The Sentinel=record., 1913-09-26
FUND CONTRIBUTED BY BREW. FRS WAS ASKED TO BE GIVEN
 IN CURRENCY ONLY.
LEEWAY FOR TESTIMONY
Is Given and All Facts Concernina Contributions Will Be Probed. schiff is Offered His Money Back and Refuses 1t.

Albany, N. Y., Sept 25.-Thsse de- 'elopments today marked the i'm peaehment trial of Governor Sulzer:
 Jacob H. Schiff, a New York bank CT, testified that he was recently asked by Samuel I. Frankenstein, a former law partner of Governor Sul ger, if he would accept the return ot the alleged s2,500 campaign contribu. ton which the banker yesterday said he gave to the governor without re- striction as to it's use Mr. Schift said he had replied negatively.
 The high court by a unanimous vote, decided to admit all testimony pertaining to campaign contributions made to the governor even though they were not specified in the arti- cles of impeachment.
 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 to the testimony, that these contribu, tions be given in cash instead oi checks.
 Counsel for the Impeachment man. agers said they were prepared to prove the governor received cam paign contributions vastly in ex. ,ess' of the total mentioned in the articles of impeachment There were more than loo not accounted for, counsel asserted
 The names of a large number Of these contributors, other than those of the brewing interests, were brought into the evidence. These in- cluded g persons mentioned as drawers of Sulzer checks in the ac count of Louis A. Sarecky, the gov ernor's campaign secretary in the Mutual Alliance Trust company This account showed with cheeks and cash that deposits of Sl4,400 had been made between September 10. 1912. and the date of the govern ors inauguration.
 Decision on the question as to whether Sulzers alleged misuse of checks given the governor without restriction as to their use cohsu tuted larceny was reserved 70 give the court an opportunity to inyestl- gate the authorities. Sarecky IT, garded by the prosecution as one ol the most important witnesses, ana whom they said they had been uh able to locate, was discovered ny process servers in Albany and served with a subpoena.
 Judge Lewis J. COnlan of New York, lifelong friend of the gov eruor testified h. had raised money for the governors campaign but had given it to him without res r!ctioh as 10 it's use.
 Sulzer called personally on Charles A. Stradler, president of the Ameri' can Malting company Stradler teati- fled. and requested his aid in obtain ing the support of Tammany Hall lie said he obsained the support anu later solicited campaign funds TOT Sulzer
 The assembly managers decided to night to bring no more impeachlheh' charges against the governor
 Stradler, who is a former state senator. declared that after several invitations from Sulzer he had Vls' i cd inc candidate to talk things over
 "The conversation was on the gen eral topic of the political situation then pending" said MT. Stradler' and MT. Sulzer asked me to Inter cede wherever l could among my friends and to help him all could.
 "Mr. Sulzer requested me to go to Fourteenth s.reet (Tammany Halll and intercede for him there. uromised him would, and did l went to Fourteenth street and saw the parties in power, talked the mat fer over there and recommended MT Sulzers nomination. promlseu Una, il they gave him their support would do all could for him ana tha' my friends would do all they coula Subsequently, | reported back to MT Sulzer what had done and ne thanked me .
 Mir. Stradler subsequently, toid oI having collected about $l,4OO' Iii' personal contribution was $l00. Ih' total was turned over to MT. SulzeI
 Was there any occasion aShe' Judge Cullen, "on which Wiiliaii sulzer spoke to you about the suo iect of cash instead of checks Q anything of a similar kind or ha tUre?"
 Not to me. as 1 remember, wa the reply, but 1 heard him say Charles Dersch, one of my empioye who accompanied me when l turne over the money I had collected, Una he preferred cash to checks.
 Charles Dersch. who folloWe Stradler on the stand, testified thi