The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-09
End Comes Abruptly
When Lawyers Fail in
Their Big Fight.
UNABLE TO SHOW
TAMMANY'S PART
Judge Cullen Prevents Efforts to
Prove Tiger" Acted in Re
venge by Causing Charges to
Be Brought-Wife's Name
Prevents Him From
Testifying.

Albany. y. Y. October s.-The Sui
ger impeachment trial came to an end
abruptly to-day. after the defense had
crumbled.
The accused Governor did not take
the stand In his own defense.
| Up to the last minute rumors fitted
over the Impeachment chamber that
Sulzer would stride into the room and,
making clear breast of his mistakes,
attempt to impress the court that he
had no wrong intent But he remained
in seclusion in the executive chamber.
Tonight an insistent report has il
that the Governor, convinced that his
lawyers have failed to purge him OF
the charge of high crimes and misde-
meanors. Is to resign. At the cxecu-
tive mansion no word came from the
| Governor.
| Case Closes Suddenly.
The end to the impeachment trial
came after vain fight of the Cover
nors lawyers to drag in evidence of
a conspiracy Matched by Charles +.
Murphy to ruin the Governor. When
oafhed in this by Judge Cullen. Ex-
Senator Harvey Hinman. who had been
batting val1antly. dropped languidly
! into his chair at 3:45 o'clock and rnur
INJURED:
The respondent rests"
| III was so unexpected that n pasp
went through the court-room The
crowded gallery was a-hutter. The
defense, to the minds of the snecta-
tors had so utterly failed to, break
/ down the prosecutions case against
/ the Governor that 1t was hard to be-
teVe all the ammunition of the Gov
| ernor's lawyers was gone
For fifteen minutes theiimpeacIlment
lawyers, called witnesses In rebuttal,
Wi.hout adding potertcy to their case,
anu then John B. Stanchfeld, with n
! sardonlc grin, announced, in a rasninr
! voice:
The prosecution rests.
Five Hours n Side.
Immediately Judge Cullen spoke OF
the summing up. which will begin to-
morrow morning. Five hours are to
nc allotted each side, the lawyers for
the defense and Impeachment board
! being sandwiched in. Louis MarshaIl
VIII open for the defense. and cx-Judge
.\iton B Parker will reply for the i'm
| of Tomorrow
On Friday ID. Cady Herrick will close
/ Tor the defense, while ex-senator Edgar
l. Brackett will wind up for the prose.
! cution.
The impeachment court will recon
| Vene on Monday after it's adjournment
! On Friday. Then a lrisk controversy
over the evidence Is anticipated While
Governor SulzSr declined to take the
| stand he Is preparing "A complete
statement of defense. This is to he read
before the court by Senator Duhamol.
one of his supporters. The Governors
statement is 3.500 words long and is
| a. iy. l.. e. re-
1t Is modification of the statement
Srlzcr sent to Roosevelt to read at the
Progressive convention I'm Rochester,
| ID. Cady Herrick let it be known this
evening that SulZer personally decided
the matter OF closing the defense at
q conference in the Executive Mansion
last night.
In the interval. 1t is expected that the
judges of the Court Of Appeals will
write out opinions to go along with
| their vote on the guilt or innocence of
| the Governor.
Believe SuIzer Doomed.
But one impression prevails in AL
crnors own lawyers, and that is that
Sulzer is doomed. His failure to go
pom the stand, even though the evil
dence was so strongly against him, is
| taken as show of innate conviction
ia his own heart of no hope of escape
!
nit that his refusal to face the i'm
peachmcnt court was through fear
asked why the Governor had stayed
away. Mr.. Herrick replied gravely:
Doesn't the evidence of Allan Ryan
answer that for you? When Mr.. Ryan
should answer tho charges against
him. his reply was that he could not
| because he could not bring the name
CT Mrs Sulzer into the matter
From the night Mr.. Sulzer was i'm
peached by the Assembly, when the
story Of Mrs. SulZers connection with
his affairs was made public. we heard
from every side condemnation of a
man who would hide behind a wo-
mans skirts. Mr.. Sulzer did not take
! the stand because he would not put
| himself in the category of that class
of men,"
| SarecI<y Assumes Diamc.
The features OF the last day of tho
defense was the placid narrative of
Louis a. Sarecky. confidential secre-
tary Of the Governor. under the fire
OF cross-eXamination by Mr.. Stanch-
field This keen-w -witted man sat for five
hours on the stand, telling with the
utmost nonchalance how he destroyed
lcheck stubs. vouchers from the bank
and daily account sheets. all of which
had to do with the campaign contrI-
buttons upnccountcd for In the Cover
nor's sworn statement.
Sarecky, never wavering in his evil
dence. shouldered, as upon his direct
testimony OF yesterday the whole re-
sponsibility for everything amiss In
the Governors campaign, fund affairs.
When Mr.. Stanchheld was through
with Sarecky the fact stood out, con-
fessed by the witness. that he had re
ceived $4,000 for the Governors fund
and had accounted in the statement for