Knows.
When they were told that the nurse
who first attended Mrs. Sulzer had
been discharged they decided that some
of the facts they desired to obtain
from Mrs, Sulzer could be obtained
from the woman who was with her in
her illness
HIf the committee can prove that
Mrs, Sulzer has not been really i'll
the members feel that they will al
least have made a start in the direc.
tion of determining that the whole de-
fense is sham.
They point out that the nervou:
breakdown Of Mrs. Sulzer is ascribed
| bv her husband to her belief that she
had ruined his career. If she has had
| no nervous breakdown they saw thai
| the whole story Of the confession IA
blown up.
| It is pointed out further that at least