New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-08

against him. Letters and kilograms,
sarecky said came INTO the Office at the
rate Of $50 or 500 d day and there
were from i0o 10 200 callers a day. lie
said he devised a form letter which was
sent out in answer 10 most letters. lie
tried 20 make II general enough 10 cover
congratulations. offers Of assistance and
contributions. Nobody ever told him not
TO acknowledge contributions specifically.
| lie took checks and cash as the money
came in and deposited all in his account
| I'm the Mutual Alliance Trust Company.
/ an account which he had prior 20 Suffers
/ nomination and which was opened after
/ the Carnegie Trust Company. where he
, had previously had one. failed. lie said
| he never put the names OF the giyers 81
checks on deposit slips, but learned that
the bank did.
All Of Il Highly Informal
Then, after lie had Contradicted the
Pinckncy testimony, Sarccky told Of pre-
pairing the campaign statement He SAID
| that sometime after election the people at
Headquarters received. either from TAM
many Hall or the office OF the Secretary
OF State. form for such statement.
Then the question came up whether the
| highly Informal committee. as secretary
| and treasurer OF which he said he had
/ been working, had the right 10 file a
| statement. inaSmuch as II had filed no nc
| tice Of its formation. due TO somebody's
ignorance or neglect.
lie consulted the Governor-elect about
I il. who said to make out the state
ment and he would sign it. as lit does
not make much difference who signs II.
as long as We comply with the spirit Of
| the law So Sarecky, with the assist
snce Of Horgan. made up the statement.
and when II was finished he took IL In
| 10 the Governor-elect AS II was shown
! to him, Sarecky sworc, the first sheet
was thrown back and merely part Of the
statement. including the two places where
he was To sign. exposed.
! The witness said that Sulzer turned
| back To the nrst page. looked the state
ment over and then asked n II was "all
] right" sarecky told him II WAS as right
as he could make it. so Sulzer signed II
I'm two places Then, the secretary went
on. he took the signed statement and
went to the office OF House. Grossman &
| Norhaus. looking for notary who usu-
! ally handled their business. He wasn't
there, so Alfred J. Wolf, a commissioner
OF deeds. was suggested.
Sarecky said he showed the signature.
and said 1t was Suffers. Wolf knew 1t,
| but said he was going In to shake hands
with the Governor and congratulate him.
u
didn't YOU, GOVERNOR" and the Governor
elect said Yes" sarecky swore that
Wolr did not read any part Of the state
ment or affidavit to Sulzer. as he had
, testified he did.
Signed SuIzer's Name.
Iinnan called attention to the name OF
Elias in the statement. He was one OF
the breWey contributors, and the witness
testified that neither Sulzer nor anybody
else had ever asked him 10 leave out the
names OF brewers or anybody else from
| the statement.
At this point the letter Sarecky filed
with the Mutual Alliance Trust Com
pany authorizing him to indorse checks
was produced. and Human called atten-
| lioH W tue ldti tUdl IL boi' ph 10 law
/ the words Zen route" Sarecky said
| blithely that he signed 1t and then pre-
scented It to the trust company. lie said
he had before that time Endorsed Suffers
checks with Suffers name. both In writ
! ing and with rubber stamp. aud con-
tinued TO do so.
Senator Griffen, possessed Of lively
curiosity. at this point demanded TO see
the letter. 1t was passed around the court.
| Senator Duhamel introduced further d.
version by asking Sarecky If he signed
! Suffers name when he was member OF
Congress. The witness said he did. even
tn franks.
Senator Emerson demanded that Sarecky
write the name William Sulzer" so 1t
could be used 10 compare with the sigma
ture to the letter. The witness did So
twice with pen and twice with pencil.
This paper was also passed around the