Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
Letters to Owners Before
State Election Intro
duCed in Court.
HAD $50, 900 IN BANKS
riendS UnaCquainted With A.
fluenGe of Governor When
Donating Funds.

Albany, y. Y, Sep. Ex-Governor
Sulzer asked Harry Morgenthau. am
bassadcr to Turkey, to "be easy with
him in case he was called as as a
witness at his impeachment trial.
Morgenthau, who gave $1,000 TO the
Sulzer campaign fund, so testified 20
day when recalled as a witness. He
said the governor asked him to treat
the relations between them as per
sonal."
Duncan ". Peck. state superintend-
cnt Of public works, testified that the
governor asked him To deny under
oath that he had made $500 contribu-
ton to the campaign fund.
Peck said he handed Sulzer the $500
at a democratic reform meeting at
Troy. y. Y. telling him there we're
no strings TO IT," The witness said
that in talk with the governor when
the Frawley committee had asked the
witness 10 testify. and the witness
asked Sulzer what he should do, the
governor replied: DO as I'm going
to do-deny it
But shall be placed under oath"
raid the witness
Forget g." said the governor.
Richard Croker. Jr., testified this af
ternuon that he gave a check for 81
OOO to Sulzer made out TO cash" The
check was introduced as evidence.
DE-
fiocked TO the capitol today to hear
the testimony OF T. a, safecky and
Frederick l.. Colwell, called by the
prosecution in the impeachment trial
Of Governor Sulzer Sarecky was fer
merry Suffers campaign secretary.
Colwall has been known as Suffers
dummy H. Wall street deals,
At the opening OF the session let
tcrs written by Sulzer to w. J. Elias
and A. NJ. Hoffman, brewers. who con-
tributed TO the Sul=er campaign fund,
we're introduced.
Judge Lewis :. C3nlan Of New York,
first witness, told OF handing Sulzer
500 check from Daniel NJ Brady for
the campaign fund. Conlan told of
talk he had with a man named Potter
about helping out the governor. He
said Sulzer needed a new outfit OF
clothes for his campaign upstate. He
said he made no restrictions on the
use to which the money he gave Sui
aer should be put He said he did not
know SulZer had more than fifty thou
sand dollars in New York banks. Dan
Eel Brady said he had destroyed both
the check and stub connected with the
contribution to Sulzer. He said he did
this because he did not want TO get
mixed up with either faction as he
was friendly with both He admitted
he did not destroy the check and stubs
until after the Sulzer impeachment
Nine developments marked the i'm
parchment trial of Governor Sulzer
yesterday. They were;
Jacob H. Schiff. New York banker,
testified that he was asked recently
by Samuel /. Frankenstein, a former
Law partner of Sulzer. if he would
accept the return of the $4,000 which
he had sworn he gave the governor
In his campaign without restriction as
90 its use. He said he had replied
negatively
The high court decided by unani-
nous vote to admit all testimony per
tanning to campaign contributions
made 20 the governor even though
they we're not specified in the ar
ticles OF impeachment.
BRINGS IN THU BREWERS.
This ruling paved the way for the
introduction of evidence intended TO
show the governor had solicited and
received large contributions from
brewing interests.
The governor asked. according 10
the testimony. that these contributions
be given in cash instead of checks.
Counsel for the impeachment mana.
gers said they were prepared TO prove
the governor received campaign con-
tributions vastly in excess" Of the
total mentioned in the articles of i'm,
parchment There were more than
100 not accounted for. counsel assert
ed. Fifty-two persons we're mentioned
in the testimony as drawers of Sulzer
checks in the account Of Louis A.
Sareclly. Suffers campaign secretary,
in the Mutual Alliance Trust com
pany. This account showed deposits
Of $4,000 between Sept. 10. 1912, ard
l.e date OF the governors inaugura
ton
Decision on the question whether
SulSer's alleged misuse Of checks given
him without restriction as 10 theiI
" constituted larceny was reserved
& give the court an opportunity to
Investigate authorities.
SNRECKY - DISCOVERED.
SaTNcky. reported missing, was dis