The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-01
That Was the Designation OF
SuIzer's Stock Deals.
Broker Testifies He Was Told
IT Was the Governors.
THE EXPERTS ARE CALLED IN
Handwriting Wise Men Appear
in the Trial.
Several Signatures and Other
Matters Are in Dispute.

Albany, Oct. 1-Direct connection
between Account 500" and Gov. Sui
zer was established today when j. b.
c.rav of the stock exchange firm of
Fuller and Gray, who handled the ac-
count testified before the impeach-
mont court that Fred. l.. Colwell tolo
him the stock transactions IN the aC,
count were for the governor CoI"eli
was Sulzers alleged dummy.
The transactions consisted ol tAo
nurchase of 200 shares of Big tour,
which Gray said Colwell had paid tor
in cash. The first 100 he said, was
bought for Colwen on Octopef %
1912. and delivered to him in BrooN7
Ivn on october 81. The second lou
va bought on November 4, and 1t
vas not until the second purchase, aC-
cording to Grays testimony, that Col
well told him the transactions W WeIe
for the account of the governor. NLoS
said Colweu had requested the ac-
count he given a number and that tne
stock be delivered to him In Bfooh-
I1-n because he did not wish 1T known
he was doing business with Gray
firm. 49,, o,,,o
citv of private secretary to Gray lot
nerlv was employed by the firm OF
Harris and Fuller. COlwel did not
want Harris and Fuller to know, lhe
witness said that he was bringing any
business to Fuller and Gray one
bond which Colwen purchased from
the firm was for woman, the Witness
testified Asked her name Gray re
piled that he could not remember IT,
aithough CoIwen had revealed her
identity when the bond was delivered
GraV was a contributor through
CoIwen to the governor campaign
fund he admitted on the witness
stand. He said he could not recall
whether he gave $50 or 500. 1t was
COlWRn lives
of the brokers' houses in Yonkers.
GRAY was questioned regarding COL
wells present whereabouts but IN
sisted he had not seen nor heard from
ColweIl since he disappeared SeVeral
weeks ago Gray himself was not sub
poenaed by the impeachment mana
gers until yesterday, owing 10 the
inability of process servers to locate
him. His attorney, former Judge Ben
of Yonkers, was placed on the stand
yesterday and requested to get into
communication with Gray. This re-
suited in his appearance today he
said today that he had been attending
to business in his various offices, every
dav that the process servers had been
searching for him. Counsel for the
board of managers rested their case
this afternoon.
Experts Called In.
Albany. Oct. 1.-Handwrltlng ex-
perts made their appearance today IN
the senate chamber where the i'm
peachment trial of Governor Sulzer is
being held Several signatures made
by either the governor or his agents
were in dispute. Bank employees VINO
have been on the stand failed to 1den-
tifv them Some were endorsements
of checks and others were attached
to letters. One signature, which
counsel for the board of managers
were very anxious to identify, was at
tached to a letter asking Harris Il
EN11ll brokers n close
the governors accounts to Lieutenant
Commander Josephthal.'I 1T was signed
civilian Sulzer, for Mrs. SuIzer."
Melville B. Fuller testifying yester-
day regarding this account. said that
it represented a loan made to the gov
ernor who had said the money went
to pay obligations incurred by Mrs.
Sulzer at the Carnegie Trust company
of New York, now defunct.
The ''crosS entry made in the gov
ernor's Harris & Fuller account dated
December 80, 1912, the day before his
inauguration, also was in dispute.
managers intimated that the entry
was made later than this date. 1t
made his debt for securities appear
as a loan.
Fuller Makes Statement
Melville B.. Fuller. of the brokera ge |
firm of Harris & Fuller. was granted |
permission to make a personal state |
ment to the court. Mr.. Fuller said that |
he and his firm had been misrepresent- |
ed in the newspapers.
L have concealed nothing" the wit |
ness declared. Il testified frankly and |
freely before the F'rawley committee. !
The books of my firm are absolute |
ly correct Fuller then said. mo ball |
ances were forced, no items We're omit |
ted or concealed in them to protect Sui |
zer or any one else''
Much of the session was devoted TO |
an effort by the managers to show how
and why Governor SuIzer rewarded
his campaign secretary. Louis A. Sa-
recky, by procuring him a $4,000 Job
In the state immigration service. !
They evidently do not wish to call
Sarecky as witness unless forced to
90 so, and endeavored to establish
their point by reading excerpts from
the proceedings of the FrawIey in
Nesugating committee before whom
Sarecky repeatedly refused testi-
mony.
Counsel for the governor objected
TO this line of evidence and Presiding
Judge Cullen then ruled that Mr.,
Stanchfield. in reading the testimony
must confine himself to the parts in
which Sarecky refused to answer the
concerning the campaign