The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-09
Neither Governor Nor His
Wife Called to the Stand to
Tell Their Side of Wall
Street Dealings.
ASTOUNDING TALE
WILL NOT BE TOLD
Announcement of Judge Her.
rick Creates Sensation;
Case Probably Will Be
Decided Tuesday.

ALBANY, n. y, Oct. s.-Without
calling either Governor Sulzer or his
wife TO the witness stand, his counsel
today rested their defense in the trial
of his impeachment. According to D,
Cady Herricb, chief Of his attorneys,
Governor SulZer decided not to defend
himself in person because he did not
want to be placed in the position of
shielding himself behind his wife-for
it was for Mrs. Sulzer, according to the
testimony that the governor had his
Wall street dealings.
Judge Herrick said tonight that the
governor had heard from many
quarters, including Washington, that
"any man who would shield himself
behind his wife ought to be removed. "
Tomorrow and Friday will be de-
voted to summing mp the case by the
opposing counsel. The trial Will ad,
journ from Friday TO Tuesday, as Mon
day will be holiday.
Sulzer as Martyr.
Friends Of the governor pictured him
tonight as man who had martyrcd
himself for the sake Of his wife. Judge
Herrick pointed out that the testimony
yesterday OF Allen A. Ryan best dis
closed the reason why the governor
had not taken the stand. This was the
conversation which Ryan said he had
with the impeacbed executive early in
September in relation to obtaining po-
litical influence to stop the trial.
81 suggested to Mr.. Sulzer," Ryan s
testimony ran. "now that certain
charges had been made against him,
that L did not see that he could afford
TO put himself in position in which
he could not answer the charges, He
said that the reason was that he did
not want to drag his wife into the
situation and put her on the stand.'
Creates Sensation.
The sudden announcement that the
case for the defense was closed,
which came late in the afternoon ses-
sion, created n profound sensation in
the courtroom. Only n few days after
the trial began Governor Sulzer told
newspaper men that he positively
would appear in his own defense. He
said that Mt that time he would tell
an 'astounding story" that would
force Charles +. Murphy, leader of
Tammany hall, to take the stand in
his defense also. Up until a few days
ago, il WINS learned from authoritative
sources tonight. the governor was in
sistent that he be allowed to tell his
story. but. he finally yielded, it was
said, to the advice of his attorneys.
In preparing FOR this story, rs well
as that expected from Mrs. Sulzer.
counsel for the impeachment managers
had In reserve half a dozen moro wit
pesses whom they had expected TO put
on In rebuttal. Mrs. Sulzer, they an
ticipated, would take the blame for the
governors stock speculations in Wall
Street, which the articles of impeach.
ment charge he conducted with unre-
ported campaign contributions
Testimony Excluded.
Two of these witnesses were called
before court adjourned today, but
Judge Cullen excluded their testimony.
They were George W. Egbort, a bnnk
examiner in charge OF the books OF
the now defunct Carnegie Trust com
pauy, and James @, Miller, an official
OF the Fifth Avenue bank of New York,
Egbert was ready TO gve evidence,
Aftorney KreseI said. that would con
trovert the testimony that Mrs. Sulzer
had an account in the Carnegie Trust
company, or that the company had
loaned the governor money on seeuri-
ties owned by her and deposited in
that institution.
By Miller, Kresel continued, the
managers proposed 20 show that Mrs.
Sulzer had an account in the Fifth
Avenue bank "during the campaign of
I912.'
Judge Cullen held that the introduc
tion of their testimony would ''iniect
new evidence and reopen the case. =
Announced by Herrick.
The closing of the taking Of testi-
mony by tho defense, which began only
YESTERDAY morning. was announced by
ATTORNEY Herrick Immediately after
Presiding Judge Cullen had refused 10
admit into evidence story of alleged
graft inv diving Duncan ". Peck, su-
pcrintcndent OF public works. who ies-