The sun., 1913-10-07

! next day will give 1t to you A DAY or
| two afterward at my office I gave him
$4,000 in cash in either $500 or $1,000
bills"
Gen. Mcany said he took no note or
written acknowledgment Of the loan and
| did not enter II on hts books
Gen. Meany produced letter from
| Gov. Sulzer, hut the defence objected to
! IL and Judge Cullen. upon reading it,
, agreed with them that II had no bearing
| on tho situation. though he said that II
any member Of the court wanted to look at
| II permission would be given. Louis
! Marshall Of the Governors counsel dis
played some bitterness when he said in
reply to MIR. Stanchheld's contention that
the letter should be read:
. THAT Ia the very thing they want. to
read a lot Of incompetent matter and
then have II stricken out later. That
is just as they have been trying this case.
on innuendoes and statements and as
sertions and insinuations.'
ITO bring the question before U.S." said
Senator Wagner. II move the decision OF
the Judge presiding he sustained" This
was in answer to Judge Cullen's sayings
that he sometimes forgot the kind OF
| court he was sitting In and ruled ar
bitrarily. SO he put the question to a
"Yes' and mo vote and was supported
| again. this time unanimously. And no
one else read the letter either.
The lawyers were through with Gen.
Meany then. but some Of the Senators
wanted to question him and he was re-
called. Senator Pollock Of New York
city was tho first.
! a. Mr.. Meany. was that your own
money that you loaned Gov. Sulzcr? A..
! Absolutely.
! y. Why did you give him cash instead
of check? A. because he preferred to
have il in cash and | preferred to give
! II 10 him In cash.
| .. Was there any reason why you pre-
| ferred to give IL 20 him in cash? a.
! Most assuredly. I did not care to have il
generally known that I had loaned my
| friend Mr. Sulzer money at that time
! for fear II would be misunderstood and
! nisconstrued.
! q. Can YOU tell US from what source this
J money came. 10000? A. A check drawn
on the Bankers Trust Company Of New
York by William S. James. one of my as
sociatcs m my office. upon my account.
J payable to the order of William =. James,
signed by me
what. II anything" asked Senator
Simpson. was said upon the subject OF
the duration OF this loan"
"He said that he would pay II as soon
as he could and he hoped to do it in a
{ very short time"
Did you ever request this loan to he
paid back to YOU
i II have not"
What was said as TO the rate OF in
tersst TO be paid OF this loan"
! There was nothing said as to the rate
| Of interest,"
! Senator Thompson was next
, y. VIII YOU please explain what vo,i
| meant in answer 10 question by Sena.
tor Pollock that 1t might he miscon =
strued or misunderstood? A. mean
il, loaning money to a friend d. not de-
| q tn ha ,l.,
1 loaned money to friend. did not
care particularly for my bank to know
| that ! was loaning money to a friend ct
.. Are >ou in the habit OF loaning
| money A. Quite often
y. What is your business A. am
an attorney and counsellor at law in
New York city.
| .. DO you have any practice IN Al.
, bany' 4. None whatever
-. Did you ever loan the Govcrno,
any money before or since? A. think
I have before.
.. Did he pay IL back A Yes