The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-09
LATTER DID TRADING
IN WALL STREET
Louis A. Sarecky, Former
Campaign Secretary to the
Governor, Tells How He
Destroyed Practically all
Memoranda In Connection
With Suffers Contribu-
ton to the Fund.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Albany, N Y, Oct. Gov. Suffers
counsel today rested their case in his
trial for impeachment Neither the
governor or his wife were called to
testify. D. Cady Herrick, the govern
or's chief attorney said the governor
had decided not to defend himself in
person because he did not want to be
placed in the position of shielding
himself behind his wife. According to
the testimony the governors dealings
in Wall street were. all through his
wife.
Tomorrow or Friday the opposing
counsel viii sum up the case and ad-
Journment will then be taken until
Tuesday. 1t Is expected The verdict
10 looked for at noon The decision
not to place the governor and Mrs.
Sulzer on the stand created q great
surprise. The impeachment managers
had q number of other witnesses they
expected to put on in rebuttal.
DESTROYED EVIDENCE.
Louis A. SarecI1y, formerly Governor
Suffers campaign secretary, under
cross-examination at the impeachment
trial today. told how he had destroyed
practically all OF the check books,
check stubs and memoranda In connec-
tion with contributions to Sulzer's
N4tL4k81 8u 1uuQ WHICH, were III l1iS POc~
session. He admitted emitting the
contribution OF prominent breweries
from the campaign statement which he
said he prepared and which the gov
ernor swore to and filed with the Sec
retary Of state.
Cross examination Of Sareclky con-
stitued an inquiry into most minute
details OF his connection with the inn
peached executive and Of his handling
of the Sulzer campaign funds
Sarecky declared he had no bank
account in which he placed campaign
contributions except that in the Mu-
tual Alliance Trust Company In New
York.
What reason will you give US now
for destroying all the evidence OF the
campaign contributions ?" asked Attor-
ney Stanchneld of Sarecky.
'"The simple reason that ! had no
use for them." Sarecly answered
But didn't you know there were
legal regulations safeguarding the re-
ceipt and expenditure of campaign
contrfbutions?''
TN general way did"
And yet you chucked the checks
and memoranda into an ordinary waste
basket?
Yes
CONTRIBUTIONS 5Y BREWERS.
When questioning turned to the
omission In the campaign statement of
contributions by certain brewers, Sa- |
recky read in chronological order part |
of the list OF contributors contained in |
the statement. With the exception of
several contributions made by brewers |
and persons identified with the liquor
interests, the list compared exactly |
with the deposit slips made out by |
Eareciy and furnished the assembly |
managers by the Mutual Alliance Trust |
Company.
How do you account for the fact |
that this particular class of contribu- |
tors is omitted?"
'I suppose their omission was acci- |
DENTAL" Sarecly replied. When I
made up that statement I thought
had all the memoranda OF contributions |
before me. but probably several sheets
had been mislaid or lost
And you still say you had no con-
ference with Governor Sulzer concern
ing the propriety of emitting certain
II do"
Questioned about the omission OF
ia cob H. Schif's check for $4,000, Sa-
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