New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-02
Frawley Committee Dragnet
Used Under Guise of Law as
Last Resort to Force Him
to Yield to Power of
14th Street Boss.
MOTION TO DISMISS TO-DAY
conterded That Only Articles of In
peachment To Be Answered Are
Those Relating to Contribu-
tons" Account No. 500'
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rrrom a Stan CorresI ondent OF The Tribune
Albany, oct. 1.-While legislative
politicians are discussing tonight a
story that the defence in the impeach-
ment trial will let the charges so to a
vote without presenting evidence. men
cIose TO Governor Sulzer say with the
utmost confidence that he will insist
on taking the stand and telling in the
fullest detail his story.
That story will be more than an ar
r,ment before the High Court of I'M
neachment they insist. They contend
that it will be an appeal TO the public
which will set forth. as they have never
been set forth before, the dealings or
Tammany Hall with the Governor from
the time he took the oath of office M
III his impeachment was accomplished.
This story, Suffers intimates assert
will be Of such character that IL can
not be kept off the records by strict in
terpretations Of rules Of evidence.
They contend that it will show a Gov
ernor striving to do his duty to the
electorate. houndeG by desperate po-
utical organization, using caJolery'
sweet promises and dire threats.
Frawley Drasnet at Last.
All this proving ineffective, at last
a dragnet investigation. under gutse
Of law and the dread powers Of i'm
leachment, was adopted by this po-
litical organization. and financial trans
actions innocent in themselves dis
torted into semblance of crime.
To all this the Governors lawyers Of
record have not one word TO say. After
two long and earnest conferences or
the sulzer lawyers following the ad-
journment Of the High Court Of I'M
peachment this afternoon, d. Cady
Herrick and Harvey d. Hinman went
over to the Executive Mansion to-
night. They were closeted with the
Governor until midnight, when an
nouncement was made that there was
nothing to say.
To his lawyers and to everybody who
has talked with him for the last few
days the Governor has made II per-
fectly plain that he was burning with
a desire to take the witness stand.
His lawyers Of record have manifested
no such desire. They do not believe
that 1t has been made necessary for
him TO do this by the strength of the
prosecution's case. Indications are not
lacking that they consider 1t better
strategically 10 keep the Governor off
the stand. thus depriving the lawyers
for the prosecution of any opportunity
10 cross-examine him.
Sulzer's Counsel Object.
II was no secret that at adjournment
OF the court the defence had not even
outlined any plan for the presentation
Of testimony. 1t was also no secret
that some Of the lawyers of record felt
that they were being held at arms
length by the Governor. The testi
mony Of Jacob II. Schiff that Samue!
trankenstein, the Governors former
partner, had tried TO repay the $500
contribution came as a complete sur
prise TO them. They had heard moth
ing OF that from the Governor; neither
mad they heard that he had asked
Henry Morgenthau TO "be easy" with
him, nor that he had asked Duncan w.
Peck 10 forget" his oath, nor that he
had told Cornelius Pinckney that he
did not intend 10 make accounting for
these kind of gifts" as these men
testified.
These things all entered into the
story aAoat tonight that the defence
would present no witnesses, combining
Nsef to argument on legal features in
on endeavor 10 get the articles OF i'm
ieachment quashed. 1t was even re-
ported that Mr.. Herrick had intimated
ulis 10 Alton B. Parker, chief Of coun-
sel Tor the Assembly board Of impeach-
ment managers.
The presence here, though, of i'm
Portant witnesses for the Sulzer side
VINO say that they expect to be called
70 testify is regarded as disposing Of
uhe report. Chief Of these is Louis A.
'drecky, who banked many Of the
campaign contributions He said to-
night that he thought he would be the
hrst sulzer witness TO take the stand.
ne was subpenaed by the prosecu-
uon' but was not called.
Rely on Mrs. Sulzer.
Ahother witness in prospect is Lieu
tenant Commander Louis NJ. Joseph
.hai who took over the SulZer account
Afom Harris & Fuller in July. He said
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