The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-02
He Will GO Down the
Middle Of the Road
and Spare Nobody"
NOT TO EXEMPT
EVEN HIMSELF
Determined to Subject Himself
to Whitening Cross-Exarnina-
ton and Attack Murphy.
Prosecution Has Several
Big Shells Yet to Fire
Into His Camp.
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Albany n. Y. October 1.-At mid
night tonight Governor sulzer mado
UP his mind to go on the witness
stand at impeachment trial and mako
full and complete statement. To
use his own words, he will go down
the middle of the road and spare no.
body, not even himself"
This decision wes reached after his
lawyers in eleventh hour conference
had warned him that the prosecution
ihtehos to subject him to n whitening
cross-ex hlation, and his testimony
VIII open the gates for the Introduce
tlon or mass of new testimony
against him. The Governor was told
that among tho unexploded shells in
.he prosecutions lockers is evidence
that one man in high finance con-
tributed $4,000 to his CAMPAIGN and
that he Will be asked about additional
corporation gifts totaling $4,000
People to Henr From own Ling.
10 this the Governor replied that
come what may he intends to talk.
10 attack. II he is permitted to. not
only Charles +. Murphy, but members
of the very court that will trv hin,
anu to insist that his own case. good
ana BAD, be presented to tho court and
TO tho people from his own lips I'm
TO tho time the Governor made this
announcement his lawyers had abso-
iuteiy no guess as to what the plan
OF their campaign was to be-
The prosecution closed this after
noon. The defense. after desperate
nght Tor Il delay. was given till Q
o'clock tomorrow to open This
means that the Governor will go on
the stand and tell his story early
next week.
Tomorrow and Friday. unless an
adjournment Is taken, will be devoted
10 arguments. first for tho Dismissal of
the indictment on the ground of insuf
hcleht evidence; second. for the strils
i,e OUT OF all testimony reIating to
charges OF acts committed before the
Governor took office The opening or
the case for the defense will be made
by Louis Marshall and VIII occupv M
least several hours.
account No. 500" Identified.
Before the case for the prosecutioA
closed to-day John Boyd Gray iden-
titled Account No. 500" as BELONGING
TO Sulzer. Colonel Henry C. Barth.
man, OF the Forty seventh Regiment
told OF sift OF $50 TO Sulzer Bnrth-
man was one of the few men who got
letter intimating that the money vas
Tor campaign purposes
The contribution was acknowledged
In suffers campaign list. 1t is no se-
Sret tnat the Governors determination
mas given some of his LAWYERS grave
concern. One OF the amazing features
or the impeachment trial is the fact
that they have had little guess ms to
the operation OF their clients mind.
while they We're fighting his battles In
court and have been continually sur
prised by his attitude as the testimony
against him has been piling up
AT noon to-day his chief counsellors.
including d. Cady Herrick, Harvey D.
Hlnman and Louis Marshall. were still
discussing the advisability of resting
their case the ground that the
charges have not been proven
Time to Talk II Over.
1t was partly because OF their desire
to talk the matter over with the Gov
ernor eXhaustively that they asked for
nh adjournment till Monday
The necessity for Mr.. Marshalrs alb
senting himself TO observe a religious
holiday tomorrow gave chance for
the motion to adjourn. BY vote OF
the court, after discussion in execu-
tive session. the recess was limited to
twenty four hours. and the Governors
lawyers to make the most of what little
time they had went into Immediate
conference with him, conferences
which lasted many hours.
Late tonight the Governor at the
executive mansion was going over the
statement he desires to make and the
auiilSSiohS he expects TO make, WORD
by word and line by line.
Let the BARS Down.
Relieving that by letting the bars
down for flood OF testimony that
barred his past. the court must admit
his answer. he plans first to attack
Murphy, the assembly managers and
certain senators. who he believes had
a hand in bringing about his impeach-
ment. If he cannot get this state
ment into the record. and there is
every reason to believe that he can
not he will make a full confession of
the receipt of many checks introduced
into Wall Street
He VIII, however, fatty deny that
he knew anything whatever about
Account 500" Ii is said by a man
close to the Governor that It. L. Coll
we'll will also deny on the witness
stand that Sulzcr had anything to do
with Account 500" This Is the ac-
count which the prosecution believes
will be put up to Mrs Suizer.
The Governor has slept but little for
the last few nights. but is still alort
and confident.
Mrs. Suizer shows strain.
Mrs SulzeT shows tile strain unde-
which she has gone distinctly.
No decision has yet been reached by
the lawyers for the defense as to
whether Mrs Su!zer will go on the
stand. This rests with herself and her y
husband. She still insists ON her AZ
original story. but 1t Is possible that y
she will be spared the ordeal OF tell. a
ing IT..
The prosecution rested their Gaze
to -day with absolute confidence. They
announced that they have held back KS
ut least fourth OF their testimony