The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-26

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check and stub which he had con-
tributed to Sulzer.
why did you destroy them ?" asked
Senator Bussey.
Because L realized the entire mat
ter was fight between two factions
l was friendly to both sides and L
didn't want to get mixed up in it. 1
thought to destroy them would be. a
pretty good way to get out of it. But
l found out my mistake, as 1 have lost
a great deal of time from my business
as a result
Gave Him $1,000.
John Dooling of New York told of
meeting the governor on October Is
and giving him $1,000 check. II
told him that 1 understood he needed
help. 1 handed him the check. He
thanked me-
Mr. Stanchfield asked Dooling if he
had talked with Hugh J. Reilly re-
garding Suffers financial condition,
but Judge Cullen sustained an objec-
ton.
Reilly is a wealthy railroad con-
tractor for the Cuban government.
The prosecution then took up the
charge that the governor had used
campaign contributions in speculation
in Wall street. Philip Boyer of the
brokerage firm of Boyer, Griswold &
Company said Frederick l.. Colwell
had come to him on October 16, 1912,
shares of Big Four stock "for cash
delivery Colwell paid for it in
checks for $4,000 and $7,125 in cur
rency. He read off the list of checks
which included: William Sulzer, per-
sonaI check, $500; Theodore w. Mey-
ers, $1,000: John Lynn, $500; Liman
a. Spaulding, 500; Edward F.
O'Dwyer, 800; John w. Cox, $500:
the Frank V. Strauss company, $1,000;
John 7. Dooling, $1,000. Mr.. Colwell
said the witness remarked that he was
purchasing this stock for himself.
Brokers Are Called.
Two other employees of the broker
age firms were called to the stand
to tell about the CoIwelI purchase
They were cross-eXamined rigidly by
Harvey d. Hinman of the Sulzer coun-
sell
There will be no issue on the ques-
tion of the purchase of the stock,''
said the attorney, but there will be
some details that will become i'm
portant."
Henry Morganthau, who contrib
uted $1,000 to Governor Sulzer last fall
was recalled. He said that about Sep
tember ,, Governor Sulzer called him
on the long distance telephone. He
requested me-" said the witness, lin
the event of my being called as a wit
ness, to be easy with him. | told him
1 would state the facts"
WAS there anything said concern
ing your contribution ?"
He asked me to treat that affair
as personal between us
What did you say?"
THAT 1 would not"
James Temple Gwathney, a New
York cotton merchant, was next
called. He told of having sent Gov
ernOr Sulzer check for 500 which
he requested should be used for the
governors personal campaign. Il
wish this money to be devoted to that
cause alone" the letter stated.
Suffers Line of Defense.
Albany, Sept. 26.-CrowdS f1ocked to
the capitol today to listen to the tes-
timoEy of two witnesses in the i'm
peachment trial of Governor Sulzer-
Louis A. Sarecky and Frederick L. Col
we'll. Sarecky, who formerly was the
governors campaign secretary was
served with a subpoena yesterday and
promised he would be hand this
In his capacity as secretary
he handled much of the money con-
tributed for the governors campaign.
Process servers found Sarecky here
yesterday after a long search. During
the 81 days they sought him he called
several times at the executive man
sion. Colwell, whose home is in Yonk-
ers, has been termed the governors
dummy in his Wall street deals. At
torneys for the defense yesterday de-
clared they would produce him today
and permit him to testify.
The hunt for him was even more de-
termined than was that for Sarecky
and Colwell was more successful in
his whereabouts. No re-
port of his whereabouts ever was oo-
tanned after the day following the rev.
elations regarding the governors deals
in Wall street. At that time Colwell
disappeared from his home.
Persons who have followed the case
closely thought they gained from ques-
tions asked a witness yesterday by
Louis Marshall for the de-
fense, a line on how the respondents
attorneys plan to explain his con-
verting contributions to his personal
use. Mr.. Marshall brought out that
the governor spoke of needing money
for travelling expenses. This was be-
lieved to be for the purpose of building
up a defense that Sulzer was in dire
financial straits, that his friends new
of this condition and gladly helped
him.
The action of the board of managers
in deciding last night not to bring ad-
ditional impeachment charges at this
time was generally regarded as final. !
Friends of Mr.. Sulzer said the charges
were not added for the reason that
enough votes to pass them could not
be mustered by Majority Leader Levy.
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